I did a little Goodwill Outlet shopping and also did some garage sale and estate sale shopping. Which yielded better results? You be the judge!
First: the Garage Sale and Estate Sale Haul
And here are my finds from the Goodwill Outlet…
I spent about the same on both these hauls. Which one do you think I got more value from?
This week’s treasures are the result of some finds from a few Garage Sales and two of the Goodwill Outlets in Indianapolis. Several of my garage sale finds were a little on the dusty side…but they cleaned up pretty well in the end.
I also experimented with making some “paperdolls” using the cover of vintage record albums. It took a little time and a lot of patience, but I’m relatively happy with the result.
On this week’s thrifting adventure I found a few treasures at the Goodwill Outlet in Indy and a friend’s garage sale…including the print that this week’s blog get’s its name from.
On this week’s shopping adventure I came across to divine pieces of luggage from different eras. I can only imagine the fabulous trips they got to take in their hey day.
Do you know who Inez Milholland Boissevain is? No worries if you don’t, I had to look her up too. Turns out she was a famous suffragette who was a labor lawyer who collapsed while giving a speech in 1916. Learn more here if you are curious.
When I got home from the Goodwill Outlets yesterday, Devin and Chris were watching Goonies…which Devin had apparently never seen that before. I don’t know how that’s the case because Goonies is one of those movies I usually stop to watch at least a little bit of every time I happen upon it randomly on TV. I love the theme song “Good Enough” by Cyndi Lauper…and whenever I hear it it always makes me think of Goonies. My last two trips to the thrift store haven’t given me anything I’d call an epic treasure, but they’ve been Good Enough.
The line art images are from a McCalls magazine from February 1910. I also snapped photos of some ads from Saturday Evening Post Magazines from 1943 and 1963. Among the other treasures were two bride dolls – possible Madame Alexander (but I need to do a little more research). Also displayed are some Easter gifts I made for family members today…all pieces are from the Goodwill (with the exception of the rabbit images I found on the Graphics Fairy website). There’s also a picture of my new doll house (thanks to Evie for finding it up in Indy) and the box of vintage ornaments I found when I went up to Indy for my Dad’s birthday last weekend. All in all, I’d say things things are definitely “Good Enough” for my April thrifting thus far!
Over the last two weeks I’ve managed to make it to all three of the Goodwill Outlets in Indy. I found the toy buggy on a quick trip when I ran up midweek for work and found the doll house yesterday – along with some great holiday decor, a vintage bread box and a Redmon basket that has seen better days but may still have a little life left in it.
Happy New Year! I hope the year is off to a good start for you, dear reader, and I want to give a very special shout-out to my Mother and Father in Law who sent my husband $30 to give me to spend at the Goodwill. I made two stops this past weekend and landed at $29.30 ($32 with tax) and a cart full of goodies at my first stop! And I found a few more treasures at my second stop as well. A thrifted gift is my very favorite kind of gift…as are all of these amazing new salvaged finds.
At the end of this post I’m going to add some pictures of some of the things I’ve already crafted with my finds. And feel free to visit Unearthed Relics on Facebook to see a recording of me sorting through my entire haul https://www.facebook.com/myunearthedrelics.
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I had about two hours to spend between family events at the Goodwill outlet in Greenwood this weekend. The fact that this outlet is a little smaller than the others in the Indy area actually made it a little easier to navigate in a shorter period of time and it certainly did not disappoint in terms of the types of treasures I was able to uncover. Check out the corresponding video for this week’s haul at: https://fb.watch/gWbEObr5Wg/
Check out the corresponding video for this week’s haul at: https://fb.watch/gWbEObr5Wg/
Thrift finds from October – including treasures from Salem MA and Indianapolis.
On this trip I found some amazing old books, vintage photos and vintage postcards. I also found some great craft supplies, and Christmas decorations and vintage linens.
The angels above were in a box marked “fragile” but that warning had clearly not been heeded. Only one was intact and one was in several pieces, but all the repairs looked fairly straightforward and all the pieces seemed to be present – so I took a chance – and I rather like how the came out.
I’m not sure it was my best day ever, but all in all it was a pretty good day. Check out the video of this week’s haul to see more: https://fb.watch/f21r7TUwFz/
The Thrifty Sisters 