Jewels and Sales

I am still trying to catch up with last weekend's AMAZING estate sale. I got so many great vintage items for both me and the etsy. This lady saved everything. She had tons of vintage dresses from the 40's through the 60's. I picked up two for me, a black rayon number with a peplum and a purple New Look style complete with a shoulder cape. They are on their way to the dry cleaners along with my early 40's coat I got a few weeks ago. I am so excited for the fall to come, now that I have some great new clothes to wear.

This week I decided to clean out my closet. It felt so good to sort all my clothes out, reorganize, and get rid of a lot of stuff I never wear. I found a lot of my vintage dresses and separates that I had been saving that some how had gotten hidden among the mess of clothes. Now they will see more wear!

Anyways, in between my closet sorting, I reorganized my jewelry as well. This was needed much more than the closet, due to the numerous new pieces of vintage jewelry I have gotten over the past month. I normally just pass up the costume jewelry, since I do have quite a bit of it. However, I just couldn't help myself these past few sales. Pictured in this post are a few of my favorite new additions.

Have a great weekend and 4th of July!!
Emily

Clothes!!!

Two weekends ago, I attended an amazing estate sale full of vintage clothes and accessories along with other vintage goodies. I must admit, I did go a little crazy and for the first time, went back on the last day to get even better bargains. These are just a few of my finds, my favorites!!

This lady was a "crazy glove lady" with over 300 pairs to choose from. I took home 9 pairs for me and a few pairs for the shop.

All three of these vintage linens cost me less than a dollar! The pillow cases cleaned up very nice.

This little shirt was found among the pile of rags in the basement. It really pays to dig in crazy places!!

My little candy striper dress! I have already worn it a few times and it is so comfy and breezy in the hot weather we have been having here in Michigan.

I can't believe I got this 40's blouse for only $2!! It buttons up the back. It is in need of a good pressing and the prefect 40's suit to go with it!!

Lately, I have found myself addicted to vintage robes. So, I couldn't pass this one up. Its fabric drapes so lovely! I feel so glamorous wearing it, like I just stepped out of an old movie.

I got these on the last day for a steal!! The rhinestone earring are screw backs and sparkle a lot!! The spiders are scatter pins and I have the prefect vintage orange sweater to wear them with this fall.

I got a lot more stuff, but these are by far my faves, except for the swing coat, 40's wool dress, and late 30's - early 40's fur collared coat that are waiting to be picked up at the dry cleaners.

Last weekend was a church rummage sale, which was a $3 dollar bag sale, all you can stuff. I also got carried away there as well!!

Today, I made my way to another estate sale to a home that didn't have one item in it newer than 1980!!! It started in the evening, another first for me. I normally don't go on those days, but this sale looked so good, I just had to!! I came out with two bags full and might go back on Saturday for the bargains.

Hope the bargains come your way!!!

Emily

Busy Little Bee

This past week has made me feel like a busy little bee. Last Friday I stopped by an estate sale close to home and came out with two bags full of goodies for me and my etsy. Sunday, I went back and scored two more bags for me and the etsy. On Sunday I also went to my local flea market that I hadn't been to in a while. Since the weekend, I have been busy sorting, organizing, and cleaning all my finds. I am now just beginning to list some stuff on etsy. Some of it is from this sale and some of it is not.

At the flea market, there is always this vendor that does a dollar table. I always search him out because he normally has good stuff on his dollar table, like vintage patterns and vintage gloves and hats. This week he had this little vanity jar that I think is suppose to hold powder.

I just fell in love with it. Probably because it was yellow!! Instead of holding powder, I decided to store all my pretty sparkly hair accessories and bobby pins. So far it's working out great and looks so pretty and lady-like on my vanity tray. :)

Tomorrow and Saturday I will be taking a break from my washing and sorting, to attend a few rummage sales that look promising. I'm so glad the summer has come. I get time off of school which give me more time to do what I love!! These are the times I love being in college!! :)

Before I leave, here's a few sneak peeks at what I will be adding to my etsy in the next week. If you are interested, shoot me an email and I will reserve the item for you.

Vintage Apron


Suede Vintage Heels

FLEXIBLES Vintage Gloves

(Two Pairs Available)

Have a great Friday!!

Emily

A Weekend Behind Again

Summer sales have really started to pick up around here, hence my absence from blogging. I have been to two of the most wonderful sales since the start of June. I am so excited to share my finds!!

A few days ago I took Pumpkin to visit my grandma who is doing a few weeks of rehab at a local nursing home. She was so happy to see Pumpkin. My mom and I fixed her up real cute complete with a yellow bow in her hair to match her yellow collar. Pumpkin has just about lost all of her baby teeth now and is growing up so fast. Grandma is doing much better and is looking forward to coming home in a few days.

Last weekend I went to a lovely estate sale close to home. I went on the last day, as I had just found it on EstateSales.net. Everything was half off of the already low prices.

This drum table was purchased for $7.50 and is in pretty good shape.

I added this recipe box to my collection for only 50 cents.

I also took home this vintage parasol for only 50 cents.

This cute little vintage birthday card will find its way to my etsy.

Also finding its way to my etsy is a vintage shirtwaist dress that isn't pictured in this post. It is so cute, black and white and a larger size too!!

The lady who lived in the house had tons of vintage fabric, although most of it was polyester. I did end up taking all the vintage feed sack that was left for 50 cents a piece.

There were tons of vintage table clothes at this sale. Mostly Christmas ones. I took the one pictured above and two others; one of which will head to etsy.

This is one of the other vintage Christmas linens I took, a table runner. I love the design and was glad that I took both of them instead of just getting one.

My favorite find of the day. I know how hard it is to find vintage fall/Halloween anything and was so excited when the lady said I could take this off the table and buy it!!!

It's in near perfect condition!!

I also purchased a jar of vintage buttons. It was so much fun to sort through them all.

Today I went back to an estate sale that I went to on Friday morning. It has to be one of the best sales I have ever been to!!! More on this later!

Emily

Last Weekend's Finds

This week has just flown by! I have been meaning to post my finds from last weekend and never got around to it until now -- a week later! :)

Last weekend I decided to only two yard sales that were about two blocks apart. Both said that they had TONS of vintage stuff. The first one I stopped at was suppose to have TONS of vintage clothing. Well, there was one small rack, and all of it was either too small, too much $$, or just not really vintage. However, the lady did have a lot of vintage shoes. They were all size 10 and mostly 60's. I did manage to find this pair for only $8. I really don't see how they fit me, being marked a size 10AAA (I normally wear a vintage size 8-8.5 AAA) and all, but they are a perfect fit.

I just wore them on Thursday and found them to be one of the most comfortable pair of heels I have ever owned.

I also got this awesome vintage teal lamp at that sale for only $3!!! The lady had just put it out as I was about to walk out of the driveway and I ended up bring it home with me along with the shoes. The pink lamp was purchased for $4 at a thrift store. Both need new shades and probably will need to be rewired.

The next sale I went to was down a lovely street with all historic homes. When I drove up to the house I could already see all the furniture and other vintage goodies spread all out on the lawn. Everything at this sale was outrageously priced...but in the buyer's favor. Here's a few of the things I ended up with:

Vintage mens silk tie. Look for it next week in my etsy or email me if interested

Some lovely vintage gloves. The ones on the left will make their way to the esty later on today. The ones on the right have found a new home with me. The linen that the gloves are sitting on was also bought at the same sale.

Three vintage napkins that look like they had never been used. I picked these up for 25 cents!!

I have convinced myself that a girl can never have too many table clothes. I just loved this one and it had no stains, but a slight hole in it. For $2, it was worth it, and I won't feel bad about using this one.

The next day I checked out the weekly flea market that is held right by my house. No deals as good as the ones I had found the day before so I only picked up these vintage patterns.

And these vintage silk screen prints. I thought the little baby deer would look cute in a baby's room some day.

Well, that's it for last weekend. But... I need to post about this weekend and update my etsy with all the new items I have waiting to be added. Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Emily

Quick Post

Just a quick update as I add more items to my etsy. Last night I put together some vintage ad packets. I am in the process of listing them at the moment. All will be under $10. I had so much fun putting them together and deciding on themes for each one. I have about ten or so to be listed with various themes of make-up and cleaning products, many of which are still in use today. One packet it filled with vintage romance magazine pictures, perfect for crafts!! I must admit, I am guilty of keeping quite a few of my cut outs for my own stash.

