The doldrums of winter (2 ft more snow anyone?) convinced Eleanore and me to head out to the thrift store yesterday to see what we could find to brighten our day. We found a few nice books to remind us that spring is on the way, and to add to our spring book collection. Nothing like a little 3/$1 purchase to brighten the winter time blues.
This book, Seeds and More Seeds. P.S. That is the link to a wonderful blog I just found. I absolutely adore vintage children’s books, and love reading about other’s great thrifty book finds! Click the link to see inside the book. It’s an adorable book about planting seeds and watching them grow.
We found an earlier edition of this book. A great score for .33, especially since it was on my wishlist!:
Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds of the Eastern US
We also found a book entitled Sunshine and Rain. I couldn’t find much information about it online, but here are a few pages. It was published in 1937 and the illustrations are just beautiful. I hope to scan a few more pages later.
Definitely not vintage, but we also purchased this amazing play set for $5! It’s missing a few pieces (the ramps and the car and figure), but Jason and I will figure out a ramp fix, I’m sure.
Plan Toys Garage
Crafty-wise, I’ve been knitting a few things for the shops (here and here) and customers. I just finished this pair of shorties:
and am working on another pair to be listed next Thursday at Their Own Knitted World. Then, one more pair to finish for an April stocking, and I need to work on Easter and Birthday knits for Eleanore.
