Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Cups and Saucers Repurposed

                  Repurposed Tea Pots Into Flower Pots

                       Tea Pot Repurposed Into Wind Chimes

    Bird Houses From Repurposed Teapots and Coffee Pots

                  Repurposed Tea Cup Saucer Into Dome Stand

                   Tea Cups Repurposed Into Candle Holders

Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Cups and Saucers Repurposed. What fun this is! 

How often do you find yourself having some extra tea pots, coffee pots, cups, and saucers that you found while thrifting. Sometimes you pick them up as lonely pieces, maybe they come from a broken set of your own, your have pieces not being used, and etc. Not to worry there is hope for them to use with your decor. Use them inside the home, or outside your home as well. Repurpose them by crafting! 

Teapots are not always for everyone. Yeah, they are cute for show with settings in your home. However, there are some adorable alternatives for using them beyond your kitchens as you can see above, or if you were to search with Bing, and Google too. 

You know you might also have some teapots, coffee pots, cups, saucers, and such that are just plain ugly, or have some minor imperfections. Don't throw those. You could also decorate those with maybe some adorable colored pebbles, use some rocks, find some extra twine to use or some yarn to wrap them, and so on. 

As you can see above there are many ways to reuse, repurpose, and upcycle these forgotten pieces. Those shown are only a few of the neat ideas I have shared. You could also consider some lights, lamps, candle holders as shown, candle holder stands, some lovely bird feeders, and just so much more! 

All of that creativity is over whelming, whew! They are so enjoyable though, aren't they? If you are like me often while thrifting, and yard saling you find many unwanted pieces being offered. They are either lonely, unwanted, have fulfilled a home and ready for a new, maybe have some minor imperfections, but you see a way to revive them by giving them a new life. Bring it home, and find something creative to do with it. Don't forget to check your own inventories as there might also be some unwanted pieces there as well. 

Now, if you don't have the time, or the creative thoughts within you keep in mind there are many out there who make things like this, and sell them too. They have shops online with Ecrater, Etsy, and there are some creative people with Ebay too. If you wish to see a wide selection just use your bing search, or google it. Hit the images tab, and watch what all comes alive before your eyes. 

Now the next time that you are out thrifting, and yard saling you will have a few more ideas to add to your lists of wants and needs. Find them unwanted treasures to give them a new life for your homes, or to offer to other homes as well. Have fun, enjoy, and thanks so much for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl! Take care, and see you all again soon. Happy Thrifting!

Thrift Finds Repurposed Upcycled

                                         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"

Thrift Store Finds For Monday

Thrift Store Finds For Monday

This was not a big weekend for me to do much of anything, and that includes thrift stores or yard sales. There were plenty of yard sales in town with the weekend events they had there with Rise Fest taking place. Yet, I found myself not wanting to much of anything. We dealt with rain, and lightening on Friday night. We again had some showers, and cool air Saturday morning which then lead to sunshine with some humid air. 

I did manage to visit our local thrift store, and found the items you see listed above. The blue ball glass jars, a small half pint Paullina Dairy jar in it's wire holder, and then a blue coupon organizer. The jars are all sitting on my small bay window in the kitchen, and rather adorable there too. 

So, how was your weekend? Any special finds for you? 

Thanks for sharing some time with Thrifty Shop Girl, and hope to see you again soon. Take care, and Happy Thrifting everyone!

Have a Wonderful Fun Filled Saturday

Have a Wonderful Fun Filled Saturday Everyone!

Finally able to hop on by here to let everyone know I was absent due to a computer issue. I was working on my posts I wanted to have done for here. Moving right along, and all of a sudden the screen went black. No warning! 

So, I waited few minutes, and turned the computer off, and back on. Screen was coming in, and out till it finally would stay black. Had sound, and everything just no screen. So, on Thursday I was lucky enough to be able to get the monitor to a computer place to have it diagnosed for me. I was really hoping it would be a new power cord that was needed, or maybe a new vsg cord needed. Unfortunately, I was not so luck. I was told I would need a new monitor. 

I spent all day today hitting yard sales, some of the thrift stores in the area, and was about to give up when I found a monitor that I was able to get. Bit smaller than my other one, but it will do for now. It's new, it runs, and it will be a back up monitor if ever needed too. 

Hopefully soon I will get to the cities where I can spend more time looking, and definitely have some choices of ones to choose from too. 

