Two Cats Vintage

 Hello there,
Sir Thrift-A-Lot asked me if I've got a blog going for our Vintage Booth at Valley Antiques in Dundas, Ontario. Yes, I finally do. Check it out at Two Cats Vintage. Besides exploiting my cats in the name of commerce, you'll find some fun things we're selling.
Thanks Sir Thrift!
Erin

Mid Century

 Hello there. I love, love, love living in Dundas. We have an old community centre just heading out of town that houses frequent country auctions. I put in the winning bid recently on this amazing "egg" teak lamp. It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture. Now we just need a teak credenza for this to sit on.

 Close encounters of a teak kind

 I met a really cool Pyrex collector in Hamilton via Kijiji (Canada's answer to Craig's List - but with much better layout) - named Kim. She figured out who I was through this here blog. Talk about a close knit thrifting community! She sold me this cool Barbed Wire divided dish. I've always wanted this pattern. Now I'm on the lookout for a clear divided dish lid.

 I met another Pyrex lover through Kijiji who lives in Mississauga. She was kind enough to meet me at a GO train stop and sell me a few pieces, including Golden Hearts. Again, I need a lid, but the day will come. It's funny buying Pyrex in a parking lot in West-end Toronto, but at least I'm not buying crack in a drunken stupor.

Kim also sold me these lovely Butterprint casserole dishes which are on display with my other Butterprint bowls, etc.
Thanks Kim!

Rummage-o-Rama

Between Friday evening and yesterday, I went to four church rummage sales between Burlington, Dundas, and Hamilton. The best one was in Dundas, but that may have been due to the fact that I got there pretty much when the doors opened. Those Dundasians are like a rabid pack of lions at a rummage sale I tell you!

P.S. Thanks for the nice comments. I'm really looking forward to blogging more and reading more blogs. 

 Big red Cinderella Pyrex bowl - $2!

Rustic hand made shoe shine kit with leather strap - $5!

 Conch shell - $1

Tupperware cake dome - $2

English cream and sugar pottery - less than a dollar!

Montreal Expo 67 drinking glasses. They cost less than a dollar. Sadly, I discovered that each one has a hairline crack, but they will still look good on display in our china cabinet.

 New Fiestaware mug - $1!

Totally eighties curling mug - $1. This was more than I would have paid but I also got the Fiestaware mug, a really cool Japanese cup and saucer (not pictured here), and the scale below all for $4, plus it's all meant to raise money to help the church, so I feel the opposite of ripped off.

 Bowling nut mug - less than a dollar.

 I got this glass for less than a dollar...

When I got home, I realized that I had thrifted two similar glasses back in Toronto. I'm not interested in golfing apart from mini golf, but I like the glasses. 

 I found this vintage cocktail shaker at the Value Village in Waterdown for 2.99!

 The Tom and Jerry made in England mug came from the Burlington church rummage sale and cost less than a dollar.

We needed a kitchen scale. Ken found this 'Made in West Germany' scale at one of the Hamilton rummage sales for $1. I love the colour. It reminds me of my seventies childhood. 

 This vintage CN Tower glass says, La Tour CN on the other side. It was found either at the Burlington or Waterdown Value Village for a dollar. On the back is the recipe for their Top of Toronto cocktail.

These vintage French onion soup bowls were $1.99 for the pair at Value Village. 

Back With Goodies

Hello there,

I'm sorry for the lack of posting. It's been a combination of my busy work life, an incredibly cold, dark and dreary winter, and a slower pace of thrifting that I haven't been compelled to take photos of my thrifty finds. Today was the first real springy spring day. Finally we have sunlight and I'm ready to spring back into blogging. Thanks for checking in. 

 My son joined a youth bowling league in Dundas and as a result, my husband and I have taken up ten pin bowling. Ken has started to collect bowling paraphernalia. Above is a Mexican bowling pin he bought from someone in Guelph via Kijiji.

 My awesome father gave us this old railroad lantern recently.

 Vintage treasures sit happily together on top of the fireplace.

 These are antique blowtorches. One was from Southwarks Antique Mall in Cambridge, the other from Valley Antiques in Dundas.

 We bought the milk can on a Maritimes road trip many years ago. Awesome father gave me the wooden pulley and Ken bought me the wooden folk art cat at Valley Antiques.

 Ken bought this Brunswick bowling pin at Valley Antiques this afternoon for $16.

 My son Duncan started collecting vintage pop bottles. I picked up some old bottles from local pop companies today at Valley Antiques. The Sky  Hy was $6.

 The Majestic bottle came with the Texola case and the two pieces only cost $5. I'm telling you, you need to come to Valley Antiques. The variety of vintage treasures and the prices are quite fantastic.

 Before Christmas, we bought this old British Rail sign at Valley Antiques.

 We'll be putting something under the sign in the future.

 This retro medicine cabinet came from Ikea. We haven't hidden the wiring yet for the lighting, but you get the idea.

 Here are some of our funky glasses we keep in it.

 We bought this beautiful reproduction of a Dundas map (circa mid 1800's) at Valley Antiques.

 Our teak china cabinet holds many of my Pyrex pieces.

 This piece was one of the first items I have won at auction.

 Last week, Canadian Tire had a sale on Kitchen Aid mixers, so we finally got the orange mixer we've been wanting for years.

 My wonderful parents gave me this church pew for my birthday. It was originally attached to a wall at one end, so my dad bought two pews so that he could have the end piece attached to the end that was bolted to the wall. I love it and so does Kiko and Marty who are now frenemies and occasionally good buddies.

Thanks for stopping by. I promise to embrace to spirit of thrift blogging and blog more heartily as the better weather arrives.