Thrift Share Monday - Memorial Day

It was not a predictable thrifting weekend. Saturday is usually my best day but not this week. I planned the route and my thrift intuition was just plain off. I chose poorly and in the end Shara and I found next to nothing. It's difficult to know which sale will be the best. I tried to go to an estate sale first that mentioned key words like Craft Item and Vintage Items. Shara found one item, I found nothing. We moved to the next sale and again nothing. Finally we found a rummage sale by the Boy Scouts and I found a few things.

Sunday was a different story. I first popped by the Sebastopol Flea Market and then to a few sales.

I found this cotton & jute rug for $5.00.

I found this on Saturday at the Boy Scout sale. $1.00 for the pair. Keiran will use these next winter.

I've never seen a ceramic funnel before. I thought it was too sweet. 50¢

A little collection of buttons 25¢

This is my ReSelling find of the weekend. Saturday afternoon I tried one more sale with Dave and the children. It was rather far away, much further than I expected. It was a beautiful setting in the hills above Santa Rosa. I found this Cartier Sterling dish for $1.00. (notice the reflection) I adore finding sterling and gold more than anything when I thrift. It's truly a treasure to uncover something so valuable. One similar dish closed on eBay for $110. I found this at 1pm hours after it began. There is rarely a piece of silver that I won't turn over to see if the word sterling is on the piece. If it says EPNS it means it is electroplated or silverplate and is generally not worth very much. I see many pieces of it every day while I thrift. The thrift weekend luckily recovered and I so look forward to a relaxing BBQ today and some Sangria.

What did you find this weekend? Share your link here and don't forget to head over to Southern Hospitality's party and add your link there. Have a wonderful Memorial Day.

Comments

[Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality]

Wow, sterling for $1. I have never found any real sterling while thrifting, but plenty of silverplate. It's good too, but yours is beauttiful.

[DeniseMarie]

great post...liked in with my thrifty use of a Subway carrier for gift packaging. Happy Memorial Day!!

[Van]

I love the ceramic funnel and the cotton rug- beautiful! I hope you have a relaxing Memorial Day. I'm off the PC to go enjoy mine...

[Tracy (The Wardrobe Wanderer)]

oh the sweater and hat for Keiran are just darling! and that funnel is too cute--love rooster stuff :)

[Teresa Raines]

I never go out on Memorial weekend because in Santa Clara there are few garage sales. It seems like most people are gone for the weekend. You found a few nice things though. I'm going to look for those sterling pieces now. :)

[tammie]

love the funnel!

and the cartier dish is amazing. what a find.

love your new header btw. too cute.

[sraikh]

I actually found tons and tons of sale in my area but I was overwhelmed and chose not to go to any. But then I was running an errand and saw signs posted and hit that one estate sale.I bought pinking shears and glitter(which made me think of you :)

[Angela]

Sterling! Now I compulsively turn over every piece of silver I see, thanks to you!

[Monica]

I love your funnel too. You're a magnet for silver! :)

[Jennifer]

I love your silver dish!! I hope you make good money on it!

[Halima]

That funnel is so unique, great finds! Thanks for hosting the "Thrift Share Monday" is has been great to participate as well as check out what others have found.

[Rachel Wolf]

The funnel. The funnel! I'm rooster ceramics obsessed of late. It is fantastic! Must. Have. The funnel.

[Rachel Wolf]

And Huckleberry Finn and Blueberry Muffin?! You are a girl of my own heart. These were my scented-plastic obsession in 1980.