Yard Sailing: Week 1

What do I love more than trips to the thrift store? A lot of things actually. My family, Disneyland, currently One Direction...excuse me as I get distracted. The answer to the initial question is YARD SALES. The yard sales are so beloved in my family that we have actually coined our own verb for our weekly outings- "yard sailing". We are pretty legitimate. I mean, in what alternate universe would I ever wake up on a Saturday morning at a quarter to 8 for anything other than a yard sale? I would if it meant I would get to meet One Direction...but again, I digress...

This week's edition are finds found in the good old city of Payson, Utah. I could not believe the amazing items I found. Forget high-end Orem yard sales with their, "I'll sell that jacket that I bought at DI to you for $15 dollars because even though I spent probably $3 bucks on it, the fact that I at one time purchased and owned the jacket makes the value triple in rate." Ya....no, thanks. Payson sales know deals. I mean you have yard sales to clear out crap, therefore saving you the back breaking effort of loading all the said crap you didn't sale into the back of your truck to haul to DI. For all the amazing stuff I found I didn't spend more than $10 dollars. Thank you Payson, and thank you Grandma for being willing to barter down prices because I am too pathetically shy to do it myself. 

1. pair of 1940's daniel green red wedges 2. vintage embroidered clock (it works!) 3. adorable vintage squirrel cookie jar 4. vintage christmas ornaments 5. 1930's double wedding ring quilt 6. vintage ceramic mustache mug 7. 1950's french lady lamp (i can't even you guys...I think I legitimately drooled) 8. vintage dick and jane novel (I am a huge sucker for cute illustrations) 9. 1930's wall calendar graphic framed (there is a story written on the back. apparantly this hung in a poultry farm and the woman who penned the story saved the print from rain leakage) 10. vintage ceramic fawn (i might be a tad obsessed with woodland animals) 11. 1960's embroidered clutch

I am currently having the funnest of fun times decorating my room with some of these items. Items that will not be added to my room will be sold on my Etsy shop-NerdyBirdyVintage. Check it out here!

Terrific Thrifts Tuesday

1. Two words. Vintage. Bambi. Made of wood!! Isn't it completely melt your heart worthy? I found it at my local thrift store, and for a buck (no pun intended), I couldn't pass it up. It now hangs adorably on my wall.

2. I'm a sucker for Peter Pan. I am also a sucker for peter pan collars. I think I might have drooled just a bit when I saw this gem on the rack at the thrift store. I'm not a huge fan of 60's wear, but c'mon, you would have bought it too. 

3.You know that feeling? When you find something that you instantly fall in love with? You know, your heart starts beating really fast and you start thinking that if you don't grab it right then and there it will be lost forever and your life will never be the same? Basically that's what happened when I found this book. That, and I might have hyperventilated a bit. I LOVE ALICE. 

4. There is nothing I love more than 1940 era dresses. Styles back then were just so classy. It's blue, it has ruffles, and the skirt actually goes past my knees. Thank you modest cuts! Can you be in love with a dress?

5.Vintage MIA shoes. Don't know what that stands for, but I know that these wedges are totally retro, totally cute, and totally match with almost any outfit.