Hokohoko fix

I think I may have already mentioned that my working week is a Tuesday to Saturday, which means I have Sunday and Monday off, as no hokohoko shops are open on Sundays, I have to wait until Monday to get a fix, if I miss out on going to the Fleas.

We had a crisp Autumn morning here in Grey Lynn, the sun was booming and hokohoko shopping wasn't the first thing on my mind either, it was the load of washing sitting in the wash house, so it was an early morning start for me. 

I did manage to get out this afternoon, I dropped by the Dominion Road Sallies and Red Cross today and well didn't I have fun, Sallies were having a 50% off Sale, which means I need to go back again this week if I can, why? New Stock, New Stock, New Stock. 

These were my finds today,

These funky flats were $2.50 down from $5, I love how sturdy they are and they will be great for work, vibrant orange librarian shoes, who said librarians had dumb shoes?

I loved the colour, plus the pretty cherry blosson patterns are cute as, I think this is a Chinese tea set, , but it was a bargain, $3 for the set, down from $6. ( The mirror it's on was yesterdays buy at the Underground Market $5)

earrings .050cents very old school, but I love them.

0.50 cents again, I think they are so pretty and funky I can't wait to wear them to work. 

I think this is so pretty, it's quite clunky, it definitely isn't something I would normally buy but I did, because I liked the colour. This was also .50 cents. 

Another AGEE preserve jar to add to the collection, I love preserve jars, what can I say, you can do so many things with them, other then preserves. $1.

See what I mean about preserve jars, this was from 

annaboos house

Preserve jar inspiration or what??

I thought this was pretty retro, I love the floral patterns on it too, .50cents so why not!

So that was my day today people, stay locked and Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Fast or your last

Yesterday mornings visit to 'The Undeground Market' was definitely thrilling, but annoying. Some people just don't know when to give up. Like I said in my last post I really haven't been doing much hokohoko shopping and this was my normal weekly shop at the Sunday Avondale Flea Market.

So getting down to business, now I really scored some bargains yesterday, but I have to tell you this story. I had seen a side table that I really liked, so I asked the keeper how much, he said $10, because I wanted to carry on looking I left it there and thought I'd wait for my husband to come. Along comes another guy, he asks how much for the table and this time a different 'keeper' gave the same price, this guy then walked away, my husband walked in shortly after, I asked him to grab the table, because I asked for it first, plus the guy had walked away. We went to the front and I paid for it, then along comes the guy saying he was going to buy it, I said mate the owner has just sold it to me, I left it that, first in, first serve, I was totally excited about this buy, plus I also picked up the retro chair, that I wanted last month, plus my fave Round bevelled mirror, the chain has rusted and the mirror somewhat distorted, but I scored 3 items there I absolutely love, all up I spent $20, sticking to my budget.

My husband then took our things back to the car because we still had our vege shopping to do, so I stood outside waiting for him, then along comes the same guy with another keeper, trying to tell me that he had brought it, I said to the keeper I paid, ' I paid you for the table right ', the guy tried to say that I stole it, the guy then says ' but I was going to buy it!', I said to both keepers, talking to them alone ' look I paid for the table right? '  they looked at eachother and agreed, I then turned to the guy and said ' the deal is done, it's paid for and it is already sitting in my car. '. I couldn't believe that he tried to say that I had just walked out with it and that  I had to explain that to him. LOOSER!

So it was sort of sour in the end, I had to tell my husband when he got back he just said to me, "fast or your last mate" and well thankfully this time I wasn't, because I love this table. Once again no photos except the retro stool and I can do a look a like mirror I suppose, you will have to wait for a photo of the table I love so.

This photo was taken about 3 weeks ago I missed it on last weekends visit thinking someone had brought already, but it was there yesterday only all the white caps were missing, so I offered $5 and this beauty was mine. I can't wait to re upholster with some retro oil cloth, like the stools I have seen on the Restyled Vintage  blog.

And well this is much more crisp then my bargain I got for $5, but it was a bargain.

Check out these blogs for more thrifty finds.

A little bit of everything

Helen and her daughters

Tinker

Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Vintage Tea Trolley Inspiration

Hello Readers, well it has been a couple of weeks since my last post and I was actually hoping I would have posted more then I have, but so many things have happened and to be quite honest, I haven't done any fabulous hokohoko shopping anywhere, no bargains and no vintage lovelies to show off. (Well I am lying just a teensy bit.)

I have actually been to the Avondale flea markets a couple of times, the purpose of those visits were to buy fresh veges, but I just had to visit my favourite place to be at the moment well I was there, "The Underground Market" I did manage to find a few pieces that were in need of some TLC and I love, love, love them. Since my camera has gone walk about, I will have to post the photos another time.

Last weekends visit to 'the Underground Market', was quite a thrill actually, I only had a $20 budget once again, this time I went slightly over but I had to have these two items, one was a vintage tea trolley, which I ended up getting for $10 and another little side table that cost me $10, plus a milk glass hobnail candle holder, which was $2.

The vintage tea trolley, was a jump and down with excitement moment, all the possibilities, crisp white, cream, powder blue, pale pink, mellow lemon, retro print wallpaper, damask wallpaper. DIY makeover, goes to the Vintage tea trolley, so once I arrived home, you guessed it! I was searching for images of restyled tea trolleys and I came across this amazing blog. Restyled Vintage that had pretty much the same tea trolley, plus all this other amazing vintage wooden furniture she had madeover, so check it out. This tea trolley is pretty close to the one I scored myself.

I can't wait to get started my own tea trolley.

Unfortunately you will have to wait for the camera to get an idea as to what the side table looked like, its definitely not to everyone's taste but they can be so handy around the house sometimes.

The candlestick holder, is pretty similar to these ones below,

So I suppose I done pretty well, don't you's think. The next post I will talk about this mornings treasures so do keep an eye out for it.

Check out these blogs for more amazing finds

Tinker
Her Library Adventures
Zaranne-hanmade
The Thrifty groove

Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Autumn Splendour

It has been a long but amazing two weeks of hokohoko shopping, I thought that my discoveries yesterday were amazing, but this morning my hubby and I decided to go to Avondale Flea Market to get some fresh vegetables and some breakie, once again the weather was beautiful and I really wasn't expecting to find any goodies, but I did, I gave myself a budget today $20 and I didn't even spend that much I was so happy with my choices, but I wanted to carry on digging, I could have carried on digging,

This is why,

I wanted this chair but I didn't take it I had too much to carry : (

I found more Autumn Splendour Crown Lynn, since I found my first tulip cup I have a done a little research apparently this pattern was quite popular and mass produced in the early 60's, so I won't be surprised if I come across more in the near future. $10 for the set.

Then with the cup I found on Thursday here we go,

Little beauties !!!!

Then to the Underground Market I went,

I love these guys, you get to barter. If you have a good enough argument of course, anyway I only spent $5 in this place, I didn't feel like I needed to because I got such a good deal check it out, 

Pyrex

Pyrex

 Pyrex

Pyrex

 Pyrex

Pyrex

 Carltonware

 Crown Lynn

  More Autumn Splendour

All for $5

Thanks for reading about me and my hokohoko shopping. It has been a fantastic few weeks. Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Now check out Tinker and Her Library Adventures for more Thrifty finds.

The early bird gets the worm

True to the saying my husband and I were up at 5:30am yesterday morning, hot showers, hot breakfast and on the road by 6:30, I had mapped out which Garage Sales I wanted to go to first the night before, we started out in Te Atatu South,

It was such an awesome place to start our morning off, heaps of vintage goodness, I scored this lot  for $5, no I'm not kidding,

This plate (big) above was my fav of the lot, so pretty, these cups and saucers were a steal as well, I still can't believe scored this lot for only $5,

From there we actually backtracked to Mt Eden where I scored the framed Tapa Cloth $8 and the place mats $2 they are so pretty, I have the perfect place in my house for this framed Tapa Cloth.

