I never
mentioned this on my blog before, but my mother passed away back in
March. She and my dad ran their own flea market booth for over a
decade, she hit the World's Longest Sale with us last year, and
helped my dad run a booth in Richmond. I've been spending a lot of
time with him this summer, hitting flea markets and doing yard sales.
It keeps us busy and distracted, which is always a good thing. We
stopped by the Urbana Flea Market & Antique Show last month, and
I never got around to posting my finds.
One of
the first things I got were these Holly Hobbie glasses. My mom bought
me the Holly Hobbie cradle when I was a kid, and I used the heck out
of that thing! Two of these are Christmas glasses, one is a regular
glass, and all three are Coca-Cola. The vendor had $1 each on them,
let me have all three for two, and honestly seemed surprised anyone
bought them!
A vendor
had a ton (TON!!!) of vintage Tupperware in her booth, but her prices
were a little cray-cray. I see so much of the brown/gold/green that I
love so much at thrift stores and yard sales that there was no way I
was paying $10+ for an individual piece. Another vendor had this one
for 75 cents. I think I'll probably use it to keep water on hand when
I'm working...
This
little guy was so adorable that I couldn't leave him behind,
especially not for $2. He'll probably become my new pen cup since I
seem to have a black thumb this year. I saw the exact same one at
another booth later in the day for $12, so I think I got a good deal
LOL
I have
no kids, but I do, however, have a vintage rocking duck for the kids
I may one day have. We're thinking of putting a bag in the bottom and
using it to store our dog's toys. She has so many toys, and I keep
tripping over them all the time, so this might work out nicely.
This is
my first ever large blow mold purchase. I only paid $2!!! Santa is
missing a piece of the sled that fits on the bottom, and the reindeer
is missing his/her horns. Once the snow falls, you can't tell that
the sled is missing anything, and I'm planning on putting a Santa hat
on the reindeer so the other reindeer in town won't pick on him.
This is
me cheating a bit because this didn't come from the flea market. It
actually came from this locally owned store called Game Swap. They
buy and sell movies, games, music, and nine billion other things.
While on a hunt for Pop Vinyl figures, I found this vintage Cabbage
Patch Kids metal lunchbox. It doesn't have a thermos, but for $3.99,
I'm not complaining!
We
actually went back to the same flea market this month, but I haven't
gotten around to taking pictures of our finds just quite yet. I also
grabbed some stuff at a thrift store while heading home from a family
reunion in Michigan AND still need to post pictures of all my blow
mold finds from a few weeks ago, so look forward to some upcoming
posts!
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