Hohoho Treasure Hunting Thursdays: The Strange & The Unexpected

Hi friends! This calendar week my immature adult woman had an early on dismissal from schoolhouse then I got to accept her along alongside me when I hitting the thrift stores. I unremarkably larn alone, then it was prissy to own got but about fellowship this fourth dimension around. I similar to larn during the twenty-four hours because I discovery that inward the evenings the stores were I store tend to endure to a greater extent than crowded in addition to to a greater extent than picked through afterwards 5pm.

I wrote my listing of things I was hoping to discovery in addition to out the door nosotros went. The source store nosotros went to had one-half cost off of bric-brac (aka dust collectors) which I unremarkably never purchase unless I am looking for something for a specific project, such every bit a mosaic. Here are a few things nosotros came across...

This ram creamer sort of weirded me out then I took a picture of it. I approximate if you lot are an Aries or collect rams it would brand you lot happy.

Ahhh this was a find. The 2nd that I spotted this, the entire trip was directly worthwhile. My real source vintage glass electrical insulator! Yay! I in conclusion constitute i at a thrift store! I had seen them inward antique shops but had never constitute i at a thrift store before. It was a actually pretty shade of emerald green. For $2 I had to own got it. It looks neat on my window sill...

Just yesterday I updated my weblog postal service well-nigh upcycling vintage drinking glass insulators, then if you lot haven't read that weblog post, you lot should banking concern check it out! (Creative Ways To Upcycle Vintage Glass Insulators) If you've never seen i of these before, these were used to insulate telephone poles from the electrical wires. See the grooves on the sides of it? The electrical wires would residue against those grooves. The bottom is opened upwards in addition to the within is hollowed out. That is where it would check on a peg on the wooden pole.

Like I said earlier, I'm unremarkably non i for bric brac but I had to own got these elephants. Vintage alongside iridescent pink complete in addition to one-half cost (I paid only $2) they brand a neat improver to my studio. I but may add together a slice of copper wire to them in addition to plough them into an incense holder. Right on.

We stopped at a 2nd thrift store on our means domicile in addition to when my immature adult woman constitute this plate she was beside herself. Presidents! She is currently obsessed alongside American history in addition to politics in addition to is considering majoring inward Political Science inward college (which is four+ years away!) Of course, she wants me to brand her jewelry out of it...hehe. Half-price, then she got it for $2.00.

Lesson for the day: Even if you lot choose along a list, you lot never know what you're going to walk out of a thrift store with, then e'er larn alongside an opened upwards mind. It's treasure hunting at its best.

Do you lot own got a treasure flush to tell?

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