Thrifted Art and the Prettiest Thrift Store

I had a very full, fun, and thrifty weekend. There was a beach visit, some cleaning and organizing, and glorious thrifty finds. The two beautiful and artistic vintage purses in the picture above were $1 each. The Namco 5 games in one set was $3 at a yard sale, the sunglasses were $2. If you look closely you'll see a 1950s Japanese little-girl planter I bought for $1.

 This screen print reads "Copyright the Nestle Company, Inc 1975" on the bottom right, it's signed Barry Ross. The thrift store owner has it erroneously labeled as watercolor on canvas and sold it to me for $6. She threw in the mat and frame I found (picture above) for free.

This fish "applique" was made in the San Blas island of Panama by a member of the Kuna Indian tribe. It's called a Mola. It was sold to me for $6 and it will be beautiful matted and framed.I plan to sell this and did a lot of research to find a fair price, but I'll be sad to see it go. I love the colors and graphic design.

This studio pottery teapot and cup was a happy find for $2.50, the set of owl cups was $4. I've already used the teapot to steep yerba mate to great effect.

The cup doubles as a "lid" for steeping the tea and for storage. I think this design is brilliant. Unique looking, a bit sculptural, and resourceful. 

The thrift store I purchased the art and vintage purses from was covered in this blog post. When I visited this Saturday I was lucky enough to meet the owner, Barbara. A passionate vintage collector. She was kind enough to give me and my friend excellent deals and showed us the back room, which I didn't know was assessable when I first visited.

Behold the most beautiful thrift store in existence:

 The back room of this thrift store in St. Augustine, Florida.

After some passionate conversations about vintage collections and art my friend Shoni were extended to dig through some stashed boxes of valuable vintage goods over some tea. Can't wait for that adventure to unfold, we'll definitely be back!

This blog post is linked to:  I Just Whipped Something Up Monday / Metamorphasis Monday / Making The World Cuter / Motivate Me Monday / Southern Hospitality Blog / Thrift Share Monday / Debbiedoo's Thrift Share / Twice Owned Party