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You Can't Take It with You
Wow, that was a long gap, but here I am again, popping up when least expected. Well, it keeps you on your toes, doesn't it?This will be a little bit different Garage Sale post in that its about...
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RIP Beverly Cleary
I'm a few days late on this post, but I couldn't let the passing of Beverly Cleary go unmentioned.When I was in 4th grade, our teacher, Mrs. Heineke, read a passage to us from "Runaway Ralph" by...
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April Fools
The joke isn't that you're squirted with water by what appears to be an everyday utilitarian item. It's the fact that no kid today would even understand what this is supposed to be.And what's even...
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Decoregger
It's time once again to dye and decorate the unborn children of our fowl feathered friends. Yes, I'm talking about Easter.Tired of those cheap Paas tablets that turn your fingers all the colors of the...
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Button, Button
I recently found this sheet advertising "Fun Paks" of buttons made by the Badge-a-Minit company of LaSalle, Illinois. These buttons would be sold on a display carousel in "high traffic retail...
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Tallstirs
I found these colorful aluminum stirrers at an estate sale for a dollar. With a decorative leaf for the bowl end of the spoon, I they must be for iced tea rather than alcohol. And just in time for...
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And Now the Rest...
The odd thing with my garage sale experiences is once I find something, even if it's something I've never seen before, I tend to find another or related item in quick succession. Maybe I'm just more...
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A Sketchy Mystery
I find myself apologizing once again for the state of this blog. Here we are in the throws of summer and nary a post about my garage sale adventures. Rest assured, I've been at it weekend in and...
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A Crushing Find
Although I have absolutely no use for this 1960's Rival Ice-O-Mat Ice Crusher, I couldn't leave it behind for $2. It's in remarkable condition.My mom had an older version in 1950's turquoise that I...
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How's About a Nice Hawaiian Blog?
Aloha!I found this Hawaiian cutey at a recent sale. She's plastic and tin and a wind-up. She was made in Japan and probably dates to the 1960's. Here she is in action.The next week, I came across...
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Honeycomb Pumpkin
My earliest memories of honeycomb holiday decorations are of the Hallmark Thanksgiving Turkey my mom would put out as a centerpiece on our dining room table. My sister and I would fight over who got...
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Bat Jiggler
I've found a plethora of these bat jigglers over the years. They seem to be one of the most common Halloween decorations. And I can't resist them.The elastic loop on this bat is broken, but makes...
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Everybody Loves a Lantern, So Why Don't You?
I found two of these unassuming flat discs in a lot of newer Halloween decorations. Unassuming, but I recognized what they were right away.They were marked "Made in Japan" and that was enough for me...
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Werewolves of London
This Wolfman die cut isn't terribly old. He probably dates from the 80's or maybe even later. But I like his style.Maybe more accurately, I like the style of the person he is when he isn't a Wolfman....
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A Tale of Two Witches
I was at a garage sale over summer where I saw this ceramic piece. It initially struck me as a newer piece, but the paint and jeweled eyes of the cat intrigued me.Turning the piece over, I found it...
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Are You Out of Your Gourd?
These two gourd-heads remind me of the anthropomorphic vegetable people that were once associated with Halloween.They are actually salt and pepper shakers.At the same sale I found these, they also had...
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Heads Will Roll
Back in 2016 during that year's Countdown, I posted this find. It was a small plastic bust of Frankenstein('s monster) that was a premium in Post Super Sugar Crisp cereal. This summer, I came across...
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Candy Stoppers
These two candy stoppers (or toppers if you prefer) likely came stuck into one of those clear tubes filled with the knock-off M&M candies. These date from the 1970's.It almost looks like the Jack...
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Fuzzy Peck
These two flocked felines are frolicking playfully on a Jack O' Lantern who appears to be none to happy about the situation. Watch those claws!This die cut was produced by Peck in the 1970's and was...
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Phantom Phind
At the same sale where I found the paranormal fiction (or are they) books a couple years ago, I found this 1911 first edition of "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux.The book is illustrated with...
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