A Little Sale In My Etsy Shop This Week

Yahoo!! Yippee Yeah!!!

I am having a little sale this week in

my Etsy store...

Time to thin off the

shelves

so more can be added

(Tee Hee)

Above--The most fantastic

baby book I have ever seen

By S. Alice Bray

(Yes..This fantastic baby book is on sale!)

Next

Very cool old little box that

is full of old wood thread spools

All the spools have embroidery floss on

them.

Also..

A very beautiful large

Murano mirror

Yep..She is on sale too.

But those flowers are digital

lol...Hiding me taking the

picture

What a great Mother's Day

gift!

And...

A divine Victorian Celluloid Photo Album

Vintage Post cards

from 1900

They are not in the best of

shape so I am selling them

as cutters.

There will be several packets of these.

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So...If you feel like doing a little shopping

this week please come on by.

Have a cup of tea and poke around a

bit. 

Thanks so much!!!

Oh Ladies Look What I Found Today

Today was a most astounding day

Tonight I sit here on my couch feeling

kind of like an estate sale glutton tee hee

I had to run my son Jordan around

a little today.  Friday is mowing day

at his grandparents across town

so I knew that somehow a couple of garage

sales would sneak their way

into our schedule.

Do you ever get that feeling that

something really special is waiting for you at

a sale?

It was one of those days.

I thought I had hit the jackpot when in a free box

there was a beautiful antique lacquer jewelry box.

A tiny Made In Occupied Japan vase

and a Russian stacking doll.

But later in the day..Jordan went to

stay with his best buddy and we passed another

estate sale.

Growl...he said DON'T STOP

Take me first....Well OK.  I did and sat and

chatted with Shannon for a bit

about our upcoming camping trip for my

birthday weekend.

Not really watching the time

I headed home...And the sale was still open

So I stopped

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Look what I found

Published in 1891

By Addie E Heron

Elaborately Illustrated

That is an understatement.   This wonderful book is full

of illustrations and patterns and instructions.

Oh boy we are going to have fun with this one

I have left the plastic cover on it for now

It is in really good shape.

Now...This book was a find...but that was not all

35 Floral plates

Engravings of the great composers

Vintage paper doily's

Victorian scrap

A beautiful little Chippendale dresser (about 12 inches tall)

Art deco buttons

Vintage glitter

Are you swooning with me?

Here is a loose page I found tucked

into the paper doily's

Tomorrow I will take some pictures

to share with you.

But tonight I was just so excited I could not wait.

How Old Is Your Rolling Pin?

This afternoon

I picked up my rolling pin

and realized someone (?) had put

her away with some sticky stuff

all down one side

Does a rolling pin have a side? hmmm

Anyway.

As I ran her under warm tap water

her history came back to me

I used to live in this little tiny house

on the south west end of Eugene

One afternoon I noticed lots of people driving by...

being as curious as a cat

I went to see...An Estate sale!

Yeah!!

I wandered around all through the house...and the

one thing that caught me was this rolling pin.

It was pretty expensive

for back then...

20 bucks

back in 1984

She glowed...and I knew that she had to come home with me

As I went to buy her...I started talking to the woman

who's sale it was.  I found out that the rolling pin

had been made in 1918 by her grandfather

we talked for some time

and when it was time to pay

she gave it to me.

I was shocked

But oh so happy.

This rolling pin is almost 100 years old.

As I held her in my hands today...feeling how

smooth her surface is...

generations of women and possibly men

rolling out pie crust's and

biscuits

Feeding the ones they love

I am happy to have her in my kitchen

I hope I have a grandchild someday to pass this

on too.  Ha ha...

my boy does not seem

to like rolling pie crust. 

 I think if taken care of she

has another 100 years of good work left in her.