Fleamarket Haul- Crests and Scout Pins

Hello Blogland! Here is a little break from program related posts.  If you've read my blog from the beginning you know that I {♥} yardsales, garage sales, fleamarkets, thrift stores, Church rummage sales...you name it!  However, I haven't found anything "Girl Guide" related at the sales in such a long time... 

However, during the past two weekends, my hubby and I have been going to a Fleamarket on Sundays in New Glasgow, NS.  

I found some GS USA crests and a couple of Boy Scout pins but the Girl Guide stuff is hard to come by these days! {I did spy a Girl Guide pin and a few newer style Brownie enrolment pins but she was asking $5 each so I passed on those}.

Here is what I had purchased on my fleamarketing adventure... {lots of photos in this post!...the vest was from the fleamarket at the former Co-Op building}

GS USA VEST - back view

GS USA VEST- front view

This Girl Scouts vest was $2 bucks! There are several items on the vest.  {I haven't decided if  I want to remove the crests and add them to my crest collection or leave them on the vest...hmm}.

These look like merit badges

This is a troup {troop} number

This looks like a patrol emblem

We also bought this Scout pin, Wolf Cub badge , and Beaver button.  My hubby was in Scouting as a youth member and was once a Leader so I pick up Boy Scout stuff if I see it at the sales.  {This was from a second Fleamarket in New Glasgow...at the former Central Supplies building}.

Hubby bought this pin for $5...a little more than I would normally pay but I have never seen any of these pins on my excursions. {and yes I am an El Cheapo a Bargain Hunter!}

These were 25 cents each!

Last year I had purchased an older Brownie uniform from Salvation Army thrift store in New Glasgow but I have yet to post about that! Too much to do and so little time!

Have fun with your Girl Guides as we kick of the 2013-2014 season!

Yardsale Haul -anti bully crest

Here is another crest to add to my collection

...25 cents at a local yardsale.

Yardsale Haul- Owl pin

Hello! It has been a long time since my last post.  Now that Summer is here I am spending less time on the computer and more time in the Garden and doing the other usual summertime stuff.  Also, I have been reorganizing my Girl Guide stuff that is in my house...and once I had gathered it all together I came to realize that I need to downsize!  It is taking over my craft room. So stay tuned for pics of that adventure.  Here is the latest Yardsale Haul.  I am not sure if this is Girl Guides of Canada merchandise or not.  The original owner said that she had it as a Brownie years ago...I thought she said in the 1980's.  It is a tiny Owl stick pin measuring less than 2.5 inches in length.  The owl measures 1 cm tall x a half cm wide. Leave a comment if you know about this pin. 

A bargain at 50 cents!  I love it!

 

Go Yard Sailing! You just never know what you will find!

Yardsale Haul- Scout crests

Although these are not Girl Guide crests I still tend to pick up any kind of crest or patch whenever I find them...whether it be a Yardsale, Fleamarket, or Thrift Store.  I rarely see crests out and about. These are from the early 1970's...Halifax area Cubs and Scouts.

{These were $0.20 each...could not pass that price! LOL}

 

I found this pile of "Self- Adhering Personalized Patch Pals" made by RUSS at Value Village in Halifax a few weeks ago.  The lot was 99 Cents...5 cents each...so I picked them up to use as weekly prizes at Guides....or if I EVER get around to sewing my crest collection onto a camp blanket or poncho I can use these to fill in the gaps.

To all of you Yard "Sailors" out there....

Hope you have fun finding treasures! 

I know I sure do!

Yardsale Haul - GGC pins

 

I found these two Girl Guides pins at the Halifax Forum fleamarket last weekend {$1 each}.  The top one I recognize as the Appreciation Pin but the bottom one I do not recognize.  Could be a Canadian Friendship pin, or a training pin...not quite sure.  Leave a comment if you know what it is.