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| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 5:36:05 PM
What I found today thrifting at Junior League and at the Salvation Army:
Some French textbooks and a Lawyer's Day book from 1953 -- for altered art / cards / etc.
Three Kerr jelly jars -- love these!
Vintage Christmas coasters (paper)
Pfaltzgraff brown spoon rest -- with wheat
Vintage-look Lipton Tea tin
and . . . a Wedgwood pin! Pink jasperware -- for $1.90. My find of the day!!
and a few pieces of fabric -- home decor samples, ten cents each. I think I'll incorporate them into my purses/totes:
'Twas a good day, especially since it took my mind off my next destination -- dentist (dum-dum-dum!) Root canal! Whew -- glad that's over (at least the first and toughest visit is over). And now I can play with my new stuff.
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| Bonne |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 4:46:57 PM
LOL!! There you go! Bag up those donations and make room for the new schtuffs!
There's got to be a reward in there somewhere for the dental visits~ You found it!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 11:44:39 AM
I missed the posting of your first finds. LOVE that pink pin - it's just beautiful! Glad you had another good day. Almost makes going to the dentist not so bad!
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 11:34:49 AM
Update: Another dentist appointment, so got to go to the Salvation Army again -- two more French textbooks (1930 and 1937), a French-English dictionary, a 1935 Dictionary-College Edition, a 1935 'Modern Encyclopedia', and 'Quilts and Afghans' from McCalls. All the old texbooks and dictionaries are from the same person - - Ginette. (I love that spelling of the name). Oh, and purchased a square casserole from Germany that has a graphic floral decoration. This time, I ran around the house before leaving and got together a bag of donations -- otherwise the house will split at the seams if I keep bringing more stuff home!
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 5:59:19 PM
Good deals! Makes me want to get out and go treasure hunting myself!
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 07:29:13 AM
GOOD FINDS kATIE!!!!!
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| Nance in France |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 05:58:09 AM
Good golly, Miss Molly! You wouldn't have even needed novocaine after finding such a great haul of neat stuff!! And I am so excited that you asked Stephanie about her altered art. I would love it if somebody could post a good website ("altered art for dummies" would be good for me) or even a good book that covers what altered art is, and has good directions. I think I might really enjoy that creative outlet. Anyway, you definitely get an A+ for the thrifting!! Hugs, Nance
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 04:11:19 AM
Stephanie -- Yes, I was elated to find the old textbooks & daybook. Haven't found good vintage books all summer, and then hit the motherlode. And the prices were great -- 70 cents for the larger ones and 40 cents for the small ones! Our library has donated books on sale for a quarter (including hardcovers), but I rarely find interesting ones there. So this was soooo good. What kind of altered collage mixed media do you do?
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| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 9:30:46 PM
Katie-ell,
What a find in the French Textbooks and Lawyer's day book!! I live in the Mixed Media, Collage and Altered Art state of mind  
 Stephanie
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 8:26:08 PM
Wow! You did excellent. A bunch of gold stars for you. MB
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| carycamille |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 5:54:22 PM
Really neat stuff!
Camille
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| mima |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 5:36:44 PM
wow!!! good job! |
