Mexican wedding plate

I love Mexican painted pottery and it's hard to pass it up when I find it at the thrift store. I found this one this weekend and it has so many stories to tell in the details. I'll let you read them yourselves. 

I love the wedding the best.

Mandy

A few of my favorite things

Haven't posted in awhile, but I have been thrifting and garage sale hopping, nonetheless! Here's a few (from the many) finds I've bought the last few weeks. 

 These cute little ceramic kitty teapots will look very cute on someone's Christmas/Yule tree this year

 I'm always a sucker for lovely painted Mexican clay pottery . I also found this lovely flower vase, too.

I am such a book hoarder collector/lover. But, I do so love finding lovely vintage books. This one is a French primer from 1894!  It's so lovely!

Thought I'd also share some of my bird and nature books I've pretty much found all of them at thrift shops, maybe an occasional one on amazon (used). I love looking through them and identifying some of the birds in the garden. There's some wonderful illustrations in many of them, as well as some poetry books about birds and nature. Happy Summer Solstice and happy hunting. (We've got more sunlight hours in the day to shop, Yeah!!!)


Mandy

Peruvian treasures!

Found these Peruvian treasures at my new favorite thrift shop this week, St Vincent's de Paul on Escondido Blvd. I love the ceramic donkey candle holder, he's so magnificent and a steal at $7!!!

Also found these two plump little fellas on my way out, $4 a piece. I'm so in love with them! They make such a welcoming addition to my bookshelf in the front room.

What thrift finds have you found this week? Let us know and share a link if you have photos or a blog.


Have fun thriftin' this week!


Mandy

Wooden and Ceramic Bowls and some other pottery

I've had an eye out for extra bowls lately and came across a few lovely ones. The above wooden bowl set came with a larger salad bowl and six serving size bowls, all in very good condition! Found them at a large thrift store in town, The Valley Thriftstore on Valley in the north eastern most part of Escondido. It's a really large store with lots to choose from. Prices are kind of steep for books (which  I am always on the look out for) but other items weren't too bad. I got this set for $10. Downside about this shop is I got to the counter and realized they only take cash (not posted at the door, only at the registers). They do have an ATM  but I really dislike paying ATM fees, so I had them hold and came back with some cash. At least I know to have cash on me next time I go there. There's another thrift shop across the street from there I'd like to try some other time.

This beautiful handcrafted pottery bowl was only a buck fifty (was 50% off). It is a lovely earth-toned color with imprints of leaves and seeds. Really pretty in real life. Got this one at the local Sally's. It's so pretty I want to just leave it out as decor.

The bowl below is also handcrafted pottery and a lovely light blueish-green glaze. Perfect size for some cereal or soup. It also was $1.50 from Sally's. I get some really good deals there, as recently they've had a lot of half off sales. 

My mom, sister-in-law and I went to the Vintage Marketplace in Rainbow this weekend. It was a beautiful, breezy day out in the country. Really nice spot for some vintage shopping and shabby chic decorating ideas. I picked up this cute little vintage Mexican pottery bird. I've just started collected Ken Edwards Pottery / El Palomar pottery. This one isn't but looks similar and looks nice next to the rest of my collection. 

Here's my Ken Edwards collection. One was a thrift find, one my mom gave me (probably also thrifted) and one I picked up on eBay for a decent price.

Had a fun weekend thrifting and vintage gazing. Hope you had a good weekend as well!


Mandy