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    Home » Thrift Store Finds

    My Flowery Thrifty Finds

    Published by Pam Kessler | 363 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 18 Comments

    I had a very frustrating garage sale weekend. I don't know if it was my mood, the garage sales I picked or just the weather, but I just couldn't get a groove going.

    Everything was overpriced. $30.00 for a silver plated champagne bucket? $120.00 for a wicker planter box? Are you serious? Is this an antique store or a garage sale?

    So no wooden folding chairs ,


    no vintage fans


    and no Coke cases for me this week.


    Nope, my big garage sale find was a pillow.


    A cute pillow for $2.00, but a pillow for gosh sake!

    Now, my redeeming thing is that I went to the Volunteers of America store and found a few items.


    An urn that was originally bought at Michael's (still had the $16.99 price tag on the bottom). I bought it for $2.92.


    A china platter for $1.91


    that has this really pretty rose design with a shadow design behind the roses.


    It was made by Universal in Cambridge, Ohio. The pattern is called Moss Rose and is from the 1950's.

    I have found conflicting research online that either states it was made for Sears, Roebuck or was given away as premiums at grocery stores and movie theaters. It is a very pretty design either way.


    I also found this tin flower holder with cream roses included for $1.91. I really bought it for the tin vase, but the flowers are growing on me.

    And what is with Volunteers of America's pricing? Why $1.91? Why not just say $1.99 or $2.00? And no it doesn't come out an even number with tax added - it would be $2.04 with tax.


    Look what I did when I got it home. Yes - I pulled out the chalkboard paint! I love that stuff.


    So, if fleurs is not the plural of fluer I can just erase the s. I took Spanish in High School, so not sure how the French words work. Who am I kidding, I have no idea how the Spanish words work either.

    I hope you all had better garage sale experiences than I did, but at least I got a little thrift store action in.

     

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    1. Lisa's Creative Home

      August 24, 2010 at 7:55 pm

      I am so sad when I have disapointing yard saling trips. I have been to quite a few lately that have left me wondering if the seller thought they were selling in an antique store instead of their driveway!

      Reply
    2. Lori

      August 24, 2010 at 6:04 am

      Great deals, found you at coastal charm. Right next to my post.

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