Antique Shopping

Hubby and I headed out to Amish Country on Saturday to do some antique shopping. It was fun, but I don't think I ever want to go back on a Saturday EVER AGAIN! I'm not one for large crowds and places were so packed that I was elbowing people out of the way to keep them from stepping on me. We didn't even find a place to sit down and eat lunch! We ended up getting beef sticks, some marble cheese, and a half gallon of chocolate milk and chowed down in the car. I did manage to find quite a few treasures while out and about.

 

I found this quilt for $5(!!!!). It's quite ragged and stained, but I think I'm going to tea stain the whole thing to hide them. The ragged parts are just part of it's charm.

 

Lace doilies galore! Only $.50 a piece.

A beautiful handkerchief.

 

 Maybe my favorite find, a vintage baby dress.

 

Look at this wonderful embroidery!

 

An old book filled with organ music. It was published in 1863.

 

 

I also recently purchased some vintage metal buttons from ebay. Some of them came in! These are my fire department buttons. I should have 5, but in my excitement of opening them I accidentally dropped one in hubby's car. I sorta forgot to grab it, but I'll get it as soon as he comes home from work. Thought they all appear gold, only one of them actually is. The rest are silver.

 

I finished my mug exchange giftee's gift as well.

I have so much stuff to work on today! Better get to it. However, if I get a chance later I'll post again and include pictures of 2 week old lab puppies. ;) Here's a sneak peak!