The Picking Sisters are back on the highway!

We headed south to Florida for picking along the A1A highway sale last weekend and checked out lots of estate sales, community sales and garage sales along the coast. We brought back lots of treasures and we are busy adding them to our etsy shop. Even a paint by number, which are getting harder and harder to find.

 

Jeri never gets tired of finding cool signs on thrift shops. Here's a new favorite.

 

 

We stopped at one of those corny stores that sell Florida oranges and souvenirs. The owner

must have a great sense of humor. Poor Mickey...

 

 

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! 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

It's Picking Time Again!

     We have our picking mojo back with a trip to South Carolina and one to North Carolina this month. Great vintage treasures, lovely scenery in the Smoky Mountains and as always fun photos, giggles and lots of cookies. You know it's picking season when you score 5 paint by numbers AND a sock monkey.

     The latest monkey is named Elmer and he wanted to see the scenery so we propped him up to see out of his window. He is now enjoying his new family at Jeri's house.

Our travels took us to Seabrook and Beaufort, SC, Flat Rock and Asheville, NC and a Salvation Army warehouse sale right here in Savannah. Laura found this funky award for the Friendly Letter Writing Contest.

and a great weather vane for her yard.

Because my alter ago is a cowgirl, I couldn't pass up this metal bunkhouse. I added a

cowgirl and Woody and a horse (of course).

     For the woman who longs for a more genteel time when vanities were part of the bedroom, here are a few treasures we found. See below a Christian Dior wig box, a refillable Avon powder puff wand that holds dusting powder, pastel shoe tress and a box of shoe mitts.

     The barn is filling up again with new finds and we have some items in our etsy shop that we are ready to mark down. We're celebrating a great summer of sales at mysistersbarn that we are opening a SECOND ETSY SHOP. The current shop will be all items on sale and the new

shop will feature the most recent finds. We hope to have it set up by next week

and will create a post when it's open!

In the meantime...here are a few of the cuties you will see for sale in the new shop!

Some days I think I live on this street!

Highway 67 Sale

April means it's time to head over to Hwy. 67 near Statesboro, GA for one of our favorite outdoor sales. Heading out before daylight, we were rewarded with some great vintage treasures!  We hope you'll enjoy seeing them before they make it to the shop. (If
they do!)







We had never purchased a flour sack before and fell in love with the colors
and design.

Sometimes it's fun to sneak away and buy a treat for the other sister. This tiny little piece

made in Japan is for Laura's bird collection. That's a ring inside to show you how small it is!

  This is just one of the lot of can openers and "church keys" we bought. Instant collection!

  They'll look fab in a bowl on a bar.

Four white chenille pillows. Charlie the dog likes them too.

We added an estate sale to our days travels and it was a very worthwhile detour.

Isn't this boy chalkware wall hanger for pot holders sweet? He's an oldie.

Need a cabinet for baseball cards? A cool way to display them. 

This girl scout towel dates itself with the uniforms!

Ah for a more genteel time. This fun stand is a holder for hand towels.

We never fail to get excited when we find another paint by number!

A vanity box for hair clips.

Kitschy bookends from the funky 50's.

A red Aladdin thermos in perfect shape.

Perhaps this beautifully painted kleenex box cover that hangs on the wall

shared the bathroom with the hand towel holder!



A Florida Trip for the Picking Sisters

We both took a Friday off of work and headed to the Gainesville, FL area for a weekend of picking. No big sales this time, just local garage sales and flea markets. Armed with maps, a Garmin, 2 iphones and a Samsung tablet we plotted our route with Craigslist sales and local newspapers. Jeri STILL managed to get us lost. So much for all the new map features - she looked like a air traffic controller with a lap full of devices and screens. And STILL couldn't tell north from west. 

The other Picking Sister says I should show more treasures on these posts, so here are some of our favorites from this weekend. Of course there will be a funky signs and sights along the way...

These squeaky clean party games from the 1950's are hysterical!

 The original drink charms for your parties.

Jeri loved these teeny tiny rollers - only 2" long.

Two of our favorites - dogs AND paint by number!

Emmett Kelly was from Savannah so we were thrilled to find this paint by number.



This refrigerator magnet is one of a set of 3 we bought at Salvage Sisters.





Anyone need a plate?



Couldn't resist a trip to the Salvage Sisters; one of our favorite spots to wander and shop.

These gals are in Yulee, FL.

 





A collection of swizzle sticks from hotels in Miami, FL and Kansas City, MO.


 













One of the most amazing places we have ever been is the Horse Retirement Sanctuary we discovered in Alachua. It deserves its own post, so I will add it tonight. Watch our etsy.com site
etsy.com/shop/mysistersbarn  for the other treasures we picked in Florida!