THRIFT STORE GOODIES!

I went to two thrift stores this week! Here are my goodies:

I'll start with my "prize of the week" - an awesome Christmas stocking for $1.00!

I found a nice roll of vintage wrapping paper, and a silky soft red/black scarf (which I'll use for a tablecloth). I've been looking for a scrapbook or photo album to put all my mother's 1951 shower/wedding cards in. I chose this floral fabric-covered one.

This cute little girl with a polka dot scarf is a Fenton (red sticker included) mug and the mini creamer/syrup is a no-name. The selection of blingy earrings, at 50 cents each, will be added to my craft stash.

Three 8-1/2 x 11 pieces of (what I believe are) real felt, from the old $.17 price tags.

Two boxes of vintage red bulbs and two old tart tins that had been painted as decorations.

Three small glass jars, and a set of 2-1/2" tall spice (?) cans - Meister, made in Brazil.

I was pleased to find an HRM turkey cutter, along with a holly one. A fun bag of pink, silver, and cream bead strands will be put to good use, I'm sure!

I was also happy to find this interesting vintage planter, made in Japan, to add to my collection!

Last is a group of vintage Christmas money holders and one card. In the post below this one I've shown them individually so you can use them if you wish.

A LITTLE THRIFT SHOPPING

My goodness, where has the time gone? I haven't posted in three weeks! I do have a good excuse, though . . . I think.

About mid-October all-of-a-sudden I had an urge to start making Christmas crafts! Boy, I don't know what got into me, but I couldn't stop. I haven't even been outside to clean up the yard before winter sets in! Then, all-of-a-sudden again, I decided to clean up and re-organize all my craft supples. So I've been doing that off-and-on for the past three days.

But Mister had yesterday off from work so we slipped out to the thrift shop. I'm so glad we did - got some great stuff: a nice Christmas table runner that looks vintage but is not, a Valentine and a Christmas hankie, a nice green planter that says "Brush, USA" on the bottom, a glass bell jar, a cool vintage sugar dispenser (which I'll use for a pencil holder as the red lid is cracked), styrofoam tree, 'brass' bells, an angel figurine, and an old bottle with a 'Mavis' logo.

Here is a close-up of the sugar. It has a great pattern on it.

Also, a close-up of the angel. The colors are so pretty!

Last, a close-up of the Mavis label. I have a very dear friend from Canada named Mavis, so I'll send this to her. (I hope she doesn't read my blog!)

ORGANIZING THE BASEMENT

Hey! I haven't been around here for a little bit. Just busy around the house. One thing I've been doing is slowly reorganizing my storage cabinets in the basement.

Candles, anyone? I'm always picking up candles and holders at thrift stores and yard sales, "just in case"!

Pitchers and milk jugs, vases and planters, and stuff:

Coffee mugs and demitasse cups:

It took me a few weeks, off and on, because there are two double-wide cabinets and our unfinished basement is cold! So yesterday I decided to warm up at the thrift store and came home with a basket of goodies!

Oh, my! I just realized that I need to make a new blog header!

I HAVE THE BLUES

After the Christmas decorations came down, I was redecorating the empty spaces. I lined up my old blue canning jars on the kitchen hutch, and I think they look so pretty there! I used to have a humongous one, that was my dad's, but lost it in the house fire.

 This one says TRADEMARK LIGHTNING. (Moonshine, maybe? LOL!)

 

Not blue, but an interesting design.

This is a storage jar, hoosier, maybe. It has such a nice criss-cross pattern.

This darling ceramic birdhouse decoration came home from the thrift store a few weeks ago. I can't wait to hang it outside when the weather allows.

 

I got this at a Family Dollar store in December. This has always been my favorite hymn.

So now you can understand why I have the (happy) blues!

REDNESDAY

I have a shelf above my computer that I painted white with red trim. Some of my "collectibles" are stored there ~

Mister picked up a computer desk some months ago and this little glass jar w/lid was in one of the drawers - so cute! It's just shy of 2" tall.
What? Do you think I wouldn't buy a Jessie Pez? LOL! The mushroom guy is a Steinbach; and the ceramic cottage is a measuring spoon holder sans spoons.
The oriental cat teapot wears my name bracelet that Jade and I made last year. The old red rabbit was purchased for 25 cents at a yard sale on Saturday. I've never seen a red rabbit, and . . . if you look close, there are yellow cherries painted on its' chest!! You know he was just waiting for me to buy him!

REDNESDAY

Photo courtesy of 2 Crazy Crafters

Welcome to another Rednesday! I'm getting into my new school routine, getting up before 7:00 a.m. for Jade's arrival, getting her fed and dressed to go to school at 8:30. Come back to take Becky to the high school at 9:00. (Right now she's there for two classes a day and we'll try to up it a class every few weeks, and hope that's not rushing her too much.) Pick her up at 11:15; pick Jade up at 3:00 on Mon, Tues, and Wed; then she leaves at 6:00 those days. She doesn't come Thursdays and Fridays, so it's like I have a long weekend each week!

What's red this week? Well, a new dotty spotty rug for the door - that no one likes except me. Even the cats were afraid of it the first day! But, hey, for $4.50 on clearance at Wally World (WalMart), they'll all have to suffer with it!

I also picked up these adorable mushroom plant-waterer-thingies at my local Ocean State Job Lot for $1 each. They have holes on the back side of the top mushroom for water, but I'm just using them for decoration.

Next, is my latest red purse, that I got at a thrift store about 3 or 4 months ago.

A simple display of Fall decorations.

Mister found this vintage Pepsi bottle . . . guess where? . . . on the side of the road with some stuff! It goes nicely with the Red Rock bottle that he picked up some months ago. (I keep saran wrap on my bowls on the top shelf 'cuz I hate to dust!)

And, my coleuses looking ever-so-grand in front of the graceful Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate (polygonum) flowers!

What's on your red plate today?

REDNESDAY

Happy HOT Rednesday to you! Summer has finally arrived here in little ol' Medway - it's been about 90F/32C for a few days. Of course, that's to be expected because it's Vacation Bible School week - it's always hot for VBS week! Does anyone recognize the towel in the photo above? It's from the set I won from Puddle Jumper Creations back in April. I love them, and one is usually hanging on my oven handle just about every day!

Below, I'm showing a rearrangement on my above-sink shelf in the kitchen.


This awesome measuring glass holds 1-1/2 cups, or 12 ounces. I've never seen one this large, and it goes so nicely with my other red-lettered measuring glasses, below.

Three's a collection!

On the other red/white tulip shelf is my red-capped glass S&P collection, of which I've added a few sets since I last showed it.
I made this large, 6"x6", tag in May. Katherine was invited to her friend's graduation party and we couldn't afford a gift. So I made this. But, when Katherine saw it, she thought I had made it for her, and I didn't have the heart to tell her it was for Taylor - so Katherine got it and never knew! (Katherine graduates this year, but has to finish her tutoring through the summer before she gets her diploma.) P.S. - she never did go to Taylor's party!
This was made with a chipboard shape and the Mary Engelbreit prints are from my daily calendar.