I wanted to show off my garage sale finds from the weekend. Now, whenever a weekend is rained out, you can be sure the next weekend there will be sales a plenty, so I had to put my finds in two different photos. Here's Friday's finds.
Look at this amazing clock! It electric, not sure if it works yet, but for $1 I was mainly interested in the shape of it. I may take out the electrical and just use it as a decoration. The set of 3 antique Currier and Ives prints were $1 for the set, The Chinese Proverbs book from the 50's was .50, nice graphic scrapbook paper .10 a sheet, Distressing kit $2.00 (sells for $20 in stores) Collection of 5 silver (fake) boxes with tray $6 (these will be perfect in one of my girls rooms), Old Cheese tray with glass dome $1 (I'll be adding a candlestick on the bottom to make a cool cake plate out of this), Set of 5 small picture frames .25, Ring holder for my tween for Valentines day .25, Cute wire basket $3.00 (another accessory for Laura's shower), 2 skirts, 1 dress and 1 shirt for the girls $4.00, stone urn with reeds 1.00, and (drum roll please) a very large chalkboard for... FREE. I realize this chalkboard looks like it should be in the trash- In fact when I asked how much it was at the garage sale the lady replied- "Oh, that's our trash pile, you can just take it." Was I embarrased you ask? No way! Look at the glass knobs on that piece of trash...
I know I'll come across a perfect project for those. Here's a close-up of the ring holder- so girly and marked $9.99 on the back.
Now for Saturday finds.
So strange, I was looking through garage sale listings on craigslist when I saw "Garage Free" What's Garage Free? I clicked on the listing to discover a family was having a Garage Sale, but everything would be free- "no gimmicks" it said. I'm all about free, so I made sure Mr. Right and I were at the sale as close to the 7:30am opening time as possible. Here's what was free: Brand new liz clairborne mens slacks- tag says 65.50 (these will be perfect to give Laura for her ebay business) a beautiful Ann Taylor Loft skirt in my tweens size, a cute little doll for my baby's valentine basket as well as a Gund frog blanket and an animal sticker book. Just as we were about to leave, the Garage Free Host pulls out this bunk bed ladder. "Is that free also?" I say "Yep" she replies. "Oh, I'll take it" After extending a big thank you, Mr. Right and I were off. It was well worth the drive to Gilbert. I can't wait to show you what I'm planning for the bunk bed ladder. Other items found at "Garage Sales" were: A baby monitor (my white lab is expecting puppies in a few weeks) .50, set of vintage 3 pigs wind up toys $1.00 for the set (These are amazing! And the fact that I have a huge wind up toy collection makes it just that much better.) Chunky black frame $2, Brand new soap making kit $2 (marked $40.00 on the back) And the beautiful iron 2 tierd basket was $10 (probably a little high for my normal shopping, but it was an estate sale and they had it marked $35 and it was 1/2 off day. I thought it didn't hurt to ask if they'd take $10 and they agreed.) Hope this inspires you to get out and go garaging (or maybe you look at all this as trash and it encourages you to stay home- either way) Just for fun, leave a comment and let me know which of my finds you would have purchased. I would love to know if I'm the only one who's see's treasure in this trash. Love, Kelly
Look at this amazing clock! It electric, not sure if it works yet, but for $1 I was mainly interested in the shape of it. I may take out the electrical and just use it as a decoration. The set of 3 antique Currier and Ives prints were $1 for the set, The Chinese Proverbs book from the 50's was .50, nice graphic scrapbook paper .10 a sheet, Distressing kit $2.00 (sells for $20 in stores) Collection of 5 silver (fake) boxes with tray $6 (these will be perfect in one of my girls rooms), Old Cheese tray with glass dome $1 (I'll be adding a candlestick on the bottom to make a cool cake plate out of this), Set of 5 small picture frames .25, Ring holder for my tween for Valentines day .25, Cute wire basket $3.00 (another accessory for Laura's shower), 2 skirts, 1 dress and 1 shirt for the girls $4.00, stone urn with reeds 1.00, and (drum roll please) a very large chalkboard for... FREE. I realize this chalkboard looks like it should be in the trash- In fact when I asked how much it was at the garage sale the lady replied- "Oh, that's our trash pile, you can just take it." Was I embarrased you ask? No way! Look at the glass knobs on that piece of trash...
I know I'll come across a perfect project for those. Here's a close-up of the ring holder- so girly and marked $9.99 on the back.
Now for Saturday finds.
So strange, I was looking through garage sale listings on craigslist when I saw "Garage Free" What's Garage Free? I clicked on the listing to discover a family was having a Garage Sale, but everything would be free- "no gimmicks" it said. I'm all about free, so I made sure Mr. Right and I were at the sale as close to the 7:30am opening time as possible. Here's what was free: Brand new liz clairborne mens slacks- tag says 65.50 (these will be perfect to give Laura for her ebay business) a beautiful Ann Taylor Loft skirt in my tweens size, a cute little doll for my baby's valentine basket as well as a Gund frog blanket and an animal sticker book. Just as we were about to leave, the Garage Free Host pulls out this bunk bed ladder. "Is that free also?" I say "Yep" she replies. "Oh, I'll take it" After extending a big thank you, Mr. Right and I were off. It was well worth the drive to Gilbert. I can't wait to show you what I'm planning for the bunk bed ladder. Other items found at "Garage Sales" were: A baby monitor (my white lab is expecting puppies in a few weeks) .50, set of vintage 3 pigs wind up toys $1.00 for the set (These are amazing! And the fact that I have a huge wind up toy collection makes it just that much better.) Chunky black frame $2, Brand new soap making kit $2 (marked $40.00 on the back) And the beautiful iron 2 tierd basket was $10 (probably a little high for my normal shopping, but it was an estate sale and they had it marked $35 and it was 1/2 off day. I thought it didn't hurt to ask if they'd take $10 and they agreed.) Hope this inspires you to get out and go garaging (or maybe you look at all this as trash and it encourages you to stay home- either way) Just for fun, leave a comment and let me know which of my finds you would have purchased. I would love to know if I'm the only one who's see's treasure in this trash. Love, Kelly
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