thrifting

I have gone thrifting some in the last 2 weeks and wanted to share with you some of the 

things I have been finding.

This trip consisted of Goodwill, The Salvation Army, and Habitat Restore in down town St. Louis.

I bought a large creme table cloth, a few new white candles, a green Styrofoam 

wreath and some thick thread. Not sure what t is called, twine? It is thicker than thread, but thinner than yarn. Anyone,anyone...

I got a few more clear vases for some of my sweater candle holders and a number of Antique books.

Also2 Pyrex ramekins. I put side dishes or fruit in them all the time for my kids.

This pillow was $.50 and I bought it to use the stuffing out of, but when I got it home I realized it only needed the seam to be sewn back up, so I will just keep it. It is a silk Shantung pillow, just my colors, can't beat that!

I love old Children's books!! This one at Goodwill was $.75.

I got 4 tiles from the Habitat Restore to do a coaster project with and the 

crystal swag for decorating Christmas.

I picked up 4 old ornaments, and a Nancy Drew book for Morgan. I hear she will be getting some of these for Christmas and this one was only $.25 at Goodwill.

I love this ruffled linen shade. I am not crazy about the pearls, and am on the lookout 

for something to replace or cover them with. It is am older shade in perfect condition!

Baskets, baskets, baskets. I love unusual shapes and colors. The large one on the left is a tall apple basket I paid a quarter for at the Habitat Restore, the little red one I couldn't resist for $1with those adorable bells on it and the pale green was also $1.

The glass candle plate and a hurricane will be glued together to make a pedestal. The little flocked tree will go with my tree collection and the red bandanna will be used in Wyatt's cowboy room somehow.

I got these door knob plates at the Habitat Restore for a quarter a piece. I have no idea 

what I will use them for, but I will think of something, I think they are very cool. I also got a flat iron travel case for when i go off site to do hair.

This is what I got this week. The little penguin in the back is my favorite find of the week!! Can't wait to decorate with him. I also bought 2 sets of crystal candle sticks and one tall glass candle stick for a fatter candle. I bought a vintage box of tinsle and an ugly straw wreath I will make into something else.

Also a brand new red candle and a silver stocking holder. 

A few inexpensive ornaments. A glass star, 2 antique ones, one with paint swirled inside 

and a wooden horse one I have big plans for. I bout the basket in the background which is a smaller version of the large apple basket and this one has a handle. I stuffed it full of newspaper and then put in the bag of pine cones I also bought and it will sit on my fireplace hearth. I may dip some in candle wax to use as fire starters for the fireplace.

All in all, a successful 2 weeks of thrifting. I did not break the bank and I am helping out 

with the reuse of all these things that someone grew tired of. 

I also got a wreath with grape leaves and silver bells. Then I picked up the gold bells and one red one for a quarter each. The gold ones wil get prayed with a silver mirror finish spray paint.

I got an elastic ribbon that is usually made for baskets, but I put it on my cable knit sweater 

pillow I made to give it a little more Christmas feel to it.

And lastly I had to grab a few more sweaters, I need more stockings and some pillows, I bought 

the hat to use as embellishments on them. I bought some more inexpensive pillows to use the stuffing out of.The antique hand stitched pillow case will go in my spring pile, to be determined what to do with it later.

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Fall Sofa table

I showed a little bit of this sofa table when I did a post on The ASCP pumpkins, but I moved some of them to my mantle.

Here are the Metallic Jade pumpkins.

I have had this old trophy champagne bucket for years.

I was going to polish it, but I want the patina for Halloween...

I have no idea what this was originally used for. I bought it for $.50 @ a garage sale a few weeks ago. Tea light candles fit in it perfectly!

I love the old black chippy paint!

Another deer

And here is a shot of the whole table. I love the 2 shelves it has.

I am thinking it may need some paint though...

I wanted to show you a really easy inexpensive way to do a kids table & chairs.

Buy a regular size small table, like a side table & cut the legs down to size.

This used to be in Mr.s apartment before we got married, a TV sat on it. I think I got it for

$5 @ a thrift store.

I had him cut it down to accommodate the solid oak chairs I got @ the Red Barn

Antiques on HWY 63, close to central Missouri.

They used to be an painted an ugly brown color, but I chose a soft sage as I wanted

it to go with any decor. My kids eat on these, color, play games, spill juice, you name it! They are the most used table in our home! I thought of repainting them, but I am not ready to cover up all the memories of them @ that table. :0)

Spray Paint mistake!!

So, I wanted to spray paint a mirror to go over the green vanity I painted with ASPC that I finished last week, and I was thinking a high gloss yellow. So I got a cheapo mirror @ a thrift store for a few bucks. I loved the shape of it, but the color was all wrong.
I started with a primer & my mistake was apparent right away, I did not shake the can well enough & I was left with a mirror that looked like a flocked tree. My family lives in Phoenix & every year they would get a flocked tree. It has to be the ugliest, fakest looking Christmas tree out there, but people pay alot of $ for the tree lots to flock their tree.

see, ugly flocked tree
any who, @ that time I could not do anything about it so I thought I would just go with it. I prayed the entire frame with unshaken primer & the frame is now very textured. Very ugly texture. I let fry & spray on Krylon Bright idea. I applied 2 coats, then a high gloss top coat. It looked horrible. So horrible I didn't have the heart to take a photo of it. I then got a brilliant idea that maybe I could take a sanding block & sand all the 'fuzzy hard texture' off & start over. Problem was, this mirror has lots of crevices that you cant reach with a sander. How about a sand blaster? That would work, but who wants to hassle with a $8 mirror? So I just left it alone after trying to remove as much of the primer as I could. I don't think it looks too bad considering, but I will still be on the look out for one to replace this one. Anyone want a good deal on a yellow mirror?

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