YARD SALE FINDS!

I love these vintage glass pitchers. Another great find... and addition to my vintage kitchen!

GUEST COLLECTORS!

It's more from my favorite guest collectors Tom and Alan! Yay! Their latest, dog show trophies! Tom got lucky and found all of these in a box. Instant collection... what more can you ask for!

VINTAGE FLOWER POT COVERS

These belonged to my grandmother. They are probably from the 30's or 40's. They are made of tin and are hand-painted. They are supposed slip on top of plain or clay flower pots to make them look more decorative! I love them as is... just standing alone.

CHALKWARE

I love chalkware! Shown here are some examples of my fruit chalkware that hangs all around my vintage kitchen. It's so colorful and fun! I found the large apple shown in the center at one of my favorite local thrift shops just laying on a shelf mixed in with other junk. I am so glad I spotted it!! And, it was 50 cents!!

BLOGS!

Hey... so my BLOG was featured on another BLOG! Cool!
http://www.laracollins.com/home/2010/6/16/a-real-collector.html.
See picture above where she chose her favorites from my blog!

I came across Lara's Etsy store and saw that she had some very cool vintage items. From there I clicked on her links and found her Texas based shop called ENID and also her BLOG, Designer / Collector. If you are ever in Fredericksburg, Texas you'll have to check out her shop or visit it online at: http://www.enidlifestyle.com. Thanks again Lara!

VINTAGE PORTRAITS

George spotted this fabulous, mid-century vintage portrait at a cool old book/antique shop in Old City, Philadelphia this past Sunday. What a find!! Signed SLATER '56 upper right corner and on the back there is a label from the Newman Gallery on Walnut Street.

YELLOW!

Found this vintage garden sprinkler at a yard sale... yay! Nice addition to my sprinkler collection. (see older posts) And, I love that it's yellow!

TODAY'S FIND

I love yard sale season! Found this vintage plant stand this morning for $5.00. I'm happy! :-)

MORE GROUP PHOTOS!

Check out my older posts to see the rest of my group photo collection. The 2 largest ones shown here were purchased at a Bloomingdale's/Ralph Lauren prop sale for $3.00 each! I carried them home on the subway in the pouring rain. They were the first 2 I bought... the beginning of the collection!

OLD MIRRORS

A few of my old mirrors...

GUEST COLLECTORS!!

Another cool collection from the home of Tom & Alan is this series of British boys books by G.A. Henty which are about adventures all over the world from the turn of the century. They were published worldwide but the original publisher Blackie & Sons, London, had these distinctive figures on the spine. Tom displays these on a high, wall to wall shelf in his studio and I just love the way they look! Shown here just an example.

GUEST COLLECTORS!!

I love to visit the home of my good friends Tom and Alan. They have a very beautiful and unique house filled with all sorts of cool stuff! Shown here: Alan's vintage typewriter ribbon tin collection and 2 vintage typewriters! Very cool! Check back to see more cool collections from T & A! Thanks for being my first GUEST COLLECTORS!

McCOY FLOWER POTS

More favorites!

CERAMIC ROOSTERS

More fun! These colorful, vintage, ceramic roosters are also part of my kitchen collectibles. It was not my intention to start a collection of these! I picked up a cute one for 10 cents at a weekend flea market on 9th avenue when I was still living in NYC... need I say more! Shown here just a few highlights!

RECENT FINDS!

It's rummage sale season! Yay! I found the cocktail shaker in the middle with the Wedgewood pattern for 25 cents, the one to the right which has an etched pattern was 50 cents and I went a bit higher for the one on the left... black and gold stripes... $8.00. Nice additions to my collection! (See older posts.)