Danish bunny

Maureen and I got a late start on Friday because I had scheduled a doctor's appointment at 9:15 a.m. That delayed our start by one hour. The good news is that the doctor chuckled at how healthy I am. That's always nice to hear. Maureen found the twin of her nice folding serving tray, so now she's got a set. I should have taken a picture of it because hers looks nicer than this one I found on the web. Anyhow, she paid $5 for it. The lady who was selling it was about to put it back into her house to keep. Good timing!

All I found was a teapot for a dollar, a decanter for 2 dollars, and two Martha Stewart bowls for seventy-five cents each. Then our sales were interrupted again because I had to drop off my son downtown, where he was making his film debut. He was dressed as an FBI agent (black suit) but could have passed for missionary. A very handsome one to boot. The sales we did go to were mostly expensive. Odd how some weekends will have a particular kind of sale vibe going on. Friday's were mostly resellers/collectors and no good bargains were to be had. But, as always, we had a good time.

What $38 bought this morning!

Saturday's sales were much better. And there were many of them despite the 90+ degree weather (that's 32 degrees Celsius in all countries with universal healthcare). At one sale, they were selling freshly picked plums. Mmmmmmm The yellow ones didn't last long enough to be photographed. My daughter tried one after I had said how sweet they were, but she thought it was very tart and didn't finish it. Thank you, Starbucks and all the syrups and sugars that go into your products that screw up a young person's palette. (My son didn't even TRY them).

Mid-morning I had to stop shopping to meet a client to sell four of my Le Creuset items that I found at a sale last week. I posted them on Craigs List, and a woman from North Portland drove down to Salem to buy four of the eight items. We made the deal in the Fred Meyer parking lot near the freeway. I made my money back and then some. How cool is that?? Cool enough to go to Starbucks (I know) for a coffee break.

Later, I was delighted to find three pieces of my Summer Chintz china (at a reseller, but still). The teapots will come in handy when I help put on the annual high tea at our church, as will the hostess two-tiered tray. The Dutch connection today came in the form of a Holland souvenir that a Dutch exchange student had brought with him/her to Salem over ten years ago: 2 candles and a set of paper napkins in a Delft Blue pattern. The candles definitely have seen better days, but how can this Dutch girl refuse at ten cents??? She can't. The orange kids apron was in the free bin and will find a good home somewhere after I've washed it. The Johnson's Brothers milk jug was a dollar. And my husband got lucky with a spanking new, bright red Coleman toolbox. Now I'm getting snug inside the house where the A/C is going full speed.

Just thought I would Google the Danish bunny that I found (it's sitting on the toolbox in the picture.
It turns out to be made in the 1950's. It's by Skjode. I found one just like it on E-Bay. It is the find of the week, for sure.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280928769435&item=280928769435&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466

My investment of last week had a nice return today!

Quality sales and Penneys 1969

The sales on Friday were quality sales, so Maureen, her mom and I had a great morning finding one great thing after the next. Maureen bought school supplies galore for her class room, and her mom scored a Pampered Chef deep dish, terracotta baking pan for a dollar! That was the find of the day.

What $33 bought on a Friday morning. I'm especially happy with the lightly used Cuisinart griddle. It replaces our over-used (not to mention greasy) griddle, which now resides in the garbage can awaiting collection tomorrow morning.

Asparagus pot to replace the less sturdy one that I picked up at a sale a few years ago.

Have no use for them, but could not resist these Crate and Barrel bowls, nor the Pyrex dish.

On Saturday, I went back for this picture...

...and I got suckered into buying this lot of Le Creuset cast iron cookware.

The sweetest thing I found this weekend is this plastic woven tote from JCPenneys. I paid $2 at an estate sale for it. It has the original price tag of $3.50 attached and inside was the credit card receipt: July 28, 1969. She bought it one week after Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon, and she never used it.

Got a nice Italian scarf made of the finest Italian polyester for a dollar at the same sale. 

Longaberger and Franciscan

Maureen's purchases

A Longaberger child's basket

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There were not many sales last Friday. The best one was a ways out of town. Just as we were saying that we know nothing about value of items at garage sales, Maureen spotted a Longaberger basket and told me all about how popular they are back East. She paid fifty cents or a dollar. I found one that sold on E-Bay (without the liner) for $10.50-- well done, Maureen! I'll add them to my radar.

 It's super cute.  Don't you think?

At the same sale, I found these retro dishes from the 60's and 70's. I especially like the ones on the right which are Taylor, Smith, & Taylor -- the Honey Gold pattern. The ones on the left are Franciscan, the Antigua pattern. I looked them up when I got home and found out that they are somewhat collectible. They were packed in 1992 newspapers, and you could almost hear them whisper "thank you" when I washed them by hand. Luckily, there was one shelf left in the garage that still needed filling...

My purchases

The candlesticks are silverplated. The miniature milk can is stainless steel. The fruit basket is probably from Target or so. But at 75 cents I think it's a nice addition to my kitchen.

Not pictured are a drinking fountain for the church cat, and a casserole dish. Total cost of the morning: $25

Because there weren't that many sales, we ended the morning at the Daue House, where Maureen found a nice side table that she was looking for.

All in all, a great morning. Oh, and we found nothing that had a Dutch connection. Not even remotely.

Three fruit bowls. The wired one is new. The blue one is from Holland from the 60's (not a garage sale find), We found the fluted Pyrex bowl last Sunday at an estate sale in Portland. They look sweet together.