Sparkles and Silver

Here are my thrift finds from last week.  One of the local thrift shops keeps all of its Christmas donations under wraps until after Halloween.  The shop was packed with Christmas stuff, but I only picked out these vintage ornaments; like the ones we had at home!

Sparkly!   The best part is on the other side....

Silver bells!  We'd better get a massive Christmas tree to accommodate all the vintage ornaments I bought this year.  I don't think the ones in the background are vintage, but they'll still go on the tree.
I also happened upon the bag sale at the Salvation Army.  Fill a bag for 6 dollars.  I didn't fill the whole bag; the only thing that I really wanted was this tarnished silver...

It was priced at 1 dollar per piece.  So luckily I could take advantage of the bag sale.  It cleaned up nicely!

In doing some research online I've discovered that this is Oneida Community Plate silverware circa 1940.  The pattern is Milady, and sells for between 4 and 8 dollars per piece on the internet.  I regularly use my silver, so this is destined for my kitchen cutlery drawer.
Since it was a bag sale, and this silver took up relatively little room, I also threw in a bunch of cards and wrapping paper....

I probably don't really need any more giftware, but I couldn't resist.  Especially since they were practically free.


This week I'll be linking my finds to other thrifty folks at Her Library Adventure's Flea Market Finds.