Christmas in July!

Hi erry body!
This weekend was AWESOME, I scored some really great junk! Treasures! I found lots of old Christmas items that I am going to start stock piling becauusse...drum roll please...................................................I have signed up to do a craft/boutique fair in November!!! woot woot! I am really excited and can't wait to see if all my treasure hunting and Saturday mornings in sweats and baseball hats is gonna' pay off?! Since it will be close to Christmas time, I am trolling all the yard and Estate sales I go to for vintage Christmas stuff. I have an obsession affinity for a specific type of Santa Claus....I love the overly jolly,bright red cheeked,completely hammered, drunk off his ass lookin' Santa...

 NOOOOO! Not THEM!...

OH LORD! Definitely NOT him! 

I meant THIS one! 

awww..Ain't he sweet! He looks like he has had a liiiiitle bit too much eggnog and should not be operating heavy machinery! 

or this one..

Now, this one looks like he's about to shove that holly branch where the sun don't shine! hahahahah

 Anyway, so with my antenna up for vintage Christmas, take a look at what I scored..

Don't cha' just LURV the old Santa's? They have an almost creepy, maniacal glare in their eyes...No.? That's only me?..hummm...O.K. Well,now the big Santa in the middle is actually an old candy dish bobble head thingy, his head is on an old spring and his top half twists off! The cool thing I noticed about him was...do you see the tissue paper inside? It says it was made in WESTERN Germany!Nice. Seeing as there IS no more WESTERN or EASTERN Germany officially..I looked it up and it is a candy dish from the 40's! Seeing as how I paid $1.50 for it..I was pretty happy when I saw them on ebay for $40 + Bucks! Very cool! 

Also, I found a cute lil' Kewpie doll and Campbell soup doll for $10! And do you see the little granny plastic trash can with GOLD FLECKS! Choooow! 2 bucks!! Speaking of GOLD how about those plastic place mats?? 

Nice. 

Also, any info on that lil' lamp shade in the back would be appreciated...It's from the 50's the woman told me, and it's made out of some type of card stock. The design is really adorable though, so that's why I got it...Hopefully someone at the Flea Market will think so too!

Wish me luck...Muah!

~Meliss

Thriftin' Treasure of the week!

OK Guys, This week I hit it pretty hard and scored some great deals..The salvation army in Downey was packed AS USUAL but I caught this little bay bayyy comin' in off the truck!  The tag was still on it! I'm gonna take er' home and find a spot for her... Here's a lil' sneek peek Before & After.....

 

Now, this next lil' gem I scored at a yard sale...Two Junkin' sisters  near me are liquidating their stash..Lucky meeee to have come on the right day....Bow chicha wow wow.......

An awesome vintage cake carrier, It has a little rust on the rim of the carrier but, other than that...It is in great shape. Nuthin' a little cleanser and steel wool can't fix...Look for her soon at my Etsy...Or maybe not....;o...Little does DH know...I have got my sites set on one of those vintage RV's..it's referred to sometimes as a "canned Ham' when I tell you I have dreams of this thing..I'm not shitting you. I dream of this thing.... 

*SIGH*This one....

Aaaand this one...

Oh. Can't forget about this one!

NOW it would be foolish of me to sell allll my vintage items I have riggghhhht? I mean. I have to save some things for "Geraldine". Yes. She already has a name...lol..OK. *SIGH* Back to the topic at hand..

Next up is an old cheesy picture frame that looks like someone dropped a little paint on it..(Which is what I'm gonna do...) The frame was in great shape though and this  little 90's beauty is gonna be a righteous chalkboard! I got big plans for her I tell ya'....

And my bestest, bestest score was from a local estate sale...Feast  your eyes on this!!!It is a maple dresser with a drop down secretaries desk! Sweeeeettt!  One knob is missing though..... (Like I care!)

 

Nice Legs!

Get outta' here, PEARL!

I can't even tell you how much I stole this for...OK...but, just you ok...TEN BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Waaaaaaahhhh. I'm not even bull shittin'! Score. I tell you..SCORE! I used my estate/yard sale tactics and it worked like a charm...( I will do a post on do's and don't s of junkin' later...)

And wait..That's not all, she also had  this sweet Scandinavian chair with a hand woven rush seat,($10 also) In AWESOME condition!

Estate sales are where it's at bay bee..Stay tuned to see what these little treasure turn into...Air kisses...

Meliss