Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sir Thrift-A-Lot: Flea Market Finds


I love joining in with Her Library Adventures.. for FLEA MARKET FINDS! I'm joining up again this week bringing some of my wicked finds to the party. (Above: Americana shaker $1.99 at Value Village).

Two pretty Store & Serve Blue Horizon Pyrex dishes (473, 472) in such pristine condition for $3.99 from Salvation Army - the same Salvation Army the Vagisil & vintage Strawberry Shortcake stationery (that I sold on eBay for $49.99!) came from!. Lids are very chipped, but better chipped than lidless.


I really love this pitcher! I couldn't find much information about the company - AVIR, but I learned that they are from Italy (hoping that is correct), this pitcher is totally awesome & I'm so surprised it came with it's original stir stick! I'm not sure if you can make it out or not, but right down the middle there is a plastic container (the pitcher itself is glass) that is meant for ice, so it doesn't water your drink down & it keeps your drink cooler for longer. Because of the pattern, I'm dating this at the early 1980s? Although I could be wrong - $3.99 at Value Village. Can't wait to use this for Sangria at Pride! Wish I could have photographed it better.



Love all this retro wrapping paper. Okay.. okay, I don't know if the Lifesaver wrapping paper is retro, but still totally cool. Treasure Troll, uhh.. Beauty & the Beast (just came in the package) & wrapping paper with disc mans, roller blades..




Also linking up to APRON THRIFT GIRL - THRIFT SHARE MONDAY.
cap creations - WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE THRIFT STORE.

10 comments:

  1. Oooh Horizon Blue - looks to be in impeccable shape, and agreed, chips lids are better than no lids.

    Holy cow on the vintage Strawberry Shortcake stationary! Score!

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  2. Lifesaver wrapping paper - neat!!!

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  3. love the pyrex I joined the flea market finds linky as well

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  4. Vintage wrapping paper is such an addiction for me--but I never use any of it it seems :(

    I find it every weekend so now I have a huge bin with about 40 pounds of paper in it.

    One day I will come up with a way to use it but until then I pull an "Indecent Proposal" deal--lay it all out and roll around in it -- NOT!

    Wish you were closer--I have so much Pyrex I do not want anymore that I would give it all to you.

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  5. knitcore - I love it! I found treasure troll stickers a couple weeks ago.

    SixBalloons - I know, right? I'm going to blow it all on an awesome calender considering bidding doesn't go to high.

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  6. loveofthehunt - oh that pretty much sucks for me! I wasn't into Pyrex when I first starting blogging. It was one of those things that I just got into after seeing it on everybody's blog & now it's just fun to collect & show it off! You're lucky with all your paper. I don't use any of mine either, but I'm going to try to this year (just the crappier stuff, lol)!

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  7. Funny how thrifts differ by country, pyrex is seen occasionally on blogs here, but everyone in the USA seems obsessed! I don't think we get quite the range of patterns and shapes. And you'd be unlikely to find much vintage wrapping paper either. All great finds.

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  8. Lakota - I know, it's totally true! I'm in Canada, though!

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  9. Great finds! hello, just popping in to say you've been featured at cap creations today! thanks for linking up.

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