4/16/13

Birdcage and Laquered Stool	Vintage Basin, Boots & Cookbook	Vintage Prosthetic Legs
Handblown Goblets	Vintage Baby Buggy	Bear Masks
Turkish Slippers & Hat	Thai Headdress	Chinese Folk Paper-Cutouts
Embroidered Indian Blanket	Carved Shoe Shine Box	Turkish & Oriental Rugs
Decoupaged Mirror	Hungarian Pitcher Vase	Vintage Travel Poster
Tiffany & Co. Painted Plates	Hand-painted Wooden Tray	Italian Ceramic Bowls

More great items:

• Radio Flyer tricycle
• Victrola phonograph
• Antique school desks
• Fur coats
• Sets of vintage chairs & bar stools
• Original oil paintings
• Fisher Price record player
• Broadway window card posters
• Globes
• Quilts
• Vintage trunks
• Antique lamps & lanterns
• Vintage Schwinn suburban bike with basket
• Vintage dolls & figurines
• Old newspapers, photographs and other ephemera
• Strange and unique novelty items

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3/8/13

Spring Garden Sale
Starts Saturday, March 9 at 11:00am

Here comes the sun! You’ve been waiting patiently indoors all winter and the time has finally come for The Great Spring Garden Sale and Daylight Savings Celebration at the East Bay Depot store.
 
Starting this Saturday, March 9th at 11am, we will be presenting a huge selection of our very best gently used Garden Furniture and Decor. We’ve been saving these items all winter and there will be quite a fantastic assortment (lots of large pieces, so bring a truck!).

The store will be bursting with:

• Outdoor patio furniture sets in metal and teak
• Wooden benches and lawn chairs
• Folding wooden garden chairs
• Adirondack chairs
• Large decorative planter pots
• All sizes of terracotta
• Garden sculptures
• Life-sized plastic owls
• An iron birdbath
• Radio Flyer red wagons, plus other garden wagons
• Ornate metal trellises
• Metal and wood flower boxes
• Garden tools, including a working power hedge trimmer
• A vintage, but still very usable metal wheelbarrow
• Birdhouses, both decorative and functional
• A large Garden Bar
• Faux trees and plants
• Windchimes
• Square glass vases
• Garden-themed artwork
• Hawaiian shirts
• Plus other great decorations for your lawn, garden, or patio!
  

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2/7/13

Vintage Ephemera Sale
Starts Saturday, February 9 at 11:00am

Join us this weekend for a special sale of vintage ephemera, memorabilia and collectibles. We have a wonderful selection of art papers, photographs, postcards, books and more, just in time for Valentines Day!

Featuring:

• Lots of postcards from the 1900's to 1950's
• Cabinet Cards
• Tintypes & photographs
• Antique books
• A set of diaries from the 1950's & '60's
• Vintage educational posters
• Old newspapers and magazines
• Miscellaneous paper ephemera
• Vintage fabrics
• Vintage fur coats and a few antique dresses
• Metal toy cars
• Knick-knacks
• A cigar store Indian Chief bust
• Original paintings and other artwork
• Valentine craft supplies
• ...and more!

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1/25/13

Pre-Spring Green Garden Sale
Starts Saturday, January 26th at 11:00am

Get a head start on Springtime at the Depot this weekend. We are hosting a GREEN GARDEN SALE on Saturday and Sunday, January 26th and 27th, with lots of great new items at super affordable prices. This sale will feature a plethora of outdoor inventory for your yard, terrace, garden, or even apartment balcony. Items include:

Don’t wait for Spring to stock up!

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1/18/13

The Great Indoors & Music Event
Starts Saturday, January 19th at 11:00am

Attention all Rockers, Drummers, Bluesmen, Sound Engineers, Toe Tappers, Shower Singers, All-Around Music Lovers, and Couch Potatoes: It’s The East Bay Depot’s GREAT INDOORS & MUSIC SALE! Join us this weekend and peruse a huge selection of Record Albums, CDs, Instruments, Stereo & Recording Equipment, and more. All in great condition.
 
If music isn’t your cup of tea, get cozy indoors this weekend (after your visit to the store, of course) with a treasury of recently donated books, magazines, comics, games, DVDs, VHS movies, and working video players to keep you entertained. And if you need a warm drink or snack, we’ve got you covered with a selection of coffee makers, toasters, and kitchen gadgets.
 
