I am always amazed at the things people throw away, but you know the saying “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure!” My favorite find of all time was the beautiful Laura Ashley king size quilt I found for $5 at a yard sale. Today, I found three Longaberger Pottery pieces — a cookie jar, a pitcher, and a crock. Each piece is perfectly intact and they cost $5, $4, and $3 respectively. I just looked up these pieces on Ebay, and even at the lowest prices I could sell them for $80; and thats a $68 profit! I can’t decide whether to sell them or keep them with my other Longaberger pottery. It is good stuff that is hard to break and lasts forever, but I already have one pitcher and I am not sure how I will ever use a cookie jar. If it was an extra large mixing bowl, I would keep it without question! Maybe I could use it to serve soup? The crock I will definitely keep, so I just have to decide about the other two pieces. What do you think?
Then there was the Folkmanis Pig puppet. If you haven’t seen a Folkmanis puppet before, you don’t know what you are missing. This little guy was probably only $8 new; but at 10 cents he was a steal. And he won’t be leaving my home anytime soon. Have you ever played with an 18 month old and a puppet?
Finally, I found an adorable wooden bowl with a kind of flowery shape for $1. It needed a little tender loving care, but I decided that was the perfect “reduce, reuse, recycle” project for my Cub Scout. Can’t wait to see what it looks like finished!
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