Fonda's Fabulous Funday Finds #8

This is my fabulous finds NUMBER EIGHT. Fonda fun fact: Eight is my favorite number. I don't know why exactly. It could be that it's the number of the earliest house I remember. 8 Summit Court. It was a short street with a cul-de-sac — back then, they called them courts. There were probably less than 10 houses, from what I can remember. From that house, I went to preschool, kindergarten, first and part of second grade. 8. It's also the lowest house number I've ever had. 8. It's a round-y number. 8. It's my birth month. August. Those are all good reasons to claim 8 as my favorite number.

Now...on with the finds...

All of these were found at my friendly neighborhood Family Thrift. These were from the first trip:

Hat, book, glass shaker, picture, glass serving dish and V-shaped embellishments.

Close-up of the Kokopelli earrings.

Black wooden box - closed.

Open. It's a jewelry box!

 

Planter.

This is from the second trip:

Tinsel garland, half-shade night light and Katie's books.

 And, these are from the third trip:

This shows everything: books, coffee, tinsel garland, white ribbon, leather tri-fold wallet, leaf-shaped serving tray, ceramic gelatin mold, bag of Christmas-y stuff that I purchased for the star.

Here are some close-ups:

Mostly children's books.

New tinsel garland, white ribbon and tri-fold wallet.

Leaves serving tray that feels like wood, but Katie says it's plastic.

Either it's a gelatin mold or something purely decorative to hang on the wall.

I bought this for the star on top.

Showing off at:
Share Your Style #168 
Vintage Charm Party #131 
Talk of the Town #121 
Create, Bake, Grow & Gather Party #313 

From books to birds...and everything in between...

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Fonda's Fabulous Funday Finds #7

We found these things in the CIS (Communities in Schools) thrift near Sunset Beach:

5 picture frames.

Book.

There wasn't much there that we needed here, but we always have fun seeing what we can. This particular store is mostly clothing and accessories with small areas of books and housewares.

These next items were purchased at my friendly neighborhood Family Thrift. 

Wooden hangers, books, alphabet beads, die cut cards, zipper and a frame.

The following were purchased at the CIS thrift in Southport:

Katie books, paper bead necklace and seahorse earrings.

 

Close-up of the seahorse earrings.

90-minute cassette tapes.

You don't see these too often any more. I hope to put them on eBay. I'll have to do a little research first.

 

Hanging lamp.

Get a load of this hanging lamp. I'm assuming it Mid-Century Modern. It has a long wire that plugs in. The wire is threaded through chain. The off/on switch is about 5 feet from the floor. In other words, it hangs from the ceiling but plugs into a receptacle near the floor.

Bird pictures.

 I think these bird pictures will be going into the guest room.

 

OpticFilm 7200.

Katie's mom had taken many photos, and most of them are on slides, so we are hoping to view them and make them into pictures if it's something Katie wants to do. I have to go through my family photos, too. We want to use some in the hallway to the bedrooms.

Showing off at:
Vintage Charm Party #130 
Talk of the Town #120 
Create, Bake, Grow & Gather Party #312 

From alphabet beads to a zipper...and everything in between...

Fonda's Fabulous Funday Finds #6

Office supplies are always welcome at my house.

Labels, tabs, "stamp licker" and digital screen care kit.

The labels will come in handy for a garage sale. The strip tabbing and the "stamp licker", for lack of a better description, will be for my art. And, who knows when one of our digital screens will need repair. 

Hallmark photo holder.

I thought I might be able to sell this online, but the market is saturated. 

Stack of small gelatin molds.

I have a small collection of these type of molds. I want to make a valance for the kitchen, so I'll have to figure how to make that happen.

Last three photos found at the Ocean Isle Beach Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Fish earrings.

Fish earrings. Free. Yep...spend enough time talking to some folks, and they'll let you have something. We admired a couch in that store. These are for Katie who is a fish girl. (Fun fact about Katie: That's what she went to college for, but by the time she got to her PhD, she was studying reverse osmosis. Now, she teaches biology at a local community college.) Found at 2nd Chance Decor.

Katie book.

Sometimes, taking the time to drive to the thrift store and get out of the car gets you a book. One. Book. Thank goodness the duds are far and few between. We had a great time looking around, but we didn't find anything we needed to bring home. Found at Three Sister in Southport.

Mostly Katie's books.

Dresser box, probably for hankies.

I love these dainty flowers on this satiny dresser box. This is in stark contrast to the olive green, orange and white paisley dresser box I found earlier, for sure!!!! See it here.

Picture frame.

Tarot cards.

Perhaps I can use the Tarot cards in my art.

Wood-burning kit.

This is definitely for my art...like I need another KIND of art kit to play with!!!

These were found in my friendly neighborhood Family Thrift - a thrift store that benefits the people in my own area.

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Showing off at these parties:

Share Your Cup #285 
Talk of the Town #115 
Vintage Charm Party #125  

From a dresser box to a wood-burning kit ... and everything in between ...