Thursday, October 17, 2013

Seeing Double

Funny how time flies, isn't it? Seems like just yesterday I was apologizing for not blogging much...

Anyway, I've been having some really great luck at the thrifts lately, and when I went to put things together to photograph for this post I noticed I had lots of things that were alike.

(And yes, I am still having difficulties with my camera, so these shots are not the best!)


Two tooled leather handbags. The one on the left I thrifted today for $7 and it came with a matching coin purse. The one on the right was a yard sale find for $3. 2 for $10!


Two pieces of enameled cast iron. Why yes, that is a Le Creuset dutch oven. For $10 at a thrift store? You bet I'm carrying that thing around till my arms are ready to fall off. (And the best part of it is, that while it is well-used, the previous owner used it to make something vanilla- even after a good scrubbing it still smells like vanilla- yummy!) The red frying pan is a Griswold from the 30s- mint condition for $1 at a yard sale.


Two adorable FireKing casseroles. The one on the left is hand-painted Gay Fad and the one on the right is Swiss Chalet. Both in mint condition and only a couple of bucks each.



I was just thinking I'd like to make madeleines and the next day I found these two pans for 50 cents. 
I love the details on them:


And of course I found some Pyrex! Two pieces of bakewear, a lime 023 and a Desert Dawn round cake pan. I have never seen pink DD in person before- it's beautiful!


And two more pieces of Pyrex, a snowflake space saver (with lid!!!) and yellow hostess (with lid!!!). On the right is a super cool ice bucket- the bullet shaped piece completely separates from the stand. (Why, I don't know, because it wouldn't stand upright, but still, so cool...)



OK, not doubles, but multiples! I hit the mother lode of vintage paper decorations yesterday. The turkey is a Beistle (also my second one of those in a couple of weeks), as are the Pilgrim cutouts that take me back to my own Elementary School days. The Halloween pumpkin and Trick or Treat sign are flocked- remember those? Haha, now I'm dating myself...anyway all of it set me back a whopping $1.80!

6 comments:

  1. Nicely done. The Dutch oven is most excellent.

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  2. I saw that exact same tooled leather purse on the right today at an antique mall! It was in the case and priced $36.00. How crazy is that?

    I love Fire King Swiss Chalet. I have a single coffee mug and that's it. I suppose it's a good thing that I don't find it often because I really should only be buying Pyrex!!

    Glad you are back :-)

    ~Erica

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  3. No wonder you haven't had time to blog. You've been going gang-busters thrifting. Great finds!

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  4. Neat! I the bulletin ice bucket is a keeper, so fabulously mod! I really like the thanksgiving paper cut outs too!

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