Cute Stuff

I have not done much for the last week that is blog "worthy"!!! I've been sewing a lot, but mostly alterations- which are not very creative! I did work on this project and I love the results! Sandy sent me some of her very cute cards with my initial! I immediately thought of some of the cute framed initials I've seen around blogland.

I found a very cheap but scratched frame at Hobby Lobby on the 90% off sale.

With a little sand paper and spray paint I fixed it up. At first I was going to put a card in it, but I noticed that she had decorated the box the cards were in! So I tried that in the frame and loved it! Sandy has a new Etsy shop featuring her cute cards!!!! Go visit her here!

The big project I've been working on is for a friend's future granddaughter. This is the bumper pad and crib skirt on my ironing board. Baby stuff is so fun to sew!
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Thrifty Thursday

Last week I stayed away from my junk stores since I was concentrating on purging junk from my house with the yard sale. So this week I am showing a thrift store treasure from two weeks ago. I have seen this pug pillow before! Several years ago it was in a $$$$catalog$$$$- I could not justify spending $18 on a tiny pillow- no matter how cute! His Momma pillow was $36!! I wanted both of them!!! So when I saw this baby at Angel's I moved with lightening speed to grab it ...expecting it to be priced too high!

And joy and jumping followed when I saw his $.75 price tag!!!

He is only 6 inches tall and he is based on a vintage pug toy, made by The Toy Workshop.

Look at the curly tail!!!

Even the feet are adorable!!! I love him! Eli and Bitsey are not so impressed! They prefer a furry pug toy!

Don't forget to go by and see the other Thrifty Treasures here!

Wordless Wednesday-Clean Laundry Edition

Yard Sale Update

The yard sale was successful! We had 6 families take part and what did not sell was donated. Here is my yard as we put things out about 6:00 AM! We agreed to not buy each others stuff- but we did trade a little. I only ended up with one new piece of pottery, made by one of the other yard salers!

The great thing is that it is all gone- one way or another- and I am about $200 richer! When you think about it that is a lot when most things were $.25 -$.50 ! I did sell a couple of larger items- a chair that I had painted and a huge framed tapestry that came with the house. It was the right style for the house but it was TOO big! It was hanging in the dining room and it was behind a door! That was the only wall big enough for it! I am glad it found someone to love it!

Yard Sale

For once I'm not going to a yard sale...I'm having one! I've spent much of the last two weeks dragging junk out of closets and the attic...in July...in Alabama...
We have been stuffing the attic for 8 and 1/2 years with our trash. They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. I feel sure that this is every man's trash!!

The rule is once it goes in the yard -it does not come back in the house. DH will be loading up the truck at the end of the sale and heading to the thrift shop to donate the remains. At this point I would pay someone to make it all go away!

I have found a few things that will be repacked up- some sentimental toys of the kids and a book or two that I can't quite part with. But most of the stuff is useless and I just have to get it out! Some of the interesting finds were- my Junior prom dress, 2 Bridesmaid dresses 1979 and 1984ish, the outfit I wore for my school picture in 1995 (which was 4 days before I got pregnant with youngest son- needless to say - I was never small enough to wear it again!) , daughter's Easter dress from 1995 (loved that dress-keeping it) when she was 7, matching sweaters that I knitted for sons 1 and 2 when they were babies, son #3's cowboy boots from when he was 3 or 4 and everything the baby (who is 13) has ever owned!

Lulu has decided she wants to keep the basketball!

Thrifty Thursday

Rather than showing any recent thrifty treasures this week I decided to go back in time and share my bathroom. This is one of the BEST things my DH has ever done for me. To see an overview of the project go here. Almost all of the decorating details in this room are a result of thrift store finds or really good bargains. I started the whole project with a blue and white beachy theme. The first thing that I found was this print for $3.99 and it took off from there. I spray painted the frame black and changed the mat.

Most of the prints are thrift store finds. One by one I added more to the collection while the room was under construction. After the room was done I kept moving the pictures around until I decided where to hang them. By then I liked how they looked just leaned on the shelf above the bead board....so we never hung any of them on the walls!
This is a vintage trade card that I got off of ebay. It is from my parent's hometown Lockport, NY. I found a thrift store frame for it. I love little white creamers that are usually $.50 or less.
These vintage postcards were already framed nicely at Mission Thrift and they have scenes from places we have been on vacations- Jekyll Island and Biloxi, MS.
Family Beachy pictures in thrift store frames and dolphins that youngest boy won me at a beach arcade!
This little figurine had to come home with me because she reminded me of the Victorian children in some of the prints I had.

The medicine cabinet was a Lowe's display clearance -$10. I added the knob from my stash and DH added shelves because they were missing.
Mixed and matched blue and white plates from yard sales and thrift stores are scattered around the room.

Sea shells are gathered in thrift store jars and on little boxes. I started with one $.50 Goodwill shell box. Then there were 3- a collection- now there are 8- that's enough!
The big glass jar came from Old Time Pottery , the blue jar from the thrift store and the dresser scarves from an estate sale.
Youngest boy painted this picture last year at Orange Beach then I framed it with a thrift store frame that I glued shells from the same trip on. Gravy boat came from Goodwill - I put bath salts in it.


Finally - white wicker- all in shabby shape but I like the beachy feel and no one looks at the back side anyway! A can of spray paint solves some of the problems!

This chair was on the front porch when we moved in so it had many issues. I used doilies to patch some of the weak spots and lots of spray paint. The pillows came from left over curtain fabric and some toile Mom sent me.

Thank to Leigh, who hosts Thrifty Thursday each week. Now I'm off to look at other thrifty treasures here.

Weekend Recap

....mostly pictures!!!Good food!

Hubby's birthday tablescape- Elvis in "Blue Hawaii"meets July 4th!

Happy July 4th!

Wishing everyone a safe and restful 4th of July! We spent today around the pool with friends and will do the same tomorrow!

Thrifty Thursday

As soon as we got home from our vacation I got sick- a summer cold- complete with coughing and fever. Bleah!!!! So I have finally got back to the Thrifting World after about 3 weeks. I went to 2 small estate sales last week and a quick trip to Mission Thrift this week. I didn't find much, but it felt good to be out of bed!

At the first estate sale I found this Staffordshire plate from the Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. The youngest boy and I had an educational trip there a couple of years ago. Dad was in a bike ride so we toured the house and learned about President Roosevelt.
The next sale brought me these silver Godinger plate chargers (8 for $4) that I can't wait to use in a tablescape.
Here is a cigar box and a sweet embroidered linen dresser scarf- each$.25

Close up of the details on the chargers- these things are very heavy. I looked them up on ebay and they are priced a lot more than I paid for them!

This weeks finds at the Thrift store-

Kiddie books and the Flea Market book were $.25 each. I love these old colanders- they are great for organizing craft stuff and picking vegetables in the garden. My favorite find this day is the little Limoges china plate!

Some of my friends and I have decided to have a yard sale this month. I really need to get rid of some clutter ....so I can bring more home!!!

Don't forget to check out the other Thrifty Thursday gals at Leigh's place!