Dig This Treasure!

Wow, hard to believe that over a month after my trip out there, I still have tales to tell about South Carolina. 

After our two previous treasure-seeking trips were pretty big busts, we decided to head out to another nearby town–Summerville–to see if there was anything good to find out there. Our first stop was the Summerville Antique Gallery. 

Right away, I knew it would be at least good for window shopping. It was a huge building with lots of little booths throughout. 

For the most part, prices were more reasonable than they had been at the place the previous day. Some were still pretty high. My dad was really interested in this Coca Cola stadium carrier. It had a strap that you’d wear around your neck–you know, to walk around baseball games and sell pop. 

But I looked it up for him and it was priced a little higher than what they sell for on eBay. Whomp whomp. 

I thought this was a pretty cute ways to display cards and other paper items! I loved those teeny clothespins. 

Here’s some of the cards close up. 

Cuuuuuuute! 

Does anyone know if these civil war bullets are legit? I thought they were but maybe I’m dumb. 

This thing was so cool…but what would you do with it? 

Ok, so I found a few cute things to purchase. First up is this adorable little girl sitting with her dog on a dresser. I don’t really know why I bought this or if I really need it (answer is no) but it was too cute to pass up. 

I also found a collection of these little trinket boxes. I’m almost positive that they’re new, but I still thought this one was too cute to pass up. 

Yep! When you open it up there’s a tiny little dog bone inside! 

I also bought this small, beat up chalkware dog for my mini shelf.

Anyway, we knew it was time to leave when I spotted this piece of sheet music.

I actually immediately hopped on a plane and flew home to Michigan.

-Sarah 

Time to update y'all about is the rest of my trip to South Carolina! I told you about how the flea market was a bust, so when we left, my mom looked up where we could find an actual antique shop nearby. She found one and we drove to it, but it ended up taking us to a grocery store parking lot when we followed the directions. This grocery store happened to be by a Goodwill, so of course I made my mom and Ann stop in to see if I could find a Big Hug Mug. I know. We’re obsessed. I didn’t find a mug, but I did find a brand new copy of NOS4A2, which is a badass book if you haven’t read it yet. 

Finally, we discovered that the antique store had changed locations, and were on our way. As soon as we pulled up, we were pumped. There was stuff all over outside, and the place looked pretty big! 

However, upon looking at the first few items, we knew this place was going to be mad overpriced. 

I know Dr. Pepper is mad good, but that’s a little too much for a pop crate. 

Oh well–we had to make lemonade. Even if stuff was overpriced, there was a lot to look at. It was a booth style antique store, so there were some cool rooms/areas, including this Pyrex room. 

By the way, if you’re into Pyrex (and other cool treasure seekers), be sure to check out the Pyrex Thrifter Sisters’ blog! 

Ok, back to the store. There was a lot to look at and sift through…

I wonder if that boy knows he’s now world famous. 

I really liked this old cabinet. 

I enjoyed that this Christmas postcard had a very Halloween-y font–the icicles really make it… Christmassy and not at all creepy. 

There was one thing I almost bought: 

My oldest niece had an imaginary friend when she was little, and his name was Tiko. A year later when her younger sister was of imaginary-friend-having age, she started talking about HER imaginary friend. And his name was My Tiko. I sent this to my brother and it gave him a good laugh.

You’ll be shocked to hear that my mom didn’t buy a single thing. I did buy one super teeny tiny beagle mini that I found, but that was it. 

The highlight of the day/night occurred when we went to my aunt’s new enormous house and met her two dogs. Here’s me with the super cute friendly one. OMG, he’s the cutest muppet. 

Now, here is a video of his brother. Before I got down there, my mom kept referring to him as “Cujo” and now I understand why. 

Stay tuned for a few more SC updates! 

-Sarah

I mentioned last week that when I went to the Chelsea Antiques Market a few weekends ago, there were many things to see that were very hard to resist. Here are a few of my faves. 

Frankly, I don’t understand this terrifying plate, who would want it, or where it came from. I hated it so much–it just made me feel icky inside. Clowns are already scary enough but this one has a SAW in his doctor bag, a hammer in his hand, and golf clubs for no reason. WTF? 

Sarah and I were dying when we saw that someone had, with a red sharpie, made poor Big Boy’s eyes super bloodshot. Either that or he smoked some powerful ganja. 

I enjoyed that this seller didn’t know for sure whether a) the doll was very old or b) it was even a doll at all! 

I hope the Ultimate Punk finds this vase, because it was especially made for him/her. 

I call this masterpiece Terrifying Zombified Ceramic Hunter Boy, with Dog.

Some special anniversary cigs. 

NUDE LOVERS.

Ok, I saved my favorite for last. Every time I look at this picture, I LOL. 

This is what Erin looked like when the nurses told her it was time to push. 

-Sarah

Oh my gosh. I know it will be hard to top Everett’s debut on the blog, but we have to keep things rolling here. Right?…

OK, FINE… I’ll show you ONE more picture of him… 

Squeeeeeee!!!!! 

Ok, back to our adventures in Grass Lake a few weeks ago. So, after Sarah and I left The Copper Nail, we decided to drive to nearby Chelsea and hit up the Chelsea Antique and Collectibles Mall. I tend to forget that antique malls are places where I might find cute things, so I was glad to have the opportunity. There were actually a lot of cool things at this place, one of which I already blogged about–my adorable pose dolls! Here are some other cool booths & things: 

Below you’ll see a little Cairn Terrier figurine that Sarah spotted. She has a Cairn Terrier so she was interested in this little guy but he was priced outrageously. I just looked online and it seems these are fairly abundant on eBay, so Sarah–go get one! 

Even though this sign includes improper punctuation, I loved it. There were a stack of these small signs for sale but again, they were priced $15 or $20 each, which just seemed to steep for a piece of paper. 

I LOVED this baby quilt but it was also priced a little high and even though I’ve bought things for my non-existent baby in the past, I couldn’t really bring myself to do it here, but now I sort of regret it. 

I really wanted this book but figured I could find it cheaper online. I think it was marked $12. Turns out I was wrong about this one! The cheapest one on Amazon used is $23. Whomp whomp. 

If you look close at the prices, you can see this is a baller collection of mason jars. I was just taking note the other day of the fact that hipsters enjoy drinking things out of mason jars, so maybe this is where you go to get a jar that is different from other hipsters’ jars. 

Sarah was interested in learning more about old things and what draws me to specific items. I gave her a perfect example of something that is tempting to buy (cute, cheap, different)… 

….but that I need to start training myself not to purchase. In this case I did ultimately decided that I did not need to purchase a miniature figurine of a beagle wearing a dress, playing a harp. You’re welcome, Adam. 

There were lots of funny things to see here, but I’ll save that for a rainy day. But before I go, you want to know what I came away with, right?!

I couldn’t resist this mug–since I love hounds and love coffee. The sexist rating scale on the side sealed the deal. 

I got this little piglet for my miniature shelves. He’s cute and weird. 

I also got another vintage baby blanket but I forgot to take a picture of it. 

Oh I forgot to mention the best part about this place–it’s connected to a bowling alley!

Fun here for SURE! 

-Sarah