Vintage Graphics

 We are getting really excited about the new Peddler's Mall opening right down the road from us....
One of my favorite things about "vintage" goods is the labeling and graphics so that's what I decided to share... 

 Our very first go at selling things on our own!  We have been making and gathering in anticipation of setting up our space which is now only a couple of weeks away.

So I just wanted to give a little taste of what we'll have for sale....

there is so much more but right now it's scattered wherever we can find a space.
As we get closer to opening day we'll post more photos.

Scott's Antique show Columbus

This past week-end we went to Columbus for the Scott's Antique show for the first time....

We bought a few things

This "how to draw" scroll which probably came from the top of a children's art easel.  

You roll the knobs on the right and it has a several different things laid out step by step....

Doodlebug already tried this one out!

 We also snagged this really cool industrial light....

 The shade is a spun aluminum piece which fascinates my husband.....

 This nice little, aluminum lunchbox 

 Which even had thermos inside...

And a third Fire King mug 
( I already had 2 of these) 
because they bring back so many fond memories of drinking hot cocoa on snow days.
I also picked up a set of 6 Fire King dessert cups and a sweet little 60's dress...
We enjoyed looking at everything and would definitely go back---another one coming up next month!

Sign and Flea Market

This past week-end was the big Springfield Extravaganza at the Clark County fairgrounds here in Ohio....it's huge...over 2000 vendors this year I think....

 And this sign is my Mother's Day gift!!!  How cool is it?!?!??!  Someday it will be Mighty's ---

the child has whole obsession with shoes and she's not even 2 yet....

It was even one of the first words she said really clearly...

 We are in love with old signage like most other people out there who decorate with vintage bits and pieces
----it's usually way out of our price range.

 We mostly just Oooo and Ahhhh over the really cool ones, but this one caught my eye because it was not the typical "old sign" you usually see..... and it's for shoes...so how can you go wrong?????

 The price tag said $50 which was making me really think about it and the gentlemen that were running the booth said "what are you looking at or thinking about there?" 

When we said it was the sign, one of them said "Let me help you decide--I'll take $30 for it"

SOLD!

 I also bought these numbers and letters...

That's the year we got married 

and the first letters of my kids' names which I have another idea for....

 They were 2 for $1 and pretty sticky but I used some WD-40 and they cleaned right up....

I'm in love with my sign though...

I could've painted one to look old, but you just can't replicate REAL patina....

Love the style of her, the colors, the lettering...

she's a keeper!

New finds....

 What a great day we had today!  Went to the flea market with my sis-in-law and brother-in-law and their kiddos and my aunt and uncle.

 Here 's what we came home with today....we always look for furniture to redo but didn't see anything that really grabbed us today....

 So it was a day of "smalls" which was actually pretty fun to shop for...the stool may get powder coated.  Or it may not.  And I have some ideas for the glass insulators...

This little 2 drawer filing cabinet actually had some  old index cards and letters stuffed in the back.  One letter had a six cent stamp on it! 

 This bucket is pretty unique....

 And Martha Stewart Living just did a whole feature on ice choppers....

Of course my downfall is shopping for myself...  I found this really cool old pencil sharpener which I was thrilled with.  

 And this box which is a perfect twin to one we already own that currently stores all things "puzzle".  What are the chances?!?!?

Overall a great day.  The weather wasn't as hot as we thought it was going to be and the rain held off so we got to do lots of shopping and rooting around  in all the wonderful junk!!!!

Auction Finds

My husband and I have so much fun shopping flea markets and going to auctions together...this is our first time actually purchasing at an auction and it was an interesting one.

This mirror is for ME; actually it goes perfectly with our bedroom furniture and we had one of those little, cheapy plastic mirrors propped in our closet forever.  Total cost here $1 :)  I bought another mirror for $1 (you can see the back of it in the photo below).  It's destined for our hallway bathroom.

This fan was sitting off to the side.  The auction was pretty small and so was the crowd.  It was also on a Thursday evening.  So they'd said if there was something you were interested in to ask and they'd push it to the front.  We were ready to leave and I was pretty interested...no one else bid on it.

How great is this typewriter?!!?!?  It's a 1922 Remington. We've looked them up on line and if you can find the right buyer they go pretty high.  We were excited to get it!  I REALLY wanna keep this one.  I gotta think about it for awhile and decide what I want to do.

This is a time card holder!  Would be great as a bill organizer or to hold Christmas cards at the Holidays....lots of possibilities....

This chair is so great.  If we didn't already have a desk/office chair I'd be wanting to keep it too!  It's so solid....

And here's the bookcase all finished up and sitting in the store waiting to go home with a lucky girl to store some shoes :) I'm going to do another post on it later in the week to show the before and afters.  Busy, busy and having fun finding things...the best part is you know they'd probably end up in the trash and you're "saving" them and giving them a whole new life!

Flea market finds

We made another trip to the Flea market Saturday to see what we could "discover"....We sold 4 things at Winsome Cottage this week which is SOOO exciting!  We also took our niece with us since her parents are out of town at the Farm Chicks show in Washington.  It was so much fun to look at things with her.  She has a great eye already picking out stuff that I would choose too.
So here's what we found Saturday...

I still have feed sacks we found on our first trip that are washed and ready to go for something-- I just haven't decided what....and the red barn light

 which I am having trouble letting go of!  We may have to keep that with hopes that someday it will fit perfectly in a spot in a new house :)
I mean this little fan fits perfectly right now don't you think?!?!??!?

...so I think it's staying here with us :)

New finds

 We had some fun today!  We went to Urbana fairgrounds today for the first time.

We scored some cool stuff...LOVE the feed sacks especially the one above...and I have some ideas for them.

 This little metal cart folds up too and I think the lady was really excited that we bought it....

I cannot lie.  I wanna keep this one!  I don't think I've ever seen a red barn light.  They're usually always green or white.  And last we found a sweet little table to cover with galvanized or possibly some zinc.  We haven't decided yet.

Total spent today $70.  SCORE!!!!