All items are priced to move with bulk discounts on quantities of media!
Check out some of the great finds awaiting you this weekend:

• Hundreds of vinyl LPs in genres like Rock, Country, Jazz, Show Tunes, Classical and World Music
  Plus lots of 78's and 45's. Only $0.50 each!
• Music on cassette and 8-track. Just $0.25 each!
• Boxes of new CDs, with original cases. Featuring artists you’ve actually heard of. Only $0.50 each
• Dozens of features films on DVD. $2 each
• VHS movies for $2 each or six for $10. We even have movies on BetaMax!
• DVD and VHS players
• Stereo equipment, receivers, record players, portable record players & amps
• Several acoustic guitars, both nylon and steel string, and kid's guitars
• Percussion gear including drums, congas, xylophones, and a cowbell
• Children's recorders and other classroom instruments
• A huge box of metal and rock magazines from the early '90s
• A working, vintage Galanti Accordion with case!
• A couple of keyboards and Casiotones
• Vintage reel-to-reel recorders
• New in box Yamaha cassette 4-track recorder
• Plus lots of other music and entertaiment fun!

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1/11/13

January Lumberjack & Jill Event
Starts Saturday, January 12th at 11:00am

As the cold winter continues, The Depot wants you to keep toasty and stylish with a selection of gently used rugged flannel shirts, jeans, men's boots & shoes, rain gear, scarves, and other wild winter apparel. It’s our January Lumberjack (and Lumberjill) Clothing Event! A wide variety of sizes and styles will be available this weekend, all priced at just $1 to $15!
Stay toasty while looking cool.
 
And while we are keeping it hardy and robust, check out our new selection of recently donated tools and hardware for the home and garden. Both hand tools and power tools will be featured, along with a smattering of small furniture and other steadfast items.

 Also new in the store:

• Beautiful bolts of patterned and iridescent fabric
• A huge quantity of hollow glass bottle stoppers that work perfectly as miniature vases. Only $0.50 each or three for $1!We can offer a discount on large quantities of these right now so if you have an art project in mind, come by and let us know.
• Small wood and mesh faux rabbit cages – originally used for decorative chocolate bunny displays, these little bins are great for crafts or storage. $2 each or three for $5
• We recently acquired two darkroom enlargers, one of them for color negatives. Make us an offer!
• The vintage case has just been restocked with some classic board games, old camera gear, and a nice collection of antique photographs.
• These are the final weeks of our Food Drive for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Donate non-perishable canned or boxes food and get 10% OFF your purchase.

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10/4/12

Temescal Art Hop
Friday, October 5th, 6-9pm

We are happy to continue our participation in the Temescal Art Hop, a fun neighborhood event that features music, art, food, and prizes from over a dozen local merchants.

The East Bay Depot will be open until 9pm for shopping. Come and check out the latest inventory while enjoying light refreshments and a selection of music from the reuse record collection. Reuse artist Jennifer Jordan-Wong will be conducting a free drop-in Lantern Making workshop all evening, great for kids and adults. All materials are provided, you need only bring your creativity.

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9/6/12

End-of-Summer Garden Sale
Starts Friday, September 7th

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer with our Patio & Garden Sale!
We have wonderful finds for outdoor entertaining or sprucing up your garden:

Leon Kennedy Art Exhibition and Birthday Celebration
Setpember 7-14
Reception Monday, September 10, 2-5pm

The East Bay Depot is proud to exhibit the work of visionary folk artist Leon Kennedy.
 
Leon is a lifelong artist dedicated to creating figurative spiritual visions using reused materials. His artwork is made with crayons, markers, and paint on found surfaces such as bedsheets, plates, wood tables, and chairs.
 
Leon has exhibited internationally and his work is in many personal and museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Collection de l’Art Brut in Switzerland. He has been celebrated in publications featuring American Folk Art. Despite all his acclaim, Leon still finds time to visit the Depot regularly and share his new work with us.
 
The East Bay Depot will host an exhibition of new artworks by Leon Kennedy from Friday, September 7th through Friday, September 14th. Please join us at the Depot store on Monday, September 10th from 2:00-5:00pm for a reception honoring Leon’s fantastic reuse artworks and to celebrate his birthday. Meet the artist, enjoy some cake, and get inspiration and materials for your own reuse art.

