Look what i did with my thrifty finds...part 2

Hey guys, i have been fixing up some things... here they are

Basket from thrift store $1

perfect next to my bath tub.

See that frame on the far right

i spray painted it the same turquoise that i painted the basket, and painted the inside with chalkboard paint.

i am waiting to get a chalkboard paint pen but i haven't found one yet.

 pyrex :)

vintage straw holder

i love the open cabinets

These are the containers i found for .50 cents each.

I am working on organizing more kitchen cabinets so i can take more doors off.

I got this very large frame at the thrift store a few weeks back.

I had some white paint laying around the house.

i distressed the edges a little bit and of course...painted it with chalkboard paint. i'm tellin ya i love the stuff!!

So there ya have it, the rest of my finds and a few before and afters. This weekend i went home to help a friend with their nursery. And a few months ago i helped another friend with her nursery and haven't posted yet, so soon i will do a large post on Nursery makeovers. 

Stay tuned!

Thrifty Finds 4.2.11

Hey guys so i'm back with some pictures from last weekend of our LONGEST day of thrifting. Seriously we left my house at 8:45 and didn't get done until 6:15!!

But it was all worth it :)

 We started at 2 Goodwills, since it was 1/2 off day! Then we went to Bethel Bible thrift store and 2 more thrift shops in the same shopping center. Then we headed over to America's Thrift, lunch at Zaxby's then we went up to Ooltewah to check out some yard sales. Then we headed back to drop stuff off, we loaded up 2 trucks 2 times by the end of the day, and down to Estate of Confusion. (Estate of Confusion is where i took all the pictures in this post.)Then we went to 3 thrift stores in Fort O. Fhew! i'm exhausted just thinking about it!

So here goes...

The frame on the left was $4 the little box in the middle, i guess it's a shadow box was also $4 and the large frame on the right was $2. 

I was going to put my sewing thread in the shadow box but i don't have very much thread and i don't have a good place to put it in my craft room, do you have any other ideas of what i can put in it?

The bike wheel was $5 and the galvanized can was $5. Perfect for holding my potting soil.

And look at the inside of the wheel is yellow :) love it!

Joon found me some pyrex! Pyrex is my favorite.

She also found me this adorable frame for $4

The Ball Mason jar was $1. Small yellow jars .50 cents each. I am working on organizing my kitchen cabinets so i can take more doors off :) so these were perfect for my baking cabinet! The vintage glass on the right was only .60 cents. I have been loving vintage lately!

Here is a closer picture.

I bought the lamp on the right ($2) because i needed the harp from it for the lamp on the left.. more on that later :) 

Any ideas of what i can do with the lamp on the right since it's not really a lamp anymore...

And these lovelies, i got for $3 each!! I found this new thrift store in Fort Oglethorpe that will will go down on prices, these were marked $4 and i asked for $3 each, because they were new and the usually only go down on things that are there 2 weeks or more. So i scored both of these babies for $6!

I have big plans for them.

These Readers Digest were . 25 each.

and look at all the cute covers!

This basket was $1.

It's got a little divider which will be perfect for the my master bathroom

See that large table among the ruble in the pic below? That's the hubs new workbench i got him :) well really i just saw it on the side of the road and the girls didn't want it were kind enough to let me have it, Ordy strapped this baby to his truck and hauled it home for me!

Robby loves it! I'm gonna try to convince him to do this to his peg board :)

There you have it, my latest thrift store finds. I'll be back to show you what i did with all the goodies :)

Black Friday Thrift Store Finds 2010

Ok so this year i have decided that it is NOT worth getting up early to get good deals. I can get a good deal everyday at the thrift store! We went out early on black friday and every time i picked up a cute top up i though, "i could buy so much stuff with the $2o bucks i spent on this top...so i'd put it back. And we did go to the thrift store that day and i found plenty of goodies worth my money :)

I already showed you the frame i got (below) i spray painted it and filled it with things i love for $2.48

I also got this glass canister to put my q-tips in for $1.50

This cute little green lantern was $1.48

This lantern that goes PERFECTLY in our cabin was $1.

I found this glass tree container for $2

This Pyrex was a gift from my friend Elizabeth. It i such a wonderful addition to my collection! Thanks Buff!

Thrifting 8.24.10

I went to the thrift store the other day, it was a pretty successful trip. Here are my finds.

Another Pyrex! Only $2.48!

Not sure what to call this thing but it's light pink and you can hang it on the wall. $1.48.

I saw this lamp last week but it was regular price and when i went back this week it was half off so i got it for $5 bucks. I'm gonna update it a little bit so check back for that post.

Total for today $8.25 with my students discount! 

Vintage Pyrex....i heart it

One Saturday while i was taking my husband to work we saw an estate sale sign, and he wanted me to go see if they had an leather couches. Well they didn't have any leather couches but i did find this adorable vintage pyrex dish for $6. I loved it so i brought it home and started researching old pyrex's online. There are so many different designs! I loved them all.  So i decided i wanted to start a little collection.  

Well last week i was at America's Thrift Store, and i found this beauty! The blue color matches my kitchen walls wonderfully. The best part was it was only $4.88!  Score! I was so excited, and if that's not a sign that i should start a collection, i don't know what is :)

Happy Thrifting!