Small & Modest $28 Goodwill Haul to Resell on ebay & Antique Booth

Not all Goodwill hauls can be great, and the last couple of runs were great.
But even though it was small, it had a couple of good items - and some super cheap Pyrex. 

And super cheap Pyrex is always good!

 

 

 

My daughter knows about my owl obsession too and made me this at school.  My mama heart is melting...

Last July Weekend Goodwill Haul

How was your last weekend-in-July haul?  Mine was pretty good - no yard sales, but I got a pretty good afternoon trip to Goodwill done on Sunday.  You can see what I found in the video below.  Which item is your favorite?

Weekend Haul, no Yard Sales - but Goodwill came through!

 

 

Here is another haul video from last weekend.  I think I will get back to blogging more in the summer, but lately I have found that making youtube videos is a better avenue for me.  Looking forward to see what YOU all found last weekend!

 

If you have watched my other videos, you know that I am on a mission to save enough money to take my family of 4 to Norway in the fall by ONLY using money I earn from reselling.  Naturally that means that I pick up more and different things than usual and selling those online.  My heart and soul are still with my antique booth, but now I will pick up just about anything that can make me money for my trip.  Where are YOU hoping to travel this year?

 

 

 

Fun Vintage Kitchen Finds

 

I like these vintage Pyrex coffee carafes, but they don't move very fast in my booth.  However, they do emphasize the look I am going for in my booth, so if nothing else it will be a stage prop.

 

 

Love these Mad Men style chrome serving dishes, and I have never come across this 3-tiered version before.  Would look so fab on a buffet!

 

 

This is another first for me - a pink plastic chopstick dispenser to  hang on the wall, with 20 plastic chopsticks included.  This would look so cute in the full-out retro pink-accented kitchen!

 

 

 Finally another Pyrex find, this time a British mixing bowl with fun type (and measurements).  Says England in the bottom.  Not sure how this will do in my booth, but cool-looking it is (despite the crooked picture).

 

Which one is your favorite?

 

(Linking up for another round with a living space since I found these last Friday).

 

 

 

I promise this post has a point

 I am not a Valentine's Day girl.  My husband clearly lucked out on that one.  I didn't grow up with the holiday, and when I came to America, it never grew on me like Halloween did.  I think I arrived 4o years too late as far as Valentine's Day is concerned - to me it is just a cheesy commercial holiday full of mass-produced red roses, pre-printed cards, bland candy and crowded restaurants. However, hubby knows how to be romantic, and sent me out for a couple of hours at my two favorite Goodwills while he fed the kids and put them to bed.  Now THAT is love!

 

Since I had the whole evening, I lingered a while in the book section.  Normally I get trapped there and, Bam!  - two hours have flown by.  I picked up this since it included a recipe for this:

 

Frankfurter crown roast!  Yes, now I need to get cookin'.  Will probably serve this with a side of something glued together by gelatin.  And for the cooking I need an:

 

Adorable apron!  This has a whole school theme, including an angry head mistress. And:

 

 

Cute kids with a dancing poodle.  And how appropriate that my apron has girls wearing aprons on it.  Of course, when I cook, I will need a:

 

 

A manual beater!  I love these things and they work well to freak out the cats too.  And then I need: 



 



 

 This doo-hickey.  Actually, I have no idea what this is, but it looks like it is supposed to squeeze juice out of something and then strain it.  It had me at "Made in Italy".

 

 

Do you know what this is for? There are a million things I can imagine doing with this thing, which is probably not appropriate. Or legal.

 

 

Then my fine meal will need a fancy Japanese tray.  Or:

 

 

A cheesy Irish tray.  No wait, that will have to wait until St Patrick's Day.  How about:

 

 

A stylish mid-century modern tray?  Surely such a fine meal needs some elegant processed cheese and Ritz crackers first.

All this cooking is making me thirsty, and I will pour my drink  into:

 

 

A 1987 Pepsi glass.  And my drink of choice is lemonade from:

 

 

This large Pyrex juice pitcher!  And while the frankfurter crown roast is cooking I will call my girlfriend on my newest:

 

 

Rotary dial phone.  Which is more pink in real life than in this picture.  And then we will talk about our upcoming trip together.  And for that I will need:

 

 

A trip log book where you can jot down all the fabulous things you are doing and get helpful advice such as this:

 

 

Of course, remember to pack ball gowns in my luggage!  Silly me, I would have forgotten.  And maybe we will see exotic animals like this:

 

 

And buy wall decals to remind us of them when we get home.  Ok, now I need coffee!  How about:

 

 

Some coffee from this?  No silly, that is a perfume bottle.  I know I have coffee here somewhere though.  And sugar.  Lots of sugar. Which needs canisters such as these:

 

 

Four apothecary jars!  Two large, a medium and a small one (with curious numbers etched into them).  Ok, now I need to pour my coffee into:

 

 

An older Spode Christmas cup, with saucer.  I have a whole set of this, so what is one more, right?  The left-over coffee I will save for hubby in: 

 

 

This manly coffee contraption. 

Then I will put flowers in my new vase:

 

 

With butterflies.

 

 

And where I like the backside even better.  And then the kids will be home:

 

 

Argh!!!

 

 

And we will do homework and read books.  And then I will send my son out to play in the snow with:

 

 

His brand "new" down jacket.  Which contained:

 

 

$7 in one of the pockets at the time of purchase!

 

 

So, the point of the post is: Go out and spend $46 by yourself on Valentine's Day, browse the book isle, pick up a funky recipe book, and eventually you will end up with a whole lot of inventory for your antique booth, some stuff for yourself, and $7 dollars in your pocket. 