By the way while driving to another location to search for a monitor I had a neat idea in the car about what to do with the one not working. As the tech told me for the age of the screen it is in good condition. So, I decided instead of throwing it out I want to repurpose the monitor. I am thinking of maybe putting some sort of cork board over it, or around the outer edging not touching the screen. I then want to add a small edge to it as well. I could then use it in the office as a message center, or I could use it on the kitchen counter as a message center too. With the edge it would have I could also set maybe a cookbook on it with recipes to use when cooking too. I am really liking this idea, and have been having visions of it too. 

Hope this finds ya'll doing well, and thanks so much for sharing some time with Thrifty Shop Girl. Enjoy your Saturday! Have fun, and hope you are able to do some thrifting, or yard sales too. See you all again soon. 

Thrift Store Yard Sale Finds Repurposed and Upcycled

                       Thrift Store Yard Sale Finds Shared on Monday, June 10, 2013

                   Blue Cupcake Stand Dessert Blue Glass Pedestal Vintage Inspired

                    Cupcake Stand Dessert Blue Glass Pedestal Vintage Inspired

Thrift Store Yard Sale Finds Repurposed and Upcycled

I love junking, vintage, and repurposing! I love finding things that can be reused with just a little bit of cleaning, and sometimes maybe a little touch up too. I also enjoy creating pieces in a new way to enjoy them with our homes. As you will see above the first picture is from what I shared with you all on Monday, June 10, 2013. I love glassware, and I enjoy things that are wooden too. You know a little bit of glue, a little bit of paint, this goes with that, and you have something new again. 

From what was shared you can see that I used a couple of the pieces to repurpose, or upcycle them. I attached the blue, and white small plates to some gorgeous cobalt blue glass candle holders making these pedestal stands you are viewing. The possibilities for these kind of pieces are endless. Use them as cupcake stands, candle holders, soap dishes in the bathroom, jewelry dishes on your dressers, they are gorgeous with wedding decor, and the possibilities are endless. 

If you would like to see all the pictures, and descriptions for these items visit my shop at Ecrater. Any questions make sure to contact Me as I would be happy to assist you. 

Thanks so much for visiting with Thrifty Shop Girl, and hope to see you all back again soon. Take care, and have fun thrifting and junking too!

Thrift Store Yard Sale Finds Over the Weekend

Thrift Store Yard Sale Finds Over Weekend

Above you will see pictures for a small amount of some thrift store, or yard sale finds that I had found over the weekend. Not really a whole lot. It has been raining, and when I was out of town I was seeing quite a few yard sale signs. Yet, with the rainy weather the mood just did not feel right to get out, get wet with the hard rains, and you know what I mean. The rains had lifted briefly for a bit, and I did get out for some small finds you are seeing above. 

The two blue, and white small plates you are seeing have already been upcycled to stands. Oh, yeah, at an antique business that uses barns on their property I found 2 cobalt blue glass candle holders that I used for the stands with them. I will have to dig the pictures up to show you how they turned out. Better yet, if you would like to see them I do have them listed with my LilacsNDreams shop at Ecrater too. Adorable little pieces, and I take satisfaction in the pieces that I find that come together to mate. 

Thanks so much for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl today. Hope the weather has been good for ya'll. Hopefully you were able to get out and about with your thrifting, and junking over the weekend. Happy Thrifting Everyone, and see you all again soon. Toodles!

Crown Staffordshire Fine Bone China Vintage Candle Holders

Crown Staffordshire Fine Bone China Vintage Candle Holders

This set came from a few years ago, and I cannot remember where I found them. I think at the time they had been given to me from an ebayer seller of a long time ago. It seems like I have had these like forever! They are so so clean, shiny, such vibrant color, a distinctive soft embedded design, and for their age look very good to this day. This set often sat on different shelves in the home with some of my other thrift store, and yard sale finds. I never used them with candles, never burnt candles with them, but only treasured them as they were. 

As I have mentioned before it is that time of year for me to clean house, lighten some of my inventory of things, and I have decided to let these go. You can see this set with my LilacsNDreams shop at Ecrater. View all the pictures, details, and make sure to contact Me with any questions you may have. I would be happy to assist you.

These vintage candle holders are a treasured set to adorn any home, but are also something to be cherished from times past too. 

Thanks so much for sharing your time with Thrifty Shop Girl today everyone! It's been a pleasure, and hope to see you again soon. Take care, and Happy Thrifting!