I've had my creative energies leaping in very different direction so I'm having trouble getting any project completed. It's like the case of the shoemaker who has barefoot children. I create and sell art, yet my home hardly has any of my work displayed. So I'm trying to change that and hoping along the way to get inspired in new directions. Today I got to do something I just LOVE. I really enjoy thrift shopping. In my area, it's hard to find diamonds in the rough, but I still find them. Today I really scoured the books (in my area books seem to be incredibly under valued), wanting mainly ones that I can deconstruct for collage but also looking for old editions. Was ecstatic to find a 1938 edition (the year it was first written) of "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier, for $1.99. I'm pretty sure it's one of the first U.S. editions. I searched online and had trouble finding pictures of the same book to compare. I love the story, so I guess the big thrill is getting something possibly that valuable. I also found a very old copy of "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell, but it's very unlikely to be a first edition although there was no date inside.
I also found :
6 glass jars with glass lids. ( I've been watching for a decent number of them so that I can make a set of Sun Jars . ) $1.99 each
Warren Kimble Chick and Egg Salt and Pepper Shaker for $1.99 in Box Henny & Penny
Book of postcards of Gustav Klimt Paintings $1.99
So all in all it was a fruitful afternoon of scavenging!
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