Found Treasures

My name is Nancy, and I'm an addict.
For garage sales
and found treasures, that is! 

My husband and I used to "ditch hunt."  That's what we called pulling over to the side of the road and picking up rocks or wood or any other treasures we found.  But we don't so much anymore.

I recently started going to garage sales again and am loving it. 
For the past few years I worked on Saturdays and had to put my passion aside.

Here's what I found this past weekend. 

These darling glasses are about 4" tall and quite stubby.  I was told they're about 30 years old and are wine "tasting" glasses because of their small size, I suppose.  For me, the glass is just about the right size for my limited drinking.  I bought them because I loved their amber color and sturdy stem. 

I bought this trio because..... because the lady wanted me too....  I really liked the LARGE ladle, but she said it was a set.  Originally it was $3.00, but said I could have it for $2.00.  Okay..... I'll resell it in my garage sale for $5.00.... 

I love this old red lantern.  I may hang it from a tree or.... 

I'm keeping a watchful eye on this old Alpenrose Dairy milk crate!  My daughter has threatened to move it to her home....  For now I just have a plant sitting on top of it.  Until it relocates to my daughter's home....

This was my best find!  Look at the detail on this old chair!

The dainty curves.

The legs!

This seat is too precious the way it curves. 

I'm going to paint this chair some funky colors, I think....

and use it as yard art.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I stumbled upon this little Radio Flyer red wagon!

I've wanted one for years and years.

I was afraid I wouldn't be able to afford it, but....

drum roll, please.....

There was a price tag of fifty cents on it! 

YES!  FIFTY CENTS! 

Of course I had to bring it home with me! 

I think it was a very good garage sale day. 
What do you think? 

good finds

Ahhhhhhh....... that's the sound of a contented garage saler!  I've not been able to do much g.saling in the past few years because I worked at the nursery on weekends.  But now I'm not working any more....  and.... 

The addiction started last Saturday when my sister was in town.  We got up early and was heading out the door by 7:30 a.m. trying to find treasures we couldn't live without.  In our sleepy little town, we usually have sales only on Saturdays from 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. until noonish.  Not very often will you see one on a Friday or a Sunday.  So the saying, "the early bird gets the worm," is never more true than when garage saling in our small town.  If you get up at 10:00 a.m. and think you're going to find any treasures, you're sadly mistaken.  They're all gone by 9:30! 

My sweet husband was my chauffeur today.  He's not too keen on looking through someone else's trash... I mean treasures.... but he is willing to take me so I can. Here's some of my finds.   

This shelf unit is quite large.  You can tell as it's spanning an oversized chair.  The dust didn't cost anything extra....  I hate sales where the people haven't priced the items, so you have to ask.  I generally will pass the item up before I ask "how much?"  But I wanted this shelf!  We plan on building a new shed and I intend on making a potting shed on the backside of it where I can hang all my tools in one handy place.  This will go on the wall of my potting shed and my small pots and doodads will be displayed nicely here.  I'll probably paint it a cute lime green or  maybe a turquoise....   I'm thrilled with this find!  And the price....?  $2.00!!!!

I was also thrilled with this little glass dome.  It looks like crackled glass.  I wanted it, just because.....  It cost me .50 so I couldn't leave it.  

You have to have vision for this treasure.  I see a gazing ball, a glass ball, laying inside the rim of this and smartly displayed in my garden somewhere.  Or.... possibly a pretty plate on top with some fresh pastry....?

I was just telling my hubby a few days ago that I wanted to switch our dinnerware to white dishes.  There they were!  Funny thing, I was looking at this exact same set at Walmart.  $10.00 for a serving for four, plus an unrelated large, white platter. 

I thought we did quite well today, and can hardly wait until next Saturday to see what treasures will come our way.