Sunday, January 23, 2011

Garage Sales and old Friends

I had lunch plans with an old friend that I hadn't seen in years. Visiting with her was the main plan for the day but since it was a lunch date and I had the morning free I thought I would hit a few sales on the way.

This took me to some cities that I would not usually go for thrifting. After two hours of driving around and stopping at three estate sales, I had found nothing. I was resigned to the fact that I would not find anything and that was okay because the lunch date was going to be the highlight of my weekend.

After a few more random garage sale stops I saw one last sign and stopped. I found this silver-plated vase that I plan to fill with silk or dried hydrangeas.

I am totally against smoking but I found these two ash trays from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. I like that this is another bit of California history. I may not be able to afford spending a night there but at least I can afford their thrifted ash trays.


The last two items I bought for purely nostalgic reasons. I remember playing with these little Disney figurines called Disneykins. I still have my old Donald Duck Disneykin somewhere. I think I broke all of the other characters. I found these two Disneykins and just had to have them. Sweet childhood memories.
It was a beautiful weekend reconnecting with a dear friend and I also found some nice treasures. What a great weekend!

As a followup to my post titled Four Estate Sales, I finally had a chance to look at all of the buttons that were in the jar I bought. I found two buttons that are either Bakelite (passed the chemical smell and 409 tests) or Vegetable Ivory. I also found one large and several small Lucite buttons. The large Lucite button has a black carved rose in the center. There are several vintage shell buttons and two glass vials. It was truly a treasure hunt looking through the old button jar.



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10 comments:

  1. Your bucket as you will find is so versitle to do so many things with....doesn't feel great when you do find things when "hunting"!

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  2. Thanks Ann. You're right, what I thought of as a vase could be used to chill champagne or hold a large centerpiece. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for your comment!

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  3. Love, love that champagne bucket!

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  4. Grat finds...my fav is the champagne bucket!

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  5. Love the bucket. So cool and will look great with flowers or "champagne".

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  6. You found some very neat things with your friend on this outing. I love the cartoon figurines.

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  7. Great vase. It will love wonderful full of dried hydrangeas...

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  8. So you had a fun lunch with your friend and found some wonderful things, including those buttons and silver vase. That's a win win!

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  9. i love the little glass vials, and the buttons great finds!

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