Junky Junk and Holy Junk

There was only one estate sale listed on Friday. It started at 9:00. I went at 11:00 to make sure I missed all the dealer fist fights. It was a good day.

Let's begin with the secular....

Hoot owl cutting board

6 Cheery 1980's Santa glasses, unsullied by dishwasher detergent.

Now, let's move on to the divine...

Lovely St. Anthony print, with Lilies & bagels (?!)

Religious pamplets...I'm working on committing "Our Moral Life" to memory.

A little something for my garden, and eventually, my grave. My husband has strict instructions. My headstone will read: "She was sometimes a headache, but she was never a bore."
This was the best thing, hands down.

A tiny white vase stuffed with beaded flowers. I adore beaded flowers. Look at the leaves! Price...

And a hearty Congratulations to Beth of Parsimonia: Second Hand with Style. Beth won the coveted Blue Ribbon Blogger Award from Country Living magazine. Her blog is funny and a feast for the eyes! Thanks to all of you for rooting for One Gal's Trash, and especially for following the ramblings of a crazy lady in Portland, Oregon.

xoxoxo

Pam

The Stuff I Brought Home

Here's my takeaway from the "Angels and a Whorehouse Bed" sale...

A milk glass bird candy dish and vintage coffee canister (both already listed in my Etsy shop!).

Teeny perfume bottles, owl pendants, tutti fruiti earrings that will soon be hair clips, a St. Christoper pill box (in case prayers don't heal you, meds will), and 2 fab bone china liquor decanter labels. I'm making these into necklaces...I don't care what anyone says. I'll sell them at the Plucky Maidens Junk Fest!

A sweet vintage framed bird print. At first I thought it was wallpaper, but it's actually fabric from 1955...It says so on the back. LOVE it!

Glittery sequined pears,

a pussy willow adorned serving bowl,

and a tapestry table top in autumn colors...The last 3 items can also be found in my Etsy shop!

See what you can come up with if you're willing to dig? What's your favorite thing?

Recent Finds That Thrill Me

I recently posted on my Facebook page that after a marathon cleaning and sorting of my "inventory", I was never going to buy anything again. Ever. The responses I got from my dearest friends were along the lines of "LOL", "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" and "I think Pam is delusional!" Anyway, here is some of the stuff I uncovered...

Fab 1970's floral painting that reminds me of Tahiti, even though I have never been there.

Sweet floral bookends.

Ditto, but with a Lily of the Valley thing going on.

Swimming swans table top.

Hooooooo is the most handsome concrete owl in the world?

Which one do you like best? Please advise!

It was the best of sales, it was the worst of sales

I recently went to an estate sale that advertised "97 years of accumulation". The sheer amount of stuff was overwhelming. So overwhelming in fact, that it didn't even occur to me to take photos. And decades of filth covered everything! I swung wildly between total joy and complete revulsion. But, you know me girls, I can find a diamond in the rough anywhere!

Vintage necklaces (the minty green one still has the original $2.95 price tag attached), old plastic baby hangers, miniature perfume bottles, "cross stitch" playing cards (never opened), FRAGILE mailing stickers and a package of Dennison St. Patrick's Day stickers.

2 lovely prints; one of some European bridge and the other one of some European dude chatting up some European babe in some European town square a couple of centuries ago. Filthy!

A bunch of Smokey Bear stuff. I especially like the blue foil ashtrays for stubbin' out your smokes instead of tossing them into a nearby forest.

I scored in the ephemera department. Floral greeting cards,

pink owl stationery,

kittens and more florals. When I got home, I took a long, hot shower.

Turns out there is such a thing as going too far!

Chime in here, girls. I'm speechless.
Addendum: Some of you have asked if I bought the object. It was priced at $10. Uh....No.


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