Be very afraid

October 16, 2022October 17, 2022

I had multiple opportunities to visit Goodwill Outlets over the weekend while staying with my husband and some of his friends from High School for their annual reunion. We ended up staying at a home that was formerly a store that the creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy visited as a young man – and that happened to be across the street from his childhood home (which was torn down to make way for the Interstate that runs through the middle of the city). As such, that made the house we were staying in the de facto headquarters of all things Raggedy Ann related in Indianapolis. So you can only imagine my surprise and delight to find a Raggedy Ann doll on my final shopping trip. I decided to leave that doll as a gift for our hosts because (as you’ll see in the second video) they didn’t have quite enough Raggedy Ann memorabilia in the house. It also seemed like a fitting place for her to be.

Take a look at the video on the Unearthed Relics Facebook Page: https://fb.watch/gdkoLY650x/

And then check out a video of the Raggedy Ann Historic home site below.

Here’s how I used the spooky garlands to decorate

Best day ever?

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022

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/

Rainy day = time for some thrifting

September 5, 2021September 6, 2021

As storms moved through the area yesterday it seemed like a perfect excuse to get up to Indy to do some thrifting.

Among my finds were some vintage handiwork, including embroidered objects and doilies, a vintage santa from the late 60s/early 70s that apparently sings and dances, a set of retro tea cups in pastel, a few Shiny Brite ornaments, various pieces of ephemera, a cool looking old doll and doll-head, some fun vintage tins, a chandelier which I’m planning to put in my shed and an Edgar Allan Poe book from 1904 – not a first edition but well over 100 years old!

On my “always on the lookout” list are toy horses for crafts and display (I usually try to steer clear of ones with hair and stick to ones in good condition that are all plastic), vintage sewing stuff (wooden spools of thread, notions, tape measures, etc.), vintage holiday decor (esp. vintage Christmas), paperdolls, Redmon baskets, dollhouse goodies, tea cups, globes, puzzles (old and new), vintage toys and games, old racquets, wooden rulers and cool old frames. I’m sure that’s not an exhaustive list, it is always evolving. I probably need to make bingo cards…but even without the cards, I feel like I’ve “won” a day of thrifting when I find a few things from this “favorite things” list.

Thrifty dollars bring vintage treasures

May 30, 2021August 1, 2021

Okay, that was my lame attempt at a play on the “April showers bring May flowers” saying…since this post shows a combination of thrifted finds from April and May. Highlights in this batch include: a retro tiki tin, a cool vintage game board for a game called “World Flyers”, vintage children’s books, early Elvis records, some vintage linens and some fun decor for Halloween and some awesome vintage Christmas finds.

Fun story on the standing Santa: I found his plastic white boot and thought it was something that I might be able to do something crafty with…but then, after a few laps around the outlet, I saw a Santa missing one white boot. Apparently, I scored the Santa because he was missing that one white boot that I’d happened to grab.