Shirley & I went thrifting a few weeks ago. We also hit a couple of pawn shops which is a new experience. Shirley had been looking for a puffy heart charm bracelet for a while. One with all heart charms including some guilloche designs, similar to enamel. I couldn't believe how expensive they were. While we were at this one pawn shop looking at jewelry Shirley asked if they had any heart charm bracelets even though we didn't see any on display. They said they thought there might be one in the back. We couldn't believe it when they brought out exactly what she had been looking for. A sterling bracelet with 20 sterling & guilloche hearts. We oohed & ahh'd some but tried not to act too excited. When she asked how much, he said $40. He must not have known that just one charm is $40 or more! Talk about a deal! We still can't believe the luck.
We have seen them selling for a few hundred dollars all the way up to a few thousand : ) Good lesson here, if you don't see something, ASK! I have seen her do this at garage sales. They go into the house & bring out something they weren't planning to sell bring out something fabulous.
Here are some of my finds for the day. The turquoise sterling heart necklace was waaay cheap at the same thrift store. I also found the vintage sterling finger/pocket rosary, lovely linens, decorator pillow, makeupbag, vintage jello cups, Italian pot & doll head napkin rings.
My vintage Steiff "Ginny's Pup" or "Sparky" that I've had since the 50's now has a Steiff kitty to play with.
My new neighbor two houses down knocked on our door the other day. His wife (another Sandy) is also a quilter & he's building her new custom cabinets for her quilting studio. He wanted to know if I wanted her old fabric storage cubbies. I now have 2 acrylic fabric storage units in my studio closet. It's amazing how much "stuff" you can cram into a closet when you have the right storage. Woo hoo! Now I can see everything at once rather than rummaging through drawers. Love it : ) Thank you Sandy II & Dave.
On an alternate note, why is "Cecelia" playing on my playlist when I didn't even put it on there? I don't even like that song : (