Well, Halloween is over. My dear daughter loved how her costume turned out. I was less than thrilled, but if she's happy, that's all that matters. It certainly didn't affect her ability to bring in the candy. She came home with ten pounds! Quite an accomplishment for someone only weighing 60! To be honest, she did stop home once to "unload."
That being said, I am now free to continue posting about last weeks auction. As I said, my car was packed full and most things weren't bigger than a breadbox. Well, this one is. I love, love, love this ironing board! I have no idea what I will do with it, but isn't it pretty?
Look at the label. In such good condition. And the color? It's perfect!
Staying on the laundry theme. Here are some cute little clothespins. Not even big enough for doll clothes. Miniatures with different do-dads attached: mushrooms, flowers, ladybugs, etc.
All these picks (and more) came from one box.
Umbrellas and fruit. I really like the fruit. I will call the orange one a pumpkin, NOT an orange.
A group of ladies. Wearing Easter bonnets, don't you think?
Assorted minis. The birds are so tiny, maybe 3/8"?
Glass birds. I think I'm going to have to sell some of this stuff. I have no illusions that I will create something with them!
Finally, a children's party book from 1923. I fell in love with this.
There are illustrations for each holiday with lots of party planning ideas and recipes. (Click on the picture to get a good look.) It's holding together just fine, but the cover along the spine is chewed up a bit. It scares me to handle it too much. I'd like to think of a way to display it.
Oh, and I did come home with a breadbox! Nothing too fancy, but I couldn't resist when at the end of the day the auctioneer allowed us to take a pile of left behind items for $1. I grabbed quite a few box lot cast offs for that $1. This being one. Hubby always has a pile of papers next to our phone. I asked him to put them in this. I may jazz it up, somewhere down the road. For now it serves a purpose.
If you can believe it, I still have about a dozen more pictures to share from this one auction. So, stay tuned. I will post them before I go out "hunting" again.
I am happy to share my vintage clock with you today. Truly happy! You see, this clock has given me so much trouble! I bought it at an auction about a month ago. Being an electric clock I knew chances were good it did not work. I was right on that account. So, I thought, "Easy enough. I'll replace the electric movement with a battery movement." Well, that wasn't so easy. I had many little obstacles to work through. I won't give you a blow-by-blow account because truthfully I don't want to think about it anymore!
I'll just say I am pleased with the end result and it is happily residing above my hoosier cabinet. Never mind that I have three other clocks in my kitchen (on the stove, on the microwave and the radio, too) this is my favorite!
