Thrift store finds in the new year

Did you ever find something that's so ugly, it's pretty?  That's how I feel about this plate with the lobster on it.

I really like the green border.  And the red guy makes me hungry for a trip to Maine!

I absolutely love the feel of these tiny salt and pepper shakers.  They feel, and have a pretty glaze like, some of the better potteries.

This pottery stein is going to be a favorite of mine forever.  It's purple, for one thing, and I've never found purple china in the thrift store before!

Whenever I see it at the antique store, I've been unable to afford it, despite loving it so much.

It's Royal Stafforshire, and pretty early.  I haven't had time to research the backstamp yet, though.

That pretty fabric in the background is one of two lovely card tablecloths I found a few weeks ago but left behind because they were too expensive.  I hated to leave them behind but obviously they were still there a couple of weeks later when they had gone down to half price!  This one looks like it's never been used, and I LOVE the purple and yellow and green feedsack print!

This second one is well used but look at that card suit ribbon!  I bought it for that alone, and am trying to think of how best to use it.

I also found the right Little Red Hen storybook that I love!

Such a great ending, and here again that fun era of illustration.  Looking at this photo, I think that another reason I love this story so much is because I, too, could sit down with a loaf of fresh-baked bread and eat it myself!!

 

Check out this ATC album I found at Goodwill -- I've never known there was such a thing!  (That's an Anna Griffin stencil on top of it -- she's my favorite, and I couldn't pass it up for .29 cents!)

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Back to the album -- the inside of it has these cool slotted pages to display the ATCs.  I think I'll use it to hold bits and pieces of small ephemera, though!

Here are two more articles I wrote for examiner.com, which I'd love for you to read:  Finding estate sales in Colorado Springs and Getting your treasures appraised free by experts.

Thank you for looking at my thrifty finds.  I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of yours where I'm linking up here:

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