Friday Finds

Yesterday Leon and I had a fun day - went to many garage sales. The paper was absolutely full of ads - in fact one complete page. Of course, not everyone runs an ad - so no telling how many actual yard/garage sales were going on.

I am on going to show a couple of the items that just had to come to live at our home in the country. This wrought iron double tiered basket caught my eye at one of the locations. I want to paint (Leon will probably do it) it a flat black color. Since it is right by the recliner (Leon's home base) I won't put girly stuff in it...more masculine items....am thinking about those seeded balls that you get at Hobby Lobby...but they run rather expensive ... so may look for other types. I know that Wal-Mart sells several different styles and colors.

For the remainder of the fall season I am going to look for something to put in it to tie into this season now. Then at Christmas will put something like pine boughs (faux ones) and pine cones.

Price on this was $10.00...which I thought was reasonable...don't know exactly what they would sell for new...but this one is heavy and no broken welds. For some time I have been sort of looking for some new dishes. My plates that we use on a daily basis had been in my kitchen forever...well at least 15 years. I like them...colors were off white with a band of brown and blue around the outer edges. All I had were the plates that I had purchased at an discount place. Anyway most places sell boxed sets and I never like the coffee cups..really just interested in the plates. Well this display caught my eye and I thought this is the closest to anything I have found that I really liked. So I just up and told that lady I wanted them. Of course, not all the pieces were there but I thought I could add a couple of plates and would be in business. I ended up with 6 plates, 7 cups, 8 salad plates, and 5 soup bowls...all for $20.00...so that was about $.75 each...not bad.

This is what the cup looks like...just my style. I like mug style cups not the normal small ones. This pictures shows the color better than the plate shows...sort of a warm yellow with a bit of brown in certain places (like it was worn off). The pattern is Isabella by JCPenney.

See the plate is sort of 6 sided. It is ironstone - not china...but you could probably tell from the picture.

Last night, I thought I would check out the prices on adding a couple of plates to finish out the set. I could only find them one place...and the going price for the plate if $35.99. ...yes, that is for one plate...I bought the whole set for $20.00 so there was no way I would pay that kind of money for just one more plate. Also checked out E-Bay - but drew a blank there at this time.

Oh, another thing that was a good buy...one location had baby clothes (all girl) for 10 cents apiece. The sizes ranged from newborn to 24 months. I did not want to spend alot of time going thru all of them and picking out what I liked. So I asked her what she would sell the whole batch for...she quoted $5.00 and I took it. Last night I counted out 105 items (plus two lonely socks without mates). Seven of the items were either worn out (holes or bad elastic) or for an older child...but that certainly leaves enough for that new little granddaughter. For 5 cents per item we certainly made an excellent buy for that new little girl that is coming our way. Another added bonus I did not find any with stains on them...which is most unusual with baby clothes. But then again quite a few of these were brand new.

There were many more items we bought ...will be showing many of those as they come out of the garage and find the best place for them in the house.