A Few Thrifty Finds

Happy Pre-Alameda Madness!!  Erica and I are headed off in the morning to explore our heaven, also known as the Alameda Point Antiques Faire.  I have had a few new finds sitting here the last few weeks, so I figured I would share them now, before you get an overload of our awesome road trip adventure.

I've been to quite a few sales as of recently, but haven't found very much vintage.  I've been bringing a lot of things home that we need, but not as many "want" items as I would like.

I'm really not sure what I'm going to do with these wooden boxes, but I figured they would be good for organizing, and I really like the vein like pattern of the one in the middle.

I was so jealous of all Erica's vintage Vegas swizzle sticks the other day I could barely stand it.  I was super excited to find just a few at a random garage sale.  The brass owl will join my rookery, and I couldn't pass up the tiny Bambi card game.  And, who would leave behind a reasonably priced Swanky Swig?

 This was the one and only piece of reasonably priced Pyrex I've found in the last 3 weeks, but I'm always excited to find a new pattern.

 I spent about an hour pondering over a tooled leather purse the day before I found this one but I just could not bring myself to pay the price this vintage shop had it at.  I'm so happy I waited, because this beauty is in much better shape and was so much cheaper!

 I grabbed these 3 glasses at GW the other day.  I had some previously, but the glass was really foggy.  These are really clear and you can see the sweet seahorses so well.

 The cracker tin is the only thing besides a barbecue that I bought at the lone estate sale here last Friday.  I also picked up the biscuit tin for Erica to add to her ever growing collection.

I know I didn't need this window, but it was just the right price and all the panes were intact, so I couldn't pass it up.  I have a few projects in mind, but I'm going to let a friend use it for their daughter's wedding decor before I re-purpose it.

But, my sweetest find of all is the mama and fawn that have joined my other deer friends in our yard.  I waited a long time to get into this estate sale two weeks ago and this was all I purchased.  They were totally worth the wait.

Well, wish Erica and I luck as we adventure through Alameda tomorrow.  I'm sure we will have lots of tales to tell when we return!

Always a Pleasure,
Hanna