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Pic1: #1 Simplicity Sewing Book ($1), #2 The New World Of Needlepoint by Lisbeth Perrone ($1.50), #3 Foods Of The World: Pacific and Southeast Asian Cooking by Time-Life ($1), #4 Japanese Ink-Painting by Ryukyu Saito (BFF). Pic2: some vintage crochet and doll making mags, an issue of Vogue Patterns, 2 issues of Threads and an issue of CraftStylish (all from BFF).
Pic1: #1 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (.19 cents!), #2 Emma by Jane Austen (.75 cents), #3 Witchcraft, The Sixth Sense by Justine Glass (BFF), #4 Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book by Luisah Teish (BFF). Pic2: #1 Aunt Jane's Nieces At Millville by Edith Van Dyke (BFF), #2 The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas (BFF), #3 Joan of Arc/The English Mail Coach by De Quincey (BFF), #4 Jane Seymour's Guide To Romantic Living by Jane Seymour ($1).
Pic1: #1 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy ($1), #2 Persuasion by Jane Austen ($1), #3 The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard (BFF), #4 Jane and The Genius of The Place by Stephanie Barron ($1). Pic2: #1 Romantic Poets by Various ($2), #2 Etiquette by Emily Post (BFF), #3 Every Girls Adventure Stories by various ($1) #4 Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (BFF).
Pic1: #1 The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain by Mark Twain ($1), #2 Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig (BFF), #3 A Christmas Carol and Other Stories by Charles Dickens ($1.50), #4 Works of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens ($1). Pic2: #1 The Danger Mark by Robert W. Chambers (BFF), #2 Nancy Stair by Elinor Macartney Lane (BFF), #3 Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (BFF), #4 Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson (BFF).
I had to get this suitcase! It was $4 if I remember right and has some cleanable scuffs on it. I see some from time to time but they are always in HORRIBLE shape. I felt it was worth it for one this good. The brown sketchers were $3 I think and i bought them just because I had to have some muddy weather shoes, I had already ruined one pair of my shoes just going out to my car one day while I was at the BFF's so I bought these clod hoppers. The black boots were $3 from a thrift store. They are all leather, even the soles and heel wrap. High quality boots but no idea what brand. They zip up the side but have real working button and strap Victorian style over the front. I love them! The three scarves in the next photo were all about $1 or $1.50 at thrift stores. I like the thin polka dot one, and the holly for Xmas. You can't really see it, but the gold circles on the top scarf have anchors and ships wheels in them so it was Sailor-ish!
Bottles of water? I know! lol. These are Evian bottles designed by Christian Lacroix. I bought one at Target a while back because it was so pretty, on sale it was $3, I think the original was between $8-6. I found these at a Big Lots for $1 each. They will look so pretty in front of the window in my kitchen.The paper plates and Halloween napkins I got for under a dollar marked down 50% after Halloween at Target. I like the skulls and thistles (hubby is Scottish) and They are always too expensive to use for parties when they are full price... now I won't have to wince every time someone wipes their mouth! The cello treat bags with the skulls were $1 if I remember right. I figured they would be good for product wrapping for the shop... I think I bought two sets. In the next photo is some of the bar ware I found. The milk glass Fire King pan is 10X6 and has no chips or cracks. I think it was $2. The Oak Tree design poultry platter was $3. I think the huge Heineken mug was $3, the red bottom Bass glass was $1.50 and the Shiner mug was $2. I also found a Salem, MA and a Scottish Piper shot glass for .50 each. The American Museum of Natural History mug was $1.
The two small covered silver dishes were from the BFF as was the silver and blue velvet baby album (new). The two handled cup with silver design, the covered silver butter dish with the glass dish inside, the silver cream and sugar set and the Greek style silver pitcher were all part of the same lot I bought at my first auction for $7. I on;y wanted the pitcher but they sold it all together. There is also a round child's dish (normal metal) and an oval silver platter (small) that aren't pictured. We are trying to move away from using plastic in the kitchen, so when I see mint condition glassware with lids I buy it if I like the color/patterns. The two white dishes with clear lids were $3 and $4 at ta thrift store, the blue dish with the white lid was $3. The Dewar's Scotch pitcher was $3 and the Pottery Barn squirrel on the log salt and pepper shakers in a metallic bronze sort of color were new but I paid $1.50 for the set at the thrift store... everything else was from the thrift store too.
The BFF for some reason had piles of these shorts and she gave me about 5 pairs to use for material for sewing. I got the bright green shrug and the purple tank at a thrift store for about $1.50.
I had to get this suitcase! It was $4 if I remember right and has some cleanable scuffs on it. I see some from time to time but they are always in HORRIBLE shape. I felt it was worth it for one this good. The brown sketchers were $3 I think and i bought them just because I had to have some muddy weather shoes, I had already ruined one pair of my shoes just going out to my car one day while I was at the BFF's so I bought these clod hoppers. The black boots were $3 from a thrift store. They are all leather, even the soles and heel wrap. High quality boots but no idea what brand. They zip up the side but have real working button and strap Victorian style over the front. I love them! The three scarves in the next photo were all about $1 or $1.50 at thrift stores. I like the thin polka dot one, and the holly for Xmas. You can't really see it, but the gold circles on the top scarf have anchors and ships wheels in them so it was Sailor-ish!
Bottles of water? I know! lol. These are Evian bottles designed by Christian Lacroix. I bought one at Target a while back because it was so pretty, on sale it was $3, I think the original was between $8-6. I found these at a Big Lots for $1 each. They will look so pretty in front of the window in my kitchen.The paper plates and Halloween napkins I got for under a dollar marked down 50% after Halloween at Target. I like the skulls and thistles (hubby is Scottish) and They are always too expensive to use for parties when they are full price... now I won't have to wince every time someone wipes their mouth! The cello treat bags with the skulls were $1 if I remember right. I figured they would be good for product wrapping for the shop... I think I bought two sets. In the next photo is some of the bar ware I found. The milk glass Fire King pan is 10X6 and has no chips or cracks. I think it was $2. The Oak Tree design poultry platter was $3. I think the huge Heineken mug was $3, the red bottom Bass glass was $1.50 and the Shiner mug was $2. I also found a Salem, MA and a Scottish Piper shot glass for .50 each. The American Museum of Natural History mug was $1.
The two small covered silver dishes were from the BFF as was the silver and blue velvet baby album (new). The two handled cup with silver design, the covered silver butter dish with the glass dish inside, the silver cream and sugar set and the Greek style silver pitcher were all part of the same lot I bought at my first auction for $7. I on;y wanted the pitcher but they sold it all together. There is also a round child's dish (normal metal) and an oval silver platter (small) that aren't pictured. We are trying to move away from using plastic in the kitchen, so when I see mint condition glassware with lids I buy it if I like the color/patterns. The two white dishes with clear lids were $3 and $4 at ta thrift store, the blue dish with the white lid was $3. The Dewar's Scotch pitcher was $3 and the Pottery Barn squirrel on the log salt and pepper shakers in a metallic bronze sort of color were new but I paid $1.50 for the set at the thrift store... everything else was from the thrift store too.
The BFF for some reason had piles of these shorts and she gave me about 5 pairs to use for material for sewing. I got the bright green shrug and the purple tank at a thrift store for about $1.50.
The Glenlivet mirror is probably the most expensive thing I' bought aside from my new from the store winter coat. lol. It was $10. You rarely see bar signs at the thrift stores and since the plaid in the back is close to the Kerr family Tartan I decided to get it, I loved the thistle too. I figured if the hubby didn't REALLY want it for his basement bar when he saw it, then one of our good friends Ryan, who is an avid Glenlivet fan would want it for sure. I immediately thought of him when I saw it and we did give it to him, he loved it! The picnic basket and all it's contents were from the BFF as well as about 500 sheets of Ivy tissue paper she got at an auction. I use it when I wrap items for shipping so that is a good gift! I bought the two sheets of white velvet flocked silver scrapbook paper for $1.20 each marked down from like $4 at Hobby Lobby. I'll use it for craft projects.
