My first garage sale of the season and its a DOOZY

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The most magical of all the seasons is soon upon us- garage sale time!  Around here, its been chilly and not quite full into the season yet, but last weekend, on a whim, I glanced at the ads about 10am Saturday morning.  No good garage saler waits till late Saturday to make their plans for the hunt, but I hadn't thought about going out.  I didn't realize there would be any up and running to beckon me.

Plus, I thought it was Friday. 

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But no, it was Saturday and by the time I saw the ad that read "all vintage clothing, hats, jewelry, and shoes" I was at the very tail end of the best sale I've ever seen in my life.

Yep, this is my haul from the dregs of the sale!!!!!!

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15 floral hats at $5 each.  And I hear that I missed out on a lot that sold the day before.  Along with bags of old jewels, but hey, I don't cry over what I missed. I'm thrilled to have got this load of treasure.

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The clothes were amazing too.  I bought this cinamon colored lace dress for $10.  I think I'll cut it off to wear as a jacket over a tee shirt, right now it is floor length. Which is pretty, but I doubt if I'd ever wear it as a dress.  I can see it getting a lot of use as a lacey jacket with jeans, though.

IMG_9759 And I just can't wait to slip this over Sugarwing's head!  Won't she be an angel in this gown?

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It has such pretty details for her to smear mud, paint, ketchup and chocolate on before she tears it.

Hmm, maybe I won't add this to her dress up closet, I'll save it for "special".

30 thoughts on “My first garage sale of the season and its a DOOZY”

  1. Looks like beautful finds Karla~~~
    I went to Heather Bullard’s garage sale this weekend..and now I am having a hard time deciding what to re-sale and what to keep!
    Hope your bird song event was wonderful wish I lived closer:)
    Kay Ellen

  2. Carla, I am sure you will look great in the lace jacket and find many uses for the rest of the lace that you cut off the bottom. You go girl.

  3. Laughing because I lost a day this week to and missed some sales.Hmmm…Wonder if anyone else lost a whole day and can’t find it? Warm Blessings!~Amy

  4. Great haul!! Jenn and I drove around for about an hour while waiting for our turn at the beauty shop and didn’t see anything good! They just had junk out yesterday. Glad that you scored better. Looking forward to Bird Song!!
    Sandy

  5. Oh Karla, What beautiful finds you found, thanks for sharing all the beautiful things. I hope your weather is getting warmer. Have a wonderful week. Hugs, Terri

  6. Diana Connell

    Well hey!! The mother of all garage sales!! You tried to tell me garage sales were a good thing. Now I believe you.
    Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have a good eye, and to be clever enough to think how you will cut that lace for a jacket. Hope Sugar Wings loved looking at the eyeballs. Hope you all had a blast krafting this weekend!!

  7. Haul is right! I saw a few garage sale signs myself this past Friday but didn’t have time to stop at any! Sugarwing’s dress is just beautiful!

  8. Wow, I want to go garage saling with you! Love all those hats. I adore vintage hats with flower and have been collecting a few. Wishing you a beautiful week.
    Hugs,
    Kathy

  9. I can’t imagine this being the dregs. Holy cow Batman! You scored Miss Karla. I’d love you to enter my Romantic Prairie Style photo challenge…
    Hugs,
    Judy

  10. WOW, you hit hte motherlode. I rarely find things like this in Atlanta. I miss the midwest, they had fantastic yard sales. Sea Witch

  11. OMG, Karla, This is a major haul and I cannot believe it was the second day! I don’t think garage sale season will start in Minneapolis until next month. Still a little snow on the ground. It is time for some good estate sales, though. I am always game for those!
    Those flowers are some of the prettiest I have seen. I am SO GLAD that you are going to put Sugarwings in that dress! It is meant to be worn!!!
    Hugs,
    Suz

  12. sheesh. There are not any estate sales that good in West Texas, let alone garage sales! I see that I will just have to make another trip up to your neck of the woods… 🙂

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