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8/23/12

Back-to-School & Burning Man Supplies
Friday, August 24th - Sunday, August 26th

It’s that time of year again. Summer is almost over and you need to get ready to go Back To School. The East Bay Depot is here to make your transition back into the classroom easy on the wallet and the environment.Starting Friday August 24th, it’s the Creative Reuse Back To School Event!
 
Students, teachers, and parents receive a special discount of 20% off of our wide selection ofnew and reused classroom supplies! This includes:

• Notebooks
• Scrap Paper
• 3-Ring Binders
• Folders
• Paper
• Scissors
• Desk Organizers
• Glue and Tape
• Arts & Crafts Supplies
• Pencil Sharpeners
• Calculators
• Half-width blank books
• Classroom Workbooks
• Squeeze Toys
• Backpacks
• Baseball caps
• T-shirts
  ...and more!

And just to make sure you’re ready for that first pop quiz, we are offering a FREE bag of pens, pencils, crayons, markers, and/or hi-liters with any purchase!

We also haven’t forgotten you Burning Man folks!
Stop by the Depot before your final departure to the Desert to stock up on wild fabrics, reused art supplies, squishy foam balls, extra water bottles, and all the other weird items you know you’ll end up using somehow.

New velon/vinyl fabric rolls, flags and kites, mylar streamers,
and inflatable"human bubbles" just in!

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7/12/12

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6/29/12

Items include:  Wooden and wicker patio furniture Statuary Benches Architectural garden pieces Lanterns        Picnic baskets Red wagons Metal plant stands Metal pails, tubs and planters Wicker trunks Rustic gardening carts Flower pots Assorted housewares: dishes, glasses, mugs, etc.                                    Baker's racks Victorian style chairs Rocking chairs Enamel wear Colored glass bottles Vintage canning jars Tea pots Lamps Vintage books Framed and unframed artwork Objets d'art Vases Small décor items Candlesticks White pillar candles

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4/27/12

Items include:  Painted, patinaed, and rusted architectural garden pieces          Metal, wood and wicker patio furniture Retro chrome table and chairs Victorian chairs Rocking chairs New picnic-style tablecloths and cloth napkins Picnic baskets Collectible vintage newspaper racks Stained glass panels Red wagons Vintage red metal handcart Metal plant stands Vintage metal pails, tubs and planters Metal and wicker trunks Flower pots Live plants Gardening books Assorted housewares: dishes, glasses, mugs, etc. Enamel wear Tea pots Hand-painted ceramic dishes Standing and table lamps Vintage collectible toy trucks Vintage books Framed and unframed artwork Objets d'art Small décor items Candlesticks Vases Shabby chic silver plate pieces (serving dishes, pitchers, Baroque bowls, etc.)

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2/24/12

Temescal Spring Art Hop Friday, March 2nd, 6-9pm Next Friday, as part of the Temescal Art Hop and Oakland Art Murmur, the East Bay Depot presents A Visit With Our Elders, a fine art exhibition featuring large portraits by Berkeley artist Joanna Katz and small mixed media works by Nursing Home Residents. The exhibition runs March 2nd through March 31st. Artist’s reception on Friday, March 2nd, from 6-9pm, featuring live music and refreshments. The Depot store will also be open for shopping till 9pm.

 

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1/12/12

Handmade gifts are a great way to express your affection while saving money. The Depot is your place to have a creative, green Valentine’s Day.

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1/12/12

Winter Kitchen & Housewares Sale

Join us this weekend for another sale of wonderful new and gently used items for the kitchen and home!
Sale begins Sat, January 14th at 11am and continues throughout the week.
(Yes, we are OPEN on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 16th!)

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12/22/11

Great Deals on Last Minute Holiday Shopping!

Close out the year right and do some last minute shopping! Great discounts on Holiday decorations, wrapping paper, ornaments,and eclectic, economical, ecological, one-of-a-kind gifts!

