Flea Market Finds Pour La Semaine Cinquante-Cinq

Bonjour lovely people!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

Now Christmas is right around the corner...Where did the time go?

I know I've been talking for the last two weeks about this little project that I've been working on and how much I'd like to share it, but things keep breaking down and making my "simple" project very complicated.....Isn't that always what happens? So hopefully next week I'll finally be ready. Sorry about the delay.

Meanwhile I thought I'd do a Flea Market Post to fill in *winks*...And as usual not a darn thing came from a Flea Market, but I did find some things I really love...And at a Black Friday sale no less! Which I swore I would NEVER participate in again! I say pay the extra money and keep your sanity!

Did any of y'all hit the jackpot at Black Friday?Or are you like me and avoid it like the plague?

I didn't intend to participate this year...however the Goodwill was having a half off Black Friday sale (Their biggest of the year) and it was packed!  And I still managed to find some good treasure har de har har!(insert pirate voice *winks*)

Well this one is NOT from the Goodwill, and as usual I'm going to start with my favorite find. I have long wanted one of these French display cushions but could never justify the cost. I finally found the perfect beauty for me for only $61! and it came with the display plinth too! Thank you ebay! While everyone was shopping at the mall they missed out on this fabulous piece of French history! Yay me! Lol!....Now we both probably know you could find one in France for a pittance at a Flea Market, but let me have my little thrills OK? *winks*

If you happened to read my blog a few weeks back I found a plethora of crowns at the Value Village HERE and I thought how perfect this display cushion would be for showcasing them. And then last Friday I found yet ANOTHER crown for $14.99 at the VV! It's missing a few rhinestones, but what the heck. It must have slipped through the cracks with the pricing people back around Halloween time. It must have come from the same donation I'm thinking? I've gone for years without ever finding a crown at the VV and all of a sudden it's raining crowns!??....... Hallelujah!!

Then at the Goodwill I found this wonderful Santos doll. She's a reproduction, but with half off she was only $12.50! Her one arm was broken but I couldn't believe that nobody had taken her home? It doesn't look like it will be a difficult fix? (probably famous last words *winks*) It really did feel like an early Christmas miracle! 

And I thought hmmmmm this French pillow looks like it might provide a perfect seat for her.... And voila! Doesn't she look beautiful!? And a saint in front of a saint (The portrait in the background is of my Grandmother) She was one of the most wonderful people ever born!....Yes I'm a bit biased.*winks*

The ex voto she's wearing was an early Christmas gift from my hubby. That's the way we shop for each other.  I find something I love and he buys it for me. He finds the perfect car toy and I buy if for him. Lacking in romance and surprise maybe? But it works for us...And we always receive something we really love *winks*

Another early Christmas gift from my hubby via ebay was this set of nude spelter ladies that were once part of an art deco lamp. Y'all know if you read my blog how much I love beautiful classic nudes!

I envisioned them as bookends.....but I'm not quite sure if they work?

Since I'm on a crown kick I thought they looked pretty good like this! Whatcha think?

And it just wouldn't be a Flea Market Finds week lately without a boudoir doll or two *winks*

This beauty is a German Lilli Baitz doll named Eva.

She has such a beautiful outfit and hat.

Isn't she lovely? I've never seen another like her. Of course I'm no expert so that may not be saying much *winks*

This antique crewel work tapestry was a craigslist find for $10. It has all kinds of condition issues, but somebody put a lot of work and effort into it. I had to take it home and protect it from the people who were keeping it in their garage on the floor.*winks*

Lovely cranes on old linen.

With some holes and stains and missing stitches here and there I think it's still a beautiful piece. I have a "thing" for cranes. They're kind of the borzois of the bird world....Lovely long legged and elegant*winks*

And lastly this sweet antique pillow pin cushion with ribbon flowers from the Goodwill sale. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to keep it or send it off to etsy.

That's it for this week.

 I hope you'll come back next week for my project reveal....I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll FINALLY get it finished without any more issues!

I hope you'll leave me a comment.

I LOVE to hear from you!

Vanna

I'm joining Sherry at No Minimalist Here for:

Debra at Common Ground for:

Courtney at French Country Cottage for:

And Cindy at My Romantic Home for:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bonjour everyone!

I had hoped to share a little project with you today, but said 'little project" turned out to be bigger than expected (Aren't they always?) So I'll be back next week to show you what I've been up to *winks*

I'd like to wish you all a wonderful blessed Thanksgiving!

Vanna

Flea Market Finds Pour La Semaine Quarante-Quatre

Helloooooo  sweet friends!!

Once again it's time for....

FLEA     MARKET     FINDS!!!

Where I share the goods that I've found in thrift stores, garage and estate sales, and local antique stores......Pretty much everywhere but a Flea Market! Lol! I wish we actually had flea markets at this time of year, but alas no.

 So what did I find this week?....... Well for starters one of the most amazing lampshades I've ever seen!! It's lacy, it's foofy! It's sooooo divine!! I hope you'll think so too *winks*

It was a very good week for cool stuff!

I'm going to start with these lovely vintage petticoats that I found in a local antique store for $9 ea. One is such a pretty pale pink .....

And the other has this wonderful ruffled feather effect. I think they would be great maybe for lampshades?

Then there were these beautiful old rhinestone clips for $5 at the same antique store. I added them to a pair of my ballet pointe shoes.

But my find of the week (possibly the month) was this amazing 1920's french lace ruffled lampshade in pink with the most scrumptious ribbon work roses!

As we were walking the local antique store one of the clerks came up and told us there was an antique show going on nearby......Nuff said....Off we went!

Usually I prefer to be one of the first in the door, but this time I thought we'd take a chance coming late. And sure enough it worked!! I had wandered around a bit and spotted a lamp that I liked. I turned around to ask the dealer for his "friendliest" price.....And there it was......The heavenly angels were singing!.... And there was a glowing halo of light around this object! So I played it very cool and asked what his best price would be? (All the while thinking I was willing to sell my first born?...a kidney?) OK...I jest, but just a little *winks* When he said $125. I asked him if he could do a little better? And he told me $100 and I said "SOLD!!" I was all but jumping up and down! And I nearly hugged him! I did tell him that finding this shade "made" the show for me. And as I walked away from his booth a lady stopped me to ask where I had found it? She oooh'd and ahhhh'd for a bit and this ended up repeating about every 20 feet throughout the entire show! I think it was the closest I'll ever come to feeling like a movie star *winks* Talk about a conversation starter! So here it is!

And as a group shot.

It's huge! I've never seen one this large and beautiful.

Just look at the gorgeous ribbon roses and bow!

At the same show I found this Italian tole table lamp for a song. It was a really great day for deals I tell ya! *winks*

It has these cool scrolly arms. And I love the base.

It's off to etsy because I don't have room for one more thing at my house!

Here I'm using Glory Isabella to show a closeup of this wonderful turn of the century hat with lots of old millinery roses and lace netting that I found at the same show. The dealer told me that if I held the flowers over a pot of steam it would refresh the flowers and de-flatten them. I'm going to have to give it a try. Have y'all heard about, or tried that?

Glory is also wearing this large rosary with czechoslovakian beads that I found on etsy.

I also found myself a couple more lovely boudoir ladies to add to my collection via ebay.

This elegant creature I've named Estella.

And this sweet pretty lady I've named Esmerelda *winks*

Estella looks the spitting image of my aunt!

Here the two are together.

I found this LARGE art nouveau trinket box at the antique show for $40. And it still has it's original pink silk interior!

It's almost large enough to put the tiara inside, just to show you how unusually large it is. *winks*

And last is this display dome that I found at the Goodwill for $4.99. The base was white and I spray painted it black which I like much better. The jewelry casket was also a Goodwill find.

That's all for this week.

Next week I'm going to shake it up with something different.

I hope you'll come back and join me?

 And I hope you'll leave me a comment. I LOVE to hear from you!

Happy Flea Marketing!

Vanna

I'm joining Sherry at No Minimalist Here for:

Debra at Common Ground for:

Paula and Patti at Ivy & Elephants for:

Courtney at French Country Cottage for:

And Cindy at My Romantic Home for:

Flea Market Finds Pour La Semaine Quarante-Trois

Bonjour y'all!!

It's once again that time of the week.

