Freakin' Fabbo Friday!!!

(Warning: this post is probably one of my best examples of raging, rampant, unbridled good ole American consumerism.  Do NOT continue reading if you have a problem with that.  DO continue reading if you want to see some really really good stuff!).

My entry into Miz 1950's Atomic Ranch's "Show Me Your Habitat or I'll Hit You" fest--here we have a vintage record cabinet that collapses in on itself if you look at it the wrong way; my lovely deer lamp/planter with the vint . . . (ok, let's dispense with the word VINTAGE before everything since it's all vintage, believe me) lampshade; black & white tri-corner ashtray on metal stand; black panther planter; AND incredibly fantastic crucifix on foil over foil. 

That would also be the original-when-the-house-was-built-in-the-70's paneling that denotes this room, the former dining room, as da classiest room in da joint.  Since the rest of the house was also completely paneled in godawful cheapo green or brown, this paneling, by default, is the nicest.  Not saying I LIKE it, it's just not as nauseating.

These candlelabra and ceramic bird just scream "MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE!"  They're in MY living room, though.  Does this mean I'm turning into The Dragon Lady?  Uh oh. 

When I saw these boots in an antique mall with a tag that read "Real Ostrich Boots Original Price $300 Now $25" I thought "This is too good to be true.  They'll never fit."  Ohhhhh, but they do!  And don't they look fabulous with my awesome yee-ha cowgirl hat?!

This week's green planter photo (I couldn't let Michael show the ONLY green planter), although this one is California Pottery, not McCoy. 

A pair of lovely Royal Copley vases.

Handblown cobalt blue vase with a very rough pontil mark on the bottom.  It looks incredible with the sun shining through it.

I love these mugs.  They were made by Hazel-Atlas and are known as "Kiddie Mugs" due to their smaller-than-normal size of 3".  The color is classified as pink but they sure look orange to me. 

Here's one of the kiddie mugs next to a regular size 3-1/2" mug.  The kiddie mugs were $2.99 each at the thrift store and their tags had been marked "Collectible" which means someone was at the computer again in the back room.  Lucky for me no one who shops at America's Thrift Store would pay three bucks for these things and they'd been marked down to $1.39 each.  The larger mug was made by Glasbake, the apparent leper of the glass collecting world.  I am constantly finding Glasbake items at insanely low prices--this mug cost me all of twenty-seven cents at the same store and it's just as old as Fire-King.  When is Martha Stewart and/or the Japanese going to go bananas over Glasbake so my stuff will become valuable? 

Probably not in my lifetime, but oh well, I still like it.

Great Hazel-Atlas Moderntone creamer & sugar set.  Note: if you find Moderntone with fired-on colors like this (rust), remember that the color can chip off, so check it carefully.  The darker colors are a little more valuable and if the interior and exterior have the fired-on color, that's better. 

Little Red Riding Hood salt shaker.  I've pretty much stopped buying "onesies" because you are rarely able to locate the other one but she was just too cute to resist.  Plus I think Red's got a bit of an attitude going on . . .

This doll was made by the Shuri Women's Handicraft Club in Okinawa, Japan.  Every tract home worth it's two cents in the 50's and 60's had a doll like this, albeit with a glass cover.  I know MY house did--we bought ours at the Japanese Tea Garden Gift Shop in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.  I bought this doll specifically to recapture that memory--$15 at an estate sale.

Kanawha (West Virginia) Glass mini amber hobnail pitcher. 

This small pitcher is a great deep dark green.  I didn't see all the crackling (which I love) until I photographed it.  Must have been some sort of giveaway by the Delaware Water Co.

When I'm not thrifting and antiquing I make jewelry.  This is an aventurine ankle bracelet with crystal rondelles and silver bead caps.

For some reason I'm liking green right now.  Another ankle bracelet, with green & blue glass beads, green gemstone beads, and two large faceted sparkly blue beads, with silverplate findings.

When I saw these little lampwork gator beads at a recent bead show I had to get them.  I especially like the one who looks like he just fell down and mashed up his snout!

In honor of the Louisiana alligator and all the other critters who are getting hammered by the Gulf oil spill, these are now the latest VintageChristine giveaway.  Just leave me a comment telling me you want them, I'll wait a few days and then Random.org will pick the lucky winner. 

Oh, and even if you don't want the earrings, I'd still love to hear from you, as always!

Love y'all, and have a wonderful Friday!!!!!