Just This N That & Some Fun Finds This Week...

I should be out picking this morning but there doesn't seem to be too much shakin in Sacto right now so thought I'd show a few of my finds from this week.  I went to an estate sale & didn't find much in the house but did find a few "treasures" in the dirty ol garage.  Let's start with what I consider a sterling example of the ICK FACTOR!!!  Whaaaa!  But, but, it was that GREAT retro orange (under the crud) & I knew it was a challenge I was up to - I've become an expert cootie remover.
If you have the guts, click on the pic to see what I was up against....

I asked the guy to plug it in to see if it actually still works.  It was so cruddy the buttons would barely push down but after a few tries, it did work, so I paid him two bucks (one buck too much for the crud that was on it!).  I hated to even take it into my kitchen!  But after an hour with a pair of hazmat gloves, HOT water, a rag with liquid laundry detergent (dish detergent didn't faze it), a long toothpick & a Q-tip.......

Voila!  Margarita anyone?  This baby's got a whole new life & a lot of party's ahead of her!  (They don't call me the queen of clean for no reason I tell ya!)

At the same place I found this cute pair of ceramic book ends.  They need a bit of touch-up but I just love anything poodles.  A touch of gold paint with a fine brush will make them good as new.  No wait!  They're vintage so they're BETTER than new :- )

                                                                                    Just too sweet, eh?!

I adore VINTAGE Josef Originals & this little sweetie just had to come home with me (purchased NOT in a dirty garage BTW)

Isn't she a sweetie.  It's so hard for me to part with my treasures :- (

Found a few other little things but I guess this was the find of the week.  It screamed to me from across the room & I went into a dead run!  These are the funniest "art" things I can remember from the retro period.  I don't recall ever loving them, but now they just have that retro appeal that melts my heart.  You may know (I didn't) they were called Popcorn Art.  Some were done in colored gravel, but these are melted plastic

I hadn't taken a picture of mine yet but found them on ebay for the (cough-cough-ha-ha) price of THREE HUNDRED bucks.  Found two more on other sites, one set at $170.00, one at $185.00.  Who woulda thunk it, eh?  Not sure if they're going on Etsy or to the store yet, but I'm quite certain they won't be anywhere in my realm for THREE HUNDRED bucks.  It will be interesting to see how they go.

So aside from this (and a teen with a hemmhoraging pulled wisdom tooth - that was exciting), this was my picking week.  Guess I ought to get out there & see if I can find anything interesting on this beautiful Sacramento morning.

Cheerio!

~Vickie~
(Who will be doing a test run on the blender - strawberry or regular margarita?  Salt or not?  Mmmm! ;- )