RECENTLY THRIFTED

1// 2// plastic "milk glass" bowl from thrift store

3// 4// glove hangers from thrift store

The past two weeks have not been the best thrifting weeks. The estate sales were particularly bleak and overpriced and one included police officers busting up in the house threatening to tow all the cars parked in the street...so not worth it. We went to the Portsmouth Flea two weekends ago, which is always fun to look around. I didn't find anything, but Douglas bought a vintage Navy belt buckle that has his rate on it, so he can actually wear it. I would take a picture because it's really neat...but he's on the ship...wearing it. I love that he found something. Sometime last week I took a drive out to my favorite thrift stores for a work break and found these two little gems, one thing that is useful and one thing that is completely useless. 

I loved this little plastic bowl because it looks like milk glass, which is awesome, but it is plastic. And I have been looking for something along these lines to display bow ties for shows, but something glass has a 100% chance of getting broken during a show. So this is perfect. 

And these glove hangers or stretchers or drying racks...I tried to find out something about them online but most of the ones I found were plastic. These are fairly useless to me because I have no gloves I need to display or stretch. I am still trying to think of some use for them, maybe hanging something off of them, but I can't. Any ideas?

RECENTLY THRIFTED

1// 2// old postcards from estate sale

3// 4// 5// Lumured tiled clutch from estate sale

6// 7// tin sandwich box from estate sale

RECENTLY THRIFTED IN ATHENS

1// 2// 1980's Coach hexagon bag from Agora

3// 4// pink Polo sneakers from Dynamite

5// bird decals from Reed's

6// 7// big green and black sweater from Agora

8// 9// hand-embroidered hand towels from Reed's

RECENTLY THRIFTED

1// red square pyrex bowl (to go with my favorite old bowls) from antique mall

2// black boots from thrift store

3// 4// metal measuring cups (for scooping Ramsey's food) from antique mall

5// 6// white sweater and almost-Cosby sweater from thrift store

RECENTLY THRIFTED

1// little white pocketknives

2// 3// 4// old graphics books for a new project

5// 6// baby sewing machine

7// paint-by-number mountains

RECENTLY THRIFTED

We set out to a new thrift store last week, and it's definitely my favorite around here so far. This time found this neat octagon shelf and a bag full of old zippers. The zippers were especially awesome because there were two little, red baby zippers.

RECENTLY THRIFTED

1// milk glass pepper shaker from estate sale

2// little deer ornament from estate sale

3// 4// hand painted children's fan from estate sale

5// 6// glass with feet from antique mall (new favorite thrifty find)

7// faceted cosmetic jar from antique mall

8// Japanese pompom makers from antique mall

RECENTLY THRIFTED IN NORFOLK

1// block salt and pepper shakers from With Lavender and Lace

2// vintage fabric from estate sale

3// faceted jar from yard sale

4// 5// heart pin from With Lavender and Lace

6// 7// pink metal stand from estate sale

Sometime it makes a place feel more like home when there are some new (old) things around - things that don't belong where you used to live.