Now that I'm actually able to see this thread (had a problem earlier with the page being "missing")... WOW!!
Wonderful!!!! finds.
Looks like you've been having a great time. :)

Wow...you are for sure a LuckyGal!! All of those things are beautiful! Glad you made your trip safely and I'm looking forward to seeing the silver!
J

My, my, I can see why you need to reorganize to make room. That's a lot of dishes, plus a lot of great deals. Glad you had such great luck with your shopping.
Frou

MM, I tried to post this last night and this forum wouldn't load for me. Every other forum did so there was somethin' goin' on here with the techs I expect. These finds were from only 5 of the sales we went to. I also found a few more things which I may later post. Love yard saling altho I have to watch not collecting too much.

Jaybird, where we live here in the backwoods there aren't many yard sales but I can often find something I like. It's kinda a cheap fun hobby. I have to admit relief at getting home safely from our trip. We enjoy traveling but I love my home.

Frou, many of those dishes will be broken up and go to my craft room where I'll mosaic them. A few others will be hung on the wall so not too much space needed and I have a few things that need to go to other homes. Our thrift shop can always use more donations!

WOW, you certainly did find alot of bargain dishes & I can see beautiful mosaics coming! And more lovely plates for your walls.

I love the red heart art glass you found...and the blue glass balls & blue/green one will be wonderful in your birdbath! Please share a pic when you can.

Enjoy your gardening...the time is here...I have been very busy too (slow but sure)...weather not cooperating again...we had a frost again (very late one) on Sat. night ...most perennials ok but my veggie garden took a hit (I planted early)...must re-seed some of it...potted plants I covered or brought into porch.

Happy to hear you had a good time & always good to be home, too! TFS, luckygal! Jeanne S.

LG, you sure found lots of pretties! I love those blue balls, they are so pretty on that silver dish. I always hate to see pretty plates get broken for mosaics, but if they are chipped and scratched, I can understand. Be sure to show us your projects when completed--with both those sets of dishes you can sure make some pretty things. How great that you found that pretty red heart too--must have been meant to be! ;o)

Luvs

LuckyluckyluckyluckyluckyGal......
you sure scored some cool stuff. Especially that red heart.
Isn't it exciting to come across something special you want like that? Treasure hunting for sure! Or Treasure shopping as Luvs calls it.
Pretty dishes, I'm glad some in good enough condition to save for a table or wall. The blue balls are my favorite thing tho.
I like the blue and white teapot too, and there must be something you can do to use it in one piece. LOL. Did you see the Teapot totem on GJ today (yesterday?) with a similar one? She also had a photo in her album of all the teapots she's found to use. WOW. My GW rarely has them, and when they do I won't pay the prices they ask. It took me a very long time to get just a couple to make a totem with. Tho mine isn't fancy and pretty like her's.

Congratulations on your fantastic 'shopping trip'.
hugs, Karen

Jeanne, sorry about your garden, the weather can be so uncertain. I haven't yet planted any seeds altho not doing many veggies. I will be posting pics of my garden 'junk' later when the garden looks better.

Luvs, I don't think I could bring myself to deliberately break a nice plate which is why I haven't done any mosaics yet. However many of these are really beyond anything else - I put the best ones at the top for the pic. I think mosaic-ing may be a winter project as I'm overwhelmed with garden projects now.

Karen, I seldom go to GJ anymore, just can't do so many forums or I'd get nothing done IRL. I will likely post there later if I get any garden junk treasures found or made. Thanks for the reminder of teapot totems tho and I will check out that thread. I've seen some before and would like one. I'd also like to do a lamp for my kitchen made with teapots and teacups. Have saved some pics of those but they look best with harmonizing styles/colors so I'll have to collect more. My concern is the broken spout, I think a lamp or totem would look better with a 'whole' one. Anyhow I'm not smashing that piece for a mosaic yet!

Wow, lots of goodies there! Cute tea pot..I couldn't see the chip! :)
Have fun playing with all yor new dishes..
I am still having trouble with site..takes forever to load..a few days ago it was finally good, but now back to the same forever to load!

LG, you could just put a plant, real or faux, in that pretty teapot. If you used one with some vine type stems, you could probably hide the chipped spout. Would look really pretty on a kitchen counter or dining room buffet I think.

You gals are making me wish I had a bigger lot and room for a small garden, so fun to be able to watch your veggies grow and then enjoy eating them.

Luvs

Wow...you ARE a luckygal! Love all of your finds! So many pretty dishes too!

Wow, so happy for you and all your neat finds.

Punk

Thanks for all the nice comments!

I've had problems accessing this forum from time to time as well, Kathleen.

Luvs, be careful what you wish for. ;-) We have a huge yard (altho few veggies) and right now I'm 'almost' ready to move to a high-rise condo and only have a few pots on the balcony! We're redoing many of the perennial beds and I've bot a lot of plants which need to be planted. I am hoping that long term this will make our work easier as I've chosen many shrubs which flower or have interesting leaf color. They take more space when full grown than many perennials so there will, ultimately, be fewer plants. But in the meantime it's literally a pain.

Marlene, I feel very fortunate to find nice things I like at low prices. Altho I don't know why I chose the 'lucky' name as I don't really believe in luck. Always had a problem choosing a moniker. Should have used my real name. :-)

Thanks Punk.