Who are the Picking Sisters?

We thought it would be fun to post a profiles of the Picking Sisters! You know that we live for garage sales, estate sales, highway sales, thrift shops and flea markets all over the southeast. You know we love vintage pre-loved housewares and funky home décor. And that we opened an etsy shop to sell the oodles of "other people's old stuff" at etsy.com/shop/pickingsisters but did you know...

 

This is big sister Jeri when President Eisenhower was in office.

 

Favorite Pick: Anything marked 25 cents like

 and

 

  

Collects: Sock Monkeys & anything Curious George like

 Elmer and Pauline

 

This is Jeri's lucky picking hat

 

Important to know:

 

Great at trivia

Lousy housekeeper

Always late

Wants a goat

Crossword champ

 

Household includes Jelly the cat who does yoga

 

Claim to fame: Once made a bull laugh

And

This is Laura probably laughing at Jeri's goofy ponytail.

Favorite Picks: Any paint by number and quilts like

 

 

Collects: Tiny dogs

 

  

This is Laura's lucky picking hat

 

Important to know:

 

Savvy traveler

Fabulous cook

Always early

Can make Jeri laugh with only a look

Constantly improving her golf game

 

Household includes dog Charlie who she taught to dance

 

 

  

Claim to fame: Can read a map AND follow a compass

 

Please see more picks on Pinterest at Jeri Gale on Pinterest

 

We wish you all the giggles we have shared as

sisters who are also

pickers! 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Remembrances of Past Pickings

     We hit a fabulous neighborhood garage sale this morning, but the *&%^%$#@ camera is on the blink again, so can you imagine our treats in only words We scored a divinely old globe for Jeri's collection of vintage globes, a large wooden box with a yummy celeryish-aquaish paint patina & an old metal Tetley Tea can. We also grabbed two funky green & orange trivets from the 70's & a 1953 map of the Ocean Highway from New York to Florida.

     It's always fun to find something we've never seen and we found a game called BEANO by Milton Bradley that looks a lot like BINGO, but is advertised on the box as "The Peppy Party Game for Young and Old"!

HILLBILLY BUBBLE BATH!

So please forgive us the lack of new photos & enjoy some of our favorites from our first highway sales when we were just rookie pickers!

You know it's a good sign when pickers are welcomed!

Laura loved the charm of these greeting card samples.

This is the booth where they sold the HILLBILLY BUBBLE BATH...

A must have for Jeri's growing postcard collection.

 These S & P cuties are marked Chille and Willie.

We bought lots & lots of retro bowls.

William Shatner circa 1993!

A fun reminder of a simpler time before cable TV.

  What a sight to see a hole clothesline of these panties for amazons.

How many Potatoe Head ties have you seen?

Beautiful and still works!

The kinds of signs that make our hearts flutter.

Yet another raccoon for a family member & raccoon collector that probably
 wishes we'd stop
bringing her back every kind of raccoon-themed item possible!