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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Thriftasaurus!

Thriftasaurus
coming at ya from Ohio! 

How was your second hand shopping this week?

I'm trying out the scheduled post thing this week for Thriftasaurus. It's actually Tuesday night & I'll be on my way to Ohio tomorrow (Wednesday) after work & will be without the internet until Monday! (I know, right?). Anyways, so hopefully this is up here Saturday... I have no way to tell until I get home... 

I got out there once before I left for the week, overcrowded thrift stores since it's 10 days to Halloween, but it wasn't too bad. A very nice woman commented on both the bowl & the cookie jar, she actually talked me into buying the cookie jar as I was on the fence about it. It seems like it possibly has a manufacturing defect & has a surface scratch & had many surface scuffs that looked similar to Pyrex utensil marks. I was right about those - easy to get out!  Also found a Hazel Atlas polka dot bowl. Just need one more to complete the set - the blue/turquoise colour one. 




Hazel Atlas bowls


I also found this Lefton Bluebird creamer, chipped, but it was 99cents (ugh, I feel like Macklemore). I filed down some of the chips & he looks a little better. He's a bit crazed, too, but I couldn't let him get tossed & for a buck, he'd look great on a display shelf higher up where no one could tell he's chipped. His chips are in his beak.


That's it for me. Hopefully I have some Ohio finds to show. We decided to leave a day early & are going to end up making a couple thrift store stops & were going to go to antique malls on Thursday, however, not anymore. We'll see where the week takes us. Hopefully I can get some stuff in. We had plans to go to several malls, but they all seem scrapped, but things can always change.

Thrift on & on...

Thanks for checking out Thriftasaurus this week, hope to see you again soon!





24 comments:

  1. Love the bird creamer!! I wouldn't have left him there for $1 either :)

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  2. Good finds this week. Turquoise is very good. Hope you got to several thrift/mall stores on your trip. Thanks for hosting when you are away.
    Joy

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  3. I think the nice lady was right about the cookie jar. Good buy and great blue/green color combo.

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  4. Glad you got the cookie jar, it is lovely. Thank you for rescuing little birdie as well. Sometimes I feel like it is my duty to rescue some of my finds. Thank you for hosting.

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  5. Those bowls are so cute! Hope you found something fun in the US

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  6. Those Hazel Atlas bowls have been on my wish list FOREVER! I can't believe you have almost thrifted the whole set. My mother in law has the red one and I know I will end up with it someday but still, I'm not very patient!

    ~Erica

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  7. Love each find, great scores. Enjoy your internet break! It's actually pretty relaxing to step away from the PC addiction once in a while. Can't wait for my next PC vacay but for now...work work work...

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  8. I'd have totally bought that cookie jar.

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  9. How have I gone this whole time without figuring out the polka dot Hazel Atlas was a set?! Your little creamer is *adorable*

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    1. They are unmarked!
      And I guess are kinda similar to the Federal?

      IDK but you should get a set LOL!

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  10. I still like the creamer, chips and all. best of luck with no internet, you never know it might be great!

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  11. I love those Hazel Atlas bowls. Such a great set.

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  12. Found some pyrex. Love your Hazel Atlas bowls.
    Denise

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    1. Thanks! & lucky. Gonna check out what great things you found soon.

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  13. I did not know that such Hazel Atlas bowls existed. Add those to my want list!

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  14. We've had that same cookie jar in yellow and orange. They're so bright and cheery!

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    1. I've got that one too! No lid though. Goes perfect with Daisy Pyrex!

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  15. Love the cookie jar and the bowl. I would have bought both of them and the bird creamer, too.

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  16. I hope you're having a great time in Ohio!
    I would have bought the cookie jar too! And I love those bowls. Who could not love polka dots?!

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  17. Love the Barlett cookie jar! I've seen others but they often don't have the lids. The hazel atlas bowls are fab! I've just started to collect the federal polka dot bowls.

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