Thrifted Mostly

This post is a mix of early December finds that included a Flea/Craft Market to raise funds for hosting a Syrian Family. The Church members that hosted the fund raiser were very warm and welcoming and very organized. A pleasure to visit as we shopped. 

Other finds were thrifted and a few were found at a late November church Christmas Bazaar that always includes donated/estate items along with crafts, books, flowers, table centres, home baking and knitted and crochet items.

Misc. mix of metal, wine holder, pottery, wood and glass plus an old phone.

 The Hudson Bay blanket cover for the hot water bottle and the very vintage red lantern were finds from one of my friends

as are the blue enamelled metal kitchen bowl, old spices and mustard tins plus the fruit mill.

The spice holder is a project not yet finished. So far it has been painted and is very handy for backgrounds in photos. The pyrex and fire king are church sale finds.

The grouping below was from a fund raiser for Syrian refugees. The orange fridge dish is marked 'Maid of Honor' and I think it is from the 1950's, great wear on the bottom.

In early December I met a young woman shopping in the mall where I have my booths. She is starting up a Tea Party business and was buying tea plates that week. Her colour theme is pink and white with gold trim and she said she had already bought the silver plate serving trays as well as all the cups and saucers she needed. She was looking for butter knives as well. Interesting to spend a few minutes as she talked about her new business plans which included providing everything needed to cater each tea party.

I love the soft look of the grey/blue and the white square openwork metal tiles mixed with the white glass and pottery.

The three little pigs wall plasters

The Irish Hot Pads along with the enamelled bird and a white chicken on a nest glass dish.

Collage of some of the vintage finds.

If you've gotten this far you will (maybe) LOVE the next picture (especially if your blog is Clamco :), sort-of/a bit like steampunk - a small Christmas tree made of pulley pieces and a piece of rusty angle bracket, a wood/metal candle holder that I painted black on the worn out wood then waxed. I used plaster and short pieces of glued in skewer inside two of the candle holders to cover/fill in the burnt wood and missing brass inserts, then painted black/waxed. Candles now stay upright.  I should have taken before pictures, didn't. Brass cats were thrifted along with the candle holder.

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