Stopped by My Local Community Budget Center - Came Home with a Few Cool Books

Hi Friends,

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a small thrift haul from my local 'Community Budget Center'.  I did not find any new vintage items , but I did bring home a few treasures.

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First,

 item was a bag of foam frames to craft,

I thought it would be fun for the Grandkids as a quite time craft.

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Second treasure,

"The Book of Letters", by Mary Owens Crowther - copyright date of 1924. $1.00

"What Letters to Write for Every Purpose, Business and Social."

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Chapter X

Telegrams

"The Etiquette of Correspondence"

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Cost of a letter

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Chapter Xlll

Stationery, Crests and Monograms

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Next,

looking through the book section I also found a couple of cook books for me to look through, for $.50

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A 'BLUE BOOK of Dolls & Value' for $.25, hoping to get more information about the Nancy Ann Dolls I bought on E-Bay in April,

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for $.25 a magazine 'F4F Wild Cat', my husband is interested in vintage military airplanes, I thought this book would be a Christmas stocking stuffer that he'll enjoy. $.25

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A fun book to add to my patriotic décor

also, $.25

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Lastly,

A diary of events from March 20 through June 17,1980. Some very devastating photos, but interesting.

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I was living in Provo, Utah when Mt St. Helens erupted we had ash in the air, Years later I moved to Washington State and went to visit Mt. St Helens 10 years after, still very desolate and little vegetation. 

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home.

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting for Vintage Treasure to Display in My March Décor

 Hi Friends, 

It's that time for a thrift haul I went to "Community Budget"  thrift store, this week I found a few treasures.

This vase I picked up because I have exactly the same, so I thought I could just pair them up.

This bottle caught my eye, I was kind of surprised to find this bottle in the the antique room.  It reminds me of a red wine vinegar bottle.

For a dollar I picked up this small coke bottle

Because my shopping mission was to look for green items for my March décor I found a green ceramic creamer stamped Japan.

It looks like a harvest pattern

As I was pulling out my Winter Décor I found that I had three nut bowls and still missing tools.  So as you can see I picked up another set along with a wooden spoon.

When I found the aluminum custard or tart tins of courses I picked them up.  My grandmother used tart tins all the time for pudding and jello. for $ .10 each

This little bottle I just had to pick up, The picture doesn't give it justices but  it is a glass log cabin!  I

was thrilled

 

I know Christmas is behind us, but look at the cute singers for $.25 what a deal.

These ash trays were a find for me, I remember as a teenager seeing these type of advertising ash tray in tourist shop when traveling with family.

This grab bag of bead necklaces for $2.50

rolling ping half off because of the broken handles.  It didn't matter to me because I'm using it for décor

Aluminum shaker, can't see in this picture but there are measurement increments

pottery jug I didn't see any markings on the bottom it might be local artesian

spice jars I picked up six all but one had original stoppers

I saw someone use the spice bottle as bud vases

Lastly, another colander with a star pattern

I can't wait to get these items into my home décor.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I found this week.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett 

Vintage Thrift Haul

 Hi Friends,

I just had to drop by my local thrift/ antique store, to see if I could find any new items for my February décor. I did find a few things to add to my some of my collections.

I originally stopped by to look for a few pieces to transform the vintage oil lamps to electric and last time I was there there was a basket with odds and ends of mantels and electrical items.  Unfortunately,  there wasn't much I could not find related to Valentines.

BUT...  This is what I ended up taking home.

a wonderful replica wooden candle stick with a handle? For $1.00

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Check out the copper lantern with a mark on the bottom "Made in Germany", for $4.00 who knew?  

I also picked up a caddy for thread spools, something I can use daily for $1.00.  The green vase caught my eye because of the color and I'm not sure if its Vaseline glass or not, with the added color at the bottom for $1.00.

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I'm not sure this candle stick for $1.00 is milk glass but, I thought it would look nice with the other milk glass pieces I have.

I'm also hoping the copper lid for $1.00 will fit on the copper tea kettle I thrifted back a couple of months ago.

The wooden buffalos for $1.00,  I just couldn't resist from buying, my grandkids will enjoy playing with it.

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I did find a couple of things to go with my March and Spring décor this time. This little saucer is just previous, don't you think for $1.00?  The mark on the bottom says, "Royal Albert Bone China, England".

The Vintage/Thrift store I went to is starting to carry linens, these two hand embroidered dollies, caught my eye, they were $1.00 each. 

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I have been on the look out for a reasonable priced aluminum vintage strainer for a while. And to my surprise I found two strainer at $3.00 each, one is unique to me because of the strainer screen at the bottom of the bowl.

The rusty hook or handle that I paid $3.00 dollars for had a weave design, I'm curious if I can clean it up and use it as a hook.

Today my mission was looking for new items to add to my February-Valentine décor.  I was happy when I found this cute little casted iron ring box for $5.00. The trinket box has a vintage looking fabric print on it with a red felt liner and it is footed, very cute.

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I know I already have a pair like these but I just couldn't resist!  Even though the pair was $10.00! Confession, I know I have got to be a little more selective when I'm out thrifting.

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Thank you for stopping by today, I hope I gave you some inspiration to get out there and thrift, you never know what you will find.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Thermoses - I Had To Go Back!

 Hi Friends,

Do you ever second guess your self on a item you should have brought home?  Well' that was me last night.  

So today I went back to the local Vintage Thrift store and bought these two thermoses for $2.00 each.

Then I also remembered looking at these beautiful emerald green cup they were $2.00 each

 

 While looking around I hadn't seen this large wooden bowl the day before, but it caught my eye. It's not vintage but I like wooden bowls so for $5.00, I picked it up

I had picked this up and wonder how I would use it in my décor, it's pretty rusty don't think I can clean this up much but I'll see. 

Thank You for stopping by to see May God Bless You and Your Family during this special season.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Christmas Vintage-Farmhouse-Rustic Thrift Haul

 Hi Friends,

I went shopping again after work and look what I found.

A county Christmas

Guess what? ...  I wasn't really looking for clothing today, but I came across this beautiful red sweater for only $4.00. Guess what, it was in my size! I couldn't believe it!

I picked up a box of Holly glass ornaments for $1.50, the box is kind of beat up but their were 11 ornament in this box, so less than $.25 a piece.  

I didn't think was a bad price for American made glass ornaments.

This box has a bit smaller ornament, plus a few more if the box was complete.   However, for $1.50 I was able to savage 12 glass ornaments made in the USA.

Bells, Bells, Bells I really wasn't thinking about using Christmas bells in my décor this year, however I just kept finding some. lol!

The bells on the red strap is the second of this kind that I have found, pretty excited about that.  I also the the bell wreath, it will look nice hanging from one of my window frames, I do believe. 

I also picked up a bag of bottle brush trees, for $.25. I have seen all over social media many ways to display using these little bottle brush trees. 

I was thinking, I have some child building blocks and thread spools, maybe I could add the trees to them. 

For $.50 I thought I could definitely use this red trimmed napkin with the pretty poinsettias, as a table scarf.

Some glass Christmas ornaments for $.75, that I had to pick up.

I found this cute red boot $.30.  I had to look it up to find out when it was made. What I found was that this little boot was made by Rosbro, and was filled with candy back in the day.  I'll probably add a bottle brush tree to this cute boot. 

The angel candle holder had some great patina to it, I paid $.75.  I went to google to find a manufacture and learned a little more about it, even though the angel looks like pewter or brush metal, it's actually made from brass in Hong Kong.  Who knew?

 

Best find today was this Mrs. Clause carrying a bag and candy cane, I'm super excited to find this treasure.

For $1.50, who could pass up this gem!

It is stamped Japan.

Super Cute!

Thank you for stopping by to check out my haul.

My God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett