A couple of good finds

On our way to our Church's Christmas concert, No. 1 son and I stopped at Goodwill.  I rarely walk down the Christmas aisle as I have too much Christmas stuff already.  The other aisles were crowded, so down the Christmas aisle I went.  Saw this ziplock bag of crystals, very heavy and taped up so I couldn't open.  I figured for a couple of bucks they might look nice on the tree.  I found out this morning they are lead crystal prisms! Yippee and there were 72 in the bag.

The other thing was this ice bucket.  I have no idea if old or not but the label on the bottom does look old and no bar code.  I am preparing for the Prayer Pal brunch at our Church on Sat and I thought this would be nice.

Looking for ideas for the crystals after Christmas.  Any craft ideas out there???

Fall Break with MadMax

MadMax doesn't like to make the drive from School to Atlanta for a long weekend so we met at the lake for Fall Break.  On Saturday, we went to Walhalla for an auction preview and hit several yard sales on the way back.  Most were a complete waste of time.  I did find this vintage fabric, along with a lot of yardage of three different solid fall colors and a bag of lace and rick rac for $1.

We went back to auction that night.  It is a true adventure in people watching.  It is cheap entertainment.  Max really didn't like the three dealers sitting in front of us.  He particularly didn't like the way one of them thumbed through Southern Living during the whole auction and then would kind of wiggle her fingers like she was making a fist when she bid.  Funny how he reacted.  He had a good night and found $30 (no one claimed it) so his net cost was good:  Ikea looking magazine rack ($2.50), a small shelf for his closet ($1), a powder horn and leather wadding bag, feed sacks with Indians, and a college kids dream --- an entire sleeve of Heineken coasters from the 70's and another sleeve of Pabst Blue Ribbon Coasters from the 70's in box lots of other stuff.

I bought a few box lots:  Buttons, Empty wooden thread spools, spools of thread on wooden spools, two vintage glass pitchers with flowers, and boxes of ephemera.  Spent around $30 plus had a great time, better than dinner and a movie.

Here are pictures of a few of them:

Buttons (plus another bag of buttons on cards)

This is my favorite button.  Doesn't it make you want to know what the dress looked like that this was on?

A Giant spool of thread, I am sure it was from a mill.  Love the wood.

This little sewing kit was in one of the box lots too.  Given the color of the tube and the color of the thread, I think it may have been military.  There are no markings though.  The little tube of needles fit through the hole in the spool of thread with the thimble on top.  Kind of cute.

Goodies from the Goodwill Grand Opening

As I mentioned in my Thursday posting, the Goodwill Grand Opening was crazy. I did manage to find a couple of things that I thought were kind of cool.

There were 7 of these snack trays that were clearly Mid-Century.  Not my style but I thought they were really neat and in great condition. Best of all, a bargain at $1.51 for the set.

I am a crafter and needed the brayers/rollers.  The stamps were a great deal although I have more stamps than I could ever use.

 I love these hanging picture frames.  Are picture frames allowed to be soft? Or should I call them something else.  Isn't language an interesting thing, in English it is implied that a picture frame is a rigid item and not these beautiful, soft things.  They are from Natural Life.  I had never heard of them but check out the site, yummy, yummy stuff.  These had an original price tag of $14.99 each on them and I bought for $2.91 for all three.  Such a deal.

All in all, a good five minute stop.

Sister No. 1

Goodwill Grand Opening, oh my

Johns Creek got it's own Goodwill today (in the old Steinmart space). I showed up a couple minutes before opening and the line was huge. It was a three ring circus. I know there are nice book "scanners" but none of them showed up today, only the pushy ones. I was so impressed with the Goodwill Staff. I imagine they brought the A-Team in for the opening but they were so professional and NICE.

I didn't spend a lot of time as it was too nuts for my taste. I found one of Ikea's discontinued drawers. I use them in my craft room. It was expensive but since I cannot buy them any more I got anyway. I found a couple of shirts for MadMax. Will post pictures of my goodies later.

Sister No. 1

Weekend Find

When visiting the lake, I love to go to the Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store. I don't find a lot there but have found some interesting things from time to time. It is a very busy place and is open only limited hours. I never get there when they open for the week on Wednesdays, I imagine the "good" stuff is gone quickly. I did find this odd thing on Saturday. The picture is a little fuzzy but it appears to be old (the font on the label looks like it is from the 30's maybe). I think it is photo printing equipment but I think it makes a cool picture frame when it is stood up and opened. I only paid $1!

Sister No. 1