Thrift Store Finds

We haven’t been to a thrift shop or antique shop in quite a while. But, we finally found someone to come and clean our house once a month, and we need to be out of the house for a few hours while she is here. So, we decided to go to The Apple Barrel in Bremen, Georgia to pass the time.

I found several things I liked, but this sweet Kewpie Doll came home with me. I used to have a similar one before we sold everything to go RV-ing. I have been looking for another one for the longest time. This little darling really wasn’t a bargain, at $18, but I was thrilled to get her.

There were three of these in a locked case in the front of the store. None of them had price tags on them, but this one is the only one that had the Kewpie mark on the bottom.

This new little Kewpie will live on the shelf in my kitchen now. She looks right at home there.

Fabgrandpa was poking around in another booth, and found this cute ceramic “chopper hopper.” We had to take it home, too. This fat little man is just too cute. He was also $18, but again, we both loved it and it is still useful.

What have you found in a thrift, antique, or junk store lately?

Fabgrandpa and I went to the Pea Patch, a local antique/vintage shop in Tallapoosa yesterday. We found several treasures that we could use. It was a very good day for junking or thrifting.

I love this little fellow. It is probably about eight inches top to bottom, and made of cast iron. Two little twigs coming out of his perch to hold potholders. So cute, and only $6.

Next, I saw this metal trash can with a French Horn on it. I haven’t seen trash cans like this in years! Again, only $6.

Fabgrandpa spotted these two neat metal storage cans with lids. The are unpainted metal on the bottom, and black painted lids. He jumped on them as soon as he saw them. He doesn’t find things he likes often. I like these too. It must have been $6 day at that store, because the smaller one ws $6, the larger one $9.

This is my favorite find of the day. It is a large plate holder, used for displaying plates on the wall. I put the lid from a hat box that my daughter painted for me years ago on just to show what it would look like. It will hold two large platters.

This is a close up of the detail of the top of the plate holder. I think it is beautiful. The bottom looks like this:

This was marked $19.99, but I don’t think that is what she charged me. Altogether I spent $36. What did you find this week?

Fabgrandpa and I decided that we needed a corner cabinet to put by the sofa in the living room. So, we did what we usually do when we are looking for a particular piece of furniture. We went thrifting!

We stopped by our favorite place, The Pea Patch in Tallapoosa, Georgia, but they did not have anything that would work for us the day we were there. The next stop was Apple Barrel Antiques in Bremen, Georgia. We have been to this place numerous times, and have bought things in there before.

This day, we found the corner cabinet we were looking for. It is a little black cabinet, with built in bookends. It is rather small, but fits the space we had. It will give us a place to put some photos out, something we haven’t done yet. I think it was a steal at $32.

I also picked up a jar of bobbins, all filled with black thread. That is something you rarely see in a thrift shop. Maybe spent too much, but I am a sewing freak. $20

The last thing I bought there was a McCall’s Needlework & Crafts Magazine from 1962. The cover is so classic 1960’s, with the model wearing a sleek red knit pant suit, red flats, with a huge bow in her pouffy hairdo. I could not walk out of the store without it. A real treasure at $1.49

What did you thrift this week?

A couple of weeks ago when we were coming home from the Birmingham VA, we decided to take Highway 78 instead of going on the interstate. We stopped in at 7 Springs Ministries Thrift Store on Hwy 78 in Oxford, Alabama. They had a lot of furniture and clothing outside in the parking lot in front of the store.

They have a pretty big store. They are also building a church camp next door. It looked like they mostly have household goods like furniture; lots of clothing; and kitchen supplies.

On the day we were there they had a washing machine and a dryer, and some exercise equipment out front.

If you need a new mug or coffee cup, this is the place to go. They had bunches of them!

There was a really nice curio cabinet in pine, and a pretty good black  table and chair set. There was also some living room furniture for sale.

Of course, I was atrracted to the fabric and patterns. They had a lot of fabric for sale, but I only had $10 in my pocket. I got these three fabrics and a cute pattern for cowboy outfits size 2-6X. There is about a yard and a half of the plaid flannel fabric; about 5 yards of the blue cotton print; and about 1 yard of the striped fabric. That is a pretty good deal for $10.

7 Springs Thrift Shop located on Hwy 78 in Oxford, Alabama. If you are interested in volunteering, or for location and hours of operation,  please contact Colonie Hughes 256-770-4089.

When we were out shopping the other day, we stopped in at an antique shop on Main Street in Cedartown. There, we saw this baby stroller that had a tag on it dated 1950. That may be old, but I can’t wrap my head around “antique”. I mean, really!

That’s Fabgrandpa on the left in 1949 and me on the right in 1952. I don’t feel antique yet!

For once in a long while, I am getting my Thrifty Thursday post done on Thursday! We went to one of the junk stores in Bremen a couple of weeks ago to just pass some time before my doctor’s appointment. I found this really neat framed art print there for just $6.00 I think the frame itself is worth more than that, but I really like the print, too. I think it’s a great score!