Category Archive: garage sale finds

Adventures in Garage Sale-ing

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Loryn here. Something rare happened this Saturday—with Kristin in town for the weekend, all four of the Crafty Sisters went garage sale-ing together. We always have a blast when we do, even if… Read More

Bizarre Finds—I Dreamt of Genie

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Cheri: After a less than satisfactory garage sale day, I was faced with an unusual dilemma, what was the most bizarre item I found? I puzzled over this for a few days, and… Read More

Nostalgia Strikes: Weekly Reader Book Bag

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Third-grade status symbol, circa 1982 I had to have this the minute I spotted it at a big barn sale recently. I have no idea what I will do with it, but it… Read More

Vintage Pegs, Let My Fingers Do the Walking

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Sometimes when you are at a garage sale, you will run across an item that is so cool that you know if you don’t buy it, you will spend the rest of your… Read More

Space Invaders

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Space Invaders I pick up lots of small items at sales, and I have always had a pretty vivid imagination. I like to create creatures out of objects. The TV tubes are the… Read More

A Clothes Garage Sale Weekend

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We had very nice weather for Garage Sales this weekend, and it was what I like to call a “clothes” day . Occasionally, we are able to go to Garage Sales and buy… Read More

Pamphlets to the Past

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One of the more interesting garage sale items I found this past weekend is a booklet titled Business Letters and How To Write Them printed originally as Business Executive’s Handbook in 1937. I love these… Read More

Lanterns and Fortunes and Dragons, Oh My!

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                                Another weekend has come and gone. It was over way too quickly. But, Lynne and I hit… Read More

Mel’s Most Amazing Garage Sale Find

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My bestest garage sale find. Another man’s trash… but I found this parrot absolutely stunning. Old and paint peeling but with a gorgeous lustrous sheen. I love him. He has a small planter… Read More

No Crying Over Spilt Milk!

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My best garage sale find. My most fantastical garage sale find ever has got to be the small lunchbox barn that I found at a church rummage sale.This small little lunchbox offered me… Read More