Thrift Finds Today

Afterschool, I took the boys up to my favorite thrift.  It’s been awhile since I’ve been there, and I needed a fix!  As always, I hit the wooden item section downstairs, first.  Not too much today.  I usually find quite a few items, and my little cart is almost full with wooden items by the time I come up from the basement.  Today was half off yellow and orange tags, and mostly what was left that I might have bought was blue tags.  So I left a few items there.  Here are a few things I picked up.

This paper plate holder.  It was $2.50, but it’s oak and pretty darn heavy!  I can do something with that.

This tote was $1.50.  Not bad, but sure does need a paint job!  The rolling pin was $6.00, but was half off.  I love the red handled ones!

This crock is missing its lid, but I love the blue bands!  It was made in ‘somewhere ville’…lol  The stamp on the bottom is halfway off the edge of the bottom (it was mis-stamped), and all I can see is "…P. Co.” on the first line, “…ville, O.” on the second.  Oh well, for $2 I can live with it- and if I ever come across another with the same stamp, I will know.  I did see another blue banded crock behind the counter (where they put the more expensive items) and I could see that they had it turned so you couldn’t really see the ugly geese painted on it.  They had it marked $15, and I wish now, that I had asked to take a better look at it to see who it was made by.  It was about the same height as this one.

This little tart burner was adorable and I knew right away that I had to have it- IF it was made in the USA.  I see a lot of cute sponge ware, but a lot is not made here.  I’m kind of funny about that now…I will NOT buy pottery made in China or anywhere else.  I picked this up and turned it over….yep.  Olde Cape Cod Stoneware.  Yes…and for $2.50, it went right in my cart.

I found this wooden picture.  It’s not anything special (and my picture taking was not great either), but I was just drawn to it.  I only paid 60 cents for it, but I just could not put it down.  It’s hard to explain, but sometimes, when I see something, it will ‘speak’ a feeling to me.  This one was ‘old’ and ‘comfort’ actually.  I turned it over and it has a label on the back that says “Winter In The Country” and ‘Sleighs Arriving at the Inn”  Someone name Patti signed and dated it 1967.  The edges are sanded uneven- that’s why it looks misshapen in the pic.

My best most favorite thing of the day!  I found this crock also- for $2.50!  Yee hoo!  lol  I love these!  It has USA stamped around the bottom and also 40 OZ.- at least I think that’s what the size is.  The letters and numbers are stamped into the pottery without ink, so the 4 (?) is hard to make out.

All in all, not a bad thrifting trip.  I’m deciding that it is better to just come home with a few more favorite pieces, instead of collecting a bunch of stuff I won’t really need.  I will use every piece I bought today- most in my kitchen.  I am going to get the paint this weekend for it and hope to have it done by next weekend.  At least hope to have it painted.  I have to change my storage in there.  The bakers rack I have had almost as long as we’ve been married is neither attractive in the primitive sense OR functional.  I hope to build a cupboard for that spot, and the other corner (those are the only corners in there)  has one shelf, but I have a plan for that corner too.  Well, that’s it for now.  I don’t think I will have any finishes up for sale this weekend.  Still have to finish off a few orders to get caught up.  I think I might just be happy to paint my kitchen :-)