Fantastic Finds Friday -Poppy version

I didn't get the chance to shop for inventory very much this week, but I did find a beautiful item.

I'm thinking I'm going to re-take the photos for this, but it is a Ralph Lauren womens long blazer/jacket.
100% wool--but not scratchy, thick wool. This is gorgeous, lightweight, almost feels like thick silk wool. It's in perfect condition, I really believe it was never worn. The front pockets are still sewn shut even!

Believe me, my photography skills did not do this justice!
I'm looking forward to the next week and more treasure hunting!

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Thrifty shopping weekend

This past weekend Ken and I went to a few garage sales. It was fun, but we really didn't find much. I think the weather reports made people afraid it was going to be cold so they put their sales off. Quite a few of the sales that were advertised early in the week had their ad pulled late Wednesday and on Thursday. I didn't find anything 'shareworthy' so I am sharing a few things found in the past month. First up is this pretty coffeepot. It isn't really all crooked, I don't know how I manage to take such awful pictures sometimes! I found this at the same estate sale where I found last weeks birds. I think the reason it didn't sell earlier is because the previous owner had written 'Germany' on the side with some other words. When I rubbed it with my finger it didn't come off-but I thought the old Magic Eraser would take off the writing, and it did! Another find at that same sale: a little metal dogwood bloom and bird tray (?). It's about 3" long. I am using as a tray for by my sink when I need to take off my rings. And finally, one of my favorite recent Goodwill finds. How cool is this flour shaker?? So retro and the neatest color and font. I can just imagine the great things a baker did with this. It's about 4" tall and just feels really cool in the hand. I am hoping for it to find a happy home with an industrious baker who loves it as much as I do.

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out of hibernation

The birds are singing, flowers are blooming and I am crawling out of my winter den to share more of my favorites! Annie and I hit some garage sales today. It is nice to see the yard sale app say there were over 25 yard sales instead of 2 or 3. The first one that we hit was an estate sale. It was the 3rd day of a 3 day sale--1/2 off day. I can't imagine what that place looked like 3 days ago. It was knee deep in the book and craft room. The lady of the house painted porcelain and had enough blank pieces to start a warehouse-it was amazing. Annie found some painting supplies and I picked up a 1928 National Geographic (missing its cover but has neat advertising and an article about Sweden), a coffee pot from Germany, and a couple glass birds.

I love them. They are sitting in my kitchen window right now. Hopefully over the summer while I'm shopping for eBay inventory I will find more of these little guys.

Speaking of inventory, here is my favorite find from the past couple weeks.

It is a cup and saucer from Rosenthal, a design company in Denmark. The dinner line it is part of was designed for the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen. Can you see the Little Mermaid?

Such a cool piece of Scandinavian china.

Now that warm weather is here I am hoping to find a lot more favorite things to share with all of you!

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