Are there any knitting or crocheting Aussies out there that read my blog?  If there are, you'd be interested to know that I now sell a heap of yarn and knitting / crochet patterns down at www.ravelry.com   If you aren't a member, go sign up because it's free!

After you've done that, go directly here --->  FOR SALE.

Alternatively, go here ---> http://www.ziaperamore.blogspot.com.au/

Please do be aware that I can only sell to Australians within Australia for the time being.  Thanks for understanding.

 

Now that's out of the way, I can show some cute mini plates I had found months ago.

30 cents got me this teeny little Northern Territory plate, with it's own teeny little cup.  The cup doesn't do much for me, but hey, it was included in the price.

50 cents got me this London mini plate.

 

A little larger than a mini plate, but this was $1 and oh so lovely.

Saturday

My latest wooden ducks find... for 50 cents each.  :)

This guy was 99 cents...
 

Op shop workers CANNOT price thing properly.  They are sloppy and odd in their methods of choosing a specific price and each shop varies so much.  I went to one the other day which had reasonable prices, whereas another one (from the same chain of stores) had astronomical prices.  Why? I just don't get it.  Gone are the days when it was about helping people, and buying something used at a great price.  Now most of the used items you find, you can find new at nearly the same price!

Now it's become a money making scheme, hardly anything to do with charity.  And what does most of the money go toward?  I bet it's for advertising, paying the op shop workers wages and upgrading / prettying up their stores.  

Having said all that, the best times to go are with somebody you know that has a government pension/concession/student card because they get a small discount on Tuesdays (at least most of the op shops have this in Western Australia) or when you know they have half price days.  Half price days can be hard to find because a lot of them don't advertise it.  But, you will know it's half price day when you get there - they usually have a big sign on the window or a worker will tell you when you walk through the door.  It's pot luck really when you think about it - and with all that money they are making, why can't they advertise it??

Well, that's my op shop gripe for today.  But of course, I will never stop op shopping!  Not even if I become a millionaire (as my husband insists that's what we'll become after he completes his new 'invention'.  LOL.  Oh it's all very hush, hush, so I can't talk about that... sorry.   :/

Sunday

 An assortment of things found at the op shop;

The tag had $7 on this 'must have' sweater, but I got it down to $5 simply because I showed the lady at the counter a couple of pulled threads.  When I got it home, I pulled in the threads with a fine crochet hook - looks as good as new!  Remember this tip when you are looking at sweaters.  ;)

This is one of those things that left me stumped as to why I bought it.  Possibly because it came in it's own cute metal tin?  Maybe because the husbeast is into everything that has to do with car racing??  Maybe it was both.  I snapped it up for $4.  I rarely see metal toy cars at the op shop... they are usually all plastic and almost destroyed by its previous (child) owner.

 

I did some research on this gold spoon some time ago, and I did find some on eBay going for some astronomical price, and some cheaper.  I'm guessing the cheaper ones are/were replicas, but I really don't know what category my falls under.  I like to think that I scored one worth a mint.  LOL.  I paid 50 cents for this elegant spoon.

A vintage Gerber baby silver plated spoon for 50 cents. 

Silver can be so difficult to photograph sometimes! 

And finally, I just had to have these very sweet marble ducks.  At least I think they are marble... and if not, they are polished rock.  Found these for $1 each.  They measure about 2 inches across.  :)

Wednesday

I have so many many light shades, I could almost open a small shop!  Thankfully eBay helps me in that way.  ;)


A really lovely lady was advertising these in a local online paper for free - so I snapped them up:


Keeping this one...

and this one...

there are 3 of these, also keeping!

 And these were found on somebody's front verge:

These, I think I will sell.  :)

Tuesday

Just to refresh your memory and for the newbies that visit my blog:  All the 'stuff' you see here are either from the op shop (second hand store) or I pick up for free and of course I've kept a lot of things from my childhood that I show from time to time .... and I've been collecting for years and years.  

BUT, because it's getting a little out of hand in my home from the gathering of all sorts, I started selling on eBay about 6 months ago.  I can't cope with all the accumulating junk in my home, so if I don't really love it, I'll sell it!  Sorry though... I only sell on the Australian eBay. 

Simply gorgeous miniature plates found at the op shops, prices range from 50 cents to $5.

 

 

 

Ok, these aren't exactly mini plates.... I had found these collectable saucers for 50 cents each and I think they are a good candidate for listing on eBay, as somebody may have 2 matching cups.  :)

Wednesday

Random free toys.  Am I the only adult that loves toys?  I'd understand if I was deprived of them when I was a toddler, but I wasn't.  So what's the deal, I wonder ever so much?

First it's closed....

Now it's open....

Bunch O' Dinos...

 
Christmas jigsaw puzzle, with the box...

And one great big yellow bear!

Friday

Two postings in one week.  That, my dear friends is a rarity these days for me!

Yesterday I showed you a sweet little ceramic canister which I thought read 'peace onion' underneath.  Well!  After some investigating, I learned that it actually reads 'blue onion', a pottery name from the 1950/60's.  I found a bunch of them and other items here at Ebay.

Anyway seeing that I'm here, I may as well show you this darling little old Avon bottle.  It was $5, but I think it was worth every penny.