A Very Lucky Sock Monkey!

We were thrilled to see a fun article about Picking Sisters in the Savannah Morning News last week.
Better still, Pauline, Jeri's first sock monkey was mentioned. Here she is enjoying her 15 minutes of fame!

Thanks so much to Polly Stramm and here's a link to the article.

Vintage Trailer Rally!

It was a rare non-picking Saturday, but we went to nearby Tybee Island for a wonderful display of vintage campers. It was a perfect spring day for being outdoors and all of the campers were tricked out with vintage themes inside and out. The Tybee Campground made a natural spot for a rally (actually a fundraiser for several charities) and everyone there was really a happy camper!

 

Dogs were welcome and several campers had Scottie themes - we assumed because one of the brands of the "canned hams" was called a Scotty.

 

 

There were fabulous vingettes throughout with vintage table settings!  

Original light fixtures and accessories galore were

a treat for lovers of vintage and retro.

 

 

 

 

Warmer Weather Means More Picking!

The 67 Antique Outdoor Market is in Statesboro, GA - only 45 minutes up the road from Savannah.

 

Here's a vintage treasure we admired in the parking lot.

 

Who knew Ronald McD would be selling Atlanta Braves shirts?

 

I have always wanted a sign with Elsie's smiling face!

 

 

As many picking trips we have made over the last few years, we had

never seen a Ferris wheel for sale before.

 

 

Statesboro is home to the Georgia Southern University

Eagles.

 

Lots of metal kettles. Glad we don't have to heat laundry in

them over a fire.

 

This is Redneck intelligence at it's finest. This Weather Rope is genius.

Wet = Raining

Moving = Windy

White = Snowing

Gone = Take Shelter

 

 

 This booth had the best displays.

 

 

I love to see things recycled, but a wooden seat from an outhouse?

 

 

 

My favorite pick of the day was this vintage carved bunny pencil sharpener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picking at the Peachtree Highway Sale in South Carolina!

 

Last weekend we made our third trip to the Peachtree Highway Sale near Lexington, SC. Peach orchards line the highway and small towns like Monetta, Ward, Johnson, Batesville-Leesburg and Ridge Springs enjoy the extra business.

I recently read an article about the Little Free Libraries and was very excited to see one in Ridge Springs. A place to get and give a free book.

 

 

  It is heartening to see American flags everywhere along the highway.

 

 

 

We had a great lunch at the Jupiter restaurant. They have the largest collection of dinette tables and chairs we had ever seen. It was hard to choose a favorite.

 

It would have nice to have brought home this rusted pergola in front of an abandoned building for my rust-loving picking sister.

 

A water pump, worn red paint and a fun sign on the front door. 

 

 

Crumbling barns and exquisite homes - both familiar sites in rural SC.

 

 

  We didn't even know there WERE funnel cake fingers!

These buildings made nice billboards in their day.

 

Not very high tech, but if you were too hot, this was just the ticket. It was a few chairs set up around a fan. No kidding.

 

The American Pickers would covet this old GE sign.

 

What did we find? Take a look! This radio works!

 

 

These cuties are vintage Christmas ornaments.

 

 Never enough icebox dishes.

 

A FireKing Tony ESSO mug.

 

 

Our favorite pick of the trip was this cowboy bedspread.

 

Here's an assortment of tacky souvenirs we can't resist.

 

 

Then there are the odd, silly and just for fun kitsch treasures. Like tiny plastic babies and teeny ceramic animals

  

 

 

 Green Melmac-like dishes and a pink jewelry/hardware chest.

 

 

Howdy Doody!

 

 

A card of bobbers for fishing and an Easy Money game. 

 

 

 

Lots more fun stuff to put in our etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/pickingsisters soon!