Santas and Soldiers

Haven’t had a lot of time to write in the past few months.

Until I can actually scratch out a few sentences about something real,

I thought I’d just post a few pix of some recent thrift store and flea market finds.

Enjoy.

Carved wooden fish.

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A teeny soapstone hippo.

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A row of little painted soldiers and a matching egg to store them in.

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And a row of little painted Santas too!

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A great little stitched piece – likely Guatemalan, though can’t be sure.

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Found a perfect frame for it at a new thrift store the very next day.  (Hooray for new thrift stores!!)

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And just today, I finally made it up the freeway to collect this vintage window cabinet from a craigslister.

I saw the ad weeks ago, but just never found myself in the seller’s neighborhood.

So glad he still had it when I called this morning!

I slapped that coat of blue paint on the inside the minute I got it home.

Still have to clean up the outside a bit.

Can’t wait to hang it up and tuck in some tiny treasures in the next day or two.

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Also picked up some Christmas bows, some wrapping paper, a few small Halloween decorations, a short stack of magazines, a couple of books, and another vintage biscuit cutter.

Oh yeah, did I mention I’ve started collecting vintage biscuit cutters?

I love their chippy chunky painted handles and all their little love dents.

Plus, I actually make biscuits.  And sometimes they’re even good.  Ha!

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That’s all for now!

What treasures have you collected lately?

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New South San Diego Thrift Store

I went to a new thrift store two days ago.  It’s on National City Boulevard, just a few blocks north of the Mile of Cars, and right across the street from the #2 location of Aunt Emma’s Pancakes.

I was driving 60 miles per hour on I-5 when I spotted the word “thrift” in big white letters on the front of a blue building.  Makes me laugh to confess that.  I sense thrift stores – not a particularly useful gift to anyone else, but I am thankful for it.  My dad would have been pleased too.

I walked in and spotted this right away:

It’s totally me…

vintage needlework…

cats, deer, and birds…

bright colors…

Mexican or maybe Guatemalan (??)…

folk-artsy textile.

It has a few little spots around the edges, but I love it anyway.  It is remarkable that the threads are not noticeably broken or pulled.

It wasn’t marked anywhere, so I braced myself for a lofty price, but the cashier let me have it for $2.00!

She made my day.  I will definitely go back to that store!

Maybe next time, I will get a couple of pancakes across the street first.  I love Aunt Emma’s.

Honestly though, I do prefer Aunt Emma’s E Street location in Chula Vista.  For the National City Boulevard spot, I think the owners took over another old restaurant and got the furnishings along with it.

Some of the tables are a little rickety-stickety there.  The place just needs a little upgrade, but maybe that has happened since I was last inside.

The pancakes are heavenly at either location!  🙂

Happy Friday!

P.S.  The boy tried on my Chinese garden hat this week.

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