Monday, January 26, 2009

Vintage Find

Hello, hello! How was your weekend? Mine was good...lots of organizing and trying to get my sh%t together. I completely re-organized my "throw stuff in" closet. Whew...I'm exhausted but relieved. It had to be done!

Since it's winter here the yard sales and fleamarkets have been sparse, which makes for infrequent vintage find posts. But, my Mom did manage to find an estate sale (as she somehow always does) and picked up these lovely, kitsch bird plates. They are made in Japan and we think they were produced in the late 1950's. They have elements that remind me of these framed birds and doily clocks. I think they would be perfect above a nightstand or in a small hallway.

37 comments:

  1. nice find! mmmm. an estate sale in the winter...a diamond!

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  2. I have those Pleasie. I don't have the plates just the holders. I bought 4 small and 2 big years ago. They were at a flea market in Oregon. I still love them. Great find from your mom.

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  3. Such cheerful designs!

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  4. These are so great! Your mom is too cute. :)

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  5. so cheery & charming- what a great find!!

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  6. Love these! I could see them as part of a collection in the hall... would be super cute!

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  7. Very sweet. How neat that your mom is in on the action with you!!

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  8. You guys find the best stuff!
    Congrats on the closet organization! Doesn't it feel amazing?

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  9. They are so sweet and charming!

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  10. Oh so pretty! Cheep Cheep! :)

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  11. So sweet! I don't recall ever seeing these in my hunts anywhere, your mom's got a good eye!

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  12. I enjoy all of your vintage finds!
    I so wanted to continue cleaning and organizing today, but I'm trying to catch up on all the blog visits I missed last week.

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  13. Love the color - very nice find!!

    :)

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  14. Those are fun! My mom loves birds. She collects all different kinds. She would love these!

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  15. Those are sweet! And I love the swirly, scalloped holder.

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  16. Great find!!!! I am so glad you got your bird! Please post a pic when the little guy is on your wall!

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  17. Gorgeous! Estate sales are the bomb. x

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  18. what a sweet mom you have:) Those are so fun!

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  19. these are so lovely! i really need to start going to estate sales. what fun!

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  20. Bird motifs are really in wright now, these are really cute and adorable.

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  21. you have such a good flea market eye. you should open up an etsy vintage store!

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  22. they are fabulous- am still thinking of the lockets...

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  23. Oooh! I want I want I want! These are so cool. I'd love them to hang on my kitchen walls. I've never seen anything like these before. Great find!

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  24. So cute! I always envy people like your mother, I wouldn't even know how to find an estate sale, let alone fine lovely goods like these!

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  25. Yay for momma Please Sir! Nice work by her. Clearly the chick didn't fall far from the nest. :-) Apparantly thrifty goodness is in your genes.

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  26. Oh, I am so jealous! These are fabulous, just too cute:)

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  27. Good idea to hang them! That's clever and I wouldn't have thought it myself.

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