Thrift Store Finds

 On a recent visit to a newly relocated Goodwill store, in a town about 40 minutes away, several sweet treasures caught my eye.

The first was a beautiful large round platter with different designs in it.

The sticker on it indicated "$4.00.

Since it's transparent, it was difficult to photograph so I placed an orange cloth behind it so you could see it.

Now this will be nice for cookies on any holiday or even for cheese and crackers when guests drop by.

Secondly, a darling small green pitcher just about jumped off the shelf. Cost?  $2.79.

I believe a flower arrangement originally came in it but I had it in mind for orange juice. 



It's petite enough so that not every drop of orange juice in the container gets used, if you get my drift.

Small glasses, small pitcher and small sips of juice sound good to me!

Last but not least was a little angel's face for a mere $1.29. It even has a hanger on the back!

The colors were hideous but usually I'm able to envision it painted.

Sure enough, little angel face is now white and I'll distress the little cutie pie when I find a piece of fine sand paper. 

All the bargains put together cost less than $10.00.

 Plus, it was a fun couple of  thrift store shopping hours on a cold January afternoon!

WHAT WAS THE VERY LAST BARGAIN ITEM YOU FOUND?

New Found Treasures, One and All

A trek to a favorite supermarket-sized thrift store, Savers, as well as  finding bargain priced treasures, turned out to be yesterday's highlights.

It's an hour away but worth the drive. Sometimes a friend accompanies me but yesterday was a solo excursion. 

It's thrilling to share the newfound  treasures with readers by joining Linda's Junkin Friday and Cindy's Show and Tell Friday! Be sure to check out Cindy's  blog, My Romantic Home, http://romantichome.blogspot.com/   to see some of the other entries for Show and Tell Friday and Linda's blog, A La Carte . http://ljm-alacarte.blogspot.com/ for Junkin Friday finds! Thanks to both Linda and Cindy for hosting these weekly fun parties!

Now needlepoint is not in the realm of possibility for me to do but I appreciate the immense amount of work that goes into this endeavor. Imagine my absolute delight when my eyes zoomed in on this exquisite pillow, shown above and to the right.

Roses, of course, make my heart flutter and pink roses to boot!  The back of the pillow is a soft pastel velvet.  The price?  $2.99.  Incredible!





A friend of mine is of Ukranian heritage. Now it's almost impossible to find anything from that country so imagine my delight upon finding this vase, made in the Ukraine. It got snatched up immediately for a mere $1.99. My girlfriend will love it!

The color scheme of our remodeled kitchen is blue and yellow with white cabinets so when I saw a trivet in those colors,  it had to be scooped up. The tile is from Mexico and has a rather zany design to it. I love it. Cost? $1.99!  Woo hoo. Isn't it cool?

Also found a very sweet little odd-shaped vase in a delicate lavender shade. I could picture a few wild violets in it or some tiny white spring flowers.  It was a little pricey at $3.99 but because it called to me, I bought it.

Isn't it fun to go treasure hunting? 

DO YOU GO THRIFT STORE SHOPPING? IF YES, WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR?

Found Loot: Bright, Unique Plates, Cuddling Swans, and Zany Frame

A half-hour stop at a well-stocked Goodwill turned a rainy afternoon into a fun excursion.

My eye usually picks the pearls out of a sea of shells.  Maybe this artistic ability to find great items  is due to reading eight million decorating magazines over the course of a lifetime. ha!

Scanning a hodgepodge of household artifacts, three plates, all HausenWare and made in China, jumped into my line of vision.

On one, there's a fat white sheep, with the words "un moution" written across the blue rim. (Perhaps it's French?)  Sheepy Pie rests against a light green background.

              

A large Navy blue fish with lime green and polka dot fins graces another plate. Small goldfish swim nearby on a deep teale backghound set off by a lavender and turquoise rim!

                                        

                                                

On the last of that trio of plates is a chubby black and white cow with "un vache" written along the blue rim.

A Christmas plate with a golden pear-covered tree smack dab in the middle also jumped out. There's a partridge shown, too, at the top.  It'll make a great little gift if I can ever bear to give it away. It's by Sweet Olive Studios and has the worlds "certified International" on the back.  Place of origin?  China.

Two plates with sweet birds on them could not be left behind. Done in pastels, they do everything but tweet.  These birdie plates are just adorable.

They're titled "Birds and the Bees" by Sango and are designed by Sue Lipkin.  Guess where these were made?  Ahhem. China.

A white and black photo frame, bordered in red and yellow (where the photo goes) is an eyeopener.  It bears no markings of any kind but looks southwestern.

Most unique of all the day's purchases are two swan candle holders.  The male swans appear to be caressing their female partners. The females look almost as happy as I did when headed to my car in the Goodwill parking lot, stuffed bag in tow.

Want to know the amount spent for all the loot on the rainy afternoon?  A whopping $8.49!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OF THE ITEMS SHOWN TODAY?