Some wonderful items recently donated items include:

• Colorful, irridescent tablecloths: $10 each or 3 for $25
• Vintage designer jewelry: $7-$40 per piece
• Paper flowers $0.75
• Feathery ornaments: $1
• Rainboots for women and children: $12 per pair or two pairs for $20
• Long-stem glass vases: $5
• Vintage napkin rings: $2
• Hand-painted ceramics: $1-$5
• Handcrafted wooden jewelry boxes: $2-$6
• New Wine Country jigsaw puzzles: $2
• Antique "magic lantern" glass slides: $8
• Decorative snowmen: $2-$4
• Plus... lots of inexpensive jewelry, vintage toys, art posters & prints, and animal figurines.

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12/1/11

Upcoming Holiday Events at the Depot:

Temescal Winter Art Hop
Friday, Dec 2nd, 6-9pm

Join the Depot, along with many other local art galleries, restaurants, and merchants for an evening of fun exhibitions, tasty treats, and participatory events.
The Depot will be open for shopping until 9pm, and will be hosting a FREE Reuse Greeting Card Creation Station workshop. Supplies provided.

More info and list of participants at: www.temescalfirstfriday.com/

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Summer Kitchen & Housewares Sale

Get ready for dynamic deals on a variety of items, including:

• Sets of dishes
• Sets of glasses
• Set of mugs
• Pots & pans
• Cast iron skillets
• Copper pots
• Victorian-style teacups
• Salt and pepper shakers
• Utensils & cutlery
• Bakeware
• Crystal bowls & vases
• Serving bowls and platters
• English stoneware
• Hand-painted Italian plates
• Vintage cookware
• Toasters, juicers and mixers
• Teapots, kettles and tea strainers
• Glass and ceramic vases in many colors
• Mason jars
• Cookbooks
• Faux fruit
• Plastic picnic settings
• Hat boxes & decorative storage containers
• Table linens
• Decorative pillows
• Wooden kitchen chairs
• ...and many other items!

 

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7/8/11

Masonite Discs and Summer Book Sale

Check out our Summer Reading Book Sale!
This weekend all books will be 50% off our already low prices, and children's books just $0.25 each.

We are also featuring clockmaking scraps from TimeWorks. These masonite discs come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are great for kids projects, model making or decoupage. This is the last time we will ever have this versatile craft item!
Only $1 a pound!

Sample projects made with the discs:

Mirror	Coasters
Creepy-Crawlies	"Raw" clock parts

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5/26/11

Memorial Day Weekend "Indoor/Outdoor Sale"
Saturday, May 28 - Sunday, May 29

  The Depot will be closed on Monday, May 30th in observance of Memorial Day.
But on Saturday and Sunday we will be featuring lots of new and unique items!

Take it outdoors with:
-Wooden patio furniture
-Discounted terra cotta pots
-Sports gear, including baseballs and tennis rackets

Or stay cozy inside with:
-Lots of skeins of brand new yarn!
-Hundreds of recently-donated books & magazines
-Inexpensive puzzles and games

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4/21/11

Women's Book & Collectibles Sale and Art Show
Saturday, April 23rd, 11am-6pm

Please join us for a special sale of books, collectibles and other items celebrating women.
We will also be exhibiting the work of local women artists.

In addition, we will donate 20% of the sales to a women's shelter in Alameda County!

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4/1/11

"Get Fit" Sports & Fitness Sale
  Saturday, April 2- Sunday, April 3

Spring is here, the sun is out, and it's time for us all to "Get Fit!"
This weekend, April 2-3, the East Bay Depot will help you break a sweat without breaking your budget with our big reuse Sports & Fitness sale.

We have lots of great spots equipment for girls and boys, kids and adults. You'll find gear for:

Baseball, softball, football, basketball, tennis, croquet, golf,
yoga, swimming, skateboards, scooters... and more!

Plus, excellent camping equipment, sanitized water bottles, freshly-washed exercise clothing, weights, and a few surprises.

The sale continues into the Spring, but supplies are limited so don't fumble this opportunity! Play ball!

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3/10/11

Fabric Clearance Sale
  Saturday, March 12 - Sunday, March 13

This weekend only, all pre-cut fabric (not on bolts) will be $1/yard!

We have received two wonderful donations of fabric pieces that will go on sale this weekend!

Over 60 new boxes of mixed fabrics ranging from 1/2 yard to around 3 yards per piece. Huge variety of colors, patterns and materials!

Donated to us by a fabric store in San Francisco and a former employee of New York Fabrics.

If you are a sew-er, quilter, or fabric crafter of any kind, this is the weekend for you! Come to our fabric section and be prepared to shop at the best yardage price around.

