:: vintage books for sale ::

How charming are these illustrations. I've just listed a few vintage children's books in the SHOP. My favourite illustrator would have to be Marcel Marlier (images 1, 2, 3, 5 & 9). The books price from $8 - $12. A wonderful Christmas gift for vintage book lovers.

Here are are few images taken from the books for sale -

Tinker and the Tramp / Johnny and Sophie by the river / Debbie learns to dance / Tom and the Greedy Goose / Mary learns to Ski / Toby to the Rescue / The Scatterbrained Squirrel /  Mischievous Misty / Mark and Michelle in the Forest

Happy reading.

xo Elethea

Vintage Bookshelf - Sonny, The Lucky Bunny

Published in 1952 by Wonder Books.

Love the sweet stove in the kitchen. Spinach cookies and jam! Delicious.

 Not bad for a 30c thrift store find.

Thrifted Vintage Finds

I've had the best time thrift shopping this week. The weather has been dreadful here in Ballarat. I guess most thrift shoppers have been home staying dry.....more goodies for me. Here are a few of my favourite finds....

 A complete 4pc Johnson dinner set 

 Beautiful 'Young Reader' Reader's Digest. Printed in 1967. Each one has a collection of classic children's stories.  I love the different coloured covers. They will look great displayed together on a shelf.

 These amazing 3D children's books. They were published in 1968. I will have to show you some of the illustrations in a future post.....so adorable.

 A turquoise coloured Willow bread bin...love this!!...

...and finally this pretty Willow serving tray.

Can't wait to see what I can find this week :)

Mid-week Thrifting

Nothing like a bit of mid-week thrifting to breakup an otherwise slow uneventful week. I visited all the opshops with in walking distance to my home, and this is what I found - 

*Kitsch Japanese cheese serving board (it has a hook to hang on wall)*Pretty Willow tin...not bad for $1 :)

*A Gilbert Delahaye/Marcel Marlier book *Rustic Milk Bottle basket

*PYREX *Vintage bed sheet still in packet * Vintage Chenille Bedspread in sunny yellow

Vintage Thrifty Finds

What a week it has been been for vintage thrifty finds!!! Every op shop I went into I found some treasure. Starting with this portable typewriter.  

 My favourite would have to be this vintage Fisher Price "Happy Apple" for only 50c. It makes the sweetest chimes when shaken.

Two tiny baskets. I love the contact in the bottom.

Pretty Johnson plates.

Two as-new rolls of vintage wallpaper in a groovy brown/yellow floral print.

 This charming book called "Mark and Michelle in the Forest" by Marcel Marlier. The illustrations are just beautiful.

 I love this vintage chenille bedspread. My daughter has the same one on her bed.

 Pretty vintage wrapping paper with artwork by Phil Taylor (Daisy Lane)
More pretty plates from Japan (Freebies!!)
Wood and Sons plate with "April Rose" design
Unopened vintage bed sheet sets...yay!!

Phew! :)

For more lovely vintage finds look HERE 

Thrifty Tuesday

 Wow! What a great week it has been for vintage thrifty finds.

I haven't had much time for thrift shopping the past few weeks (or blogging!) so I was thrilled when I found all these goodies. It was as if they had been hiding somewhere waiting for me to find them.

Check out the huge pile of vintage fabrics I found...yay. All of it is pre 1980's (some 1950's) cottons with interesting prints.

Other great finds- vintage children's books - dinner plates (not all shown) - vintage craft books - groovy tablecloth - 2 cute figurines (not sure if these are vintage but Miranda loves them).

My favourite find would have to be the little book called "Woodland Adventures" It has the sweetest illustrations :)

For more vintage/thrifty finds head over to Her Library Adventures.

Sweet thrifty dreams everyone

Vintage Bookshelf - Alain Gree

I love Alain Gree illustrations. I found this book from 1969 on eBay. It's in French so I have no idea what it's called. Anyone got an idea? Sorry about the not so great pics. My scanner didn't love this book as much as i did (grrr), so i had to take pics with my camera instead.