| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 21 2006 : 12:00:49 PM
ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER SEVERAL GARAGE SALES. THE WEATHER WAS WINDY AND COOL, GOT REAL USED TO THOSE 70'S.
This week I found a round hand crocheted tablecloth, no damage at all, washed it twice, it was a little musty, came out perfect. Believe it to be from the 1940's.
A good size tole painted serving tray, I was looking on some antique sites, and these are getting up there in value. who would have guessed, since I got rid of several of these a few years back.
A black cast iron bell, which extends from a cast iron horse, hung it by the back door, that way the four granddaughters can drive us crazy ringing it.
A cast iron chicken with a heavy duty brush that you can attach to it, this is an old boot scraper, you know, run the bottom of your boots over it before you come in the house. This looks to be pretty old.
A neat old tin, that says Jersey milk butter cookies.
A white iron stone pitcher, I put a plant in it.
A very large pitcher and bowl, had to carry that around the house awhile before I found a place for it.
Several old cookbooks, and several other books , now I 'am behind on my reading.
Several other small things, but guess I have gone on here long enough.
Did any of you go sailing this week? |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 07 2006 : 10:19:37 AM
YEP. Thats the one, right Nance?
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 07 2006 : 09:51:59 AM
LOL you gals are funny,the comb set has a tortoise colored comb and a mirror in it. :0) a picture of the eiffel tower on the front.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Nov 07 2006 : 08:08:18 AM
Nancy Jo, I probably dropped 'my' comb set while bending over to pluck an errant patch of moss out of the crack in the sidewalk, so you're right; I must be more careful......Nance |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 12:19:44 PM
Nance, that is exactly what I thought when I saw that Tina had a French comb. You must be more careful with your things!!
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 11:29:50 AM
Tina, high five, gal pal! And I am pretty sure I dropped that comb set in Paris, so maybe you oughta just send it along.....ha! Congrats on the BIG score! Nance |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 06:22:08 AM
Hi Bonnie,
yes I buy the tea dyed type of muslin and just embroider the words on the towel then paint the chicken on there and add a little red floss bow. . I sew the edges..cut it out the size of some of my terry cloth kitchen towels..and then add a little bit of lace.
It's not really fancy...just found the little chicken online..and decided to change it a wee bit.I loved the way it was kicking it's leg up..ha..like a proud/cool chick...and then I thought..how cute it would look as a tea towel..so I came up with the little saying to go with it. ..ha.
well..in my dining room there was nothing up against the wall other than my dining room table and a jelly cabinet..so now I'm having to do some rearranging..but I certainly like the look better now.
And in the master bedroom there was a small table and a rocking chair..but in there I have to totally rearrange everything to get the room to work now..so yes..I have a bit of work to do now to get everything to fit and look like I feel it needs to.
~Tina
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Nov 06 2006 : 05:47:24 AM
Tina,
What a bunch of awesome finds!!! I love the buffet! And the tea towel...did you make that? I would love to trade you for one. Do you buy the fabric and cut the towel size out. I bought some transfers this weekend to embroider some sets of towels, but couldn't find the towels.
Have a great day!
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
www.beequilting.blogspot.com |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 6:11:38 PM
TINA,
loved the pictures, what great stuff, don't you just love your new funiture? What did you have there before? Guess you picked the right day to go saleing.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 5:24:00 PM
o.k. got some pictures snapped real fast of this weeks garage sale finds.
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/TinaMichelle_2006/
the picture with the milk pail and basket..all those things in the picture were $10
then there is a large wardrobe, burl wood..we got that at a steal for just $265.00
and the buffet..(minus all my decor..:0) we got for $375.00 so I think both of those fine items were good deals.
good sturdy stuff that has been around about 70 yrs or so already and still looks gorgeous.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 1:07:10 PM
I'll try to get some pictures soon.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| frannie |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 05:03:53 AM
all these wonderful finds are making me want to go salein'. i love looking at yalls blogspots. tasha your site is so interesting and you family is adorable, your children are too cute. but i love the jackolantern photo looks like a picture for a postcard or greeting card, good job.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 01:57:07 AM
MARY BETH,
I looked at your new web site and love that bed, what are people thinking when they give up such a pretty thing? Good luck with your web site, I think they can be a lot of fun. I just wish I could figure out how to post pictures and add design. My Grandaughter posted the ones I have so far.I need a farmgirl to come show me.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 01:51:55 AM
Tina,
My goodness Tina, you do win the garage sale award this week.I bet you can hardly wait until that lady calls you to come back. You are lucky that you can go to garage sales all year where you live. Wish I could see pictures of all your good stuff.Going to garage sales up here is a loooooong way off.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Nov 04 2006 : 10:37:52 PM
had a great day garage saling today..my hubby and I found some lovely antique burl wood furniture..a buffet with mirror in absolutely gorgeous shape..I'd say about 1930's -1940's and then a large burl wood wardrobe...yay!
both pieces have those old skeleton type keys to open them..what fun!
then.. all for just $10...I found an old milk pail, a blue ball jar with aluminum lid, a comb set from Paris..(dunno how old but in a leather case),a hand painted old bird figurine of cardinals with a baby cardinal in nest..a book on coastal gardening,a tiny Japanese style tea cup and saucer,and a bottle that looks like it was an old glass ketchup bottle..but it sort of looks like a fancy milk bottle...and a lidded basket that resembles a fishing basket with leather handles...all of those things for just $10..wow
Then at another garage sale I found 6 beautiful little girl's jumpers and dresses all for just $3.00
So..I think I did pretty good! I had fun, my husband had fun..and it was a succesful day..we now have 2 pieces of gorgeous furniture too.
