Fave Find: Bisque Wedding Cake Toppers
Wow, hard to believe I still have stuff to write about from my trip to South Carolina. But I do… one last entry. After we left the Summerville Antique Gallery, we headed over to this crazy hot dog place called Perfectly Franks that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. This was enough to make me completely sold! The hot dogs at this place were crazy. Just look for yourself.
I don’t know why none of us ordered something super crazy. I just got a Chicago style dog. In retrospect, I should have tried something more adventurous. Still, it was a…
After our hot dogs, we headed over to an antique store next door. There were some cool things to look at.
There were four of these hippie hangers but I liked this guy the best.
I thought this cool print by Hatch Show Print might be valuable but it was priced correctly.
I also loved these little Frances invites, but when am I ever going to use something like that?
Action shot of my mom and Ann discussing something important.
Ok, so I’ll bet you’re wondering what the hell the awesome find was here, right? Well, I noticed these adorable bisque cake toppers on a shelf, but they were all priced separately even though it was clearly a set.
When I brought them up, I questioned the price but the guy didn’t seem willing to bargain, and the price of each was $15. I wasn’t willing to pay $45 for all of them, so I left because I figured I could find them online.
We started driving to our next destination and I started looking these guys up on eBay, and they actually seemed to sell for more than that on there, so I felt bummed that I had missed out on something I really liked at a good price. So I did what any brave person would do–I made my dad drive back there, and I sent my mom in with some cash to haggle for me. I told her I was willing to pay $30 for all three and she came out with them in her hands! Yeah mom!
In celebration, here is a picture of me and my mom sitting on a moon in the Moon Pie shop in downtown Charleston.
Moon Pies are disgusting, by the way. But that backdrop is dope!
-Sarah
I meant to post this before Christmas, but ran out of time! Better late than never, right?
These pictures show just a portion of Becky and Organ’s Christmas set-up. Back when we were just stalking them and didn’t know them yet, Becky’s Christmas pictures on Flickr were part of what made me know I had to meet them, even if it was just online.
Becky told me that many of the vintage and glass ornaments were her grandmother’s, but all of the Japan kitsch ones are hers. And for those interested in the story behind the tinsel tree, here you are:
“Well, I’d finally decided I was ready to give up on the whole conifer. I love the smells and the trees etc. But I was ready. Last year we’d seen like 3-4 aluminum trees in our local antique stores. We knew we had to hit up the stores before they put their xmas decor out. We hit our local store (What’s on 2nd in Crockett) just after Thanksgiving. Joann explained that she didn’t have any, she sold hers last year. We headed over to Martinez where we’d seen at least 2 last year…At the third store, Alley Cats in Martinez, the lovely lady behind the counter said ‘Oh yes! I haven’t put it out yet, but it’s all in the original box and comes with the rotating light.’ She took us to a storage closet and pulled down a cardboard box. The original $3 aluminum pom pom tree had been marked up as high as $395, down to $350 and now $299. I offered $260, fair even by eBay standards with the gel lights. It turns out the woman who had a booth at this antique store was from Crockett, so it was going back home!”
What a cool story! Many thanks to Becky and Organ for sharing their awesome decorations with us and our readers. I hope you all enjoyed your holiday and are looking forward to a happy, healthy 2014. I know I am.
-Sarah