Bonjour y'all! Welcome once again to Flea Market Finds!
This week I had the special honor and pleasure of doing some tiquin' with one of my long time blogging buddies, my friend Mary Ellen from the wonderful blog Mary's Meanderings. Talk about a sparkling fun loving gal! Mary is all that and a bag of chips! *winks* I also met her equally wonderful and warm hearted husband Bill. Mary and Bill came up from Colorado to visit some friends and she managed to fit me in for a day of shopercising in the rain!*winks*
Mary and I (I'm the blond no surprise lol!) under the barbola swags at a favorite antique booth. Love that bed!
I'd like to say I found all kinds of amazing things... but alas it was not to be *sighs* Mary came away with a few sweet little treasures light enough to take home on the plane. My shopping finds happened in the first store we visited and having spent my limit it was all over for me kaboom! Oh well I really love what I found. It's a leather bound set of encyclopedias from 1892.
I can't resist a beautiful set of antique leather books if they're anywhere near affordable and this set of 15 was only $80. I love the old illustrations like these...
I also found a small set of 7 leather books in the same sellers booth for $40. Great to read AND vignette with! Now I just need to find me some twine!
Love the worn leather spines!
I do have a really special surprise (to me anyhoo) that I mentioned in last weeks post... I'm saving it till the very end... so please don't leave just yet OK? *winks*
I wanted to share a few of the cuties that Mary picked up. That girl does have an eye for the deal!
A sweet little pitcher
A chintz cup and saucer set
And some jello molds and a little tole tray.
Here are a few things I liked but passed on due to price. This bust is really cute but NOT at $99.
This roasted coffee tin display had ME at Cof... LOL!, but again at $299 I couldn't do it.
I thought this was interesting and at 3' wide not too bad at $28? However it fell into the cool (but what would I do with it?) category.
OK are you ready for my favorite find? It was an ebay score... I'd like to introduce you to Percy my new peacock. Isn't he a gorgeous boy?!!
He's joining his new brother Narci on top of my french art nouveau armoire. You can read the post on Narci HERE
When I purchased Narci I was really looking for a standing peacock just like Percy, but Narci was at a bargain basement price so I purchased him with visions (delusions) of using him as a centerpiece on a raised pedestal for a dinner party. What the heck was I thinkin'? My dinner table is only about 6' long and Narci's tail alone is 5'. Do y'all ever do that? Get caught up in some fantasy to convince yourself that you need something? Well I'd woven myself a tapestry of beautiful visions for this one!*winks* However I couldn't be more pleased with them both on top the armoire! I've been sitting in my living room just staring at them... You know you did good when... Right? *winks*
Well that's it for this weeks flea market finds. I hope you'll come back next week for some more.
Mary and Bill I can't tell you how much we enjoyed meeting and spending time with you! Lets do it again soon. *winks* Vanna
I'm joining my friend Sherry at No Minimalist Here for:
And Tales From Blogaritaville for:
French Cupboard for:
Courtney at French Country Cottage for:
Cindy at My Romantic Home for:
And my dear friend Laurie for:
