Thrifty Treasures

 

Visiting thrift stores and antique shops is one of my favorite things to do. 

Here's a peek at some of my recent purchases.

 

An old Gin bottle. It's 9 inches tall and GIN is stamped in
gold on one side.  This piece will get cleaned up and
displayed somewhere in my home.

Old spools of thread, and a tin pot.  The spools are displayed in my
craft room, and the little pot is sitting in my "make something
with this" pile. 

Two silver trays, and two medicine bottles.  The bottles are on display in my craft room,
and the trays are in that pile I mentioned up above.

Very old baby shoes, and a strawberry coin purse.  The baby shoes might become pincushions. 
I love the beading on the coin purse...it looks sweet tucked into one of my cubbies. 



A Weather Owl. The eyes are suppose to predict the weather. 
Pink - foul weather. Blue - fine weather. Purple - changing weather.
Looks like we're stuck on foul for now.  Into a cubby he goes!

Tiny painting.  This is just about the actual size. 
I really like the frame.

 

Do you enjoy thrift stores, yard sales, and antique shops? 

I think it's so relaxing to poke around in other people's cast-offs.

 

My family is getting ready for another yard sale.  I've been cleaning out cupboards & closets, Joe, Jo, Kevin & Jacqi have been piling bins & stuff in my garage for a few months.  Katie & Mark are gathering "merchandise" together at their home, and Mandy...well she just wonders where all this junk comes from!

Our sale is scheduled for the first Saturday in October...there is a lot of work to do!!  So if I'm not here...it's because I'm organizing, sorting, and pricing all the "treasures" we'll have for sale!

 

After all, I have to make some room for new treasures....right?!

 

 

 



Guest Room 3

Well Bill and I were both off yesterday.  He washed windows, installed curtain rods in the living room, and cooked dinner.  I shopped.  I know, it hardly seems fair.  I had to drive all over town, in and out of the car and the stores, sitting forever in the drive thru line waiting on a iced tea...I was worn out when I got home!  Seriously, it was a good day.  We accomplished a lot.  I found several things for the guest room...we're closing in on finishing it!

A bunch of pink daisies from the $ store.  If you read yesterday's post you'll know that Penelope will like these!

I have birds scattered throughout the house, so of course I needed one in the guest room. I found this cute little guy at Hobby Lobby.  The chippy pots are from my favorite antique mall...I just found out that they're closing!  It's really sad. But I did get a couple good discounted treasures because of it.   

This picture is actually a card from the dollar spot at Target.  I popped it in a $2.00 white frame and there you have it.....instant, fun art. I love it!

Here's one of the good discounted treasures I bought.  It's a gate.  It even has a big tag on it that says it's a gate.  The gate is in the guest room....can you guess what I'm using it for?? 

Love this Jar Display!

I visited an antique mall in Frederick, MD with some friends right before my surgery.  I bought a few fun things ~ glass mason jar lids, little tart pans and a great old book.  This is a photo of what I didn't buy ~ but REALLY wanted.  The $200 plus price tag held me back big time.  Isn't it awesome?!  Truly, once I got home and realized how much space it would have taken up, I was glad it was out of my price range.  But I'm glad I took photos of it ~ because it's really neat to look at.  Don't you think?