The Sagamore Bridge was under construction for the month of April and traffic was a complete gridlocked nightmare. So trips into Sandwich had to be brief, at best, in order to get back on the other side of the Canal before it got worse. However, we were leaving town and I saw an 'Antique Show & Sale' sign and pointed it out, so my trusty chauffer followed the arrow and we ended up at the Sandwich Legion. I didn't have high hopes for this but the pull to possibly find a treasure was too great.
I went to the first table and I saw so much stuff!!!! I bought a bunch of little trinkets for altered art. Found this Coke bottle, which has been treated to be that colour, but it's still pretty old and heavy. My stepson collects Coke stuff so we got it for him.
I am a sucker for watch faces and parts. The woman was selling them for a dollar apiece. I was having trouble selecting what I wanted when Russell cut to the chase and asked how much for the whole box. She said $20 and I got it.
Got incredible deals on 2 large jars of beach glass.
After I got home I pawed through one of them just in case there was anything rare and BAM! There it was. A huge piece of red. The rarest of the rare. I was legit flipping out.
As we were leaving, I spied this printer tray....something I have wanted for AGES. I've looked into them before and couldn't find one that I could afford that had a great variety of spaces and was really old. I tentatively asked how much and was told $15. SOLD!
Such a sucker for Moroccan style lanterns. This is contemporary of course but the price was right.
Velvet pouch with a set of jacks.
I also found this wooden slat box that had old sewing notions in them so I used that to carry around the rest of my trinkets that I picked up here and there. I like how the black & white looks cause it kind of reminds me of Jem & Scout's cigar box full of the stuff Boo Radley left for them in the tree.
And the colour version which shows detail of all the amazing bits and bobs!
I've already made the printer tray project and will feature that next. I am in love with how it came out.
My husband has a printer tray and I think it's the one thing I allowed him to keep from his previous life (oh, and his boys). Anyway, it's a cool display thing.
ReplyDeleteLove your sea glass and that RED is awesome.
Kudos to your trusty chauffeur. He's a trooper!
Thanks Joanne! Yes, I am very lucky that he indulges my passions. He gets a kick out of my enthusiasm.
DeleteDunno about trusty chauffeur, he seems to be a useful pocket book too LOL. You sure picked up a lot of stuff JoJo. That red is a brilliant colour.
ReplyDeleteLOL Thanks! I'm very lucky to have a spouse that indulges my hobbies.
DeleteMy kids liked to dig in the yard, and brought in a whole collection of old bottles - Coke, early Vaseline, and medicine. It was so cool to see a treasure trove in my backyard.
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME! You should keep digging and see what else is there. I know every now and then a bottle surfaces behind the barn at my parents' house but it's too overgrown to try and dig.
DeleteThat cocacola bottle reminds me my visit to Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta..
ReplyDeleteRussell was a Coke delivery driver for 25 years. He really wishes he had all the stuff he threw away. lol
DeleteAw, man. Now I want to find a set of jacks!
ReplyDeleteI almost didn't get it. I'd opened the pouch to see what was inside then put it back....a voice in my head said, 'you'll be sorry if you don't get that' so I did.
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