The results of a day of treasure hunting! My mom and I decided to get up early and hit a tag sale at a local Masonic lodge - she ended up with a flute for $25! (and I finally found an old Scrabble game - I was beginning to think there was a strange force field around me that prevented me from ever finding them!) Then we hit a couple other yard sales around the area, discovered a new thrift shop, one of the local Goodwill Stores and after lunch decided to check out a favorite - Gresham Lake Antique Mall. What treasures! I found some wonderful old cabinet photos and prints of photos and now that I've decided to collect cornucopia/horn shaped pottery - they're popping up everywhere (and at 50% off - who could resist?). Mom found a solid maple dining table with 6 chairs for the enormous sum of $95 (can you believe?) it's perfect for her piano students - they have once a month study groups and meet in the sun room. Dear friend Mike helped with the table (the hazards of having a truck and being a kind soul). Did I mention it was SOLID MAPLE? Holey moley it was heavy! When we went to pick it up, someone had dropped off a wonderful tray table - coffee table. Painted/crackled and perfect to go with my funky old sofa - woohoo! What else - wonderful pieces of pottery, handblown glass candlesticks, crocheted & embroidered linen that I forgot to put in the photos, a needledpointed pillow in a Maggie Lane design, a pen & ink drawing (probably european), a little china doll, I know I'm forgetting things, but I'm following my dear friend Elizabeth's example and posting pics of the weekend's finds. (and dear friend Denita says there's a new place to check out - Suzanne's in North Raleigh!) (btw - Elizabeth, Denita, Mom and I are serious treasure hunters! Well, not SERIOUS serious - but man do we have fun and find TREASURES!)
