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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Frogs, Eyeglasses and Treasure

I'm linking to these wonderful ladies partys..
be sure to stop in and visit other participants!

Vintage Alphabet Party at Etsy Cottage Style
Mosaic Monday at Little Red House
Today's Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality
  
2nd Time Around Tuesday at A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
  
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm
Vintage Thingie Thursday at Coloradolady

For the month of April,
ECS Vintage Alphabet Party if for the letters E and F.
For E I chose Eyeglasses.

I have several pairs that were from my Grandmother
and possibly my Grandfather, not sure.


The little round ones seem so delicate
They look like the glasses my Grandfather 

is wearing in a picture I have of him, my Grandmother,
my Uncles and my Mom.

The bottom center glasses are the style
remember my Grandmother wearing
while I was growing up.

For the letter F I picked Frogs.

I think the reason I'm so intrigued with them
 is because when I was little
I just couldn't figure them out.
They just didn't look like frogs to me!

These were my Mother's.

I know she had others
just not sure where they went.



These I've picked up here and there.
I especially love the pink one,
I'm partial to the glass kind.

XOXOXOXOXO

I had a busy weekend this past weekend
 so was only able to hit one yard sale,
and it was just an OK one.
I did manage to find something ;)

Fell in love with the color of this plate. ($1)
It's by Oneida China.
Heavy and good size.
The cute little Silverplate Shakers ($1) 
will make there way to my store.


They even had a few plants.
Nice and healthy. ($2 each)
I grabbed this pretty pink Columbine
and this other plant, don't know the name of it...
the people were Hispanic and
was all I could do to understand the price :(
It has pretty blue daisy like flowers with thin strap like leaves.
The flowers were open yesterday but closed overnight.

Ah and I can't forget this cute sign,
a little pricey at $3, but it was soo cute
and I knew just where to put it ;)

Wishing everyone a beautiful Springtime Week!!

48 comments:

  1. Love all your little treasures. I would of snatched up that sign too. Love those little salt and pepper shakers! I seem to have a thing for them lately. I can't wait for the garage sales to start up here!

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  2. Flower frogs and eyeglasses! Great Deb! And I love your found treasures too. That sign was a perfect fit in your garden too.

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  3. Hi Deb, I love your blog today about the eyeglasses and frogs. I recently joined ECS and today spending some time visiting around blogland. Have a great week!
    Vickie

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  4. Great treasures you found. I tried to see the unknown plant with the blue flowers better to ID it, but it's too small in the photo.
    Judith

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  5. Love your treasures and your mosaic!

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  6. Wonderful post and photos, love all your treasures and the pretty flower.

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  7. What fabulous treasures! Thank you for coming by my blog. I enjoyed your comments.

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  8. Nice finds! I could never figure out why they were called frogs either. :-)

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  9. LOve all your collections - so cool !
    Kammy

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  10. Love those flower frogs! Thanks so much for sharing your finds at MM. :)

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  11. Hi Deb!

    Love the plate!!!!!!!!!!! And frogs.....

    love, kelee

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  12. Great color on that plate! All wonderful finds, L

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  13. Great collections, You keep them in such good condition. The glass cabinet for the eyeglasses is the best.

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  14. Flower frog! Your glass one are my favorotes - so pretty and practical, too!

    Amanda

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  15. What great finds! I love the colour of that plate too!

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  16. Great post Deb!! That is so neat that you collect eye glasses. They each have such a story to tell.
    Best wishes,
    Chris

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  17. What great collections! I love the idea of collecting vintage eyeglasses.

    Kimberly :-)

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  18. What a great plate and I love all the frogs....but the best is the picure of your family.

    :) Michelle

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  19. wow,you are busy...so many parties...I love your old photograph and its nice you have things from your mom.

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  20. Sweet collection of little treasures.

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  21. Hi Deb,
    Great choices. Love the flower frogs

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  22. love all of your treasures and that pink frog is yummy..
    hugs from Savannah, Cherry

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  23. Good morning Deb, I love your post today. For some reason I thought you meant a real frog. HA! The laugh is on me. I love those kind of frogs too. The blue plate and the S & P's are a good find. Plants that flower for $2. is awesome but most of all I love the garden sign.

    I have to ask you a question. Are you the Deb that visits my post? Deb doesn't leave a link and she has been following my blog for a year. I want to find her. smile. Have a wonderful day.
    Hugs, Jeanne

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  24. Nice treasures. I love your silver plate salt and pepper. And I also love that plate you picked up for $1. I need to get to some yard sales this weekend.

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  25. Deb, what a gorgeous post. love the frogs and have picked up several too. that pink 1 is special. I'll have to follow you now.

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  26. Well now that you have your sign, you are set!! What a marvelous glass case, and treasures you found!! (could the blue bloomer be blue-eyed grass?)

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  27. Could that blue plate be more beautiful? I'm partial to turquoise and that beauty stole my heart! Love that and the shakers! Great deal on the plants and I really like the sign. Just think, what would have $3 gotten you at Target? Not that cute sign, that's what!

    Thanks for sharing!
    -Ann Marie

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  28. Wonderful treasures. I love the salt and pepper shakers.

    Janet

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  29. Luv those cool old flower frogs!

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  30. I have a couple pairs of my grandparents' glasses too. You've got a great flower frog collection. I'm still waiting to find some of the metal ones at a good price. And I only saw a little bit of it, but your garden sure looks pretty!
    Happy VTT!
    Carol

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  31. Love the color of the plate also. And salt and peper shakers, especially crystal ones, follow me home!

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  32. lovely treasures..my fav is the jadite plate :)

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  33. Those shakers are really cool. I love the green plate too.

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  34. The eyeglasses are fabulous - love the silver too!

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  35. Love all your treasures..I think I like the plate best and the little salt and pepper shakers. Happy VTT..have a wonderful weekend.

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  36. What great finds...I love the plate, the color is really nice, and what a great price! Have a great VTT.

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  37. Love the color of that bargain plate, and the sweet flower in the center!

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  38. Oh..the shakers...I think I need them!

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  39. What a great idea, killing all those birds with one stone. I love all the great stuff you got at the garage sale and it is so precious that you have your grandparents glasses and the picture with them wearing it. So cool!

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  40. Love that plate!! found you fromVintage Thingies Thursday!!

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  41. We call the spiky flower frogs hedgehogs, and the German word on their packing was Fakirbett!

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  42. Love your treasures! I heart the green plate and those cute little salt and pepper shakers! Nice collection of frogs too!

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  43. Hi Deb! Your silver plate salt and pepper shakers are darling and I like that plate too, especially the little design in the center. I am your newest follower, so I will be back to visit you!

    Love,
    Susan and Bentley
    xxoo

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  44. Great eyeglass collection and I love your green plate and shakers. Columbines are one of my favorites - they are getting ready to bloom right now and ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a great find in the sign you put in your garden - just sweet!

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  45. I have always loved frogs but not the floral arranging kind! I never saw them until I started Princess House over 10 years ago. I still have a few and they are acrylic. I really like them because I feel like I really can arrange flowers! LOL!
    This was a great post. Thanks. I was out of town for my MIL's funeral and missed liniing up today. But I still posted my cute linens. I hope you stop by. Thanks Anne

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  46. I love the old glasses. I have cat eye glasses from my fourth grade, the year I got my first pair of glasses. I love the truly vintage ones you have here. Thank you so much for sharing. Anne

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