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2/24/11

Home Decor Sale!
Begins Saturday, February 26th

• Vases
• Candle holders & new candles
• Decorative glass jars
• Pottery
• Dishes
• Italian plates
• French China
• Monkey Pod wood bowls & platters
• Decorated tins
• Crystal dishes
• Salt & pepper shakers
• Chicken items
• New boxed glassware
• Cappuccino maker
• Espresso maker
• Donut maker
• Kitchen linens
• Pyrex
• Enamelware
• Pots & pans
• Baking dishes & pie pans
• Hors d'oeuvres trays
• Ashtrays
• Vintage plates (limited amount)
• Garden pots
• Ironing boards

Also just in: New Crafting Notions!
A wonderful donation from a fabric store in San Francisco:

Buttons (white, gold & blue)
Jewelry chains & findings
Zippers
Large pieces of fabric ($2/yard)

Can be purchased individually or by the scoop.

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12/29/10

Shabby Chic Sale
Sale Begins Sunday, January 2, 2011
(Closed Saturday, January 1)

Items include: 

• Painted, patinaed, and rusted architectural garden pieces         
• Metal and mosaic patio furniture
• Pine tables and chairs
• Wicker furniture
• Scrolled iron work railings
• Vintage metal pails, tubs and planters
• Stained glass panels
• Ornate, gilded, weathered mirrors and frames
• Wooden ducks
• Vintage garden sprinkler
• Metal Santa Fe blue wheelbarrow
• Wicker and wire-work planters and plant stands
• Flower pots
• Oil paintings
• Enamelware
• Vintage typewriter
• Standing and table lamps
• Birdcages
• Dollhouses
• Vintage collectible toy trucks
• Hand-painted ceramic dishes
• Vintage Singer sewing machine & stand
• Objects de art

 

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11/18/10

Kitchen & Housewares Sale!
Saturday & Sunday, November 19th & 20th

Join us for a sale of wonderful new and gently used items
for the kitchen and home!

Includes:
• Sets of dishes
• Sets of glasses
• Set of mugs
• Glass vases
• Pots & pans
• Silverware & knives
• Cooking tools & gadgets
• Muffin tins & baking pans
• Tea kettles
• Pyrex
• Storage canisters
• Serving trays & platters
• Coffe makers
• Wooden bowls
• Table linens, towles and bed linens
• Hand-painted ceramics
• Wrought iron décor
• Candles
• Artwork

 

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10/15/10

Fall Furniture and Artwork Sale!
Begins Friday, October 15th

 

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9/1/10

Summer/Fall Vintage & Collectibles Sale!
Saturday & Sunday, September 4th & 5th

Wonderful treasures for everyone:
Collectors, junkers, antiquers, artists and crafters!

Items include:

Vintage Crafting Supplies & Paper Ephemera
Including antique and vintage photos and postcards

Books
Children's books from the1940's
Lots of 1950’s and ‘60’s paperbacks: pulp, western, crime, sci-fi
1st Editions and antique books from 1860 to 1940’s
Bound magazines from 1920’s to 1970’s with great illustrations – perfect for crafting and altered art!

Kitchen Collectibles
Tools with colored handles
Rolling pins, canisters

Vintage Home Décor
Lamps & chandeliers
Framed artwork
Candlesticks
Stained glass
Cabinet knobs

Vintage Office Supplies
Including pens & pen sets

Vintage Containers
Jars, bottles, tins & boxes

Clothing
Hats, gloves, Hawaiian shirts, military uniform pieces

Jewelry
Signed and unsigned collectible costume jewelry

Antique Lace, Linens & Trimmings
Vintage buttons – shell, rhinestone, celluloid
Sewing and millinery supplies and ephemera

Toys
Cars, dolls, tin litho dollhouses

Special one-of-a-kind items:
Radios & phonograph player
Underwood typewriter
Turn of the century tobacco trading cards

 

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7/30/10

The front of the store is full of new and gently used
art and craft supplies! 
Let the East Bay's "Best Craft Supply Store" be your source for crafting materials for summer camps, home projects, or get a head start on back-to-school shopping, for a fraction of retail cost!

