Oh, you pretty thing, you!

I haven't really made it a secret how much I LOVE all things vintage.  My obsession started with a few pretty pillowcases and then I added some Pyrex and now I'm just into anything from the 50's, 60's or 70's.  My plan is to replace most of our house with something vintage (and better!).  I'm a lucky girl that my husband shares my style.  We have collected dishes, glasses, coffee cups, bed linens, tablecloths, curtains, towels & wash cloths (good old made in America Cannon and Fieldcrest!), clocks, what-nots, just all kinds of things.  I get absolutely giddy at estate sales when I raid the linen closets!  

Y'all.  Words can't even express how much I love this 1960's yellow floral sofa I got last week for five dollars!!!  We brought it home today and instead of hiding it in the office, it's sitting center stage in our living room!!  It's perfect.  It looks like it's been under plastic for 40 years.  I still can't believe they let me have it for five dollars.  It's Happy Hour and if you're local and love thrifting, go see what they have.  Happy Hour is a non-profit that trains, hires and loves on people with disabilities.  They provide an awesome service to Houston County and our surrounding communities.  Larry and I just love 'em.  They have a thrift store on Davis Drive in Warner Robins but you have to drive around to the back.  And they're not open all the time so call and check their schedule.  They've changed for fall and winter.

Anyhoo, look at my sofa!!!

Nosey Rosie had to be first!  The cushions on the back are a little threadbare in spots but that is to be expected for a 50-year old sofa!  I'm almost 50 myself.  Just as threadbare as I can be.  A cool little vintage blanket or afghan thrown over the back and no one will be the wiser.  Except for you.  Ha!

I love our little 60's corner!  Sofa, an end table we picked up at an estate sale, yellow rotary phone and depression glass ashtray (that we were using to hold coasters 'cause we don't smoke!)!!

I just love it!!

My Birthday Tea Cart update, some vintage love and a turkey!

Ten more days till my birthday!  Here's my tea cart today.

Some of the things I've added are a vintage white beaded cake plate that I picked up for two dollars at a moving sale; my favorite book from my childhood, Peggy and Me, that my daddy used to read to me; a very old (1948!) birthday rhyme book that I also got for two dollars at an estate sale; a vintage 1970's Florida Bird Orange Bank that replaced the one I had as a child (I found it on eBay months ago) and a birthday clown that Larry and I found at Smiley's last weekend.

And these two little girl figurines.  The one of the right holding the presents is the most darling little thing!!  I got her at an estate sale along with her sister who's holding a broom, both of them for $4.  They were made in Japan by Ucagco in the 1950's.

Here's her sister.  I put her in the window sill over the kitchen sink.  She reminds me of me, always cleaning something.  She looks happy about it, though!  :)

I finally, finally, finally got me a vintage granny square afghan to go on the back of my sofa.  My life is complete now.  Can you believe $10 at an estate sale??  Sho' was!  It's a beaut, too.  I think it was made and then just placed in a closet for 40 years because it's perfect.

I picked up this vintage GE hand mixer at that same moving sale for SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS.  It's avocado green, my favorite vintage color.  Avocado green draws me like a moth to a flame every time.  This mixer was a wedding gift for the couple having the sale and they've been married 39 years.  It's in excellent condition and every single speed works beautifully.  I still can't believe it.  

I got this pretty trivet at a yard sale/estate sale/cleaning out Grandma's house sale basically for free.  The grandson let me have this trivet, a beautiful vintage yellow floral sheet and two pillowcases, two precious Cannon honest-to-goodness MADE IN THE USA towels and two wash cloths, a Napco milk glass candy dish and a Japanese Satsuma vase, all for $2.  TWO DOLLA.

 

Here's one of the towels!  Soooo pretty.  You just can't find towels like this anymore.  Unless you go to somebody's grandma's house.

 

And here are the two wash cloths.  I always squeal when I see Cannon on a tag!!  That's that pretty yellow flowered sheet hanging in the background.

 

We got this giant blow-up turkey at that same moving sale for $8!  I'm so glad Larry saw it because I had walked right on past him, headed to the kitchen stuff.  I cannot wait to put this thing in the yard.  As soon as the Halloween stuff comes down, Tom is going up!

I think Larry's glad he saw Tom, too!