Mid-Century Blah Blah

Heather and I went to an estate sale that had a ton of mid-century modern furniture.  Everyone and their dog is going nuts over this type of furniture these days.  I couldn't give a fart less about mid-century modern furniture.  It's not my personal style.  Too plain.  Too doctors-officy.  Not warm or inviting in my opinion.  But, everyone else wants that junk.  So when a sale is advertised like that, people come out in droves.  The place was picked over when we arrived on the second day. But, everything under $50 was half price, which was great.

I did find a few little treats, though.  A home made Christmas corsage done in pinks.  Even the pine cones are dusted in pink metallic paint.  The orange corsage is my favorite, though.  It will look spectacular in my someday tiki bedroom.  The mushrooms are Christmas tree decorations, clip style.  On each clip one mushroom is blown glass and one is plastic.  The plastics are probably replacements for the delicate glass ones that break so easily.  I found some of them back in 2014 and even though those are partially broken I still display them on my tree.  I love the graphic appeal of toadstools in red and white.

Here are a few more tiny things that I found.  I do love the smalls.  A teensy flocked Christmas owl holding an itty bitty sprig of holly, a vintage Hallmark brooch of a Christmas Owl, a candy cane with a stick pin on the back found in a box of candles with a bunch of others like it.  I'm guessing it's to decorate a candle with? (going in my shadowbox) And the coup de gras: A vintage Florida (Disney) Orange Bird keychain.  I love Orange Bird so much!  He's ridiculously adorable.  Disney has brought him back in the past few years and I cannot get enough!  His orange head and his tiny leaf wings!  Gack!

I also hit it big in the vintage bar sector. My first Whistle Stix and they are in the original package!  So cute.  I think the straws have actual metal (copper?) threaded through them.  Love the box for the Party Straws, obviously.  I also found two Old Crow stir sticks with tiny top hatted crows on top! 

A closeup of the straws.

I also got this embroidered leaf picture.  It looks great hanging horizontally or vertically and will look 100% great with my fall decor.

So, In Summary:

2016 has a long way to go in giving back. 

RIP Jareth & Snape.

Thrift Storia

I just went to the thrift store for the first time since my injury in August.  That is a long stretch for me to go without a thrift hit.  It felt real nice to get back out there.  And as an added bonus I got quite a haul!

Check it out!

I'll only go into detail about the stuff I bought for myself, though I did score quite a few special gifts and some great stuff for my Etsy shop.

At this particular thrift store I always check out jewelry first.  It's right at the front of the store.  I almost always find something worth while. I found a vintage Avon Pin Pal IN THE ORIGINAL BOX for ONE DOLLAR.  I already have the pin, but the box art is half of what makes vintage Avon so appealing.  I'll be putting this adorable dude (Chicken Little) out with my Easter decor.  The pink garland was a buck as well.  I'm going to rip off the weird styrofoam eggs and use it to embellish some decorations.

Next I hit up holiday, because it's next in my line of sight.  I was surprised at the amount of Christmas stuff that they still had.  Tons!  But, they have all holidays out all the time at this thrift store.  I bet they make more money that way.  Lots of thrift store junkies are also decorating junkies.  Not that I'd know anything about that.

This honeycomb santa is new, but I'm not above mixing old and new, alike! Display all the honeycombs!

The Elf stocking is vintage (from the 80s) Avon.  I really did hit a treasure trove of vintage Avon, which, as you know, is one of my favorite things to find!  We had this particular tidbit when I was a kid, and it made me ever so nostalgic.  My parents had lots of decorations and I was the one to put them out, as far back as I can remember.  So, basically, I blame them for my madness.  Look how cute this dude is!  I need to find some vintage faux candy canes to jam in there.  Or some vintage floral pics!  OR BOTH.  All of these finds were $1.

This little ceramic medallion is "sugared", or coated in clear glitter.  Man, I love that junk.  It will need a new ribbon soon.  I'll probably swap the green velvet out for something red or candy striped.

One of the last things I hit is purses.  They are on my route to the checkout when I'm all done with the rest of the store.  I found this little gem! $3 for a vintage shell decorated tiki purse?  Yes ma'am!

A close up of the tiki action and a pair of 80s heart earrings that I found for $1. I can't wait to use this purse on vacation to somewhere sunny and warm, preferably with a swim-up bar.  A girl can dream.

So, In Summary:

Watch out, 2016. 

I can walk and need to make up for lost time!