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Friday, April 21, 2023

Vintage Thrifting over the Weekend

Hi Friends, 
 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a local my vintage finds  I found at my local vintage/thrift consignment shop.


This store has also raised their prices, I'm sure I have mention this before. 

But, I did find a few treasures at reasonable prices, let me show you what I brought home!
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Starting with a couple of green vases and a couple of small bottles
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I placed the tall light green vase in a vignettes in my China Hutch -I paid $2.00

The emerald color vase I placed in a cubby -paid $0.00

I gather a few of my small brown bottles together and incorporated the new little brown bottle I found on this thrifting trip. Paid $1.00


The small green bottle I also grouped with a few other green bottles in this vignette, paid $4.00


I found two more small bottles, a cute perfume bottle for $1.00
I've display with my other perfume bottles on the high-boy dresser in the guest room
The adorable ink well I paid up a little for it -$10.00
looks great in the little shelf in my computer nook.
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When I spied the Tupperware condiment tray $1.99 and tumbler $1.00, I had to pick it up!   
While visiting my Daughter a couple of weeks ago she had mentioned she collected Tupperware. She also said she was looking for these clear glass candy containers, ($1.00 each) for sugar and tea. So I'm shipping this bundle to her.
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Very cool look cigar Humidor, I look this up couldn't find and exact style, but it may be 1960's or 1970's Humidor It does have a sticker on the bottom (Kaywoodie made in Japan) Paid $7.50

It was added to the shelving that houses my Tobacco Paraphernalia collection.
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You know my infatuation with cookies cutter and Jello mold could not pass these treasure up!
I paid $1.00 each and the heart and oval cutters were stamped Germany
Their going into the star colander along with the cute Jello molds

I paid $3.00 for the pack of Jello molds or $1.00 each.
Cute little aluminum Hen cookie cutter

The red handled scissor were $3.00 they had KITCHEN stamped on the blade.
The green aluminum lids and the two canner racks


Look great on the shelf above my kitchen cabinets and adds another layer.


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Lastly, 
I picked up the Doll book because I do have two dolls that have been past down from my Great Aunt Jessi.


I thought this picture look similar to the taller doll I have. I did find out my dolls are from Germany

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Oh! I forgot about this enamel wash pan I've been watching for over a couple of years the tag had a price of $40.00!



this day I looked at the tag and all you could see was the '4', so I took a chance...
When I got ready to pay for this tub the clerk said you know this is priced at $40.00 

I said it's been around a while, so he offer $20.00 and I agreed. 
I'm not sure if it's really vintage, but I'll be using this tub in my yard for the potted plants.

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

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Geranium planted



Hi Friends, 
I'm so glad your here! 
Today, I'm so excited to share how I'm planting Geraniums, I kept over winter in a brown paper bag in the crawl space in my basement for 5 months.
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The plants still have some green stems, so I'm hoping this project works out.

I found this great information on winterizing Geraniums over at Ready and Thriving Sana M. Carlton a You-Tuber has so many great 'Gardening Hacks' please go check out her You-Tube channel.
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My plants seemed a little dry so, I soaked the Geraniums in a bucket of water before planting them in soiled prepared pots.


I just picked-up a bag of 'Potting Mix', from Walmart, prepped my pots.


I planted 5 plants per-pot and we'll see how this project progresses



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

 I would love to hear if you do any gardening or just plant flowers. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Friday, April 14, 2023

Thrifting for Vintage Cottage Treasures

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a thrift haul from my local "Community Budget Center".


The store has been very sparse lately, I think they are doing some 'Spring Cleaning'!
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As you can see I did bring home a few treasures.....
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Everyone can always use more Hand Crocheted Doilies, for $0.25 each! RIGHT? 
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Love how this new doily with yellow crochet roses looks in the 'China Hutch'
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I couldn't pass up the pair of green hot pads, they will looks great with my seasonal décor.
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I use red in my kitchen year round so I also picked up the cool red and white hand crocheted hot pad
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and of course the blue doilies will be used in my Patriotic or Summer vignettes.


I can use the white doilies now throughout my cottage décor.
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In the games area of the thrift store, I founded seven Packs of 'Casino Play Cards' for $0.50 a pack, thought they would be cool to use in some of my 'Winter Game' vignettes.
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I'm displaying the group of cards on this shelf in my Den.
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I was surprised to find another 'Mallard Duck Glass Tumbler' at $0.00, so now it looks like I'm starting another COLLECTION!

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 I did bring home the 'Souvenir Cedar Trinket Box' for $2.50 I just don't see these much anymore and there great to house my small collections.
I put a collection of 'Wooden Nickel's and Advertising Coins'.
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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. 

 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

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Vintage Thrifting in St Louis, Illinois

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 
I've been on a road trip this past week to visit my youngest Daughter and her family.

Today, I'm so excited to share a few treasures I brought home from St. Louis. I did have a list of items I wanted to look for on this trip, however I didn't get a lot of time to shop. Family came first.

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I thought this was a super cool vintage song book, for $2.00

This vintage song book have songs like - "America, The Beautiful" - "My Old Kentucky Home" - "Standin' in the Need of Prayer" -"We're Marching to Zion" - "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Copyright 1928

I have the sweet song book on my vintage Clarophonic record player
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When I saw these Budweiser Christmas mugs, I had to buy them to add to my small collection of Christmas mugs.
The mugs were in two different booths, I paid $10.00 for this '1990 An American Tradition mug.


And the 1992 A Perfect Christmas mug I paid $13.99


I ended up already having a 1990 mug, so now I have two! lol

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I saw this Ball Jar for $4.00 it has a large crack, but I don't care, I'll be using it for décor.

A no. 12 on the bottom
I'm guessing the date might be 1923-1933?
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I also spotted this 2 1/2" spiked metal flower frog for $12.00, the price was a bit high but, I have two thrifted stores in my tiny town and you just don't see flower frogs much.
There is no date or manufacture stamp on it.
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Lastly, I picked up a Art-Deco green vase with gold strips for $5.00. I believe it fits in the same eara with a vase I bought last summer that was yellow with the gold stripes

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I had such a great time visiting my youngest daughter and her family over the Easter weekend.
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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 on my travels to St. Louis. 
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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