Life Update

It's been crazy around here! but no worries i'm back :) I hope you check out Joon and Meredith's blog last week where I aired my big coffee table renovation and my pallet shelf! Anyway on to some house updates and thrifty finds..

I found this metal table at the thrift store for $2.50 i knew it would be perfect for my porch, i'll do a before and after post later.

 I got this lovely mirror at a yard sale for $5 

This mirror is so incredible because not even two days prior to finding it i saw the door below at a restaurant back home and said to my mother "i want to paint a piece of furniture like that."
(Sorry for the sideways photo)

How crazy is that!!
And it is perfect for my entryway!

I also got this bike basket at a yard sale.

I made over this lamp,

 it used to look like this...

 then this...

 and for a split second it looked like this...

I covered the shade with linen and tacked the brown ribbon it so i may end up changing it a little. 

I also scored this vintage tile for .50 cents.

and i got all of these embroidery hoops for $3! I have been looking for wood ones for a while so when i saw these i scooped them all up.

Maybe one day i'll be able to do something like this...

 or this...

or this...

I got this mirrored tray for $2 i spray painted it with Krylon's Caramel Latte to keep it's antique look.

it's perfect in our bathroom.

This past weekend was the hubs and i's first free weekend in a while so we decided to reno our master closet. it's not finished yet, we are still waiting on the closet system, but we re carpeted, repainted put up some new trim and took down some drywall. i'll do a longer post on the closet when it's finished.

I also thought i'd do a WIWW post.

Tank-target

Cardigan-target

Belt-thrifted

Skirt-thrifted

Shoes-target

And last but not least, A few weeks ago i mentioned about the tornado's that hit down in the southeast. Well we help do some relief work and of course while we were dragging huge limbs to the burn pile i was keeping an eye out for some household items :) i found way more than i could take home but this is a little stump i found, it's teeny tiny, and i carved the hubs and i's initials in it for a personal touch. 

Well there you go, that's why i've been MIA for a while, but i'll be back with a closet makeover soon!

Spring Fever

This weekend i started some spring planting. i should have been been spring cleaning but flowers are much more fun. I found some pots to put plants in around the house and headed to Home Depot to find some plants to fill them.

This is how my hanging baskets turned out.

My Mom gave me those cute little red flowers (4 total) I put 2 vines on each side which were $2 each ($4 total) and the purple plant in the middle was $3.50. Sorry i'm not good with names i just pick out what i think is pretty :) 

So the total for each hanging basket was $7.50 x 2=$15

Not to bad!

I got these pots in the clearance section at Lowes a few months back for $1 each. I bought three plants at a little less than $2 each and split them up between all three pots. 

Pots $3 + Plants $6 = $9 Total

I also picked up some herbs for the kitchen. I planted Parsley, Oregano and Cilantro. Each herb was $3.50 and i already had the pot so i paid $10.50 for all the herbs.

I was planning on keeping them in my kitchen and taking them out to get a little sun each day, but if anyone has any tips for growing herbs please let me know!

I got this tea cup a while back at the thrift store for .25 cents. and the plant inside was only $2.

Isn't it perfect for spring!

O and that little bird is new, i got him at Michaels on clearance for $3.50. 

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather!

Mums Massacre

This is what I came home to after work today...

Stay tuned i've got some exciting news to share with you tonight!

Mums the word...

This weekend i broke out the fall decor. I decided to skip halloween and just decorate for fall, because it would save us money and as much money as i can save for christmas decorations the better :)

I started with the outside, I bought some mums for our front porch and after comparing prices i found a pretty good deal.

The first place i checked was Bi-Lo they had 8'' mums for 4.50 each.

Home Depot had smaller mums i think they were 6'' for 2.50 each, and 8'' mums for almost $7

Walmart had 8'' mum for $3.33!!! Best price so far!!

So here is what i left with.

3-8'' mums from Walmart for a little under $10.50

2-6'' mums from Home Depot for $5.50

Here are my 6'' mums in my hanging baskets

And the 8'' mums i planted in pots.

The pots i got from Hobby Lobby of course :) The pot was $2.99 + 50% off so they came out to $1.50, plus the hubs discount took off the tax! Total $4.50

The trays were $1.27 also 50% off so they came to about .65 cents! That's a total of $1.95

Total for the pots were $6.50

I also grabbed some potting soil from Home Depot for $2 i bougth Scotts topsoil.

So my total for outside fall mums was $24.50! Not to shabby considering you can plant the mums in the ground at the end of the season and they will grow again next year!