It had all the makings of a spectacular yard sale day; beautifully balmy sunny day, little princess on an overnight at her grandmother's, loads of listings in the paper, up and out before 8AM.
But we were coming up empty. The high point of my husband's day was the Hulk Hands he found and then sprayed orange for the upcoming Flyers' playoff hockey series. Sad to say, this was my high point too. Unless you count the bag of Yu-Gi-Oh cards I bought for Nick. Which I don't.
I was getting depressed. And hungry. And tired. We had been out for three hours and I had nothing to show for it. And then...it happened. Yard Sale Karma, coming back to me.
Five minutes from home, I see a MASSIVE yard sale with boxes and boxes on the lawn. An unadvertised special. And boy, was it ever. Special. Very, very, special. And also unadvertised, which is why all this stuff was still there when I got there at 11AM. I got all this vintage Christmas --
-- about 15 boxes of small Christmas balls, paper angels, snowmen, santas, doilies, napkins -- all in their original unopened packaging...
...and quite an assortment of elves...
...and this Almond Joy box in excellent condition (Oh, have you ever had Almond Joy ice cream? Sooo good! Now I'm distracted.), which was holding...
... these Italian-made honeycomb paper balls...
... and these Japanese paper lanterns...
... and these paper umbrellas...
... and this vintage happy birthday swag (do you think this was inventory from a party store?).
I found more vintage honeycombs -- wedding bells and easter eggs...
... more doilies, never opened...
... these trims and sequins...
Wait, there's more! My head is spinning and I am having palpitations at this point. These adorable little porcelain (?) animal toothpick holders...
... tiny beauty salon appointment books...
... small metal advertising sign...
Whew. That's it. Can you believe I got all that at one spot AND I got it all for (wait for it)... $20!!! Yard sale karma coming back to me after the annoying guy incident, I guess! Woo hoo!
I think the orange bell is from a game of Pit.
Posted by: wendy | 22 August 2010 at 03:18 PM
Are you kidding me? What a great haul!!! The paper lanterns are my favorite.
Posted by: colleen | 25 April 2010 at 08:25 PM
Beauty Salon Appointment Books. Never seen those!
Posted by: kathy | 25 April 2010 at 06:35 PM
Oh Gina....!!!
Be STILL my beating heart....I would buy EVERYTHING in your first pic from you....If these aren't keepers & you're going to list them, send me a price & we might be able to arrange a transaction of the international variety....Vintage Christmas is MY THANG....hahahahaha.....!
Cheers,
Tamarah :o)
Posted by: Shabby Vintage Junk | 25 April 2010 at 06:38 AM
oh Gina...you DID find the goodies! Vintage Christmas items are the BEST finds to me! (And I love the Hulk hands LOL!)
Posted by: Linda | 24 April 2010 at 10:52 PM
Swear to God, you make me want to do this. I love, love, love the Christmas stuff!!! All I can think that someday, when I am long dead, someone will come to a garage sale at my house and they will have their own slice of heaven.
Posted by: Debbie Moore | 24 April 2010 at 10:46 PM