Oh..and the lady that had the milk pail and other primitive style items..will be calling me when she goes to clean out her storage unit full of more items like today's finds..only..when she calls me..I get first dibs on a huge bunch of linens and aprons and so forth before she has another garage sale.....ooh how cool! can't wait!!!
oh..and I won some aprons on ebay this morning!! two from 1920's, one from 1914, and another from the 40's or 50's..so fun!
Funny thing..my husband was like" here we buy gorgeous furniture today..and I know you really like the furniture honey..but boy did your face really light up when you saw the milk pail!" I just laughed and said.."must be my farmgirl coming out" :0)
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Nov 04 2006 : 8:04:04 PM
Nancy, I finally got a digital camera and a blog spot and am going to put a picture of the bed there. It didn't have any knobs on the posts and I found some porcelain ones with flowers painted on them. My grandson is here now and he is going to put the pictures on my blog thingie. I did have to buy a matress for the bed and my little grandson calls it his guest bed.
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 09:30:22 AM
WOW, I think I would be making a lot of trips to the laundry room.
NANCY JO |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 09:29:03 AM
My daugter is a great garage saler. She finds neat stuff and clothes her growing boys (ages 6@8). To get them out of the 'I want' stage they save their pennies to buy their own stuff and now you should see how selective they can be when they have to spend their own money. They also have to work at home doing extra stuff for their pennies so I think it is a good lesson all the way around.
Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we may as well dance! |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 09:20:19 AM
I found a great green ceremic plant pot for free in my apartment building's laundry room last night. We have a table down there where people put stuff they don't want; sort of a community exchange. Last week I got a practically-brand new winter coat also!
http://apartmentfarm.wordpress.com |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Oct 24 2006 : 09:39:55 AM
Marybeth, that is hillarious!! Pay a guy with a scratch ticket!! Oh that I would happen on a sale like that.
We are going up to Hackensack this afternoon to a thrift store after we go visit Rob and go to the park....
I love cold weather thrifting just like I love warm weather garage sale-ing....
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
blog: http://gaiarose.wordpress.com |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Oct 24 2006 : 09:23:55 AM
Good grief! We need to rub MaryBeth's head for good luck!! What a score, and bravo, girlfriend! Doesn't it just make the rest of your day zippy when you pick up something you love at a bargain? And Nancy Jo, yep, I still step across the street to get online. Sunny chilly and breezy so I may have to force myself to get cracking out in the garden again. My girlfriend across the street looks out for my home while we are living in France. I am thrilled to report that my youngest son is moving back from Sarasota in February and will live at home, at least for awhile. I am hosting a foreign college student also, and his rent helps with my household bills, too, gives the house that lived-in look, so it's all good!! My parents live in Virginia Beach which is only about a 15 minute car ride so she and I go gallavanting occasionally. It is wonderful getting reacquainted with all my treasures and books and music!! And I am getting ready to have my OWN yard sale in two weekends, so ya'll come on down!!!!!!!!
P.S. I don't have any cereal, but it would be on top of the fridge, most likely.
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Oct 24 2006 : 07:01:44 AM
I put up pictures of my thrifting finds on my blog yesterday.....got some pretty amazing stuff, IMHO.....I love it!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
blog: http://gaiarose.wordpress.com |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 11:54:18 PM
Mary Beth,
That is one of the most unusual Garage sales I have heard of. But a great buy.What are you going to do with the bed? Maybe you could post us a picture. I will have to be on the lookout for flatbed trucks, maybe its a new sales trend that I'am not aware of.
NANCY JO |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 10:46:36 PM
2 weeks ago I was driving into town and a fellow had a flat bed i n his drive-way with various items with remarkable prices. One was a victorian type bed frame and he wanted 10dollars. He had a jug for money and was nowhere . So I went on into town to get some money and when I got back he had pulled the flatbed iinto his yard and had the gate closed. To me closed gates mean don't come in. I came back a few days later and the flatbed was still in his yard but the gate was open so I got real brave and went on in. I asked about the bed and it is a trundle bed and he wanted 10 but would take 5. It was in excellent shape not a scratch on it. I said great but I didn't have any money on me and he said take it and when you have the money bring it back. I said I did have a scratch ticket with 2 dollars on it. He said fine and we loaded up the bed in my truck and now I have a beautiful trundle bed. I think I done good!!
Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance! |
| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 10:06:28 PM
Oh, Bramble, I think you get the prize this week - such cool stuff, and the bags of goodies - linens & lace - the horsey toy - the table - ooh! There was a big garage sale at our fair grounds on Saturday that I made myself stay away from (I really _did_ have yard work and house work that just had to get done!) and I think that's why I was led to the estate sale on Sunday...And I'm thinking there probably wouldn't have been too much vintage stuff at the big community garage sale - or worse - there would have been TOO much stuff...I keep telling myself I need to get my basement organized so I can get my Christmas crafts and cards done - time's a-wastin' and it'll never get done if I keep goin out junkin'! Good job again, Bramble, and Nancy Jo - get out to the thrift store! FarmGirl Hugs! Judy
The Rooster crows, but the Hen lays the egg. ~ Texas Proverb |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 23 2006 : 3:20:45 PM
YES those buyer regret things hang with you awhile, been there many times. But on we go and we will find more good stuff. Bramble you had yourself a good ole time. Wish I could have been there. I really need a good estate sale or garage sale. Now that the weather here is SOMEWHAT under control I will try and get to the thrift store this week, thats usually good for calming me down somewhat
Nance, nice to see you about, still going across the street to hook up? Whats the details on being in the states? I think what I understand is that you have your own house but go to your moms sometimes? Well who takes care of your house when you are in France? See where I'AM going with this, I could ask a hundred questions, like where do you keep your cereal?
NANCY JO |
