Weekly Round Up: Pyrex, McCoy, Gawdy Jewelry, Mid-Century Ceramics

Had another pretty fabulous week, estate sale-ing and adventuring. I'm getting better at this whole estate sale thing, getting there early and what not. I still found myself watching people walk out the door with cool stuff and being upset that I wasn't the one who found it first. Haha, I guess I have to share.. but here's what I did come away with:

Woke up early on Saturday and dragged a couple guy friends to this estate sale,  I immediately grabbed these from the kitchen. With a little help from Barkeeper's Friend they cleaned up so nicely. You can find them here. Apparently as I was leaving some lady was asking about "the Pyrex chicken bowls." 

Found these at another estate sale, I just love Hornsea Ceramics, the patterns are just so fabulous.

One of my favorite finds that has already been sold, this promotional pyrex piece. 

The people at this sale kept making fun of my "christmas colors", cherry red Copco pot and McCoy planter.

Some jadeite finds this week. 

More McCoy, Greek style.

This Raymond Loewy tea set was found at the local consignment shop, gotta love this sleek, mod design.

Because who doesn't need a gawdy ring that's half off?

This was also half off and I like the art deco feel of this bracelet.

Went to the local Farmer's market and bought myself some flowers.

All and all, it's been a pretty good week. Thanks for checking out my finds, what was your favorite find this week? What's your favorite find of all time? Mine might be this Dansk turquoise pitcher..

I'm again linking with Melissa's Antiques, check out her blog and the thrifty Friday posts. Also linking with A Living Space.

May Have Spent My Thrift Budget by Thursday This Week

The thrifts were kind of bare this week, I did find this adorable little glass mouse.

And I found this pillow case, which was just too cute to resist.

The estate sales this week were fantastic though, these all came from the same sale. The house was so cool too, stained glass windows and built in the 30s. It was clear the people that lived there were world travelers and collectors, they had such cool stuff! 

Can you tell turquoise is one of my favorite colors? These can be found here: candlesticks, paella pan 

I have a serious affection for skeleton keys, I remember going to an estate sale with my mom when I was probably 7 and I picked out a bag of skeleton keys. What was your earliest thrift find? 

Some more fun stuff that I'll be adding to the shop this week.

I just could not resist this awkward lil nugget, that face.. I had to bring him home. 

I arrived an hour early to the final estate sale of the day and luckily this park was a block away, so I got my number and sat down next to the pond for a while. It was quite relaxing.


How did everyone's week go? What was your favorite find? I posed the question a little earlier in the post, but what is your first thrift/ garage sale/ estate sale find? I would love to know.
I'm linking with Melissa's Antiques and Sir Thrift A lot. They have great finds too.

Friday The 13th and a Honey Moon

 I'm excited to show you all the cool vintage I found this week.

Got this awesome lamp at the last day of an estate sale, it shines stars out the back and has a nautical theme on the front.

Found this cutie at the local consignment shop, you can find this Lefton Blue Bird here.

So.. This was the only reason I stood outside early for an estate sale on Friday, this other woman and I were there for the same thing. She got the shakers, which was fine, they were priced a little more than I wanted to spend.

This Orrefors raspberry candle holder was too beautiful to leave behind.

This is one of my favorite finds this week, wasn't entirely sure it was McCoy but I have a hunch. I asked my friends over at the McCoy Pottery Facebook page and they confirmed it.

My brother fixed this lamp for me this week… aka I had the wrong light bulb.. 

Successful trip to the Goodwill, found the atomic sugar bowl and Poppy Trail city scene plates.  The lamp was from an estate sale.

Ended the week with a picnic on my great aunt and uncle's farm, doesn't get much better than that, right?
Sophie, the dog, was watching the fish eat bugs off the surface of the lake. 

I had a great week thrifting and estate sale hopping, hope you did too! What was your favorite find this week?
I'm linking with Melissa's Antiques and Sir Thrift A lot, be sure to check them out for more fab vintage finds.

Estate Sales and Thrifting This Week

Took my buddy, Josh on a thrift break trip and this is what we came away with. Mod plastic + Le Cousances = success

Great little mod desk accessory, viking tested. 

Went to this great estate sale and these are my finds. In the shop this week.

Wild card purchase this week, these navy survival plant recognition cards . The art on these cards is just beautiful.


What did you find??

I'm linking with Melissa's Antiques this week, check it out!