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!