Treasure Hunting Report: Thrift Haul

I love showing you my treasure hunting report with a good thrift haul (or yard sale/estate sale/antiquing haul – although I have to say yard sales are my favorites)

I spotted these Shelley England molds at a rummage sale on my third time perusing a table.  Definitely need to be patient as a treasure hunter, and look under every rock.  I saw a set of 5 minis like this for sale for 78 British pounds.

The molds live a Mom’s and we have not used them for anything other than a photo prop!

This is an older find: these Sputnik-inspired earrings (that come with a matching pendant, too) are such a cool piece of history:

On the subject of miniatures, I bought all five of these wee wooden little jars (about the sizes of the jellies above) for $1.00!  I plan to spend way too much time painting them for a play kitchen.

With play kitchens still on the brain, we scored some more vintage melamine pieces.  Three different manufacturers, all the same shade of pea green (some are Melmac, some are not)  At one time, this color was super hot.

Three (shame, not four) stainless steel egg cups for . . . you guessed it . . . play kitchen.  Stamped Denmark.

Something for the real kitchen: my Mom found these gorgeous, lustre ware ramekins.  They are pristine, never used.  I have a feeling they might remain that way, as objects to admire only.

I also thrifted this beautiful brown ceramic pitcher – perfect for maple syrup on lazy breakfast days.

We found this sweet, mid-century platter for my Mom.  It is the perfect bridge piece between her creamy, somewhat ornate everyday china and the stream-lined mid-century mod pieces she loves, because the color perfectly matches her china but the style suits her other serving ware.

I also found this turquoise and gold tiled tray, which is more my color palette than Mom’s so hopefully she won’t steal it:

I rarely find Dansk enamel, so thrifting this little yellow butter pot was a surprise!

These gold Regency-style wheat sheaf glasses are so glam, I could not resist them. I really love the wheat sheaf motif.

I popped into a thrift store I rarely frequent and I found possibly my favorited thrifted find of all time:

The most stunning glass dish, in my favorite color!  It looks amazing in the living room.  It picks up the colors in the art and just glows, like it’s made of sunlit ginger ale.  At $6.99, it was a steal.  And I’m not even going to try to pretend it isn’t an ashtray, but I love it anyway.

At a church rummage sale I found this adorable ceramic (pretty sizable) duck:

It sounds kind of weird, but I like its bum the best.  Look how adorable it is:

I like Duck Butts and I Cannot Lie.

At another church rummage sale, I found this set of melamine dinner plates, with a design in, you guessed it: turquoise!  I think the Hubs and I will be stopping and picnicking on our next road trip with these.  Oh and look, wheat sheaf motif again?

I also found this adorable vintage style BBQ.  But guess what it is . . .

. . . a condiment caddy!

It is too cute for words (plus it’s, everyone together this time, turquoise!) I have NO room for this but it was so adorable, I had to buy it.  I might pass it on to someone else or maybe Camilla needs a play BBQ to go with her DIY play kitchen?