Weekend Garage Sale Finds

Very eclectic finds this weekend. Metal, Glass, Silverplate, wood, fiberglass, leather. Used Ribbet and PicMonkey for the collages.

The copper tea kettle with the rattan wrapped handle and serpentine spout was from the local church sale (a surprise extra sale, they had been given the contents of two estates and instead of storing things they elected to hold an extra Men's Garage Sale on the weekend. They make it brief, 4 hours, and then they box up any excellent leftovers and store those and take everything else and divide it between all the local thrift stores. Very organized.

I picked up this silverplate butter dish at the same sale. The glass insert is a round bevelled removable disk and there is space under the disk for ice. Great idea. The design on the left in this collage is the interior base where ice sits to keep the butter cool.

 Another garage sale had a big container of marbles and I was able to fill up all my pint milk bottles and one quart bottle. Love having sunlight shine through all that glass.

 Back to the Men's Garage Sale - wooden spools ! Enough to fill up two pint sealers.

The Miner's Helmet was found at yet another garage sale. The helmet is formed from fibreglass and has attachment for mounting a lantern.

The interior had all the original headband webbing. There are so many textures, contrasts and colour variations found in this helmet.

Linking to: Maiden D'Shade, My Romantic Home, The Cowgirl Linkup Party at The Farmhouse Porch, DIY By Design Sizzle Into Summer, {Primp} Your Stuff Wednesday, Savvy Southern Style: Wow Use Wednesday, The Vintage Farmhouse, Ivy and Elephants: Summer Holiday Whats It Wedneday, From My Front Porch to Yours, Colorado Lady

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