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...

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windy Day

      We  made an early trip up the road to Statesboro, GA for the Highway 67 Fall sale. Hurricane Sandy off the east coast made for a dark, cold and windy morning. The weather may have been gray, but the picking was great.

See a few of the treasures we picked!

The picking sister was taken with this red phone. I think now she

 feels like she can pick it up and talk to the President.

I am not much of a cook these days (may I defrost something for you?), but

am always attracted to child-sized kitchen toys. We scored twice today.

Tiny cake anyone?

If you are a picker, you have seen a lot of simply ugly lamps. Beauty must be in

the eye of the purple and mid-century modern-loving beholder. Laura loved

these lamps.

We spent quite a while poring through boxes of a family's

momentos - report cards, photos, college papers, awards and

 gifts from a large Ohio family over the last 100 years. Sorting

through the stash was like reading a detailed history of this family.

We finally made a purchase - each  of us got a beautiful spelling

report card filled with gold stars.

This is the largest dresser set we have ever seen. Can't wait to research it for the

etsy site, www.etsy.com/shop/pickingsisters.

Visit our online shop to see more of the vinatge goodies we have recently added!



Back on the Flea Market Road Again!

One of our favorite areas to visit and shop for vintage treasures! Divine mountain scenery, cool evenings, wonderful locally owned restaurants and hiking to waterfalls. And of course miles of walking in warehouses packed with vintage goodies.

Every trip to Asheville includes a trip to The Tobacco Barn. We made quite a few purchases

and of course Jeri was busy taking photos. I thought this was the ugliest lamp ever, but Laura who loves everything mid-century thought it was fab.

From ladders to letters, kitch to oddities this warehouse is stuffed with an incredible number

of items to browse through.

This juke box record player is on my wish list!

Another not-to-be-missed place for vintage is ScreenDoor in Asheville. We wandered for

hours and saw the only other Blue Horse coupons we have ever seen. (We recently bought a large jar of them!)

We always stay in Flat Rock, NC at Highland Lake Cottages. Imagine how tickled we were to find a white peacock on our back porch. Must have been a good picking omen.

Jeri loves goats - baby goats, old grandfather goats and even metal goats. Flat Rock abounds!

Just for grins I texted home this picture from our trip. I didn't mention that it was a stuffed display at the Ranger's station...

NEVER enough photos of cool signs.

Lots of large outdoor markets are filled with more new stuff than old, produce and tools, but we

did find a few vintage items.

These cucumbers were huge!

We saw a large structure at Smiley's covered with a tarp and couldn't resist sneaking underneath. It was an amazing merry-go-round! 

Sun City, SC Sale Was Sunny Indeed!

We headed to Bluffton, SC despite the threat of rain storms and were rewarded with a lovely, sunny day and great pickings at the huge annual Sun City yard sale. Enjoy what we found!

 

Yellow was the color of the day. This windup clock works and we each

scored a fun yellow plate rack.

The patina on this potatoe ricer was irresistable.

Does it get any sweeter than this palm-sized Tinkerbelle?

Jeri found this baby bottle bank made by Know Glass for Charles Callet Co.

A $1.00 globe (& pencil sharpener!) for Jeri's globe collection.

The Picking Sister snagged this fab clothes butler!

This is the glider I got at a local church sale last year, but below is the

canvas material I bought so it will FINALLY have cushions.

Saved the best for last? This was a two-fer - two for $.25! A horse patch

for Jeri's all-things horse display shelf. The other score?

An account book we will use for keeping track of the treasures we pick for

our etsy site, www.etsy.com/shop/mysistersbarn