Goodwill Find..... 1963-1987 Fisher Price Melody Push Chime #757 Toy

     Hello vintage lovers!! Today I have a goodwill find to share with you. I have been picking up some vintage toys the past few months and this caught my eye today. It was in the toy bin with all the other toys so at first I didn't even know it was vintage. It is the fisher price melody push chime #757 toy. 

     Now in my research I did find that this particular toy was made the exact same from the late 1960s to 1987 then they changed the design. There really is no difference in the toy in over a 20 year period. It is marked copyright 1963 buuuuuttttt that is for the graphics on the toy not the actual toy. Not sure many people realize that. 

     It does not matter to me when it was made because I just love the graphics on this toy and it still works great, best part is I only paid $1 for it!! I will add this to my ever growing toy collection, my hope is to be able to add these under my Christmas tree at some point but my youngest has other plans about that. 

Christmas in July.... Bag of Ornaments

     Hello vintage lovers!! I wanted to get a few more Christmas in July posts up but my laptop went out on me, and lets face it I am no good on my phone. But we are back up and running now so here is a $1 bag of ornaments I found at a yard sale this past weekend. 

     The little santa that is in the second pic is the whole reason I bough this bag he is worth the $1 to me! Look at that adorable face on him!! The second pic are some cute santa face ornaments, they look like annalee but I couldn't find them on google. Then there were just some random ones that I will re donate I am happy with what I am keeping for $1!! 

Salvation Army Finds...... 1970s Fisher Price Circus Toys-Early 70s Tic Tac Toe Set with Marbles

     Hello vintage lovers!! A few weeks ago I went in to the salvation army and they had all kinds of 60s/70s boys toys (I say that because it was mostly trucks, robots and cars). There was so much I wanted to get but they prices were a little higher than I could pay (they have caught on to reselling I think) but I did manage to get a couple of items. 

     First in a bag I found the #991 fisher price circus train animals (not all of them) I could not leave them there. I thought they were so adorable. I love the fisher price animals like this (I have a few farm ones too) the bag was only 2.99. I got the tic tac toe for my older son he is really into old marbles so I thought he would like this set, it was 2.99 too. The other items have not sold too well for them I was in there just the other day and the tables are still full but maybe someone will come in and make an offer on all of it for them. 

Christmas in July!!!.... 60s Roly Poly Santa Chime Toy

     Hello vintage lovers!! This is a recent Christmas find, I went to salvation army last week to check out their Christmas in July sale that they do every year and found this cute guy. He was my only purchase on this trip, there wasn't a lot of vintage Christmas at all.

      He was only 4.59 (a little more than I usually pay but they are getting wise on their pricing, bad for me) and in very good shape to be as old as he is. I could not find a maker for this guy and he is not marked but his face is so sweet. On etsy and ebay similar ones are selling for $20+ so I did get a good deal and he will make a nice addition to my Christmas decor inside or on my covered porch! 

Farmer's Market Wild Flowers in a Repro Jadeite Vase.... Enjoy!!

     Hello vintage lovers!! This past weekend I went to my local farmer's market and found these beautiful wild flowers. There was actually 2 bunches in small glass jars but one of them started to wilt so I decided to use my repro jadeite milk jug vase. I love the look of this with the color of the flowers it turned out so pretty! Wish I could grow flowers like this, I would have them all over my house! 

Christmas in July!!!.... Lefton December Angel Figurine

     Hello vintage lovers!! Went to the Goodwill last week and seen this girl in the showcase. I asked to see her and the girl behind the counter said a little lady had looked at her earlier but didn't want her cause she was broke. I said that is ok I love her anyways so I brought her home. 

     She was only .50, she is a Lefton December Angel. I did not realize that at first though because she is missing her halo on her head, also a few of her poinsettia petals are broken and that is fine, you really can not tell she was supposed to have an halo or the missing petals. 

     Atleast she has her arms and her leg and all of the green leaves are in good shape! I thought her face was so sweet and I love little girl figurines so much!! So thank you little lady for being so picky cause I am very happy with this purchase! 

Christmas in July!!!..... 1960s Made in Japan Angel Tree Topper

     Hello vintage lovers!! Yes, it is another installment of Christmas in July! I found this pretty lady at my local salvation army for .59. She is a little on the dirty side (mostly her face) but we can fix that real quick with a little water and soap. 

     She has plastic hands and head, paper foil wings and a very pretty material dress. She still has her card board insert at the bottom to put her on a tree and her made in Japan sticker. Similar angels are selling on ebay and etsy for $25+. She will make a great addition to my other angels at Christmas! 

