I love my local Wednesday Flea Market. Wonderful vendors, so friendly and nice... Mostly, people cleaning out their garages or antique dealers thinning their booths... All in all, makes for some great shopping. There is no admission charge and no parking fee!
I had a garage sale over the weekend, so I had a little spending money burning a hole in my pocket... Does this happen to you? You get rid of junk and suddenly feel the need to bring home different junk?
Here's the junk that fell into my cart:
It was sort of a container day... I seemed to buy all sorts of boxes, buckets and pails. Does this ever happen to you? You realize later in the day that all your purchases had a theme?
By far, my very favorite purchase was this wooden box!! Don't even try to talk me into selling you this baby. I just adore it! Something so special about it's prior use. I can just image it filled with pastries and bread!
Love the handles and the color of the wood looks like it was made for my home..
I will place it on the coffee table in the kids bonus room. Do you think I can train them {teach them?} to put the TV and video remotes in this box? I hope so! Maybe I can even get them to put their drink glasses in the crate instead of the floor.... A girl can dream, right?
I was told this metal basket was once an old milk crate. It's very heavy duty metal. It's the perfect size to hold my husbands daily newspapers. I hope he will appreciate this wonderful gift I bought for him!
It has some writing on the side...don't know what is says.
I love wicker baskets and this one is HUGE. I stack vintage wicker baskets and use them for end tables. This one is so big that it will make the perfect "bottom"...
I almost passed this metal box up... In fact, my friend and I got in the car to leave. I went back to get the box and the seller gave it to me for half price. You can't really tell how big it is, but trust me it's huge!
He told me it was a lobster pan? I don't know...
It has an insert tray with holes, side handles and a nice lid..
I am going to fill it with African Violets for a table display.
This pail was so charming with it's worn red stripes.
When I pick weeds in the garden it will tag along.
I'd much rather have an old bucket than a plastic pail.
I had to buy the Sam Adams bucket. When my husband and I were dating, we had some great weekends in Boston. A favorite meal was lobster, steamed clams and Sam Adams Beer. I always thought it was so funny that he was a brewer AND a patriot!
Nice old scale to display over the kitchen cabinets.
I am always looking for vintage pieces like this...
I have two vintage cameras...this one makes it three!
It's official, I have a collection!
I bought these big vintage books for the awesome green covers. I have this "green" book theme going in the kid's bonus room. I'm sure they don't even notice..but the 'Martha' in me does... I'll share that book collection with you another day!
This vintage book came home too.
My daughter has been wanting a mannequin for her jewelry. This one was child size. It comes off the stand and can be a table top mannequin. The seller insisted I take the little shirt with it...
It looks better without the shirt!
Imagine how cute it would be filled with necklaces!
It has a nice stamp on it. I don't think this is very old..
Maybe 1980's..
My daughter promptly said "no thanks"...
Good thing I love it!
This brown transferware bowl was a bargain. It's very large.. Since it has a {slight} hairline crack the seller sold it to me for $10 bucks.
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