Happy Thursday all, and welcome to another edition of…. What the Heck Is It? In the last What the Heck you guys helped out with two mysteries. One for Lynette, a TRV reader, and one for me. The concensus was that Lynette’s lucite square thingies were parts of a belt that were linked together with… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? In the last What the Heck I shared this mystery item with the elephant head feet. There were some very good guesses, but I think it’s probably what Mary, Granny, and Vickie suggested… which is a vintage wine bottle coaster . While… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of…. What the Heck Is It? In the last What the Heck post I shared these small handmade earrings. Many of you thought that they were Peruvian or South American and some of you, like me, thought they had a Mexican look to them. It turns out… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends and welcome to another edition of… What the Heck Is It? For the last What the Heck you guys were able to help out my friend Kathleen from Our Hopeful Home, formerly Charm Bracelet Diva at Home, with this mystery item. It turned out to be a portable stove for using over campfires. These… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? You may remember that the last mystery item was submitted by a TRV reader, Linda, who didn’t know what this fun item was.   Well, it was you guys to the rescue! Turns out it’s a daisy maker. Who would’ve thought?… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, an welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? In What the Heck #12 I shared this vintage hand painted chess set that I found a few years ago at a garage sale. Verralynne, a TRV reader, found an almost identical set on ebay listed for $65.00 U.S. That set… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? So it turns out that last week’s mystery item is a vintage silver plated cosmetic powder container. After reading the comments I googled it and, while I didn’t find an exact match, I did see some that were similar. It’s missing the glass… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? In the last What the Heck? I was quite surprised to discover from your comments that this interesting kitchen gadget was a butter curler, and could be used as a chocolate curler too. I have yet to try it because I’ve… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? There were a lot of ideas about what last week’s Christmas mystery item might be… a soldier, a marionette, a dentist, a baseball player, Santa at the North Pole, a curler, a Shriner, and a chimney sweep. I find it so interesting… [Read More]

Happy Thursday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? I’m tweaking things up a bit here at TRV for the New Year so from now on What the Heck will be posted on Thursdays. It’s just a better fit for me because I want to keep Fridays open for other post possibilities…. [Read More]

Happy Friday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? Every week I’m absolutely amazed by the knowledge of you guys. I had no idea what this wooden thingy was. I guess these boot jacks are a big thing in some places, but I’ve never seen one around here. Thanks so much for… [Read More]

Happy Friday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? So apparently last week’s mystery item wasn’t a mystery at all to many of you. I know I live in the thrifting boonies, but I guess I must also live under a thrifting rock (lol) because I’d never seen this contraption before…. [Read More]

Happy Friday friends and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? Last week’s mystery items were very interesting, and you guys had a lot of ideas about what they were. I was wondering if these tongs were for some specific task and there were many suggestions… such as ice, salad, removing corn on… [Read More]

Happy Friday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It? So last week some of you thought AnnMarie’s mystery item was the top of an old binocular case. After doing some googling it certainly does look similar to old ones that I saw. I thought it might be something that you strapped… [Read More]

Happy Friday friends, and welcome to another edition of What the Heck Is It?     There were a lot of great suggestions last week about what this item could be…         and it turns out that it’s a tray lifter to help remove hot trays from an oven or toaster oven…. [Read More]

Happy Friday friends! So last week you guys figured out that my mystery item was a vintage Dilly candle holder, and once I knew what it was I was able to do some research and find some similar pieces. I went through my candle snuffer collection to see if I could find one to fit but… [Read More]

Happy Friday friends. Many of you thought last week’s mystery item was an ice or garlic crusher, so I decided to test it out. I didn’t have any garlic to try, but I’m happy to report that it does work for ice. You place the ice cube on top of the rib thingies on the bottom… [Read More]

You guys were so helpful with my Finds of the Week post last week that I’ve decided to start a What the Heck Is It? series. It’ll run on Fridays and might not be every week, but just when I have something cool to share. I often find unique and interesting vintage things and have no clue… [Read More]