Hot in the city

It's HOT here in Milwaukee. Today was 92 degrees, and the next two days are going to be even hotter. I don't know if I'll get around to doing any thrifting in the heat; my car's AC is broken, and it's like driving around in a toaster oven. Yuck. I can't wait until Fall gets here. I know it's bad to say, because it's one step closer to another long, cold winter.. but Fall is my favorite time of year. To hell with the heat! Literally.

Here's some goodies I found this week.

 Frosted blue pitcher and drinking glass set. 

More frosted glassware.. I feel like I'm missing a purple glass, but I looked everywhere at the Goodwill where I found these. No dice.

 

Triangular Inland Glass carafe/pitcher. I usually pass up on these because the gold foil is sometimes in bad shape, but this one was in good condition. It's such an interesting shape too!

 Shawnee pink pottery. 

'Shasta Daisy' glass. I looked it up on ebay.com, and it's listed as a Boscul peanut butter glass. 

Fire King white swirl bowls. I'm not usually a fan of the white glass, but the swirl gives it some extra oomph.

John Middleton tobacco tins. .50 cents a piece at Goodwill.

A chalk-ware fruit trio. The apple is now cracked in half, as one of my darling cats decided it would be fun to push it over the side of the kitchen table. I'm just happy it wasn't the cherry one.

Finally, a Strawberry Shortcake tray. It was .50 cents at Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Back to reality

Another July vacation has come and gone. Back to work again.. I had a great time last week, though it was hard going back to the grind this past Monday. I had today off, but I have to work Saturday. It's only until noon, but still. It does put a black-spot on the overall weekend. 

I got a ton of great junk while up north (northern Wisconsin). But... I discovered a few accidents when I arrived back in Milwaukee - some of the junk didn't survive the trip home. I lost a really nice Hazel Atlas Tom and Jerry eggnog bowl - all 17 mugs survived the trip somehow. I also lost a cute anthropomorphic ceramic orange bell, and ended up chipping a glass pitcher that I bought. Next time: bubble wrap. Newspaper wrapping just isn't safe enough for the long, bumpy ride home! 

In other news, I'm trying to distract myself from starting to shop for Halloween treasures. I am a Halloween junkie, and I always start to get in the mood around July since some of the stores start putting their stock out. Michael's craft store already has some Halloween merchandise out and I'm trying really hard not to go there and spend money. It's even more tempting to stop at Home Goods and TJ Max - they always have really awesome decorations. I'm already listening to a certain playlist on Spotify... Bauhaus, Oingo Boingo, Concrete Blonde, Siouxsie & the Banshees, London After Midnight.. OK I need to stop. :-)

And on with the happy junk parade:

 Hazel Atlas maple leaf mug and bowl.

 Balky the Donkey has a new friend: Milky the Cow!

Christmas in July. I got a lot of great vintage Christmas stuff since most of the thrifts had a small vintage section set up for the month.

 

Federal glass gingham mug and a Fire King tulip cottage cheese bowl.

 

I got several really nice tableclothes! I'll have to make a post dedicated to them.

 Cutest potholders ever. Ever.

 Baret Ware tray.

Chalkware - doggies and bunnies.

A chalkware rooster. I tried to hang it in my kitchen, but the hook on the back of it is in a really bad spot, so the poor rooster hangs sideways.

And more chalkware.. I love their cheeky expressions.

Lefton pink Christmas bird salt and pepper shakers. They have a few tiny chips, but they aren't very noticeable. I wish I could find some of the Lefton bluebirds.

 Vintage dishtowels.

 Hankies!

 More hankies!

 Metal noisemakers are my newest obsession.

 Tiny Kirchhof clickers.

 The frog clicker is my favorite. But I also like the clown.

 Siestaware mug, and some nifty hammered aluminum drinking tumblers.

 The Pocket Fortune Teller - the first version of the Magic 8-ball!

 Neat cursive replies.

 Green glass measuring cup. It has a small chip, but c'mon, it was .10 cents. 

 

Vintage cookie cutters. I have quite a large collection of them! These are only the ones that I found last week!

 The plastic Charlie Brown ones are cute.

 Salt and pepper shakers. 

Both deers for $1.00? Yes please!

 These make me want to drink some tea!

The only Pyrex I've found lately. I found absolutely no Pyrex worth buying last week - I found these today at the Salvation Army for $2.99 and .69 cents. They cleaned up real purty too.

 The bird graphics are so adorable!

I also found another metal storage cabinet today. It was $6.99 at Goodwill, plus I got a 15% scratch off discount. I also found a brown wood-grain Cosco bar cart today for $9.99 in perfect condition.

Nice little kitchen scale I got at a thrift store for $5.00. 

So, all in all, it was a good haul. What do you think? Happy thrifting!

Happy (prelude to) Fourth of July!

Just a quick little postie before the holiday weekend. I'm off for the week, so I most likely won't get around to posting until the week of the 11th. Have a great Fourth of July weekend!

I bought this yellow metal cabinet for $5.00 at a rummage sale. I plan on painting it pink. I'm also looking for vintage magnets to decorate it a bit.

As you can see, I promptly started cramming it full of junk. The soda at the bottom is just to weigh the cabinet down since my basement floor isn't level. I'm going to ultimately use this as a storage area for my vintage linens.

Cute Santa I got for .25 cents. The woman I bought it from said it was her mother's Christmas junk. I also bought the mercury glass ornaments at that sale; also .25 cents!

 I love vintage Christmas wrapping thingamabobs.

Really pretty tablecloth I got today at a vintage rummage sale. It was originally $3.00, but I offered $1.50 since there is a hole in it that was patched with white fabric - nothing too bad though - at least no horrible, evil yellow staining. Offer accepted. ;-)

I bought these adorable plastic Easter toys/candy cups at a rummage for $5.00 (didn't seem very thrifty to spend that much). But I think it was well worth it, since I always see them at antique malls for crazy money.

Libbey circus-themed frosted ice tea glasses. The set came with two giraffes, one seal/girl, and two strong men. I'm missing a ringmaster, a lion/monkey, an elephant, a clown, and a boxing kangaroo. Hopefully they turn up one of these days, because I really love circus stuff. 

Paper coasters. I love the advertising, "Protect your furniture. COLORFUL, ABSORBENT."

I found this cute deer at Goodwill for .50 cents. Made in Japan, soft rubber/plastic.

 My newest obession: vintage plastic clothespins!

Brass owl. I got it for .50 cents. It's made in Japan and also used as an...

..incense burner! The smoke comes through the eyes, which is a little creepy. I think it will look great in my Halloween display this year. So many owls from the 50s-70s look cheesy, but I think this one looks more realistic.

Cake decorations. Pink birdies.

 Turkeys!

 Lions, and camels, and monkeys, and elephants.. OH MY!

Ballerinas

 St. Patrick's Day. 

Birthdays, Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and Best wishes.

 Old wooden animals.

 

I found this nifty set of plastic cookie cutters from 1956. Everything from Tom and Jerry, to holidays, to donkeys and kitties... Now I have to bake some cookies! The entire set was $6.00 - originally $10.00.

 

 

 Vintage paper baby shower table cover.

 Vintage postcards.

I love the Easter ones. I tried to win a huge lot of them on Ebay, but it got too pricey. I'm not a very good Ebay-er. I got all these postcards for $2.00 at a garage sale.

 Milwaukee, WI in 1909! I can't even picture that in my head.

Finally, I got this trio of misfits. Stuffed sawdust animal dolls, made in Japan. I couldn't resist their sweet faces - especially those little red tongues.

 

Have a safe and Happy 4th everyone! Happy thrifting!