As promised, here are some peeks at the vintage goodies I found last Saturday at a local church's annual tag sale.
A fan of cozy chenille, I was thrilled when I came across three vintage beauties, so perfect for summer.
I found a stash of wonderful old gardening books. I am particularly enamored with the one below, titled Roses and Rose Gardens, published in 1911.
This book has over forty full color plates of roses and gardens individually tipped onto cover stock. Every one is frame worthy!
I plan to sell the three books, below, together in my Etsy shop as an instant collection. Nature's Garden, published in 1900, is an aid to our knowledge of wild flowers and their insect visitors. A Woman's Hardy Garden, by Helena Rutherfurd Ely, was published in 1908. It is filled with nice black and white photos of the author's garden. The Wise Garden Encyclopedia, published in 1951, provides a complete and practical guide to every detail of gardening.
Love this one. The Burgess Flower Book for Children was published in 1923.
Chock full of pretty pictures, it is a young reader's introduction to the fascinating world of flowers.
The Gardener's World, published in 1959, has the subhead "The great literature of plant lore and gardening from Homer to Thoreau, from Boccaccio to Edwin Way Teal."
Inside, it contains 128 selections spanning the whole of literature and covering virtually every aspect of man in nature and man, the gardener. It is filled with stunning illustrations printed on chartreuse paper stock.
Continuing the gardening theme — this bright blue wooden carrier would be useful to hold garden tools or books. Or how about little terracotta pots of flowers?
This vintage art pottery vase has a cornflower blue glaze and is all ready for a bouquet of flowers from the cutting garden.
On to some kitchen items — this set of Bakeite handled flatware is perfect for a summer picnic.
A set of tomato and steak knives sports sunshine yellow Bakelite handles.
I love this cheerful Hazel Atlas nut grinder with its rose decal.
More books! I discovered a complete set of six of the My Bookhouse series from the 1920s, edited by Olive Beaupré Miller.
Filled with classic stories and rhymes, each volume is profusely illustrated. Just look at these beautiful drawings!
And just a couple more — these two children's chapter books from 1924 will also be listed together in my Etsy shop.
Lastly, I found a great set of 1950s metal serving trays. I think they would be fun to use as placemats on a picnic table.
Or add a few magnets and they become instant message boards.
Quite a haul, don't you think? What fun I had finding these vintage treasures. Now the real work begins — getting them listed in my Etsy shop.
Susan
You find the best stuff! Really - someday I want to just follow you around on one of your estate sale adventures!
All of the books are simply beautiful - those old illustrations are so detailed and pretty.
I have a lot of bakelite handled flatware, but I've never seen the tomato and steak knives!
xo
Claudia
Posted by: Claudia | June 08, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Susan you made a haul. WOWzie!!! I wish I could go junkin with
you. I love all that you found.
I do have the nut grinder and
a lot of the Bakelite. You always
find the best stuff.
Posted by: Elsie | June 08, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Your chenille bedspreads are DIVINE!!
Posted by: Kim K. | June 08, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Beautiful! If any of our church sales were half that good, I'd start going to them again!
Posted by: Barbara | June 08, 2011 at 04:16 PM
jackpot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Linda Evans | June 08, 2011 at 06:58 PM
Now, that was one great sale, wasn't it!!!! Holy moly. We just don't get that lucky around here.
Warm blessings,
Spencer
Posted by: Spencer | June 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM