Thrifted Lamb Cookie Jar

When I found this cookie jar, I couldn't believe it! I was at the thrift store and almost jumped over the counter to get it. The place was so crowded, and it was at the end of the day - can't believe no one else bought him - guess he was waiting for me to take him home :) He was only $6.00, and is in perfect condition.

Thrifted Lamb Cookie Jar

More Vintage Easter Collectibles

Here are some super cute vintage plastic Easter decorations - I think this little chick next to the cup is one of my very favorite ones :)



Sweet little yellow bunny rattle.



Little yellow and red Easter chick.



Here is the yellow chick among a bunch of other red and yellow collectibles that I have perched atop one of my kitchen knick-knack cabinets. As you can see, I love stuff with cute faces - especially the "veggie people" :)

More Vintage Easter Collectibles

Vintage Easter Egg Decorations

Here are some very old packages of Easter Egg dyes and decorations - the yellow box was full of egg decals, transfers and sticker type things, along with egg dyes. Some of them had been used already, but they were still in good shape, and of course, I kept them. The old Paas envelope had some water damage on it, but was still very cute :)

Vintage Easter Egg Decorations

Vintage Easter Collectibles - Part 2

Here come some more vintage Easter decorations - the first one is really neat, it is a complete Easter centerpiece, still in it's original envelope, it is a "Rust Craft Easter Parade Party Centerpiece"

Oh I just love this one, the little bunny in a honeycomb basket, with little easter eggs made of honeycomb tissue that fold out. It has 3 more eggs on the reverse side of the decoration.

Here is one of the old German egg candy containers, they are so colorful and sweet!

Here is another German egg candy container, it is huge! It is about 12" long, and I only photographed 1/2 of it because it wanted to roll all over the place. Some lucky child got one big haul of candy in this egg! :)

Vintage Easter Collectibles - Part 2

Thrifted Easter Bunnies

These little fellas have come home with me from various thrifting excursions. This little guy is an old Japanese piece, his scooter is missing the handlebars, but he is so cute I couldn't pass him up.

Here is a little chalkware bunny that hopped into my arms from the shelf at the thrift store :)

This little bunny is only about 4" tall, he is carved wood and soooo cute!

I love this piece, it is a ceramic egg and the back is covered in amber rhinestones, and the 2 bunnies smooching are so adorable! (I am such a sucker for this stuff :)

This is a homemade piece, whoever made it signed it 1972. The top lifts off and you can stash goodies or candy in the basket bottom.

Thrifted Easter Bunnies

Vintage Easter Collectibles - Part 1

Here are some of my collection of vintage Easter Decorations, they are so cute and I love the pastel colors. I will start off with the old paper mache Easter Bunnies. The whole gang of them are lined up in the photo above, I have been collecting them for a while.

Vintage Easter Collectibles - Part 1

Good to Be Back!!!!!!

Hello everyone! I am back :) It has been almost a year that I have been away from my blogs, and I missed them terribly, especially all the friends I had made through them.

What happened? My husband has several major health problems, and one of them got much worse. (I won't go into details at this time, because he may not want me telling the world his medical history).

Also, we have decided to move, and have been packing for awhile. (You have no idea how much stuff we have here!!! - in addition to everything in this house, we have a full basement, a 2.5 car garage loaded with stuff, and a 30' storage space) - and we are still not done packing.

Anyway, we have decided to move away from this area - it is a lovely area, beautiful and clean, and the forest preserve is very close by, which I love. However, this area has become really overpriced, and we feel it is time for a change. Also, our current home is too "modern" for my liking, I want a quaint older home with lots of character. All my vintage collectibles just never looked right in this home, as much as we tried. We need a bigger back yard as we plan on getting a dog - we have our heart set on a Golden Retriever :) Time to explore a new city/town, whatever we choose. We have been looking into several areas, and are narrowing the choices so we can make a decision and start house hunting.

So that is it in a nutshell, and although I am very busy right now (and YES I still find time to go thrifting...LOL), I really wanted to get my blog rolling again. I am only going to keep this one updated for now, and after we move and get settled, will get my other blogs going again. So glad to be back - I missed you all!!!!!!!!

Good to Be Back!!!!!!