Oh the vintage life!

My new favorite object. Purchased for 10 cents at a sad little garage sale. It was an estate sale, really, given by out of town daughters who just dragged things out to sell during the clean out. There were just a few lovely items. He was a barber by trade and had clippers exactly like the ones my grandpa had, but I didn’t buy them. We were at his garage sales before. His wife was an artist and I remember he sold her paintings after she died. It was a long line of paintings. I wished I had one.

Bought this penguin too

and this.

My husband was very lucky finding these; 6 in 3 colors. Norman Cherner for Plycraft.

I love these. My mother-in-law painted them.

We had such a nice mother’s day on Sunday. Sunny weather, lunch in a fish restaurant with good beer and Bloody Mary’s and flowers.

And this surprise present from my husband.

These 2 are a pair. The same artist. What a lucky gift!

Les diaboliques, 1955. Watch this gorgeous movie.

Thrifting Thrifting thrifting

I am very excited to have found this carving for my collection. She looks like a girl I know…

Thrift season is in full swing. And we are seriously hounding garage sales (Arabia Finland Crown Band, incomplete setting for 6)

estate sales (Glasbake colorful Lipton Tea mugs)

thrift stores (Dansk Denmark teak wood cheeseboard with knife designed by Jens Quistgaard)thrift stores (I ran back in for this piece of art pottery and pulled it out of the window)

flea markets (pretty little tiny rug)

and flea markets. (old globe) We are very tired tonight because we shopped and shopped all weekend.

Doesn’t my mother-in-law have good taste though? This is from her collection. (Aubrey Beardsley repro fabric ca 1970s.)

We will be watching this tonight

Sherlock

Spring finds

A new painting for my folk art collection. This is also carved.

Also these embroidered sun bonnet sues by a talented seamstress. I wish she had finished this quilt..

Sometimes embroideries are interesting even unfinished.

I found this lovely book for my paperback collection at an early garage sale.

Here

Those bird houses were only $3.00.

Birthday Greetings

My birthday again, yesterday!

Absolutely amazing birthday gift from my husband.

Hand carved and colored ca 1920s 1930s.

And I bought this for myself at the flea on Sunday.

Both from the same very good friend. It is so nice to buy from him because he knows so much about folk art and has a very good eye. He’s done all the work for us, and he gives us a good price. He also sold us these

A New Acquisition

I bought this at the flea also. I think its pretty swell.