Guess What Day it is . . . Thinking of that commercial with the camel? I just now thought of it when I was getting started with this for today. LOL:) Happy Hump Day Everyone!
So, it's mid week, and what have ya'll done this week? I have spent time mowing the farm, keeping house with vacuuming, dusting, and all of that stuff. Been by myself this week with hubby being out in the truck.
No thrifting done for me this week. I have put a few pieces on the dining room table I hope to unite, glue, and get couple of pieces done at least. Yes, I will make sure to take some pics to share with ya'll what I have done with some past thrift finds.
It's Wednesday, and I do wish you all a wonderful day. Thanks so much for visiting with Thrifty Shop Girl, and hope to see ya'll again soon. Till the next time everyone . . . . Happy Hump Day!
Thrift Store Finds
Cupcake Dessert Stand Green Glass Pedestal Vintage Inspired
Cupcake Stand Vintage Inspired Amber Glass Pedestal Wedding Decor
Thrift Finds Repurposed Upcycled
I just love thrifting, junking, and vintage items too! The first picture above shows a few things that I had found a while ago while thrifting. A couple of the pieces in the picture were used to make the cupcake stands that you see below my thrift finds.
There are many names used in reference to such pieces. Cupcake stand, amber pedestal stand, vintage inspired, candle holder, soap dish, jewelry dish, bathroom organizer, wedding decor, home decor, and the list goes on. I enjoy creating some of these pieces as they can be versatile, but also have different uses for them. One thing I like is the idea of flipping these over using the plate as the stand, and then using the adorable glass candy dishes as a candy dish, candle holder, trinket dish, jewelry holder, maybe some floating candles, and just so many possibilities!
The 2 handmade items viewed above are listed with my LilacsNDreams ecrater shop. I would love for you to visit, see all the pictures, and the details of things. Make sure to contact Me with any specific questions that you might have.
Thanks so much for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl, and hope to see you again soon. Till then my friends "Happy Thrifting"
Summer Time Fun Thrift Junk and Repurpe
WooHoo! Here it's June finally, and summer here we come! Got big plans for this summer? Do your plans include maybe doing some thrift shopping, yard saling, flea markets, or some estate sales? Yes, my plans include these things. They also include spending time with family, friends, grilling, sunning, and events that come with all of that. I also enjoy the idea of working on some projects. I have been waiting for this time with my notes I have prepared, my lists I have been making so that I can start my searches for different treasures to use for projects I would like to complete.
Now that it has gotten a bit warmer out I look forward to opening the garage, and getting some small projects painted. I also will enjoy filling my dining room table with some projects to complete as well. I know just like a little kid with their toy box. What can I say? I really enjoy this, and so look forward to this too.
I hope ya'll enjoyed your weekend, and I wish you a super week too! Thanks so much for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl, and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Take care till then.
Veterans Day 2012, Remembering and Thank You!
Welcome to Thrifty Shop Girl everyone! This weekend is a special weekend, and I wanted to stop by to say Thank You to all who have served our country, and Thank You also to those are are still serving our country too. For all these years you have been serving our country, protecting us and our freedoms too. For this I salute you, and Thank You!
In passing today if you happen to see a veteran please consider telling them Hi, and also telling them Thank You. Their recognition on their face for this is priceless. Those who served, are serving, men, women, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, and everyone.......Thank You!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend no matter what you are doing. Great time to do some thrifting too:) Thanks so much for visiting with Thrifty Shop Girl! Ya'll take care, and enjoy your weekend!
HAPPY VETERANS DAY! ! !
Thrifty Monday for Thrifts Junk Vintage Repurpose, and a lil bit of this, and a lil bit of that is what makes it fun.
Hi, and Welcome to Thrifty Shop Girl! Glad to have you back, and visiting with us. I am a little bit disappointed. By now I thought I was going to be moved to some where warmer, that I can do more thrifting, junking, digging, and treasure hunting too. But...our plans didn't quite work out as we hoped, and so I am still living up North with the cold yet. Working harder to get things in order, better organized, things completed so that we can move down south. Till then I have to do what I can, right?
A while back it was kind of nice out, and I thought what the heck. I have not been to many this year with house remodeling, down sizing things, preparing to move, and etc. So, I did have 1 day where I stopped at a couple of garage sales. Unfortunately, for this small town I live by they never seem to have much at Garage sales that I can get really excited about. Prices are too high because they see it sell on ebay, or something like that so that is where they get their numbers. I cannot find use for some things being offered, many baby items that would not fit into a desirable market for them, and so on. Not trying to be mean, but sometimes I can find better deals with some of the dumpsters, and stores that are out of town than from here too.
On this one particular day I did stop at a couple of garage sales, and found some small things that I can work with a bit. I enjoy the apothecary jar I found, and all of the pearls that I found and dropped into it as well. So far it is a keeper for me. I got the 2 picture frames with an idea that I have in mind. Not sure if it will be these 2 together, but it is a start anyway.
I enjoy working with cloche glass dome cheeseboards too. I clean the glass up well, and then will paint the wood base whatever color I choose at the time. Now, once it is painted I might lay a doilie on it, get out the mod podge to add some paper or material, add some figurines or accessories to the inside of it, add some sort of decal to the glass dome, and things like that. The 2 plates you see will have something done to them soon if I can ever find some glassware, or pieces that can fit to their size, and of course have the right colors to accent everything too. But, they do look like new too. I had gotten excited because I found some great amber glass that would be perfect with the 2 plates, colors were good, like new condition, and.....they were too big. How disappointed I was too.
In the back you see the pretty pillar candle holder with a minimal floral design on it. It has a pink glass base that is nice, and sturdy too. Simple candle holder that is adorable with the candle in it, or without it too. I also got a glass candle holder that will make a cute pedestal stand to something, a sweet tea cup, and some blue napkin rings/holders that I can work with too.
Sometimes you might not come home with much after thrifting, or garage saling, but there are still possibilities for everything to be used in some way or other too.
I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, enjoyed the football games, and got all done that you wanted to do. Thanks for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl, and hope to see you again soon. Take care till the next time everyone.....Toodles........
Have a Great Day, and a Wonderful Weekend Everyone in Blogland!
Hello, and Welcome to Thrifty Shop Girl! Glad to have you here, and happy that you found me too. First of all, I finally did it. I now have a .com domain from GoDaddy that leads to my blog here. So much easier to remember too. Yes, you can now find me at http://www.ThriftyShopGirl.com I will try it for the year, play with it, test it a bit, and will enjoy it till then too.
I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday weekend. Mine wasn't too bad. I got to see a very good friend of mine that I do not often see because of the distance apart we live. Course, when we get together we like to talk 'shop' all the time. You know, talk about any new thrift stores we found, or heard of. What we found when we were out thrifting. We also like to discuss different things, and different techniques of repurposing, and upcycling some of the pieces too. We could carry on forever it seems like, and our time really does pass fast. Never enough time together to cover everything. So, we have to then revert to emailing, sending pictures, or showing our listings of what we are offering for sale.
Wow! Holiday weekend is done, and gone. Here is the weekend again already! Any big plans anyone? Nothing here really. The County fair does start this weekend, but not sure if I will make it over there, or not. I need to get pictures done so that I can share some pieces I had found during my thrifting times. Hmmm....maybe I will share a few pictures of what I have done with some pieces too.
Hey, thanks so much for visiting, and sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl! Always nice to have you visit with Me, and hope to see you again soon. Take care, and have a wonderful weekend everyone!:)
Thrifty Store Shopping Completed at Missions Store, yes! Hmmm.....it felt good!
Hello, and Welcome to Thrifty Shop Girl. Glad to have you stopping by. I finally did it! Has been a long time now....well, rather it has been a long time since I found anything to add to my inventory I should say. I was out of town yesterday, and had it in mind I wanted to stop by 2-3 different places I like to frequent when doing some thrifting.
