Flea Market Sunday

I haven't been to the flea market in a while but today went to the Long Beach Antique Market in Long Beach, California (https://www.longbeachantiquemarket.com). As usual, I saw lots of wonderful things (and even purchased a few).

Japanese Kokeshi dolls

A Cat in a Hat

Robot love

Wire chairs

Olive Oil

Chinese bobble heads

A Halloween figure - evil or just grumpy?

Sambo dart game with great graphics.

African fabric in shades of blue

Old dolls and heads (always slightly creepy)

A dapper Easter duck

A valentine basket with red glitter Christmas trees?

What looked like fabric turned out to be beads. Great to look at, hard to sit on.

A stack of vintage suitcases

Colorful Bakelite

Flea Market Sunday

This morning I went to the Long Beach Antique Market in Long Beach, CA. It's the third Sunday of every month. So much to see, so little room in my house for more treasures.... I brought my camera though and took a few pictures of things that caught my fancy.

Two Vintage Cats

Nifty 1950's Tuppercraft "Pin Kaddy" for Diaper Pins

Bird Embroidery

Vintage Bottles Nicely Displayed

More Vintage Bottles With Cool Labels

Mexican  Pottery Animals

Remember these?

Clay Lion

Jumbo Faux Clocks

Indian Textile "Toran" Valance

Flea Market Sunday

I haven't been to the flea market in awhile but last Sunday I went to the Long Beach Antique Market in Long Beach, California. It takes place on the 3rd Sunday of every month at the Long Beach Veterans Stadium. I brought my camera but was so busy shopping that I forgot to take a lot of photos. Here are a few things that caught my eye.

 A nice Asian ceramic vase...

Glass orbs...

A very cute cat from the 60's or 70's...

Plastic bracelets in bright colors...

A retro blanket in pink and orange...

A lion with lots of character...

Glassware in all colors...

Stacks of vintage suitcases...I wanted them all!

I purchased way more than I planned, and left a few regrets behind. Oh well, there's always next month...

Collecting Buttons

I have a small collection of buttons. My favorites are the carved mother of pearl but I have a lot of glass ones too. They fill up several boxes and jars. I also buy buttons to use on craft items that I sell at shows and I like to buy the more colorful ones for that purpose. Sometimes though, they just don't work so I've ended up with lots of odds and ends. Last weekend I got out my bingo cards (I admit, not an original idea) and started to lay out buttons. I had made one of these a while ago and tried to get one button in every square but that soon went by the wayside. Sewing the buttons on the cards was not as easy as I thought it would be - some of the buttons didn't come out in the correct position and some flop a bit due to their weight. But overall a fun, easy project. I had a vintage tobacco tin and the bingo cards fit perfectly. A vintage metal flower frog works great as a display stand.

Tiny mother of pearl buttons in every square

Blue themed

Shades of red

Pinks and purples

More mother of pearl buttons - belt buckles too!

Mixed bag

Buttons displayed in a vintage tin. The pin cushion was purchased from Etsy shop Namolio

Vintage Cook Books

I have a few vintage cooks books that I purchased for the illustrations.  They date from the 1940's to the 1960's and are really pamphlets, not real books, that were published by companies to promote their products. The companies include Wesson Oil, Ocean Spray, and The Wine Institute of California.

Published by Wesson Oil

Recipes include Chicken Scrapple, Wesson Chicken Divine and Fruited Chicken

Published by Safeway Stores, Inc

Recipes include Cheese Dreams, Corn Meal Muffins Baconized and Frizzled Beef in Cream.

Published by Ocean Spray Cranberry Kitchen

Recipes include Cranberry Cherry Mist, Cranburgers and Cranberry Cheese Pie.

Published by Wine Advisory Board

Recipes include Chicken Curry in a Hurry, Sherried Rocky Road Pudding and Broccoli Luncheonette.

Are you getting hungry?