#estate sales

[vinceaddams]

I'm so good at not buying things at regular stores, but estate sales are another matter entirely. So many odd little tools in the 1-5 dollar range. So many old little thingies. I do so love to acquire weird old little thingies. Yesterday I had no salad forks of any kind, but now I have silver plated salad tongs.

#they were 3 dollars and I'm definitely going to use them! #thrifting #estate sales

[shiftythrifting]

A collection of inexplicable pins I found at a very bougie estate sale. The hog pin came home with me.

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #estate sales #pins #buttons #bugs

[nostalgicfun]

#estate sales #nostalgia #nostalgic #grandmacore #food #tw food #decor

[fungusqueen]

I went to an estate sale today and unfortunately, none of the beautiful vintage hexagon quilts pictured were for sale. They were more damaged than what is shown in the pictures. I ended up buying the orange crochet blanket, some fabric, vintage christmas ornaments, and some fingerless cashmere gloves with amanita muscaria mushrooms felted into them by the daughter of the woman running the estate sale

#vintage quilts #vintage hexagon quilt #vintage hexagon quilts #vintage #estate sales #crochet #crochet blankets #hexagon quilt #hexagon quilts

[packratshiloh]

Estate Auctions are such a rollercoaster of emotions for me 'cause I can't help but to research the deceased and learn all sorts of things from the combo of research and items in the house. Especially for small town estates where names start to look familiar in the genealogy.

A handful of vintage cards put me on a rollercoaster of love, family, and loss. An unfamiliar name leading to people who were once my neighbors, a beloved highschool substitute teacher I had, and baby items belonging to a child who left too soon. Connecting to research I did weeks ago on another old home going up for sale that used to be the town general store. It almost feels like you learn these families lives just through a single item. Especially when so many of these homes are like mini time capsules. Breaks my heart but makes me happy at the same time..to get to share a memory or feeling with those no longer here...and to hold a jar of their teeth that was surprisingly in the auction box.

#vintage cards #vintage valentines #estate sales #history #genealogy #time capsule #small towns #shilohscollection #text #auctions #death

[lightlyknitted]

Start crafting on a budget

So you want to get into knitting/crochet or any number crafts and don’t know where to start? Or you’re on a budget and worried about spending a bunch of money on something you might not like?

There are a few places you can go to find discounted supplies. It will take just a little bit of work and dedication to get there. I’ve listed a few places to start below in order from what I think are cheapest to more expensive.

Local buy nothing groups

Hands down, the cheapest way but might take the longest. If you have a facebook profile (or make one specifically for the groups), asking a local for free and for sale or buy nothing can be a great place to get a start. Just remember to be polite and follow the group rules and it could lead to some good bargains. Because these groups are heavily dependent on you I can’t really recommend any good ones. Even in craft supplies don’t pop up in these groups my local free and for sale groups often help me find #2.

2. Yard sales/Estate Sales

Yard sales or Estate Sales can often be a treasure hunt, much like buy nothing groups. If I am looking for vintage materials or simply older craft supplies I will prioritize Estate Sales. This is because of an important distinction, estate sales generally happen after a death or a sudden move. Estate sales can have good deals but it’s important to remember this doesn’t always happen – some estate sale organizers will raise prices if something has a high resale value online. Generally I haven’t seen a big increase in yarn or already finished projects.

(One estate sale I went to even offered doilies and linens up by the bag.)

Yard sales can have a good selection but it’s important to know that this doesn’t always mean unused craft supplies. If you find one of these listings online, it would be a very good idea to check any photos listed or the description to see if you see supplies that might interest you. For some yard sales, you can try haggling, I am not sure on estate sales, but that might depend on who’s running it.

3. Second Hand stores

Second hand stores can include your local thrift stores and or chain thrift stores (ie Goodwill, Salvation Army ect). These stores will vary each week in what is offered, in person. Prices are generally good, it can depend on your location and who’s running it. I’ve found that the chain stores have raised their prices to be a bit more for yarn bags than they used to be but some mom and pop shops will give you bags for cheap.

Another option is to go the online second hand store route, like Ebay, Craigslist or shopgoodwill.com. Ebay can be good for lots of things and for more vintage patterns / old and out of date booklets. A lot of the things on these stores might not be brand new or fresh but might be a bit cheaper than starting fresh.

4. Dollar Store

Now, if you have a Dollar Store near you there is a good chance they’ll have a decent starter selection of yarn and knitting needles and crochet hooks. There are a few different types of yarn and because each ball is $1.25. I wouldn’t recommend this for the long term for at least normal acrylic because it’s a bit more expensive to shop the Dollar Tree than the sale section of a box store.

The needles and hooks are pretty limited in sizes so I highly recommend looking at a second hand shop for those.

5. Sale section of your local big box store

The sale section of an online retailer or big box store is another great place to look for discount craft supplies. The yarn selection can be great and the coupons can be used for other notions. I personally like Joann's or Michael's for big box stores but for online retailers I like knit picks. Your local yarn store (if you have one near you), is also a great place to get help or find other crafters. Some even carry budget friendly yarns. (I personally like Berroco as a budget yarn!)

#knitting #crochet #fiber arts #resources #budget friendly #dollar store #estate sales #yard sales #knitblr #crochetblr

[d1gnan]

some stuff that caught my eye at the estate sale

#talk tag #mine #estate sales #vintage

[rutledgeexchange]

18k Vintage Band

Working on getting this cute little vintage wedding band on #Etsy tonight. Very little of the original engraving remains- all but buffed off at some point.

This was an estate sale find. Gotta Love a great vintage wedding band. Perfect for a stack .

