Of Florals, Lions, Fur and Nightgowns

This was a big one.  Last Saturday, we (my grandma, little cousin Jay, and I) went to a community yard sale (which was not too great) and two of my more favorite thrift stores: tiny St. Martins and BIG Hospice.  I also have a small Hospice thrift store I frequent, but that's for another time ;)


So, first off was the community yard sale.  Talk about disappointing, I didn't really see anything too old at any of the houses.  However, one of them was filled with costume jewelry.  Obviously, that's the one that called my name.  I got four items for $10, more than I wanted to pay, but I thought the pieces were fairly unique and these were actually marked down prices as-is. Expensive garage sale.  

pin-loved the flowers and colors in this one.  It feels so joyful!

Reverse carved lucite pendant, I have a pink and purple orchid one that I love,
so I was super excited to find this one!

a wire-wrapped rock necklace, this is just so me.  I love rocks and such, and this is a really pretty
lavender color!

This is possibly the most bizarre piece.  It's a necklace with a pendant made of driftwood with a stone attached.  I couldn't just leave something like that there.




Next place, we went to was the St. Martin's thrift store, and we learned they were closing down and changing to a once a month yard sale at their church, so sad :(  It was a really good day there, although I did pass on a 1960's Betty Rose coat, because it was just too big (I have the worst of luck when it comes to finding vintage coats in my size). 

So, first off was this adorable Henson nightgown and robe set.  It's in an almost highlighter pink color with little embroidered rosebuds sewn onto it. I was thinking 70s because of the color, but possibly earlier.  $5 for the set

And here's the robe that matched adorably. 

The collar is possibly the cutest thing ever! 

the little pockets and lacy sleeves on the robe are so cute!

And the Henson Kickernick label (that is an awesome last name!) 

A sheer turquoise CHAUS blouse, I loved the color and the sleeves! This 80s or 90s, but for $1 I'm not complaining. 

 details!

 And Made in Japan and not China! Score!

Lavender colored belt with gold buckle $1 

I really needed some belts that would go up on my natural waist, and this is the perfect size!

Brown cord handbag, doing a little research this looks to be a 40s handbag, sweet!  I knew it looked old, but in practically immaculate condition.  These bags were styled after the popular and high-end Corde' handbag brand. $4

And probably my favorite find of the whole day was this Accessocraft stretch lion's head belt.  Gorgeous detail and in perfect condition, I can't find much about dating this one, but it's probably only 80s.  Another natural waist belt, and I've already even worn it out!  $3




And the last stop was the BIG Hospice thrift store.  This place is huge and I usually go through the racks in my favorite sections: dresses, coats, and lingerie, then just skim through the rest of it. I got a really odd conglomeration of things this time!

 I have no idea of this age of this one, it has a more old-fashioned styling to it, but I'm thinking 80s.  It's rather pretty though, and it should look great in a photoshoot. It's by "Jeri New York," a label I could find practically nothing on. $4.25

 Scarf with rounded edges and "modern" circle print.  Such a pretty pattern with great colors $1

No label on this one, but this view shows off the rounded edges which are kind of unusual.  


 This one is a bit of a mystery, check out all of these tags: 

a total I don't know and  a remove by consumer tag, kind of like a mattress, I guess...?

A Borg company label and a Canadian hatter's Union tag

3 tags full of information, and yet trying to find any info or similar hats is turning to be fruitless.  So, Borg "deep pile fabric, A subsidiary of the Bunker Ramo corporation" is what I have to go on. and there just seems to be nothing.

But anyways, it's a faux fur trapped hat.  And this is how it was presented to me when my 3-year old cousin found it while crawling underneath the rack of shirts. Tied up like a nice little package. It's a good thing he was being a little crazy or this wouldn't have found it's way to me.  $2 

 Trying to  display this while not on my head was kind of ridiculous.  The trailer made a good display of it though.  I have always wanted one of these, don't ask me why.  The last one I saw that I wanted was $40, so $2 made me much more happy.

 Bed jacket!  This thing is so soft it's ridiculous $3

Pretty quilted details!  

 I was kind of gutted to see somebody had cut out the label.  So, now I'm not sure whether this is an original 40s/50s/60s one or just one made a few years ago.  It seems older, but that doesn't mean much, I suppose.

 And my other favorite find of the day, this gorgeous 50s/60s nightgown, it really is quite a heavenly piece, and I've already got photoshoot plans for it. $3

pretty lacy details! 

Kayser label, Made in USA (woohoo!)

And my pile of clothes I was shooting.  They make quite a pretty set, am I right? 

Told you it was a lot of things ;)  I hope you enjoyed living vicariously through my thrifting adventure!  I can't wait to put these goodies to use!