New Bedford Antiques at Wamsutta Place

Grrl Picker Laura got lost yesterday while picking in New Bedford and happened by accident into the happiest place on earth for our kind of picking!


 NEW BEDFORD ANTIQUES at WAMSUTTA PLACE:

Is this a supposed to be a clown or perhaps a guy who tried out for KISS but couldn't get his make up right?

(I love the way his shoulders seem a little high up, as if he is taking a painted portrait "selfie".)

   Truely incredible bad clown art that would have come home with me if the way his lips are puckered didn't kind of creep me out...

There was a booth of incredible vintage bicycles, this on was my favorite as is reminded me of my friend Young Adult Writer, Stacey Toon.

3 foot tall metal rooster.

   He was very statuesque but I felt he could have probably used a more bold and colorful paint job if he were to attract a mate:

After spotting the rooster, I noticed an elephant of similar size and girth and moments later rounded the corner to a whole metal forest menagerie. (Unfortunately, the group picture came out all blurry but I think these 2 recycled metal creatures sum up the craftsman ship involved)

"Thaaaaaa   Siiimmppssssonnnnnsssss... do-dit-do-do-do, da-doo-dit-da-doooo"

    For 3K this authentic theater prop could be your family!

There were sooooo many incredible things to see at this place and I only explored about 1/3 of it before leaving with my arms (and the arms of the very nice man who helped me to my car) FULL of great finds.

  A lot of places we pick are either HIGH end or LOW end but this place had a wide range of prices and a million dreamy one of kind things to see!

    I can't wait to go back with Lacy Berman and any other friends who want to go, preferably friends with a van...  : )

                     -Laura

 

F.W. Woolworth Co. price sticker

This 78rpm record was interesting enough but on closer inspection I found the price sticker to be the most fascinating part of the vintage item:

I remember buying K-Tel albums at my local Woolworth's but the days when Woolworth stocked 78's? That was well before my time. I find it really interesting tho to run across these little snippets of evidence of times gone by. When I was growing up there was a Woolworth in almost every shopping center, it was unimaginable that they would someday be completely gone. I wonder if 50-60 some odd years from now someone will be looking at a Wal Mart sticker on a vintage item and asking, "Remember when those used to be everywhere?"

Vintage Cat Postcards

Merry Christmas vintage style!

We search the internet for awesome vintage images so you don't have to! Merry Christmas and happy Holidays from Grrl Pickers : )

And this last one of Christmas trees being unloaded froma boat is special for Grrl Picker Lacy who loves both boats and Christmas with equal frevor:

Hope everyone had the best holiday ever! : ) -Grrl Picker Laura

Tiny Music Note Confetti in Basic Black

We've sold lot of this confetti that we have made from vintage sheet music, I don't know why it had not occured to us before now to manufacture it in basic black... Available now in both our Etsy and eBay shops!

Same Grrl's, new look : )

    New business cards with our names and new URL/Domain.
 
         Feeling all super fine and fancy right now...

                                   : )

One of Our Favorite Things: RainyDay379 Etsy shop!

Grrl Picker Lacy absolutely loves her cast iron pans and Grrl Picker Laura has tried to like them but gets frustrated with hot handles. (I absolutely adore my mothers old coper bottom Revere Ware pots and pans with protective handles built right in, it's such a shame I can't find any like that anymore. My husband bought me new Revere Ware pans but with out the protective handles, they're just not the same...) Anyhoo... One of Grrl Picker Laura's long time cyber friends has her own Etsy shop and guess what she makes and sells? Kick Ass cast iron pot handle covers!


Sharing the love this Cyber Monday for one of our favorite things!