And a crowd-pleasing frankfurter crown roast.

 

How did you spend Valentine's day?

Priorities before the storm: Visiting Goodwill of course!

So, the snow has been coming down here in Maine today, and right now it is basically all about hunkering down in front of the wood stove while the kids (who are off from school) do puzzles, color, and play WII.  Not sure when the power will go out, but it is inevitable that it goes out at some point since I live in a very windy area close to the ocean.  Yesterday, while all was quiet (as the saying goes), people stocked up on the usual storm necessities, and the line at the gas stations were long.  I, however, headed to Goodwill since I knew that I would be trapped at home all weekend and even my antique store would be closed for business.  This all seems logical to me, and I know my fellow thrifters would understand.  Right?

Anyway, here is what I came home with last night after an hour browsing for necessities at the nearest Goodwill. 

 

This is not only a weather-appropriate, mint-condition Pyrex dish, but it is the pattern that I more or less collect.  I am not a fan of the divided dish (not sure how to use it effectively to be honest), so I have to figure out if I should keep it or be generous and put it in my booth.  What do you do with divided dishes?

This darling butter dish has some slight dishwasher wear, but not too bad.  If I had to list which Pyrex pieces have been the most popular in my booth, it has been the butter dishes and the small fridgies.

More Mad Men glasses.  Now these are not the desirable Dorothy Thorpe glasses.  They are both smaller and have a much skinnier silver rim.  However, the shape is right, and I bet if I place them next to my Mad Men sign, label them Mad Men glasses, somebody will pick them up.  If so, this would be my 7th sale of Mad Men glasses. And they ARE really cute.

Before I started my booth, this is not something I would have picked up.  However, I have found that vintage cute/kitsch is a big seller, so I have expanded my horizon.  It was mainly the red flowers that attracted me.  It is a learning experience, right?

This is really adorable.  Not sure if it is an original drawing or a print.  I love the way the girl has her bonnet on backwards - a little rebel!  Also, does anyone know what kind of framing this is?  It has a very heavy metal frame that looks sort of melted onto the glass (both front and back).  It makes the whole picture quite heavy and substantial.  Is this a special vintage framing technique?

Finally I had to pick up these still-in-their-packaging light switches for 99 cents each.  The packaging says 1969.  Are they really that old?  Would be so cool in a boy's room or man cave (are those more or less synonyms?)  I might put these on ebay instead of in my booth since they probably have more appeal outside of Maine - and they would be a breeze to ship!

 

This is the view of my porch from my kitchen window at the moment.  And the actual storm has not even started yet.  Good thing I stocked up on my necessities from Goodwill!

 

Stay safe my fellow New England thrifters.

 

(Will link up with A Living Space)

 

 

 

 

Retro Gold Thrift Haul

I popped into a local Goodwill briefly on Saturday while hubby "volunteered" to take the kids to the grocery store next door and pick up the last things needed for dinner.  I did not expect much besides a little bit of solitude and quiet, which was badly needed for mom at the time - besides, I never have had much luck with this GW on a Saturday.  However, the Retro spirits were shining their groovy light on me.  Check out what I came out with!


Wall flowers mushrooms

 



These mushroom wall plaques are the real deal and about a foot across. Made in the USA back when this country made groovy plastic stuff.

 

 

                  More mushrooms (and butterflies) on these stackable Japanese mugs.  I sell a lot of mugs in my store.

 



 

 

                                This is such a cute vintage mug - I am thinking it will be picked up for Valentine's Day. 

 

 

 

                           I like this pair of groovy vases too, especially the blue, aqua and white color combo.

 

 

 

 

                             A large pretty Pyrex bowl - with no chips or dishwasher fading.  Price was right too.

 

 





 

                                                       Another Pyrex, also in good condition - but no lid.

 

 

 

 

Yes, that right - not one, not two, but three Pyrex finds in the same place! Love this little fridgie - no lid, but I have a few spare ones from before (always pick up these dishes with their lids, even if the actual dish is in bad shape - I prefer to think of it as saving them *for parts*).

 





 

 

Two homemade aprons.  All aprons I have put in my booth has sold.  I price them at $10 a piece. How do you price aprons?

 



 

Not necessarily vintage, but I would love to know the pattern of this bowl/votive.  I picked up a couple of plates in this pattern before Christmas since I liked the design.  They look sort of Scandinavian to me and are quite heavy.  Any ideas?

 

 



 

                              Darling small lime green mustard jar with a weave pattern.  Tempted to keep this one.

 

 

 

                                                         I love this small magazine rack - great design and size.

 

 

 I love the 70s Tupperware cups and have several already.  They are so versatile - picnics, parties, everyday use.  And they have the best colors.  My kids love them equally and are very particular about which color belongs to them.

 

                                                                    And finally - my favorite find of them all:

 

 

 

 

This owl(?) crewel picture is really big, and I love the expression, colors, design, signature and year (74).  When I first spotted it, I thought it would be such great eye candy to my booth.  Then, by the time I got home, I was getting attached.  Now, I have it real bad and can't stomach the thought of being apart. So...he is now hanging in the TV room.  Hey, I do get to keep a vintage kitschy thing once in a while - and even hubby approved.  Eye candy for the home instead.

 

So, all in all, my impromptu visit produced some great items.  Maybe all my items came from the same home?  They certainly look like they could.

 

Is it true that the times you have the lowest expectations, you find the most fun things?

 

Linking up with a living space and Apron Thrift Girl - check out other weekend finds there.