A Month's Worth of MY WEEKEND FINDS!

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of My Weekend Finds, the continuing saga of one girl's quest for more junk!~~~~~It's been busy around here since I last posted, and I'll talk about that in my next post, but for now, here's what's new at the cottage in the junk department!

Since it looks like I will never ever be able to afford a vintage patriotic picnic tin like this one on Ebay, I decided to buy this beauty from Cost Plus World Market! 

I couldn't pass up these old 7UP bottles. Alot of the vintage things that come home with me do so because they trigger a memory from childhood, and these bottles are a perfect example. When I was about 5 years old, my family took a camping trip to Yellowstone Park. I remember that when we got thirsty, my Dad would pull a bottle of 7UP from a nearby stream, and I thought that they grew there! Little did I know that he had put them in there to keep them cold! 

A vintage appliqued butterfly quilt. For $3.00!

A close-up of one of the butterflies. Sure wish I knew if this was feedsack material.....

A couple of little birdcages. It's hard to tell from this picture how small they are, or that the one on the left has a minty green tray and the one on the right has an aqua-y one.

The one on the left still has it's original $3.29 Goldblatt's price tag!

I spotted this big heart-shaped bird cage hanging on the porch at a garage sale. I didn't think it was for sale, but it never hurts to ask. Turns out it was for sale. The seller's wife had passed away last Fall, and everything on the porch had some kind of heart on it. I felt sad after hearing that, but I sure will treasure that bird cage even more now.....

I don't know about you, but I actually start to sweat a little when I see something like this Fire King batter bowl at a garage sale. Will it be overpriced? Do I need another piece of Fire King? NO, it was only $2, and YES I needed it!

And while we're talking about jadeite, I thought that this little hobnail creamer would look lovely sitting on the sill with some flowers in it. Forget the fact that it's a repro. All jadeite is welcome here!

Do you ever continue to go to a sale, every week, even though you strongly dislike the seller because he doesn't understand the concept of haggling for a better price? I don't like the guy who sold me that fishy wall pocket, but I do like that fish!

A blue parakeet to keep the pink one company.

Deer have always been dear to me, so after passing up that little brown deer planter at an antique shop while on vacation last year, I brought it home in my suitcase this year!

Still trying to make the kitchen all red, pink and aqua, so this Lustro Ware juice reamer also made the trip home in my suitcase. The sweet lady who sold it to me graciously showed me her kitchen, which is decorated with only vintage aqua kitchenware. It. Was. Amazing! And I'm hoping that she will condense her collection even further and I'll find more at her sale next year!~~~~~So, how's the junking going in your part of the world?