LUCKY THRIFT STORE DAY

I don't know if any of you are from the Northern Virginia area but if you are you must go to The Closet.  It is a thrift store in Herndon, Virginia.  If you go on a Saturday BEWARE.   The store is so crowded with stuff AND people.  If you are claustrophobic it is not the place for you.   I went there with a friend of mine the other day and found all these wonderful items for a total of $27.00.  I couldn't believe it.  

My friend is amazing to thrift shop with.  She has an eye and misses nothing.  After we were done shopping on this particular day we went to the bread store next door to get some samples and a loaf of bread, when I see a butter bell.  I mentioned that I had been wanting one but didn't want to spend twenty bucks on it and she tells me there was one in The Closet?? WHAT??? How did I miss that???  So after tasting our bread we went back and there it was tucked away in the corner of a shelf loaded, and I mean LOADED, with stuff.  Like I said, she has an eye.  I decided I would have to make another round since now I felt like I was still missing something. 

Now let me back track a moment.  Several months ago I bought a large fork from Hobby Lobby to hang on my pantry door.  I knocked it off and it broke in half.  I replaced it with a spoon and several weeks later my mother knocked that off and broke it in half.  I tried a couple different glues but since it was resin it kept breaking.  I finally gave up.  I told my mom I wished she had kept hers from the 70s.  If I could only find a vintage wooden set.  WEEEEEEEEEELL like I said I did a second pass through The Closet and guess what I found???  A vintage 1970s (marked on the back with the original tag from The Hecht Company) fork and spoon.  

What a fantastic day.  Here are my finds....

A BLACK CANDLE STICK

POTTED PLANT 

VINTAGE FORK AND SPOON

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SPOON AND FORK

A BLACK ROO (because you can never have too many Roos)

GLASS CANDLE HOLDER 

A JAR FOR MY MANY CORKS

A JAR FOR MY POWDERED LAUNDRY DETERGENT

ANOTHER PRETTY GLASS PIECE 

(I need a candle and something else to fill it)

WHITE SHADOW BOX (with linen back and pretty pins)

I forgot to get a picture of the butter bell.  Oh and I forgot I got some costume jewelry as well :)  

What good finds have you found lately?

Lisa 

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Rummage Sale Finds

Every year my friend and I attend a Hospital Auxiliary Rummage Sale.  It is a huge sale held in Virginia.    My friend clears out the back of her SUV and off we go.    This year traffic was horrible and in a panic we were missing out on something, we finally arrived about a half hour after the doors opened.    This sale is one of our favorites to go to.  They have EVERYTHING you can imagine from clothes, shoes, purses to housewares, furniture, antiques and just plain other junk, which we LOVE.   The other year my friend was fortunate enough to find a wagon to purchase, which made carrying our wares a little easier but last year we had to carry around the bags we brought.  This year we FORGOT, yes forgot bags.  How does one do this?   Luckily some of the "cashiers" had plastic bags that we were able to use.    We did pretty good this year only purchasing a few small items.  We couldn't believe that we were actually getting out of there without filling the back of the SUV when low and behold, I found a tree.  Yes, that is right, an artificial tree.   I didn't need a tree.  I didn't want a tree.  I certainly was NOT looking to buy a tree but when I asked the price and the sales lady suggested $20.00 I had to seriously think about it.   She must have thought I wasn't interested and immediately brought the price down to 15.00 bucks.  I didn't say a thing but looked at her like she could not be serious.  I was in shock.  These trees are expensive.  She must have mistaken my look as though I wasn't interested and at that point said she would take $10.00.  WHAT??? TEN dollars????  Okay, guess I was going home with a tree.    

A cute little candle for a dollar.

 Every girl needs a fun wine glass and this one was perfect

especially for fifty cents.  

Two candle holders - fifty cents each.  

They are sooo pretty lit up at night. 

I paid ten dollars at a kitchen store for the red spatula and 

just got the yellow one for fifty cents at the rummage sale.  

I should have waited!!

I loved this picture and with a little paint on the frame love it more. 

It goes perfect in my basement bathroom.  

Loved the granite whatever the heck it is.  

I just added a cloche and pumpkin but I still need to figure out what to do with it later.  I loved the fat little rooster too.

I put the fat little rooster inside my kitchen cabinet.

I smile whenever I see him peeking out at me. 

The TREE - so happy I got it

Of course there were several other things I didn't get pictures of but these are some of my favorites. 

What good finds have you found recently?

Lisa

This little cutie was FREE...

One of my favorite thrift stores has a FREE box outside of it.  It usually contains old books, mismatched items or items that are broken.  I noticed that a lot of people walk right on by it but not me or my good friend, we head for this box first.     The other day I found this really cute bird statue and absolutely fell in love with him.  Yes he was broken but he wasn't anything a little glue couldn't fix.  I grabbed him right up and stuck him in my purse.  The only problem that I noticed was when I went to glue him was he missing a couple tiny pieces.  No worries, a little twine and he would be fine.   Isn't he cute?

 What great finds have you come across lately?

Lisa