Vintage Romance Clippings

Today, I woke up early and went to two lovely yard sales that were listed on craigslist. Both were said to have lots of vintage items and when I got there I was not disappointed. I scored so many great things for both me and the shop. Look for my next post on my finds from today.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Emily

More Concerts!!

This past Thursday, a girlfriend and I went to the Elton John-Billy Joel concert. It was really good!! We actually had really good seats for being in the balcony. They played all their biggest hits and a few others. I had a great time!!

I am finally getting around to adding all the items to my etsy. After tonight, half of the stuff I need to add will be up!! If you feel inclined, check it out!! After all the items are listed, I will be holding a sale. Here's a peek at one of the new items:

That's all for tonight, as I still have a few more items to post!!

Emily

Great Weekend!!

Before I share my awesome finds from this weekend, I must give an update on my Pumpkin girl!! My little Pumpkin is a late bloomer and we have to hold off on getting her fixed because she has yet to loose all her baby teeth, or at least enough to get the surgery. Since taking her to the vet a few weeks ago, I have noticed that a lot of her little teeth are gone!!! They must have all fallen out while she chewed up mama's antique desk. :(

But with a face like that how can you be mad?? And no one looks at the bottom of furniture anyways, right...?

Now on to this weekend!! As I mentioned in my last post, my mom and I went to our church's rummage sale. We each found some really cute stuff. I got a few things for my etsy (which will be listed by the end of the week) and a few things for me. One of the things I am planning on keeping is this adorable little girl's robe. Based on the label inside, I am guessing its from the late 40's early 50's. I can't wait to have a little girl someday to wear it!!

After the sale, we decided to try a few garage sales. Not much luck, except for one that had a whole bunch of vintage stuff at it and it was all half off. I found this basket and got it for 50 cents!! I knew it would work to hold my fabric stash.

I got a few other things there, but the basket was pretty much the highlight of the garage sales. Today, last minute, I decided to check out an estate sale close to home. Being the last day I was hoping to score some low prices. I wasn't extremely impressed, but still managed to get some good deals.

The lady used this bull as a pin cushion, but after doing some research on the info from the tag, it turns out to be a toy. I guess it could work for either.

If you like this little guy, look for him in the etsy in the next week or so! Or you can always email me to!

These two items were the big ticket items today! I have been looking for a vintage bun warmer for a LONG time!! I couldn't find one anywhere. This one is exactly like the one my my has that is from her mother who get it from her mother! I brought this one home with me for only 80 cents!!! The metal picnic basket is etsy bound since I already have one.

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!

Emily

I Can't Believe...

... it's been so long since I have posted!!! I am so glad school is finally over. I am taking a few summer classes, but they don't start until July so I have been enjoying my time off. Since I got out of school mid-April, I have gotten so much accomplished!! This is why I love having time off of school.

At the end of April, I went to the Britney Spears concert with a friend. It was AMAZING!!!!! We had floor seats and were probably about 5 people away from Miss Spears. I never was a huge fan of Britney, even though I am part of the generation that "grew up" with her, but my friend really wanted to go and I thought why not. The Pussycat Dolls opened followed by the Big Apple Circus. It was a great concert; I am so glad I went. Here are a few pictures!!

Today, my mom and I went to our church's rummage sale. We made it just in time to fill a bag full for only a dollar. I got some really cute stuff (pictures tomorrow). Afterwards we went to a few garage sales, but didn't have a lot of great luck. When we got home, I got busy and got to work setting up my sewing area. My mom has recently moved all her stuff downstairs to the basement and gave her old sewing room to my Grandma. I've always had my sewing and crafting stuff downstairs but now that my mom will be down there too, I know I'll actually go down there to work on a project. It is my goal to actually sew some stuff this summer. Now that that is all organized I will be taking pictures of all the stuff I have to put in my etsy...which is A LOT of stuff, so look for some new items within the next week.

Here are a few pictures of some stuff I found at the end of last summer and never got around to posting it.

The purses and gloves came from an estate of a WWII nurse.

I love peach glaze FIRE KING!!! I almost have a complete set. The two pans were bought at a garage sale, the round pan at the thrift store, and the little bowls were found on eBay.

More tomorrow!!

Emily