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Originally posted by bramble

All this hot , hot crazy weather across the country must have driven us all indoors to junk this past weekend. I had a day with the "girls" , the guys were all camping and surf fishing at the beach with the kids so we hit every thrift in the area. Treasures abounded for all! There were four of us and it's a good thing I have a little station wagon!

Here was our haul:
2 matching cotton pillowcases w/ crocheted edge 1.99*
queen size cotton fitted sheet in package(new) 2.00
China lamp with floral medallion 1930's 3.99
Rowe Pottery salt glaze candlestick .99*
hand crocheted lace tablecloth 3.00
Mercer china small platter w/ tiny pink rosebuds .99
round black frame w/ silhouette 1.99*
ceramic brown w/ white polka dot watering can .49*
1960's Vogue pattern for cocktail dress .29*
Yankee jar candle Tulips (new!) .99
2 pewter candlesticks 4.99
1920's wool crazy patch quilt top 9.99
blown glass paperweight .69
Book- Country Fabric style (neat projects!) .99*
McCoy cream colored vase(small chip under bottom) 1.99
5 yds red ticking fabric 3.00* (*my stuff!)
L.L.Bean leather posture pack 2.99
175.in catalog, we looked!)

Not bad for a days "work"! And we had a great lunch to boot! It is rarely as good as it was Sat. but we got lucky! None of us spent more than $20.00 with lunch included so we didn't feel like we were
overindulgent or spendthrifts!

Jenny, I love the sound of your tablecloth, what colors will you embroider it? That's a nice size because you can use it as a topper on any table. You can't beat the price! As for that buffalo head...we spent our childhood visiting grandparents who had the most enormous deer head with 12 point antlers looming over every family dinner we ever had. One of my uncles shot it when he was 14 and apparently it was "quite something" so they had it mounted.Needless to say for many years it was the source of torture for those of us with imaginations that ran wild. You know it comes to life while you're sleeping, it's body is coming back to find it's head, etc, etc...It started sporting hats and "accessories " provided by my demonic boy cousins in later years as we got older it was more of a shock value thing for them.It wasn't until my grandfather had moved downstairs that he let on he had never liked that big head there all those years!He never hunted!

Miss Clare-- So much fabric for so little! Yeah for you! That sounds like quilting yardage to me(she said with a sly smile!) Or were you thinking of aprons?! Glad you had a great find , I'm like Jeannie; I love to hear about other people's fabulous treasures out "junking" !
And it's fun to share them with other people that appreciate "a treasure" at bargain prices!


with a happy heart

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