Time for FLEA.......MARKET........FINDS!!!!!

And a mighty fine week it was for them too!

I'm not starting with my favorite find as I usually do because I think this one makes a more enticing picture *winks* And I do LOVE all these pretty babies!

So here I go.....

This necklace was a splurge for me, but I'm not much of a jewelry person, so when I find something that I really like I go for it *winks* I had actually pinned this necklace in my jewelry board on pinterest and it got quite a few pins when I realized I'd better buy it before someone else did! It's so sha-BLING!! I don't even have to wear it to love it. It's great just hanging on any ole thing. Mournful saint with rhinestones.....= PERFECT combo! Lol!

She is hanging on one of my Guerlain golden bee bottles. I added a new little one to my  collection...Well there are only two of the gold bee bottles so it's not quite a "collection" yet, but there are three Guerlain bottles total, so I'm getting there right? *winks*

Years ago I spotted one of these beautiful golden bottles in Victoria magazine and for some reason I decided I had to have one (Yeah that never happens lol!) So off I went on the hunt only to have all my hopes dashed because these babies can get expensive! To the tune of nearly 2k for a large bottle from Guerlain. So thank you God-send ebay for this lovely $45 BIN bottle! (it's the small one)

Anyhoo the gold bee bottle filled with  Cologne Imperiale (for those of you who care) was created for the empress Eugenie in 1853 to give as a gift to her husband Napoleon III. She so liked the scent that she named Monsieur Guerlain purveyor to the Empress.  The bottle is modeled after the top of the place vendome in Paris

My little bottle of golden bliss! Each golden bottle is hand painted.

I also found this sweet little rhinestone pin for $1 at a local antique store. The sterling cloisonne bracelet was an earlier find

This Isadora perfume bottle is another one of my favorites. Found for $10 at a local antique store.

One more shot of my blingy beauty! And hanging on the mirror you can also see another of my favorite new necklaces. Yep another mournful saint. *winks*

This was actually my favorite find for the week. It's a gorgeous chromo lithograph from 1909 and it's BIG! Over 50" wide and nearly 30" tall. I have no idea where I'm going to put it! I don't care...I'll find a spot *winks* Which is usually the way it goes at my house with varying degrees of success. *sighs*

Pretty lady and cavorting cherubs... some of my favorite things!

Aren't they adorable?!

Signed by what looks like Lindburg? Or Lindbura? Is anyone familiar with this one?

These two little guys appear to be the serious ones *winks*

Next up is this large Federal style mirror. A killer find at the Goodwill! Do you see all the little yellow stickers on it?.......Come a little closer....

Yeppers it was marked $39.99, but I had a 20% off coupon from donating some goods, so it came to $31.99!! I couldn't believe my lucky stars at finding this one! I saw a very similar one on ebay sell for 1k. YIPPEE!!

My next find is more than a little quirky. It also came  from a local antique store. It features a bashful Charlotte flower frog that someone made into an art glass lamp in the 20's or 30's. When I asked my hubby what he thought of it? He was completely underwhelmed (He makes that sound Lurch made back on the Adams family...Do any of you remember it?...But I digress).... asking me "why do you want that old thing?"

If I only had a dime for every time I've heard that one ....I'd be able to buy lots more "old things" Lol!

The glass petals look like Venetian glass to me. I think they're beautiful!

So what do you think? Treasure or disaster? Go ahead and tell me, I can take it *winks*

Blue bulbs too.

And softly lit......

I'm crazy for columns and capitols so I was thrilled when I found this sweet piece for only $2 at the same antique store as the blue lady lamp. Isn't it perfectly chippy and shabby?!

I'm currently using it as a riser for this pretty lady statue.

And lastly was this sweet nude bathing maiden from the Value Village. She's available in my etsy!

So that's it for this week. I think it was quite a haul!

I hope you'll come back next week for more Flea Market Finds...It's going to be hard to top this week, but I'll try! *winks*

I also hope you'll leave me a comment.

I LOVE to hear from you!
And that's the truff...

Vanna

I'm joining Sherry at No Minimalist Here for:

Debra at Common Ground for:

Courtney at French Country Cottage for:

Paula and Patti at Ivy & Elephants for:

And My Romantic Home for: