New School Year & Internet Woes

Tomorrow starts the first day of school for my kiddos. Why start on a Wednesday I do not know, but my son starts 5th grade which is Middle School and a brand new campus for him and my daughter starts 3rd grade. Where does the time go? Both kids and parents are excited for the first day of school, mostly for different reasons...heheheheh. Spent today organizing school supplies, making sure new school clothes were ready for the week and labeling everything in site.

Have not listed anything new on any of my selling sites and have been good and not shopped any thrift stores, garage or estate sales this week. I think enough money was spent this week and probably the past two weeks purchasing school clothes and supplies. Hope to maybe hit a garage or estate sale this Friday...but I have so much to list currently. Having the internet being up and down this past week and weekend hasn't helped. Summer storms have played havoc with our cable provider who does not only TV but internet and phone as well. Finally was able to schedule them this Friday to see what the problem is as we went a few days without internet and cable has a lot of digital breakup.

Hope everyone has a great week and wonderful finds and sales the rest of the week and weekend. I promise to update with a Monday Thrift Find post.

Jenn

Thrift Share Monday - Goodwill Outlet

As promised, my finds from the Goodwill outlet I visited with my daughter last week. The finds, they may not be perfect, they may seem kitsch, old, tired but each holds some sentimental memory or reminder from my childhood. My hope is that they find a good home or that the excitement of selection and cleaning along with my stories makes memories for my daughter, my son or for someone else's childhood or contemporary memories. I am just going to let the pictures speak from themselves.

Do they remind you of any childhood memories? I would love to hear....

Jenn

Went to the Goodwill Outlet...

OMG!!! Went to Goodwill Outlet yesterday with my daughter, my first time. Took us about 30 minutes as I live in the Northeast part of Phoenix on the border of Scottsdale and the outlet is on the westside. Phoenix is on the grid system and I am off 40th St. and the outlet is on 51st Avenue, Central Avenue is major street in the middle. So 40 blocks until Central and another 51 blocks until the exit off the freeway east to west not counting the streets we passed coming from the north to the south. BUT SO WORTH THE DRIVE!!! Can't believe what I found and I will give a few hints. But I am saving pictures and pricing for Thrift Share Monday in which I will be linking with HerLibraryAdventures and ApronThriftGirl...both sites are listed in my favorites and I will link at the end of the post. My 8 year old daughter really helped me out yesterday and today not only picking out items but removing price tags and cleaning items.

OK! Think Vintage Danish Modern, Dorothy Thorpe, 70s colors of Avocado Green/Harvest Gold and Brown, Tupperware, Old Girl Scout book, Vintage Coach and wonderful old linens. I may have listed a few items in my new Etsy shop... Jenn's Vintage Jewels

Thank you to all other bloggers, sellers, pickers, educators, video makers and buyers of Antiques/Vintage and those crafty creators who do the same. You educate me and inspire me. I love learning, viewing, admiring, finding, seeking, purchasing, selling, creating, blogging and displaying.

Jenn

Thrift Share Monday Fitz and Floyd

Finally! I actually went to the thrift store this past Friday and picked up a few items. I picked up these two beautiful plates I just wished they had the whole set.

These plates are by Fitz and Floyd and are from the collection Harvest Vegetables made in 1982. They are in perfect condition, with no chips or rubbing of the gold edging that you sometimes see in older plates. I have already added them to my Etsy store.

Also found these cute Winnie the Pooh dinner plates made by Disney and A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard and the pattern is called Simply Pooh. They are in excellent condition and just so cute. Perfect for the kids table or just for collecting. 

Hope everyone found some fantastic thrifts this weekend. Can't wait to read everyones blogs and see the treasures! 

Have a great week,

Jenn