A Few Finds From The Weekend

 This weekend, while out and about...

I picked up a few vintage finds.

First, a classic white ironstone pitcher.

 This sweet cup says Forget me not...

 These 3 vintage soap boxes were full of odds and ends

and sitting on a table at the community center flea market.

I told the seller that I wasn't interested in the contents...

...just the pretty boxes.

She simply dumped the contents out on her table and said

...here, you can have the boxes!

...and this...

simply too dear to pass up for 75 cents...

 I love these old brass label holders...

which must have come off of a file cabinet...

...perhaps an old card catalog...

...there are at least a dozen.

Believe it or not...

I found this old pocket watch at Goodwill.

 A great old suitcase...

 ...with a vintage travel sticker from Colonial Airlines

a Canadian airlines in the 40's and 50's...

and an old Syracuse University sticker 

on the outside...

...and a nice clean, preppie looking inside...

 Two pretty wooden, gilt angel panels ...

 My favorite find...

...an old bridal piece with wonderful wax flowers.

There were a few other goodies too...

...those photos will have to wait until another time!

Since I have a white ironstone pitcher at the start and am ending with a white bridal wreath..

.I will link to Kathleen at Faded Charm for White Wednesday!

Check out the other participants!

:)

Sunday Flea Finds

Just a few of the fun finds we found at the flea this weekend...







This old burlap feed sack caught my eye with the name Bouckville, NY ...
... The Madison Bouckville antique show, one of my favorites... is in a few weeks...



But once I saw the 52 stamped on the bottom...
...well, you know...



Love, love, love red books!
Detective stories on the left...
Shakespeare in really soft leather covers on the right!



Three little hats.....$1.50 for all....



A fabulous strawberry ice cream mold...



skeleton keys, tin hearts, drapery tacks...
... and the coolest of the cool...
...the remnants of an old French thermometer!



A sweet Madonna framed souvenir from Florence, Italy



The tiniest little folding Corona typewriter!
Here is some information about it....
...although the patent dates on the back of mine say 1904 and 1910.







Love it!



A book of French postcards, some old lace...
...and a copper sprinkler head



These were my favorite finds though...
An elderly gentleman was selling off his collection of old chocolate molds....

Mimi....The Brocantess and I had a great time sorting through these...
...and there were hundreds of them!
I love the champagne bottles...tiny rabbit...decorated eggs...



And....of course the shoe was my favorite!

Deanna of that wonderful shop Gather was able to find some elephants...the icons of Ivoryton!

There was lots more....
...which I will save for another day.

My Mom was kept another night at the hospital so we are hoping tomorrow is the day she comes home! She is looking pretty good!

...and finally...

There are a bunch of law students up in Buffalo, NY about to take the 2 day BAR exam ...
I wouldn't want to embarrass anyone in particular so I will just say that if anyone is so inclined to pray for stamina, endurance and focus for these students on Tuesday and Wednesday....
...I am sure they would all appreciate it!

...and finally, finally...

If you haven't entered the 52 FLEA 500th Post Give Back ....click HERE!
The winner will be randomly selected on August 1st.

:)

Found: Raw Materials at the Elephant's Trunk

Up at the crack of dawn this morning...couldn't get Rob to accompany me to the Elephant's Trunk flea....probably because I wouldn't go with him yesterday to see "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" ....It was just as well....I found and brought home several things that he would have rolled his eyes at...He has trouble seeing my vision for things in their "raw" state.

First, I picked up this old red iron pulley....love the rich color..
...and I'm thinking Christmas display...



Next, I found these silver wine baskets....perfect to give as part of a gift after they are cleaned up... with a bottle of wine and a beautiful ribbon. Also found... the tin cake pan for a dollar and two sweet silver spoons....



This definitely would have received an eye roll and the infamous question, "what are you going to do with that ?"...
But I LOVE it...and I know exactly what I'm going to do with it....



This is the back side of the metal cabinet....all the drawers lift up and out and separate from each other...many tiny compartments inside....The printing says "Genuine Parts" and "Carter".
What would you do with it?



Isn't it wonderful? I've moved past Halloween so quickly....and Christmas is on my mind....such a beautiful worn red velvet photo album! It is small, only 5 inches by 6 inches and will be perfect in a small Christmas vignette...Don't you love the brass pieces decorating the cover?



There are twenty wonderful old photographs inside....most of them babies!!!





This little cardboard suitcase is only a foot long....It has the name Kathy scrawled on it in childish handwriting ..definetely tugged at my heartstrings...



Love the black stripe, the navy plastic handle, the silver stars on the paper lining the inside...
I can see it full of Christmas ornaments...and....well....you will have to wait for that!



...a colorful tin top to add to my vintage toy collection



Have a cowboy theme going on in Dan's room at the lake house...much to his dismay...



As soon as I spied this old box on the "Everything is a dollar" table...I KNEW it would be mine and that it would be filled with my kind of thing...



I wasn't disappointed....laces, old velvet ribbon, seam binding, etc. (yippee!)



A sweet little butter pat...



OK, now this mystery piece was $5 and Rob would never have understood this...in fact he still hasn't seen it...It was full of dirt and spiders and you almost couldn't tell that it had a glass front...



Twelve little compartments, big enough for a butter pat...



Any idea what its purpose was?
I did a preliminary wash down with the hose outside...



Cool right? Now tell me how you would use it and where!!!



It was a fun autumn morning...not as many dealers as I would have liked as it rained last night into the early hours...but by the time I left to go home at 9:15 am ...the sun was shining!
Happy Day!
My friend Zita from Mlle. Magpie suggested I join in with Clara and Marcela from Cottage Charm and Family Inspiration for their Junkin Monday party where everyone shows their weekend finds! Sounds like my kind of fun!