SMASH!

Alas, recently while I was gone on a 3 day backpacking trip up in the Shenandoah National Park, there was a slight accident involving my beloved rooster pitcher I blogged about in an earlier post.

You see, apparently I was not careful about putting it back upon the shelf. I put it in  a bookshelf that was not completely full of things and one of our cats decided to jump inside the shelf and here is the result:

Needless to say, my husband was probably not too happy about breaking the news to me, as I'm sure he knew what was going to happen....must I say I cried a tear (or two)? Yes, I know, it's only a thing, but a favorite thing at that!

After sharing this with my some of my fellow vintage bloggers and resellers, one of them (Mad Maine Vintage Shop) suggested I turn the pieces into a mosaic of some sort. Why didn't I think of that? Luckily the trash had not been put out and I was able to rescue the pieces and will turn them into something else. Next time I will be more careful about where I put my collectibles.  Stay tuned to see what I turn the pile of shards into!

Updated: 24 Jan 2014:  These shards ended up in trash. I decided that it wasn't worth the effort. Lesson learned. More to come....

Theming It Up at the Thrift Shop

My space at the local thrift shop consists of only a set of shelves. This was the only space available to me so I'm trying to make it work.

I've decided that I want to devote part of the space to a dedicated theme each month. After finding these adorable little girls' musical trinket boxes (too cute to pass up, under $3 each), February's theme is going to be horses.

Enchantmints Horse Ranch Music Box

They will go really well with this vintage Carrigaline Pottery (Cork, Ireland) hunter ashtray...
 

... and Secretariat and Seabiscuit collectible Breyer horses....

 Also going on the wall space, this vintage Kentucky State souvenir plate.....

I just love this set of horse head bar utensils.....it's hard for me to part with them!

Unfortunately I did not inspect this large beer stein (made in Holland) very well before I purchased it, as it has a small chip near the base. I will discount it and add it to the shelf anyway because I think another horse lover might like it and besides, it could also be used as a pencil holder or something else. If it doesn't sell, I'll keep it!

And lastly, I thought this 1997 game for children, called Horse Show, contains some beautiful horse playing cards that a crafter could turn into any number of things (mini note pad covers or a garland,perhaps?). Maybe some youngster who loves horses would love to have them.

To those of you who sell in thrift shops, do you frequently create a theme in your booths?