• Tempera Paint (Gallons and pints)
• Watercolor Sets
• Acrylic Craft Paint
• Fabric Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Crayons
• Markers
• Glue Sticks
• Glue Guns
• Nori Paste (1.84 oz.)
• Glitter Glue Pens
• Glitter Markers
• Pipe Cleaners
• Pencils (regular and colored)
• Rulers
• Wire Bundles Canvas-textured Paper
  

We also have a unique donation of brand new Peet's Coffee merchandise and accessories:

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7/8/10

Everything for the cat lover!
Cat books, art, décor, stuffed animals, figurines, jewelry and more!

50% of all proceeds on cat collectibles this weekend will be donated to the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society which suffered a tragic fire in May 2010.  Visit their website for more information or to make a donation.

New Inventory This Week

 

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6/3/10

Tablecloths and More!

Tablecloth extravaganza! On sale now!
 
We have just received hundreds of GORGEOUS, nearly new, large tablecloths (essentially big pieces of high-end fabric with seams and hems)!
Dozens of different patterns, colors and fabrics to choose from:
Solids, stripes, polka dots, swirls, sequined, embroidered, black & white, Indian motifs, and more. Linen, satin, polyester, rayon, cotton.
Only $15-$20 each!
 
Sizes include:
108" x 62" Oval
198" x 104" Rectangle
132" diameter Round
 
Make your own curtains, duvet covers, upholstered furniture, pillow cases, and more!  There are endless possibilities for this exquisite fabric.

Also just in...

Cowboy hats for adults and children. In natural, red, green and yellow:  $1.50 each	Red-painted square ceramic vases: $2 each	White & gold ceramic pots: $2-3 each
Plastic faux fruit sprays: $1 each	Gold stars, cherubs, and musical notes: $0.75-$1.50 each	Decorate your own cowboy hat!

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5/14/10

Kid's Sale!
Begins Saturday, May 15th

We have a large collection of gently used (and some new), affordable children's stuff!  Great for keeping your child busy over the summer, or for stocking your summer camp or summer school classroom. 

Sale begins Saturday, May 15th and will continue throughout the week.

Items include:

• Wood furniture (benches, chairs, desks, cabinets)
• Play kitchen
• Rocking horse
• Books in great condition
• Legos
• Radio Flyer tricycles and red wagons
• Dinosaurs in all shapes and sizes
• Beanie Babies
• Dolls
• Stuffed animals
• Barbie Dolls and accessories
• Disneyland and Mickey & Minnie Mouse products
• Action figures
• Plastic soldiers
• Board games
• Videos
• Crafting kits
• Art easels
• Educational toys & books
• Puzzles & games
• Kites
• Many toy cars & trucks
• Matchbox cars
• Wooden blocks
• Baseball & softball bats, gloves & balls
• Dress-up costumes and accessories
• Lunch boxes
• Rubber ducks
  ...and more!

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4/23/10

Novelty toys are back!

We have thousands of brand new little toys, games and decorated pens, perfect for classrooms, prizes, give-aways, school events, or goodie bags.

• Sports ball pens
• Heart and star pens
• Nudie cutie pens
• Space labyrinth puzzles
• 3-D square puzzles
• Round nostalgic puzzles
• Glitter magnets
• Pig, cow and chicken keychain lights
• Lemon, lime and apple stress balls

Prices:
Individually: $0.10 - $0.50 each
By the small box: 30% off individual price!
By the case (up to 1,000 pieces): 60% off individual price!

Also just in:

Jute burlap drawstring pouches in Green, Orange or Natural, 6"x10":
Only $0.50 each or $4.00 for a package of 12!

Lab equipment with a variety of uses:
Polystyrene test tubes, 4ml
Cell culture clusters (packaged and sterile)

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4/8/10

Winter Vintage & Collectibles Sale!
April 10th & 11th
UPDATE: All remaining vintage merchandise 50% starting April 16!

Please join us for another wonderful Vintage & Collectibes sale!

Begins Saturday, April 10th at 11:00am.
Sale will continue throughout the week until inventory is sold.

