A Fall Rummage Sale in Far Hills! Who doesn't love a good rummage sale??? They are my all time favorite events to go to, finding all those lost and forgotten treasures discarded by many, waiting to be purchased and brought back to life. The saying is true one man's junk is another man's treasure, especially for me, who recycles everything and brings it back to life.

Mom and I were ready to go at 9am and headed out a half hour away to the sale, which is held twice a year in Far Hills and organized by the VNA. If you have bever gone here before, it can be overwhelming for first timers, who get lost in one booth and forget about the others, eventually winding up with the many who come to buy and stand on line to enter the booths for awhile.After 7 years of attending twice a tear which brings me to 14 times, I have become the pro, learning more and more each year. First off I slip out of my good shoes and put on a pair of chic rubber boots, so I can avoid ruining my good ones from mud and dirt and pack a large tote to carry items on my shoulder.Then I go to the sale at exactly 9:30am, no later or earlier, and head straight for the Holiday Booth which never has a line. I take my holiday bought purchases back to the car and go back to shop, next stop the kitchen and house ware section, which usually has a small moving line, after I find my wares, again I head back to the car.Now its off to the trims and fabrics, tatting stuff, followed by the books. If I am not exhuasted I head over to the other booths or leave and grab lunch, normally we are there for about 3 hours, by that time I am ready for food.After lunch we head back to my house and admire our wares, this year I made an extra stop on the way home to an Estate Sale in Long Valley, buying another box of shine bright bulbs, metal cigar tin, wooden toy pull and trims w/ a basket.Then we made it to my house and checked out all our treasures. I bought old canning jars w/metal lids, apothecary jars, spice jars, candy jars, test tube containers, sterling silver platters, teapots and cake stands, Bailey's Moon Mugs, vintage books, loads of trims, lace and costume goodies, shine bright bulb sets, vintage mercury glass, tinsel, and more.

Hope you enjoyed my Rummage Sale Adventure!
xo!
Lisa!

Going to Wildwest City, The City Running Wild!
After visiting the many tea parties in Mermaid Land on saturday, I had to run and stroll through the huge Rummage Sale hosted by Barks(a dog/animal group, with proceeds going to help our little furry friends), which was held at Wildwest City in Stanhope, NJ, about 15 minutes from my house.Now if you aren't a rummager or have no patience to look, then these things aren't for you, quick glances do not cut it, you have to actually dig in and look, like a treasure hunter looking for gold. Now I must say I found the most amazing library card unit for $40, however I had no room for it, until I finish my studio, so I had to walk away from it, trust me, it wasn't easy, LOL!
Now before I share with you my finds, Wildwest City used to be one of NJ's prized amusement theme parks resembling well, The Wild West, http://www.wildwestcity.com/ complete with a ghost town, crickety shoppes and train, like Frontier Land at Disney, it was so cool, at least I thought so. I had always loved the stories of the Wild West, as a child my gramps and I would watch the Old Western Movies, we still do today every so often, so of course I was going to like it there. So when I heard of the rummage sale, I had to go, A. To support Barks B. For the treasures C. To See Wild West City Again!Well it was packed and filled with tables, tents and stations filled with goodies. I went into the one tent which had the higher priced stuff(like $1.00 and up, LOL)and I found a 1920's Staffishire Mother Goose Storybook Cocoa Mug, which matches the Mother Goose Figurine I bought in Omaha, I spent $3.00 on my Mug, Then I found to Vera the Mouse (Hallmark) Tins for 25 cents each, along with a Dutch Charlotte Style Doll Bell for $1.00, that's $4.50, then outside I headed for the tables, where you fill a box and they quote you a price on the way out. Here I am at the Holiday section of the sale!Glenny took the photo, by now he was probably bored, LOL!

Here I found a huge box and started to fill it up with vintage Halloween and holiday picks, vintage plastic deer, bunnies and animals, glittered deers, velvet/suede deers which are perfect for glittering, shine brite bulbs, woolworth satin bulbs, bouillon wrapped bulbs, vintage beaded ornaments, millinery flowers, plastic millinery flowers, 1950's bunny characters, Kitchy stuff, tinsel, and ornaments.
Here is the cute Candy Shoppe Store (not-opened off course) at Wild West City, which I snapped a picture off before heading over to the ceramic and kitchy kitchen stuff. Here I found a porcelain Marie Antoinette Style/Illustrated Candy container with ornate lid, Marie Antoinette tea tin,two illustrated tea plates, kitchy raggedy ann small wood block, a cermaic circus harlequin doll, small circus ornaments, 1950s cupcake accessories, a beige tackle box, and rootbeer glass pump bottle, rhinestone jewelry pieces and postcards in bag.

Here are some pictures of those beaded ornaments:I used to make beaded ornaments as a kid with the kits they used to have available....After leaving the cermaics area, I worked my way to the books finding another vintage Marie Antoinette book, its 500 pages,illustrated and devoted entirely to her from the 1920's, along with several vintage craft and paper books, music sheets, a 1950s Religious Illustrated Easter book and a children's book from the 1930s.

Want to guess how much I paid?.......................................for the books, the tackle box and the giant box of stuff?.............$12.00, yep $12.00 dollars plus my $4.50 at the tent...You could say I left extremely happy. Glenny rewarded me with my finds over luch at Belle's Mansion, they have a great bar pie and friendly/amazing staff.

Well I'm excited, hope you are too! FYI, my stuff is still half way boxed, I have to get this studio done asap so I know where everything is, LOL!