Hex Signs

I am a huge fan of Pennsylvania Dutch Folk art. I grew up in a rural area of Pennsylvania and used to see hex signs on barns and in my own family's houses. I was always a bit more intrigued by it since it's also my heritage. Over the years I would look at the art at different festivals and in library books, and I'd end up getting little knickknacks with the art on them. However, I never had an actual hex sign until my friend Catie got me 4 of them as a gift.

As far as I remember, she told me they were from a yard sale (I've since acquired more of a collection, but a lot of them are from my mom who bought them in a store in Lancaster County).

Each sign has a meaning behind it, but the general theme is for good luck.

Most of them are by the artist Jacob Zook. And as with any collection, I'm always on the lookout for more and different ones I haven't seen before!

Happy Thrifting!

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McGinty's Saloon

Ed has a wall of his own in the den. I don't have any photos of the whole wall, but maybe sometime when we have our new place and we get our decorations back up, I'll take some photos of it.

Just like me, his theme is: things he likes. He doesn't buy tiny items like me though. His are mostly larger, and don't have the same color scheme (browns, etc) as mine. Ed found this group of decorations at an estate sale. I think they were actually just on a pile in the pantry. We both thought these were pretty neat though, and the price was right for him!

Such a cool set!

Happy Thrifting!

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