Most items are under $10. Specific highlights include:

• Linens, antique handmade lace
• Small amount of vintage clothing, costumes, hats & purses, including vintage wool Naval uniforms
• Jewelry – costume, rhinestone, etc.
• Buttons
• Globes
• Dishware, including Franciscan & Hall
• Bone china cups & saucers
• Tea sets
• Old clocks, radio, cameras
• Lots of enamelware/spatterware/graniteware – colanders and pots
• Vintage kitchen tools from a pink Mixmaster to green-handled egg beaters
• Framed prints, signed paintings, antique photos
• 1960’s clown oil paintings
• Two original impasto paintings by Van Hoople
• Milk glass & depression glass
• Old bottles & mason jars
• Old toys and baby & doll clothes
• 1930’s suitcases
• Mid-Century Modern chairs
• 1930’s twin beds
• Machine age industrial deco chair set
• MANY antiquarian and rare books from the 1850’s to 1930’s, included illustrated and children’s books
• LOTS of paper ephemera – letters, certificates, photos, diaries, brochures, magazines, and more! 
• Old postcards in great condition – Linen era and RPPC’s.  Some very rare!

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2/8/10

Valentine's Weekend Crafters Showcase!
(click below for larger image)

Valentines for You!

To show our appreciation to you, on Saturday and Sunday, February 13 and 14 we will also be handing out a special Valentine to each customer, containing a 20% off coupon for your next purchase as well as a mystery gift!

We also have all the supplies you need to make your own beautiful Valentines: beautiful red paper, ribbon, lace, trimmings, buttons, beads and more! 

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1/12/10

Winter Vintage & Collectibles Sale!
Begins Saturday, January 16, 11:00am

Please join us for another wonderful Vintage & Collectibes sale!

Begins Saturday, January 16 at 11:00am.
Sale will continue throughout the week until inventory is sold.

Most items are under $10. This sale will be a delight for all crafters, sew-ers, collage artists, scrap-bookers and collectors!

Most items fall into the following categories:

FABRIC: Linens, lace, yardage, hats, purses
TOYS: Games, board games, plastic prizes
BOOKS: 1840-1950, many illustrated
PAPER EPHEMERA
BUTTONS & JEWELRY

Specific highlights include:

• Jewelry & buttons & buckles, including rhinestone and Bakelite
• Vintage fabric yardage, trim, patterns and sewing notions
• Antique lace, linens, Vera scarves and vintage kitchen linens
• 1940’s-50’s magazines
• Lots of vintage ephemera including old ledger books
• Antique valentines
• Old science paraphernalia: scales, metal bits & pieces
• Toy biology lab set
• Vintage toy cash register and sewing machines
• Antique Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine
• Vintage Philco radio
• Lots of old kitchenware and tools; enamelware
• Fiestaware & Bauer-ware
• Fancy vintage hats
• Hawaiian shirts
• Old washboards
• Old cameras
• Cigar boxes, tins, decorative containers
• Old library card catalogue file drawer
• Mirrors, paintings, prints
• Bird cages
• Danish modern chairs
• Carved antique chairs

And remember, Valentine's Day is coming up! Find a unique gift for your special someone.

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12/22/09

Kitchen & Garden Sale!

We have just brought in two truckloads of housewares, kitchen items and garden decor that is the result of six months of collecting!

Some items are new, some reused, most are under $10.
The collection will go on sale on Wednesday, December 23 at 11am.

Includes:
• Sets of dishes
• Sets of glasses
• Set of mugs
• Cooking implements
• Pots & pans
• Muffin tins & cookie sheets
• Pyrex
• Storage canisters
• Serving trays & platters
• Wooden bowls
• Table linens
• Hand-painted ceramics
• Aluminum tubs
• Garden furniture
• Metal patio chairs & tables
• Mosaic tables
• Baskets
• Glass vases
• Wrought iron décor
• Vintage metal toy trucks
• Original oil paintings on canvas

Come on in for some last minute gift shopping!

Holiday Hours:
Wednesday, December 23: 11am-6pm
Thursday, December 24: 11am-4pm
Friday, December 25: CLOSED
December 26-30: Regular hours, 11am-6pm daily
Thursday, December 31: 11am-4pm
Friday, January 1: CLOSED

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12/14/09

30th Anniversary Celebration and Holiday Craft Fair!
(click below for larger image)

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10/30/09

Tie Silk is back, for the last time!

This weekend we will be putting out for sale the last of the extraordinary packaged tie silk pieces.  Pieces range from 5"x12" to 10"x12" and there is a wonderful array of assorted colors and prints.  This is a fantastic opportunity for quilters and other sewers and crafters!