I didn't make it to all 3 of them, but did get to spend time at one of the places. This place called Missions is a place where donations are made, and that money is used to help others, and what they do. I have donated here myself too:) Anyway, a very good friend of mine Mary from MaryLouLavender*s at ebay is the one who made me aware of this store, and to check it out some time. She is another junking buddy of mine, and we share some of the same interests in what we do. She offers her wares at Ebay for sale. Stop by to give her a look. Never know, might find something you are in need of too.
Ok, back to my thrifting. I enjoy shopping here because when I find things I usually walk out with some descent deals. Yesterday I walked out with 2 big white envelope boxes, and 2 bags full of items for about $10. Not bad, huh? Most of it was glassware as it is smaller, and easier for me to work with other pieces that I have at home for repurposing, and upcycling with. I found 5 glass candle holders that still had their original tags on them! I found an adorable wood vent that really looks like a small shutter....I just love shutters to recreate with. I found 2 green glass terra like pots that also had their original tags on them, a pink silky doilie hanky type piece, a white doilie, a jar with the doilies on top of it and some potpourri - I mostly wanted the doilie from this:) Oh, yeah, I love using planners for things whether it is making notes of things to do, shopping lists, keeping addresses and information in them, and etc. I found a black leather Kenneth Cole planner that looks almost like new yet. Such a soft leather, and for the price....no way I could pass this up either. I found a Home Interiors & Gifts glass candle holder. This one is a bit bigger, round, and short with the open center to use for possibilities. I have used a piece like this before to repurpose with a plate, and was happy to find this one. I have just the vintage plate to add it with. How neat, 2 vintage pieces repurposed together to make another treasure to adorn the home with.
Silly Me....here are the pictures I took quick for this occasion. 1 picture shows all things together, and the other 2 pictures I zoomed in for a bit closer look of the items found.
Sorry, I wasn't thinking and had left the date turned on with my camera. The green/aqua wire like thing in the background had ice tray rack written on it...course I see another possibility with this. The pink rose vase looks like new, adorable lil handles, and could also be used as a utensil holder too. And, love that very light blue planter vase too! Such a soft color, beautiful glazed shine, and it also looks like new too! I was happy with the few pieces I found, and wanted to go to a couple of other stores, but did not make it. Hmm...maybe next week? Will see what the days bring to me.
Thanks so much for sharing time at Thrifty Shop Girl! Hope you enjoyed, and remember you are always welcome to share/comment with all of us here too. Take care, and come back to visit again soon. See ya!:)
Hello my Thrifting Friends! Welcome back to Thrifty Shop Girl site to visit with me again. If you are new, glad to have you too!
Sorry, been out of the loop again a lil bit. Computer issues, computer problems, and did I mention I had an issue with the computer? Yeah! Darn things. Love them till something technical happens, and then they show their true colors becoming a pain in the bootie.
After it was all said, and done it looks like I had a corrupted file. I hope that is all it was. But, it sure took over the computer. I lost administrative privileges to some things, cannot find files with my pictures knowing they are there in the hard drive, was not saving anything I was doing, having issues with things being done technically and not saving, and so on, and so on.
Well, I finally got through some of it to make the computer operative for me again. Just the issue of some of the files have to be redone...some cannot be redone:( And, just dealing with things one bit at a time. I went from having 73% free space back up to 90% free space....almost like a new computer again. Yet, not completely new with some things still being a problem. But, they are minor, I do not do them all the time, and as long as the computer runs to let me do things we can get along again:)
So nice out this weekend I wanted to glue some things together, and finish some projects too. I even thought about going out of town to one of the Thrift Stores near by to go rummaging a bit. But, I didn't get it done. Kept saying walk away from computer, and deal with it later, and later came earlier that I always worked on it. Oh, well, it is back to a safe place to handle again so I guess it was all good:)
Hope this finds everyone doing well, and so far having a great week too! Thanks again for visiting with Thrifty Shop Girl everyone! Take care, and come back again soon. Have a wonderful day!:)
