Thrifty Treasures Time!

I'm participating in one of my favorite parties of the week, hosted by one of my favorite bloggers - Rhoda over @ Southern Hospitality. Check out all of the great thrifted goodies found by her and other bloggers by heading over to her blog!

Here are my scores of the week!

ugly peach shelf I spray pained pink .25
yellow pottery urn .25

2 old books .50 each

Old Baking Tray? 1.00

Old Tin Molds $2.00 for all 5


Old Tin - .50


More Old Tin Molds .50 for all 3


Foil Bunny - .49


3 tiny plates w/peacocks - $1.00 for all 3

Kohl's Christmas Frame - not really my style but the 15.99 price tag on the bottom and the .99 goodwill price tag made for an impulse purchase. Maybe I can give it to someone who'll love it!

What I've Been Up To This Week

I've been ...

Baking Cupcakes

Crafting Cupcake Charms
Working on a Craft Room Re Do


Crafting Fluffy Flowers

And Thrifting!

I'll have all my thrifted treasures in the next post linked up to Rhoda's Thrifty Treasure's Party over @ Southern Hospitality! Hope you'll check them out! :)

xoxo,
K

I've Gone Jar Crazy

I have been buying up old Ball, Atlas, ect canning jars every time I see one and it's getting to be a bit of a problem! I think my husband is about to stage an intervention here anytime now :).

I finally found a cute way to display them for the summer. It's still a work in progress (I need some higher pieces on the ends to balance everything out right) - but I wanted to share!

Lit Up.
And Yes. I forgot to screw back in my outlet cover and it's been that way since I painted in January. Yes, I am embarrassed. Time to get on that!

I hope these pictures aren't too bad! I took them at night. The jars are filled with a little sand, a few shells, and a tea light. They really do look pretty at night sparkling through the aqua colored jars!

More to come soon!

xoxo,
K

It's Thrifty Treasures Time!

Rhoda over at Southern Hospitality hosts a fabulous linky party every Monday where everyone can show off their favorite thrifty finds of the week! I absolutely love looking at everyone's great deals and interesting finds and I love participating as well!

This week I got some really interesting things at some of my new favorite thrift shops and a local flea market! I was getting frustrated because our Salvation Army here is very overpriced and the selection is seriously lacking - but this weekend has given me a new found hope ;).

Ok, on with the treasures!!

Milkglass (I think) Pedestal Bowl - .99, Milk Glass Vase - .99, Old Atlas Jar - .49, 5 Wicker Chargers $5.00 total (all nwt)

Corner TV stand - 4.99, it's press board (maybe from Wal-Mart?) but it's going to get a dose of creamy, white paint so hopefully that will improve the looks of it! We REALLY needed something in this corner of our bedroom - before we just had our tv propped up on a little trunk and we had no dvd storage, so this is perfect for now!

Heavy, Snowflake Glass Dish - .99Tuscan Fine English Bone China Tea Cup and Saucer - 2.99 (Does anyone have any idea how to find out what pattern this is? There's a number on the bottom but when I google, nothing comes up and I've searched Ebay but haven't found this same pattern)
Vintage Stamps "New York State 100% Pure Honey" - .50 each, but the seller gave us both for .50! :)
Small Milk Glass Dish - .99 (sorry it is so hard to see!)
CUTE Tea light holder - .79 I really wish you guys could see the vibrant colors on this cute little thing! I just love it and there's glittered areas scattered around to mimic snow and it is the sparkliest glitter I have ever seen, love!
Deer Figurines - 1.00 each, but one ear was broken so I got both for $1.00! The red and green dots were just stickers so I removed those after I took this picture and my darling husband glued on the broken ear of deer # 2 :)


Vintage 60's Tin - .5 I LOVE those little houses! :)

Get Out Of That Pit - Beth Moore - .99 (I almost bought this for $21.99 a few weeks back)
Martha Inc - .49 (Excited to read this)
The Complete Christmas Book - .79 (By FAR this is my favorite find of the week. It was published in the late 50's I believe and it is the most fabulous, home making, Christmas book I have ever seen. I just know I'm gong to treasure this for years to come - Christmas in July for sure!!! :) )


Sorry about the next few pictures - I just ran out in my *very messy* garage to take them so I didn't forget to include them this week :).