The silk is now priced at $5 per pound and we expect it to sell quickly! 

Holiday Store now open!

The Depot Holiday Craft Shop is now open in its own room off of the main store.  It is packed with holiday ornaments, decorations, wrapping paper, gift boxes, ribbons, lights, cards, little trees, wreaths, and more.

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8/21/09

Huge Vintage and Collectibles Sale!
Beginning Saturday, September 26th, 11:00am

Please join us for a special sale of Vintage & Collectibles items, beginning Saturday, September 26, at 11:00am. Sale will continue until inventory is sold.

Most items are under $10! Highlights include:

• Old wooden birdcages
• Board games
• Vintage fabric, linens, hankies, aprons, furs, hats
• 1920’s & 30’s kitchen tools and enamelware
• Glass, crystal and china, cups & saucers, plate sets
• Vintage sewing ephemera and patterns
• Suitcases and train cases
• Old Barbies and Barbie clothes
• Horseman Cindy doll
• Composition bride doll
• Celluloid kewpie dolls
• Jewelry boxes and old containers and tins
• Gorgeous old gilded ornate frames and mirrors
• Original 1930’s chemistry set with all parts
• Avon bottles and turn of the century bottles and jars
• Large framed vintage prints, photos and paintings
• Chromed breadbox
• Incredible hand-printed Art Deco/ Art Nouveau wallpaper rolls
• Pre-1900 lace and shawls
• Many, many old books from 1870’s to 1950’s: children’s illustrated, magazines
• Figural banks
• Vintage and antique photographs
• “Kitschy” 1960’s & 70’s stuff
• Ice skates, lunchboxes
• Old stamps, typesetting letters
• Arts & Crafts rocking chair
• Thorsen kitchen chairs
• Antique Army surgical chest

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9/4/09

Upper Playground contemporary art books are here again!
$5 each or $40 for the full set of 13 titles:

Basco, "Donde esta mi corazon?": Mixed media

Boogie, "Sao Paulo": Photography

Boogie, "Istanbul": Photography

Herbert Baglione, "Vossia": Painting

Date Farmers, "Super Locos": Painting

Maya Hayuk, "Just Good Vibes": Mixed media

Cody Hudson, "Save My Life": Mixed media

Rob Abeyta Jr., "Compliments of…" : Mixed media

Tomokazu Matsuyama, Found Modern Library: Painting

Anthony Lister, "Tales of White Trash Prophecy": Mixed media

Doze Green/David Ellis, "Shaft": Painting

Albert Reyes, "Don’t Give Up": Mixed media

Morning Breath, "The Early Bird": Mixed media

Go back to school the GREEN way
with reused school supplies from the Depot!

Stock up on low-cost reused school supplies for students and teachers!  Create your own notebook, decorate your own binder, adorn your classroom, while saving money and the environment.

We have the following on sale:

* Great assortment of new paper
* Art supplies (paint, brushes, crayons, markers, rubber stamps)
* Office supplies (pens, notepads, folders, binders with logos)
* Containers (cardboard tubes, jars, baskets, new deli containers)
* Books and curricular materials
* Farbic and yarn
* Craft materials (craft sticks, lanyard chord, buttons, beads, ribbons)
* Posters
* Stickers
* Magazines
* New lockers

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7/31/09

New inventory:
Vintage Wallpaper and Scrapbooking Paper!

Beautiful vintage wallpaper by the roll from the 1930's through 1950's, manufactured by Thibaut, Union Made, Janeway & Carpenter, Thomas Strahan Co. and others.

$1 per foot. Rolls $10-$20. Scraps and pieces $0.50-$1.00

Vintage Linens

Tablecloths, napkins, handkerchiefs, collars, and assorted embroidered pieces.

We still have posters but stock is running low on certain images, so come in soon! Free poster tube included with purchase.

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7/17/09

New inventory:
Beautiful new posters from Celestial Arts and Ten Speed Press!

This is a one-time opportunity to purchase these high-quality art posters at a fraction of their retail value.

The posters are classics and are mostly photographs and botanical prints of food, including cheeses, apples, tomatoes, eggplant, squash, wines, etc.

Large posters (24"x36") are $5 each and smaller sizes are $3 each.

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Depot featured on CBS Channel 5!
Watch the video here.