THE SUMMER of POTTERY!

I've been having so much fun this summer going to all 

of my favorite places in search of pottery and more!

Friday my friend Carol and I spent the whole day shopping

and I have to say that I am very happy with my purchases!

Above, purchases from Zionsville Antique Mall, 

Black Rose and Weil. The large HULL planter 

on the bottom has a yellow inside... beautiful! 

Can't resist PINK!

Blue and Green :-)

I am loving the white Floraline planter. 

I found it in green last week!

MORE FROM FRIDAY

Decided to take a quick ride over to 

2nd Ave Value Thrift Store in North Wales, PA

 last night... they are open til 9!

This place is great! So beautifully organized! 

I did pass up a few pieces of pottery but had to have these 3!

FRIDAY THRIFTING

Quick trip to Care & Share today.

Nice big Imperial Pottery planter (I also have it in pink!)

and 2 nice Brush McCoy smaller planters.

And this great Floraline green piece and cute McCoy vase!

Happy Friday!

ANTIQUING IN NJ

So we decided to head out to the Columbus Flea Market in 

Columbus, NJ on Saturday only to find out that Saturday is not 

the day when the antique vendors are there. 

But we did go into the Columbus Antique Mall which is right 

across the parking lot from the flea market. 

2 buildings with lots of good stuff!

Afterwards we headed through New Egypt, NJ 

where we found a few yard sales and thrift shops.

From there we went to the Grist Mill Antique Center in 

Pemberton, NJ.Yay! I love this place! It's very ME... 

all the stuff I love! Restaurant china, vintage kitchen 

stuff, pottery and more!

Their other location, Haddon Heights Antique Center in 

Haddon Heights, NJ was also amazing! I was racing the clock 

as we got there at 4 and they closed at 5! So much to see! 

Came out with this cute vintage plant stand and pottery and awesome 

restaurant bowl. Also got some vintage jewelry and a gift 

for a friend! Oh and both antique centers were 

having 20% off sales on Saturday!

YAY FRIDAY!

Once a month Care & Share Thrift Shops has a half price sale.

Got lucky today! Beautiful green Floraline planter, 

White pedestal planters, Floraline and Haeger,

beautiful Brush McCoy white flower pot, yellow McCoy 

vase and small aqua planter marked USA,

and... this big pink McCoy round planter! Happy day!

LAST FEW WEEKENDS

Fun time at the Golden Nugget Flea Market in 

Lambertville this past Saturday with George and friends Jenny and John.

I'm very happy with my tin trash can and pretty green McCoy planter!

The black tin trays were found at a yard sale last weekend... 

4 of them for $2!

Found this beautiful white McCoy vase at 

Sleepy Hollow Antique Center in Mt. Bethel

last Sunday and this tin kitchen canister in mint 

condition was a yard sale score for $2.

And yes, more pottery! 2 planters were found at Care & Share 

in Souderton and the cute little pink planter with squirrel was

25 cents at nice little flea market on the way to Care & Share!

George and me... Jenny, John and George deciding on where 

to eat lunch and me and Jenny feeling very happy with our purchases!  :-)

GUEST COLLECTORS

My friends Richard and Michael are having 

so much fun decorating their new country house!

Check out some of their great finds! 

I am loving these lamps!!

They got this great metal chair at a yard sale for $2!

GUEST COLLECTOR

It was so great to visit my friend Pam (Pammy to me!) this past weekend after not seeing each other for 10 years! We grew up together and our families spent many weekends exploring antique shops and flea marketing. I loved seeing her home and this collection of vintage eye glasses! So fun! 

SUNROOMS

Pam from Retro Renovation did a nice post on sunrooms!

Check out my sunroom and lots of other cool, retro sunrooms 

and outdoor spaces on retrorenovation.com

http://retrorenovation.com/2012/06/15/photos-of-retro-patios-porches-decks-sunrooms-summer-spaces/

MORE POTTERY! YIPPEE!

Another Saturday of yard sales and flea markets!

Pottery found at Jake's Flea Market! in Barto, PA.

Beautiful, large Cookson planter on the bottom,

Pink Brush McCoy and other McCoy pieces!

Thank you too!  :-)

POTTERY on a TUESDAY!

My friend Carol had never been to Black Rose... 

so we took a little road trip to Allentown yesterday afternoon!

So much fun! Tons of stuff to see! Our husbands actually had 

us paged because we were in there so long! Haha!

Carol got some nice pieces... I hope to post some of her 

collections soon. In the meantime, here are 3 nice pieces 

of pottery that came home with me!

SATURDAY FINDS (and one from FRIDAY!)

Today was the flea market at the Dublin (PA) Fire Hall.

I love this little flea market. Been going for years and it's always good!

Love this yellow McCoy round planter found at a yard sale 

on Friday and mini McCoy vase found today at the Dublin Flea Market.

After the flea market we drove around to some yard sales 

that were not that great... then stopped at a few 

thrift shops. I am very happy with this beautiful, vintage hotel plate! 

One dollar at ReStore in Chalfont, PA! A nice addition to my collection!

And, nice Haeger pottery round planter... also, one dollar!

MAYHEM MAGAZINE

Yay! My collection was featured here!

Check out this great magazine 

about ART FASHION LIFE & MUSIC.

Thanks Celeste!

VINTAGE TOOL & TACKLE BOXES

I was reading one of my favorite blogs today 

Welcome to Deluxeville, which inspired me 

to post some of my vintage tool and tackle boxes.

I love using these old rusty boxes in the garden, 

for storage, in my studio and on my desk!

Check out how Mary Deluxe uses her vintage tool boxes.

So pretty with flowers on her table... She's got great taste!

GUEST COLLECTOR

I was just looking at my list of blog followers and noticed some new names there! I love that! It’s so cool to know that people are reading and looking at my blog! I came across a new friend yesterday… Carole from Australia! I have noticed that a lot of people that view my blog are from Australia and that we have similar interests and collections. So, here is CAROLE and her beautiful vintage tea towel collection! 

I love how she photographed these out doors 

hanging on a clothesline. So pretty! 

Carole is originally from England and migrated to Australia in the mid 60’s with her family. Her father’s family had an antique shop in Denmark and her father, in London, dealt in second hand furniture and bric-a-brac.  He would send items back to Denmark to sell in the shop. Her mother is Mauritian (French), and she loves to display pretty things so it was just inevitable that Carole shares the same passion… it’s in her blood… she’s a collector!  When she originally started collecting and decorating her home it was out of necessity really, because they couldn’t afford much, so the easiest way to decorate on a budget was to buy things second hand. She had a $5.00 maximum budget on any one item… “oh the things that slipped through my fingers that only cost $6.00…never mind!”  She loves Art Deco, 1950’s and Retro.  “I just love being surrounded by nice things, they make me smile and if I can get them for only a few dollars, the bigger the smile.” thanks so much Carole!!