Avon Perfume Pin Collection

I love a good collection. I have quite a few myself and I love, love, love it when other people share theirs with the world. It's one reason why I stalk all the various blogs I stalk. The whole "I'll show you mine if you show me yours". You know what's up.

So today I present: My Collection of Avon Perfume Pins. These things date to the 1970's. They are cartoon-like plastic pins with a hidden compartment for solid perfume. Let me just tell you right now. You don't want to be wearing this perfume. You don't even want to get any on you by accident. That stuff is nas-tay. I'm going to bet that even when it was new and not 40 years old, that stuff stank.

Here we have the Spring Collection. It's not really called that. I just made that up. Each pin has an actual name because Avon is fond of naming cute little characters. I actually think the pins might be called Perfume Pin Pals, but I'm not certain.

The bunny on the left was found at the last Dome Sale for $1 and I can't remember where/when I got the other two pins. It was a long time ago. Could have been a galaxy far, far away, too.

Here they are all open. Remember them now? Just imagine a very intense smell of old lady (from the perfume) and maybe it will help.

I found the scarecrow at the curiosities shop that shares a building with my hair stylist. Thanks, Utter Clutter! The snowman was my mom's. Goodness I love pink and black together!

Mr. scarecrow still has his pot of evil in the back, there. My mom's pin has an itty bitty picture of me as a baby! Wow, quite the film stock. All red, everything red. Way to go, chemists.

Here is the last of them! I found the wormy apple at Erie Line Antiques in Hornell, NY. Three floors of stuff, junk and treasures. You should stop there if you get the chance.

There are still many more of these pins out there. A few cats, another girl, a hippo, puppy and kangaroo, just to name a few. Who knows which will make it's way to me next?

Also, I thought you should see this:

The piece of old wallpaper came a few days ago. It's more glorious than I could have ever imagined! I'll never regret buying this baby.

So, in summary:

Too Many Collections
That Smells Like Old Ya Know
Avon Is The Best, Etc.
Old Wallpaper = Good Choice

Advent Sale 2011

I'd like to state for the record, that I get lost every single time I drive to this sale. It's in Fairport, or just outside of Fairport and I never go to that town. I'm not real versed in the East side of the city at all, to be honest. This year was no exception. It wasn't a long detour though, for which I and my passengers were grateful.

This is my pile of treasure for which I paid about $7.50 total.

Look at this little charmer. Note the googley eyes. 50 cents. I have a friend who loves elephants. I gave it to her. She loves elephants like I love mice/bats. I made the mistake of wrapping a gift in elephant paper at a party we both attended. She almost went after the spent paper in the trash can before I promised to frame a piece for her from my fresh stock, at home. It is dreadfully cute paper, so I can't say that I really blame her.


Here you can bear witness to one of the most girly pocket knives ever. Cherry red with white zebra-like stripes and glitter. I sharped it up and now I'm ready to cut you. "Oh yes I will, girl". It was $1. Then there is the bag of Disney pins. The trading kind. I know I've told you about those before. Four of them for 50 cents! They are worth $10 each, but in reality we all know that they are worth one Muppet pin each! I can't wait to trade them on my next trip!


This frame is lined in leather and was one dollar. You know I can't resist frames. The wooden thing with the metal hooks is a tie rack. Or a necklace rack, as I like to call it. I haven't installed it yet, but I have plans for it! Oh, yes. So what if I have a stack of things started for "the bedroom of my dreams" and no plans to move or renovate in the foreseeable future? It had inlay! What's a girl to do? NOT buy it? Right! It was only $1! The talc bottle is Avon (don't even get me started, you know how I can go on about Avon) and is gorgeous as is the box. 50 cents. The bedroom of my dreams pile grows larger.


Two gorgeous and vintage pillowcases for $1. I need to get new sheets. I'm not going to tell you the last time I bought a pair of new sheets. It would make you vomit and I'm not here to do that to you. So just look at the pretty, clean pillowcases instead, okay?


This ring is sterling silver. It was $2. No, I don't know "what it is". It has writing on the bottom that I'm fairly sure is middle eastern? One side of the ring is braided. It's awesome, fits me and was $2 so don't drive yourself crazy with unanswerable questions.

As you well know, tomorrow is the first day of September. That means fall decorating is a "go". Even though I'm not really ready for fall yet and still need a bit more summer. That is the first time those words have been pushed out through this mouth. I'm a fall girl and not just because my birthday is in fall. But we got royally ripped off in the arena of nice weather this year and I'm just not ready for cold weather to start again. Maybe if I decorate I'll get in the mood.

At any rate, I'm going to try to do something a little different this time and take pictures of what amy normal decor looks like before fall descends in all it's orange and black glory. A little treat for you. You lucky kids. (Shout out to my three readers: Heidi, Beth and Ann! The only people brave enough to put up with the torture.)

The Avon Flea Market

I've been visiting the East Avon Flea Market since I was in high school. That was a lot of years ago, but don't expect me to tell you how many. My family all started collecting stuff at the same time, I'm sure I've mentioned that before. The Avon Flea Market was one of our favorite hunting grounds. We used to go at least once a month. Now, I'm lucky if I make it there once a year. Generally we have brunch at the Avon Inn first. It's a delicious buffet at a great price. Incidentally, it's also where I got married, the Guru got married and it's where our friend Meggles will get married this August. It's a great place, you should go there. (we actually didn't go there this time)

Anyway, we went to the Flea Market on Sunday. It was a glorious day. Warm, bright, not a rain cloud in sight! the fruit guy yelling, "Bo-nana, Bo-nana, Bo-nana!" You can catch his act at the public market on Saturday mornings, too. Not many of the vendors have garage sale pricing, but they do love to haggle, so you end up getting some fun things at reasonable prices. Take a look!

In attendance: Me, the husband, Sarah Mae and Andrew.


Nick got manly things. A cigar (his first, and he still hasn't tried it yet) and a hand warmer for winter bike riding. You fill it with flammable fuel and it gets warm. This seems like a stellar idea to me, but he assures me that it's safe. He was going to get some records but the seller wouldn't stop telling him how old and valuable they were. We all hate that. 'Oh, it's old? Really? I could have sworn I just saw the same thing in Walmart yesterday!' Dummies. That attitude will throw anyone off the scent of your goods lickety-split. Some people bring their stuff, set it all up and just wanna show it to people and tell them how great it is all day instead of selling it.

Sarah Mae got a wicked etched belt buckle. "Rock, Flag, Eagle!" ($3)

There was a vendor who had buckets of plastic goods like these. Sarah Mae purchased these fine looking Santas and motorcycles on card. ($1) I didn't buy any small plastic things! Can you imagine? It's a testament to my character and strength of will...ok, I did buy something. But it's not...the same. I'll show you later. There is also a pair of blue cameo earrings in the picture if you can spot them in Santa's bag.

She got these vintage enamel earrings for $2.


Sarah Mae got art. Wooden. $4


My new necklace. Yep, Intercourse, PA. $2

Vintage Christmas ornaments! There was a woman who had a whole host of vintage Christmas stuff for sale. It was sorted by color and it was like the gates of heaven. I bought $9 worth of stuff.


The bookends of this picture were included in the $9 Christmas haul. You know how I like those putz houses. Mouse chimney sweep? Thank you, gov'nor! And in the middle you can see my plastic $1 purchase. Nudie lady food picks. Yep.


And the coup. $10. Pops, a Muppets action figure. One of the only ones that I missed buying in the stores. I got it for cheaper than it originally cost! This makes me very, very happy.