We went to about two others in Mt Eden and then shot across the Shore,
A Garage sale in Mt Eden presented me with these really cool finds,

Chalkboard $5
The bunting $ 0
The doilies $ .20 each
The knitted clown $3

We went to a couple more in the Shore, where my husband scored him some tools. By the time we were done garage sale shopping we checked out the Op Shops in Beach Haven and Birkenhead again. Not much to show for that day, my husband needed to go and get some Tyres in New Lynn, which was so exciting for me, 5 Opp shops that I know of in New Lynn, only two were open. Actually one of those two we only stumbled upon it yesterday, Delta Ave Hospice Shop, Megastore filled with secondhand treasures waiting to be found hehe,

These are some of the things I would love to have as part of my collection, but so expensive so I left them for some other dumb bugger to get them jokes, Crown Lynn lol I want to be tht dumb bugger! But it's the thrill of getting them for bargain prices that make it exciting.

However I did walk away with some neat little cheapies, the jug 50c, the made in Australia cup 50c, possibly a Johnson cup , but not certain, I just liked the pattern on the cup and this beautiful Pink Glass bowl so pretty, $2.50.

The day still wasn't over, it was 1pm and our last stop was at the Sallies in New Lynn, as I do, I head straight to the kitchenalia, and after going thru there shelves of goodies, I have a couple of Crown Lynn Saucers I like and then I just happen to look under a table and there is a box titled 'Crown Lynn Cups and Saucers' $1 cups and $2.50 saucers, I jump with joy I don't know the name of this shape, but they are Colourglaze cups and a gorgeous green, some of the saucers have beautiful patterns on them, I need to find out what they are called still. So I was happy to pay the price that was marked on the box and then to my surprise I get to the till and there is 50% of all kitchenalia, all up I payed a big $8 for the 7 green cups and 8 saucers. (the flower cup was from the previous shop)

So our day was full of bargain goodness, I haven't done that ever, we got home about 1pm and had a well deserved nap. Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Poppies from the North Shore

I was working over the shore on Thursday and had a meeting at Birkenhead Library, which was right up my alley, as there are 4 Hokohoko shops in the Birkenhead township, Birkenhead Sallies, North Shore Hospice Shop, IHC Op Shop and I think it's called the St Andrews Church shop, all within a 2 minute walking distance from each other. I decided to go home around the Upper Harbour way and ended up stopping in at the Avondale St Vinnies and Sallies.

I came home with a Poppies print by Claude Monet , I don't know what it is maybe it was because of ANZAC day, I thought I should buy it, anyhow I love it, I love the poppies and for $8 from the Birkenhead Sallies, why not, 

I came across a few pieces at the Birkenhead Sallies that I would have loved, but I think that I was just being a scrooge that day, 3 bevelled edge mirrors that were so pretty but I felt I could get them cheaper elsewhere, I went back there yesterday and they were gone, I am totally gutted about it!

On my way home Avondale St Vinnies, presented me with a little beautie, Crown Lynn Autumn Splendour Tulip Cup, plus another Crown Lynn Cup and Saucer and another exactly the same at the Avondale Sallies, unsure of what the shape is called as of yet, 

Crown Lynn, Crown Lynn, Crown Lynn! Happy hokohoko shopping everyone.

Crown Lynn beauties

Panmure Sallies, Royal Oak Mercy Hospice, Dominion Road Sallies and next door Red Cross.

The second half of my day presented me with some retro Crown Lynn lovelies, now at this point I'm not really collecting and it's probably because I've seen so many pictures of other collections of Crown Lynn lately, I have fell in love and want to start, I picked out every piece I liked. From $1 - $2.50 each. Basket of goodies,

I don't know the names of the patterns yet but will find out eventually. But they are just so cute aren't they, I think my Crown Lynn craze has begun!

My pretties, a better view of the Crown Lynn milk jug and sugar bowl. $2.50 each.

My last stop for the day was at the Grey Lynn Op Shop, where I acquired these babies, these were the dearest finds of the day at $8 and $6 for the smaller one and I had to have them, I know nothing about these vintage looking bowls, so any information will be much appreciated.

That was one of the best Hokohoko shopping days I have had in a while, happy hokohoko shopping everyone!