Showing posts with label salt and pepper shakers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salt and pepper shakers. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2009

Thrifting

Aaron and I hit a lot of thrift stores while he was here (you are a bad influence!!!).
But we did find a few awesome things. I found this milk glass and freaked out about it, then turned it over and practically yelled "And it's got a f$#*ing cow on it!!!!" in the store. I don't think it's old, but it makes me happy.



These owls came from an antique mall near my house, only $3!


We are constantly adding Pyrex to our collection. It's become a bit of an addiction. I just remembered there is one piece we got that is in the fridge, that I didn't get a picture of. I am in love with all the refrigerator dishes, they are fantastic. Not only do I like how they look, but you don't need saran wrap and you can just stick them in the microwave and then eat out of them.


We also found two salad plates that match our set, they are beat up, but perfect for using everyday and not worrying about them breaking or getting scratched. Then we found a blue one as well. I love these plates and would like to start collecting all the colors (4, kind of a salmon, gray, blue, lime). The ones that don't have gold on them are less common, so we don't see as many of ours.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Salt and Pepper Mayheim

One of our regular clients came into work on Friday and told me about this estate sale in Philomath. I originally went to look for Pyrex, but as soon as I walked in, I realized there was only one thing to see here...salt and pepper shakers....thousands of them....so crazy! A woman had been collecting them for over 60 years, and she had over 5,000 sets!!! She was deceased, so a company was running the sale, and they had them organized really well, vegetables, chickens, super collectible, cats, etc. I went on Friday and got two and knew they were going half price on Sunday, so I got there first thing and went a bit overboard. They just have so much character and it was a good price...so I bought myself an instant collection. Some are for gifts, so I'm not keeping all of them by any means, but I think it will be fun to change them around. Some of them are really old and I had to careful when cleaning them to not remove the paint.

Pelicans for Megan to remember our trip to Mexico


Toad stool and frog

Small Lemons

White Chickens

Orange Elephants

Happy Oranges

Mushrooms

Silly Garlic (they had me at mesh bag)

I spent the most on this one, I think it's pretty old

Goofy Birds

Salt and Pepper as art, I didn't see where it comes out until I got them home

Really old Egg Heads

Donkeys

My one and only set that I already owned from Megan a few years ago

Old Rooster and Hen

Corn on the cob

Old Hippos, no idea where De Lake, Oregon is...

Unhappy Mushrooms

One of my favorites, Blue Roosters