Thrifty Thursday

I've missed Thrifty Thursday for a few weeks! I've missed finding time to go thrifting! And my few trips have not been successful. I did find this cute wire birdcage at Hobby Lobby - 80% off- so from $29.99 down to $6!

I shopped around the house to dress it up. First a broken Dollar Tree bird (thanks to Lulu)- in a nest made from a vintage hat. Next the dried roses from my Mother of the Groom bouquet. And topped with a tag I made.

I tried to print this image on t-shirt transfer paper. Then I burned/ironed it on a piece of linen and sewed the linen on a piece of card stock. Next time I will not iron it so long...it fried a little.

Don't forget to stop by Leigh's place for some thrifty ideas!

July 4th

We had a great 4th of July! The weather was perfect, not too hot, no thunderstorms. We had good friends and good food! There were no pictures during the party- too busy and camera shy bathing beauties! This is the kudzu wreath I made (decorated with burlap strips for coffee bags and 90% off patriotic ribbon from last summer)!

The Grand Opening of Captain Jack's Pirate Bar!

Estate sale pirate chest - great to store napkins and paper plates.

Random bar customer..............

We stayed out by the pool and enjoyed the Red, White and Blue sky after all the guests were gone! What a beautiful day!

The Boy

The Boy or Son #4 turned 14 this week. He celebrated by taking some friends to a movie and eating a lot of cake. I saw this giant cupcake pan (as seen on TV!) for 75% off at CVS. He never wants a birthday cake...says he doesn't like cake. Over the years he has had birthday brownies and ice cream cakes. He does like strawberry shortcake and cream cheese frosting so he did get a birthday cake this year!

It was SO good! We have each gained 5 pounds! It takes 2 boxes of cake mix! There was a little too much batter so you can make a few little cupcakes, too. When you bake the bottom of the cake there is an insert to make a hole. You can fill it with ice cream or anything you want.
In other news he also went fishing this week and brought home dinner. I have never cooked a fresh fish.....but I am going to try!

Lord, help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Green Monster

Sandy has blogged about a Green Monster drink. I was doubtful that I could swallow a drink made of spinach, almond milk and banana! But, it kept popping up around Blogland and I was curious. The benefits range from more energy to less sugar cravings. So when our new Earthfare opened last week and almond milk was $.14 I decided to take the test.

It is good! I like spinach but you really can't taste it. I"ll try it for a while for breakfast and see if I see any benefits. Eli must inspect all food and he was not impressed!