Currently playing:

#estate jewelry #Vintage Jewelry #jewelry #estate sales #antique jewelry #rings #Vintage Wedding Bands #Spotify

[mumblelard]

i have only seen one frog all summer but i have eaten three whole watermelons

my son saw a hellbender salamander in the mountains last week. it was near a swimming hole that we have been going to since i was just a kid, their whole lives, and in all that time, we have only seen hellbenders twice before

bought this polaroid at an estate sale yesterday. based on what i could see in her house, she was a graphic designer who worked on product packaging, her nickname was bunny, and she loved her cats. thank you bunny

last summer everybody was talking about the joro spider invasion, but i think something around here figured out how to eat them, because there are a lot fewer of them and the ones i do see are a lot smaller

noticed a latent pet peeve this week and the act of naming it has baader-meinhofed it all over the damn place. stupid apophenia

i went to the store to buy a whole chicken to roast and i came home with a ten pound bag of chicken legs and i have no one to blame but myself

on wednesday, i partially remembered, eventually refound, and finally rewatched this sad-funny-sad german movie, in the aisles (2018), about the night employees at a kind of german costco outside of leipzig. in the mumbleworld, cinematic forklift driving scenes are way more popular than car chases

#saturday morning #hellbender #a woman named bunny #jorospider #watermelon #a woman named drown #frogs #polaroids #estate sales #in den gangen #baader-meinhof #chicken legs #extra large drummettes #forklifts #summer #my own personal solstice #end of message #halloween #costumes

[vinceaddams]

There's another estate sale coming up soon and I fear I am at risk of finding more cool and useful thingies.

I hope I find a nightstand, my bedside lamp is just on a stack of boxes. And it's also more of a desk lamp, which I will move to my desk once I come across a more nightstand sort of lamp. I also need a short, small, sturdy table to put my sewing machine on, because the big work table is much too high. Hopefully the dead guy had at least one of those 3 things!

#estate sales #normally they're pretty far apart but this month there's 2! #and a lot of the time I am Thwarted by not being able to get a drive and them being too far away to bus or walk

[shiftythrifting]

Found her at an estate sale in Athens, GA. She stayed where she was.

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #dolls #estate sales

[nostalgicfun]

Estate Sale Toy Tables

#estate sales

[omgfloofy]

I’m doing this as an image since I don’t want to drag anything down on the meaning that’s being presented in the original message nor do I want to bring hate on the people posting it. But at the same time I want to add something on this.

My most creative time with cooking came from when I was unemployed, and barely able to afford the roof over my head and to keep the bills running. I had a really really old Kitchenaid (I think retailed at like $150?) cookware set that I got when I was living with a roommate. (And I still have and use it to this day, while it’s like 14 years old now.)

I couldn’t afford to eat out a lot at that time, so I experimented and played around with making dishes that I really liked. This often meant playing around with boxed items from the store, or just making things from scratch. I learned to make several portions of tonkatsu for less than $7 or $8 total. It would give me 3-4 meals out of the week. I also recreated several restaurant dishes for a cheap cost.

You don’t need fancy equipment to recreate flavors you like. I had a partially busted electric stovetop that had an unevenly cooking oven and no fancy appliances in my kitchen - I lived in a dirt cheap apartment at the time that was in a low income area.

I can’t argue on the large city part, being that I had a grocery store nearby, but I also knew when to go to said store - based on when they were removing meat from the butcher counter and discounting it to get rid of it. I bought that frequently and kept freezer bags to freeze it in parts since it was just me. Even if you don’t live near one, learn that time for where you get food on your own.

The most unique thing I ever bought for my kitchen was an oven thermometer, but those aren’t expensive. You can find those for less than $10. I needed it to find the hot spots for my

Look up Dylan Hollis and his videos. He doesn’t use stand mixers or anything, to show that you don’t need that stuff to make the things he makes.

Another online source for recipes that makes things easy to follow, no matter what you have available to you: Food Wishes. His stuff is great and some of his recipes are now staples in my lineup.

If you want to get better cooking equipment, look up estate sales or garage/yard sales and buy them second hand. Good brands will last you a very long time. (Case in point with my kitchenaid stuff.) Also look up cookbooks at your local used bookstore, or even just get them from estate sales.

Another thing to remember: if things aren’t purchased at an estate sale, it usually just goes into the trash, so you’re basically saving something from the landfill in that case. Estate sales are always your friend,and they almost always happen at least on a semi regular occurrence, regardless of where you live.

And one of the recipes I made during that period is very much my own and one of the favorites my friends enjoy me making. You never know what you can and will accomplish when you’re forced to be creative in the kitchen.

#i always encourage people to learn to cook some more #cooking yourself will always be cheaper than eating out #it does take some effort #and everyone can learn to cook #i promise this #i wanted a cake when i was 7 and mom told me to make it myself to teach me how to cook #don't worry she watched and made sure i didn't burn down the house #it made me way more confident in the kitchen though #cooking #estate sales

[reravubin]

I love her

#porcelain dolls #estate sales

[televinita]

"We see your Barbie movie and raise you 'Barbie's Uncle's Uptown Estate'."

#i think I will make an effort to go for sheer amazement even though it is outside of my normal zone #hopefully I will not bet too mobbed by swarms of actual collectors/enthusiasts #estate sales #barbie #and is there a boatload of non-Barbie pink stuff too? you know it #p.s. FLASHBACK MOMENT I think I had Mermaid Skipper and the twins?? #which...if I did I should still have them because I thought I kept all my barbies #but there is a small chance I didn't like her enough and sold her in a garage sale at some point

[tinajoweiss]

Estate sale finds

#cotton fabric #fabric #quilts #quilting #estate sales #tinajoweiss #dragonfrye #powderriverhomestead #tinaweiss #philipsburgmt #montana #bigskycountry #cottage core #handmade