Some high / some low .... and a cute purse!

I hit an estate sale which yielded some *incredible* finds! (More to come on that.) I'm developing an obsession with folksy paintings on logs. I have 3 to date and think I'll hold on to the until I can fill an entire wall. I also scored a silver bowl with stags heads (sadly, one is injured and lost an antler, making it more unique! Gimpy Stag Bowl, anyone?). Another find is a Baptist Church commemorative plate from Cumming, GA. Also, a weird cafeteria tray with seemingly decoupaged butterflies? Yes, please!

But, the most remarkable find of the whole venture was this crazy neon serigraph by Sister Corita Kent, a nun who made pop art. For real! This is actually pretty collectible, but I'm going to have a hard time convincing myself to part with it!

Classy, baby, classy!

This week's finds are ALL CLASS! or all glass. (mainly). I found a crystal and silver bowl - *just* in time for Thanksgiving, some very cool Air Force Academy glasses, and two rockin' state plates. I held back on the tacky this time! Or did I?!

A Good Old Fashioned Christmas....

My knickknack sourcing came to a halt this week so that I could partake in the age old tradition of stringing beer cans for the Christmas tree. Ahhh - Just like it was when I was a kid back in Appalachia.
Actually, Frock On Vintage in Austin has hired me to style their holiday window and I've finally found a way to put my husband's beer can collection to use! If you don't happen to be lucky enough to have a beer can collection, you can always start with a 6 pack and see where the night takes you. Enjoy!

Let's Put Our Heads Together ....

Today I found 3 Styrofoam heads (perfect for hats - need to find some!), a hot orange summer purse with Lucite handles, a sweet beaded pink number, an old school orange bowl, a creepy bleeding Jesus "Acapulco" souvenir, another flower plate (what's up with all of the flowers?!) and the most awesome log ashtray EVER!

Patent Leather and Bark

The past few days' finds range from a luxe orange patent leather purse to a bird painting on a bark-edged log. High/Low. Seriously. I've also found a kinda tacky / kinda awesome floral painting, a sweet little dish, a suede hippie satchel, and a photograph that amuses me (but might not anyone else ... we'll see) entitled "Interior Fragrance". If nothing else, I'll hang it in my bathroom.

Kitsch-tastic

Holy Toledo! (and I do mean "holy"...) This weekend's finds include some disembodied gold praying hands, a pirate mug, a weird matte black dog, and a super cheesy (yet wonderful) hummingbird vase. The only thing to redeem this big pile of kitsch is a lovely mid-century condiment server with wooden handle. Thank God for that!

No to the Nagel

Some goodies today! Although I had to say "no" to a Nagel. I reached my Nagel threshold - what I wouldn't spend on a Nagel!

What I *did* bring home with me was an awesome primitive painting, some deliciously kooky celebration and travel plates (anniversary, MGM hotel, creepy people singing, etc.), a dubious hula dancer statue (she just doesn't look like she's into it), some flower bowls, and a crazy eyed needlepoint cat (!). It was a good day....

Crazy for Asian

I've always been drawn to a Asian aesthetic or, probably more accurately, a Westerner's interpretation of an Asian aesthetic (think chinoiserie, or Whistler's Peacock Room). Today's finds were, for some reason, all kinda Asian! A plastic, faux lacquer serving tray, a small lacquer box, a cute silk purse, and a very cool (o.k., maybe not Asian) horse sculpture. I wonder what's next?

Speaking of, I am thrilled to announce that I am doing some sourcing for Frock On Vintage in Austin, TX. Please stop by and check us out!

Now I can buy purses for a reason!

I'm playing catch up with my posts! I found some adorable purses this week and am thrilled because now that I'm selling vintage items, I have a reason to buy purses again! I've always been a purse collector, but at some point it was getting ridiculous. I honestly don't go out that much and, now that I'm a mom, I default to a big bag that holds a bunch of junk. So - yay - purses have returned to my life!

Mid-Century Mayhem

I was headed to a garage sale and got sidetracked along the way. SO glad I did because an original A.D. Stenger house, built in the 50s, was having an estate sale. Boy, did I find some loot! Today's catches include: a portrait of the man of the house (who looked remarkably like Jimmy Carter!), a few, gloriously bright, unchipped pieces of enamelware (including a fab fondue set - I can just see it bubbling in front of the fire at the ski lodge), a cake tin that is EXACTLY like the one I grew up with, minus the big rusty dent, a set of 10 seriously funky silver studded and iridescent glasses, a complete coffee service, and a bronze leafed laurel motif mirror.

Wow!

The blue elephant in the room...

I thought I was lucky to find a pink floral pig the other day. Now, a blue elephant?! That's the good stuff. Busy being healthy today (!), so had to squeeze in some hunting in the afternoon. Still found some amazing treasures including: aforementioned blue ceramic elephant, a casino themed dip bowl, kicky metal US state trays, beautiful old silver that I just couldn't pass up, a genuine Renaissance style portrait (what the? how lucky am I?!), Japanese lacquer bowls, crazy German iridescent orange dessert plates, and one very surprising vinyl cowboy boot piece of wall decor.

Today's Loot

I'm on fire! A few quick stops around town allotted these finds: a candy red laminate serving tray, a monkey purse (!), some lovely, overlooked artwork, a chrome magazine rack that just needs some buffing, a honking red patent leather flower purse, and some hefty smokey 70s goblets.

My first cull

Yesterday's cull, minus the Eggleston photograph. The goods include: sassy watermelon plates, a soon-to-be-fab chinoiserie lamp, an old school Williamsburg pewter dish, a ridiculous pink floral ceramic pig (!), and a rockin' magenta Lucite chip and dip set.

And so it begins....

I'm officially a picker! On my first trip to Goodwill, I found a William Eggleston photograph for $8.99. I'm taking this as a sign that I should use my knickknack curatorial skills for good and not evil. Knickknack Nation, here I come!