6 old canning jars with the metal latches - $1.99

Vintage Cocoa - Cola Crate $5.00


Desk - $10.00 - This is a terrible picture, because I have it all pulled apart ready to be sanded, primed, and painted. I plan to use it for my sewing machine since it has those drawers which will keep my scissors, pins, and essentials close by.

Total - 39.04

Thanks for sticking with me through this LONG post - I know I got a lot of small things, but I really love everything I got.

It is so funny now that I've discovered thrifting, I'm really figuring out exactly what my true likes and dislikes are. I really have to search for the things that I like at sales, so when I find a treasure it's so much more meaningful for me than going to Home Goods and picking something off the shelf.

I find that I'm finding less and less at regular stores that I am drawn to. The prices just seem too high and there's no character or story behind the items. I've really enjoyed wondering about where the things I'm bringing home came from and giving them new life in my home!

I hope everyone found many treasures this week that are meaningful to you too! :)

xoxo,
K

Food Post - Healthy Eating

I have a lot of posts coming up with pics of some DIY stuff I've been up to! I've been sort of in a diy/craft slump... everything I've attempted has sort of fallen flat of my expectations, but I am gearing up for an entire craft room/office remodel so I hope to get my "mojo" back :).

But I had some healthy and delicious food today so I figured I'd do a little "what I ate today" post!

I started off the day with a kids organic z bar - that I forgot to take a picture of and a slice of cheese - classy I know, but it hit the spot ;).

This dinner was right on for what I was craving tonight! The salad was made up of spring mix, local organic strawberries, roasted garlic cloves, feta cheese, tomato and balsamic vinaigrette. Then I baked up 1/2 of a sweet potato and topped it with a tiny bit of chipotle hummus - I love the sweet/spicy combo!

For dessert I had this yummy concoction:

.....Fage Total 2% Greek yogurt topped with a tablespoon of chocolate chips, a teaspon of sliced almonds, and a tablespoon of cherry fruit butter - delish! And this little yogurt cup has 17 grams of protein alone which is awesome, since my day today was very unbalanced and low on protein all around!

I had a few other snacks throughout the day that I forgot to take pictures of - but this was mostly it. It was an odd eating day :).

Now I have to log off and go play with this little girl before bed -


Isn't she just the cutest?!?!

xoxo
K

Garage Sale/Thrifty Finds

Rhoda over at Southern Hospitality is having a Thrifty Treasures party - so head on over and check out all of the awesome things other great bloggers have found! This is my first time linking up to any sort of party, so I hope I do it the right way! :)

It was a slow garage sale weekend here due to the torrential downpours! Everything was flooded out and I only saw a few people braving the storm in their tents - so the husband and I headed to a few local thrift stores to check out what they had and came away with a few cute things!



$1.00 cheese platter - (not sure what I plan to do with it yet!!)$20.00 Wooden PB style chair - This is one of my favorite finds!! It's a super old, heavy chair stained in black that looks just like the pottery barn ones that retail for $399! They recently put on new casters so it rolls awesome and it's so comfy!

$2.00 - 2 Ball/Atlas jars. Aren't they cute?


.49 silver serving platter type thing
.49 old Ball Jar

$1.00 vintage metal card catalog
$18.00 old, white washed chest. This is another favorite find - the asking price was $25.00 but I snagged it for $18.00. I thought it was a bit pricey, but I loved the aged paint job so I figured the price was worth not to have to repaint it!

$4.00 Huge wooden frame with beach print. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave the print or paint over it with chalkboard paint to use in my craft room. The picture is pretty, but the quality is not that great.

That's it for me! I am still on the hunt for a great "sewing desk" for my craft room - hopefully with a little luck I'll be sharing that next time around!

To Do List For Summer

I know this is a boring post, but I like to keep this list where I see it frequently and I thought maybe some of you would have some ideas you're planning on working on this summer too that I could add to my list! :)

-molding for hallway cabinet doors (buy miter box to complete)
-paint kitchen cabinetry white
- add bead board to kitchen island (paint white)
-purchase pull out under cabinet storage system for kitchen cabinets (lowers)
-cut out middle shelf in hall closet (bottom closet) to install hampers
-organize basement "laundry room"
- floor lamp for better lighting
- folding table with hampers below
- easier to reach shelving for detergents, ect
- basket with hangers
- garbage can
- utilize workbench for tools, paint, ect to keep organized
- bring metal bookshelf upstairs to repurpose in craft room
-organize garage and get large trash cans for recyclables
- spraypaint two garage sale metal filing cabinets for craft studio

... to be continued :)