First Goodwill Find In Over 2 Months!! Percival Duffin's and Elton Kirby's Tin Salt and Pepper Shaker

     Hello vintage lovers!! As you can tell this is an old post it is from about a month ago, it took me that long to take pics of the shakers but her it is anyways. This is the only vintage item I found at the goodwill on their opening day. Now I will say that I was only there for about 15 min so I did not get to look look around (cause a fight broke out over bags of makeup, not gonna get into that but I had to leave cause that was crazy).
     Anyways.... I found this set of percival duffin's and elton kirby's tin salt and pepper shakers. They are in very used condition, they have paint loss, scratches and dents but I had to buy them. My grandmother had a set just like these that she used all the time on her stove. This purchase was more for the memories than to add to my collection but to me that means more. The set was only $1 and will be displayed with all my other salt and pepper shakers. Was hoping for pyrex or jadeite, even some vintage Christmas but none of that was to be found, I did get to see a cool fight though......

Christmas in July!!!.... Corsages

     Hello vintage lovers!! It's Christmas in July time!! I have been saving all my Christmas finds up to this point for this month. As you are going to see I have not bought a lot in the past 7 months, I have been being more selective but also with thrift stores being closed and hardly any yard sales there hasn't been a lot of seclection anyways. But I do feel like I have done good with my picks. 

     Today I have a Christmas corsage haul for you. As you know I started collecting corsages last year and my collection has come along nicely! I got these at an indoor flea market earlier this year, they were only $1 a piece. One of them is mostly greenery with a few berries (I don't have one like this yet) the other was my favorite with mercury glass ornaments, candy canes and pinecones. The one at the bottom (which you can't see very well but the box is nice, I will do a full collection pic in December) was one I found at my salvation army the week after Christmas, I only paid .25 for that one in the box! It is really nice with pinecones and mercury glass ornaments too. I really like to find them their original boxes (makes it easier to display) but you know me I'm not going to discriminate 🤷‍♀️

Something I find ironic is how now a days if you say or write x-mas, people go off saying that you are trying to take the Christ out of Christmas. But this corsage is from the 50s or 60s I believe and this corsages box has xmas on it. I believe back in this time period everyone was going to church and there was a lot more religion in households but yet they did not mind this. So why do people shame others now? Just a random thought I had when I seen this and it is not the first time I have seen xmas on vintage Christmas items........ 

Throwback Fun... Goodwill Find.... Pyrex Spring Blossom Gravy Boat and Saucer-Butter Dish

     Hello vintage lovers!! I am pulling more of my throwback items out of storage for a turn in the spot light! It is always fun to shop my stash, I usually do not remember what I have stashed away in my closets. Like I have mentioned before I have a bit of a hoarder gene (came from my grandmother) but I am working on my hoarding. I am letting things go that I do not absolutely love. 

     These items are the pyrex spring blossom collection. The butter dish reminds me of my grandmother, she had this butter dish on the table for long as I could remember. The gravy boat and saucer are a little harder to find. I got these at a goodwill in a box with two berry bowls and 10 coffee cups with the same print for $5. I donated the coffee cups and kept the bowls, gravy set and the butter dish. Well worth the $5 for sure! 

Homeplace Finds..... Enesco Pink Prayer Ladies Shakers-Rooster shaker/creamer set

     Hello vintage lovers!! I posted a few weeks ago about going up to my granparent's homeplace, I explained exactly why we call it a homeplace in that post. When we went up there to get the marbles I also got a few of my grandmother's kitchen items, I had no idea she even had these, never saw them when I was a kid. There was a lot of items that I did not remember seeing as a kid but like I have mentioned before, my grandmother was a hoarder so she kept everything. That stuff was probably packed away long before I was ever born, cause lord knows she would never throw it away... 

     Something you may not know is I love the Enesco prayer lady collection, I have wanted this collection for about 10 years now. I mainly wanted the blue set but beggers can't be choosers you know. I have picked up a few pieces (I think at least one is in a post on here) at thrift stores. You can only imagine my excitement when I found these ladies in a box of stuff. One has been repaired but pretty much all the pieces I own have a repair to them (again back to the beggars can't be choosers thing). I also picked up this rooster, his head is a shaker and his body is a creamer pitcher. She also had the hen to match him that her head is a shaker and her body is the sugar jar. She had a very big crack repaired so I left her there it was too noticable for me to display. I was super happy with these couple of items I brought back home plus it makes it even more special that these belonged to my grandmother. I told my dad that I should just stop going thrifting and just go look through my grandparent's house!