Show and Tell
February 16, 2007 at 10:35 am | In Look what I found! | 4 CommentsI have been having fun at the antique and thrift stores in my town lately, and thought I would show you a few of my favorite finds – a little Friday Show and Tell:
These paint-by-number horses caught my eye out of a stack of other paintings. I love the colors and the quality about them.
Only like my favorite movie ever!! I was so excited to find this record for only .99 at a thrift store in Burbank. Faith was jealous, until she found another one at different store – for only .50. Faith:1 Raya:0
Serving plate from England. Love the colors.
This pewter heart was at one of the many antique shops on Main St. in Ventura. I have a few pieces of jewelry that I wear daily (wedding rings, a necklace) that I don’t like to wear while I’m sleeping, so this is a perfect bedside table jewelry box.
It is safe to say that I’m all thrifted/antiqued out for this month…It’s kind of become an addiction. Last night I dreamt that I was in a thrift store that was pretty much empty, save for an entire shelf of vintage wallpaper books. I was in heaven!!! Seriously, I did not want to wake up it was that good. I often have dreams that are so good, I don’t want to wake up because somehow in my dream I know that I’m dreaming and if I wake up it will all go away. On the other hand, if its a bad dream I can make myself wake up and get out of whatever horrible situation I’ve dreamt myself into. Anyone else do that?
Oh well, we’ll save the dream analysis for later. Have a wonderful weekend!
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That is a very tasty paint-by-numbers find. I once saw an article in Home Companion, maybe where the woman had covered the walls of an entire room with paint-by-numbers. It was awesome.
Comment by Vallen Queen — February 16, 2007 #
Raya can do everything.
Raya: 9,904,187,330 points
Faith: 1
Comment by faithness — February 16, 2007 #
I love the heart box! I never seem to have much luck in thrift stores. It all just looks like junk to me. Is Santa Cruz like that, or do I just not have the right “eye” for cool stuff??
Comment by Sara Greco — February 18, 2007 #
Sara, my mom seems to find good stuff all the time..but she goes quite often. I think that is the secret, and having the right mind set. Sometimes I just don’t feel like looking through shelves and shelves to weed out the good from the bad. Look up GREY BEARS in the phone book – my mom goes to this thrift store and always finds the neatest things for really cheap. Her last find was an apple corer/peeler for $5 that I just paid $35 for at Williams Sonoma (bah!) And if you find ones that are a little off the beaten path (like outside of downtown) you might have more luck.
Comment by paperpony — February 19, 2007 #