Estate Sales Finds

 

Over the weekend my husband and I went to a few estate sales. I use to get excited about this the night before but lately sales listed as ESTATE SALES end up being nothing more than an over priced yard sale. I can not tell you how disappointed I get when I see that. However I will say that sometimes while at those "bunk" sales, I meet others who share info on OTHER estate sales going on. Neat-o! This is what happened last Saturday. I have learned some valuable lessons. One, you always go see even if it may be bunk. Someone may just let you in on valuable info. Two, you always go see even if other people say it's JUNK. There wasn't much at the first Estate Sale but while in line I heard a lady say there was another down the road. I also heard her say there was another one off a main street. Another lady there mentioned a sale in the basement of a church but she said they had nothing but "junk".  Normally when I go to sales... I know what I'm looking for. This time it was vintage costume jewelry sets, bakelite and vintage handbags.

 

 

Unfortunately I did not find ANY of this at the first sale. The second sale was a bit better! I'm not sure if someone came and CLEANED it out while we were at the first sale or if they really did not have much to sell. It was SLIM PICKINGS but we did manage to get two beautiful Mid Century Vintage Paint by Numbers pictures similar to this:

 

 

and

 

I found a large vintage leaf pin / brooch similar to this.

 

 

The pin was .50 and the pictures were 1.00 each!

As I said, it was slim pickings but one of the things I adored about that sale was the inside of the house! It was built in the 1950's and it still the original PINK bathroom! Pink tile, pink sink and shower! The kitchen also had original turquoise VCT flooring and a vintage pink double oven complete with round bubble glass! Swoon city!

 

After this sale we headed for the church basement sale where it was said was a lot of "junk".

The "Junk" the lady spoke of was vintage! The man running it was kind and let me know that today everything was 50% off. Much to my surprise they had just what I was looking for! LOTS of vintage costume jewelry sets! The prices were already LOW and to get an additional 50% off... I felt like I was robbing them blind. I bought ALL the sets they had as well as some super cute vintage brooches.

As if we needed MORE items...we did some FREE STYLING and stumbled across some yard sales.

One of them had vintage handbags galore! I bought 5 of them. I also found a bracelet that looked like bakelite for .50 cents! Could not tell if it was for sure but at .50 cents I took the chance.

 

 

After this sale we found a parking lot sale that had a lot of antiques. We stopped and browsed for awhile but the items were a little pricey. As soon as we got home I tested the bracelet and found it to be bakelite! All in all it was a GRAND day!

 

 

 I had also done some thrifting the week before and thought I'd share my finds!

 

 

retro red rockabilly bandanna blouse

 

 

retro black velvet like evening jacket

 

 

pin up yellow cherry print sundress

(this actually sold right before I posted it)

 

I added these to my shop so if you are interested please come on by

http://stores.ebay.com/delovelydelux

The Retro Glam Girl

 

 

Bakelite or Plastic?

Is she wearing bakelite or plastic?

 



I am one of those girls who loves to accessorize! I love vintage jewelry as it tends to go with most

of my outfits and I rarely leave the house without it. I'm in love with bakelite. I have a small collection (REALLY SMALL) of bracelets that I adore wearing. Before I got my bakelite, I had about 10 plastic bracelets that I wore in place of. Some of them are thick and look carved and others are smooth. All are vintage. Now that I have my bakelite..I seldom reach for the plastic.



bakelite

 

The other day I paired two spacers (which are really think bakelite bracelets) with a large plastic black one. Why did I feel odd doing this? Like it was TABOO. I almost took them all off but then again I rather liked the way it looked...so I left it. Am I bad? Is it wrong to mix the good stuff with the cheap stuff?

 

 

plastic

 

 Do any of you do this?

 

 



Happy Anniversary

On May 19th my husband and I celebrated our 1st year

wedding anniversary. To celebrate we did a number of things. We went out to some antique and vintage shops in the city of Orange, CA. He bought me a lovely red bakelite bracelet and we also got a much needed vintage record player stand! My husband was very kind and also gave me Mad Men Season 4 ( I was missing that one)! I bought him a bowling shirt and a Johnny Cash shirt and paid for the record player stand as my gift to him. Later that night we got a little dressed up for cocktails and dinner at the fabulous Dal Rae!

 

me ready to celebrate!

 

If you haven't been to the Dal Rae yet, I suggest you go! It houses some of the most delicious steaks and the outside of the restaurant is very mid century. Delicious food, very strong drinks and a gorgeous atmosphere!

 

 

Outside the Dal Rae

 

 

Inside the bar area of the Dal Rae

 

 

The beautiful dinning room

 

We had a reservation but got there early just to have some cocktails. I had a mai tai and it was super strong but delicious! Dinner was amazingly good and I was happy that we actually got to sit in one of the booths!

 

 

Outside the Dal Rae waiting for our car.

 

After dinner we headed on home to enjoy some champagne and dessert! I made us a lemon cake

with butter cream frosting. I had these sweet retro Barbie cake toppers that I did not end up using for our wedding but had decided to use for our anniversary. I thought it would be a sweet tradition to bake us a cake every year and to use these cake toppers.

 

 

My mom had bought them for many moons ago and I had them in my hope chest and really wanted to use them for my Anniversary cake. I had also did a little digging at the thrift shop and found some vintage champagne glasses for us to use. The cake cutter was given to me (along with a cake plate) by my mom. The heart shaped HAPPY ANNIVERSARY box was a thoughtful gift from my cousin.

 

 

All in all it was a sweet way to celebrate!

 

 

The next day we both had off of work and so we spent it at Disneyland.