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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