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• Buy Nothing New Day

  
  Magpie Ima — Authority: 104
  Im not really much of shopper and when I heard our hostess friends talking last night about plans to hit the mall before 6 am I was horrified. I avoid malls and large shopping centers the way I avoid smoky bars and McDonalds and cant quite imagine making the experience worse by getting up before the crack of dawn. ...
  1 day ago

• Thrifty!

  
  THE BRICK HOUSE — Authority: 423
  I picked up a few other thrifty things this weekend besides my Josef Albers lithograph . Including these three pieces of studio pottery above. I will own every sloppily made piece of amateur pottery I find! I picked these four little containers for a $1. Shame, shame - I know my ignorance is showing, ...
  5 days ago

• Adventures in Thrifting

  
  Hannita's House — Authority: 115
  Its been good thrifting lately. Last week I scored an excellent folding bookshelf. Its in really good shape, stained dark wood, and it folds. And, if I keep buying books, Im going to need more shelves.And some tree ornaments. These tree ornaments.I decorated my new tinsel tree for about three dollars. It doesnt get ...
  5 days ago

• Thrifty!

  
  THE BRICK HOUSE — Authority: 423
  This score deserved its own Thrifty! post. For all the crappy art I buy, and all the time I spent in art school, and all the time I spend working in art, finally - FINALLY, I found some actual art from an artist I was seriously lecturing about just a few weeks ago. Welcome to The Brick House Josef Albers, White ...
  6 days ago

• Deepika Govind

  
  Magik Quilter — Authority: 122
  This stunning silk dupioni pantsuit is by Indian haute couture designer Deepika Govind. It is a size 16 Australia/UK and is tailored to a high degree of excellence. I am happy to negotiate a price on this as I would like it to go to a good home! The two camisoles are also by the same designer …one of silk and one ...
  1 week ago

• a week of glee ~ day five

  
  dottie angel — Authority: 543
  i thought it most appropriate, seeing as today is the two month anniversary of starting my handcrafted thrifty challenge, that we focus our final day, within this gleeful week... upon vintage and handcrafted glee "hang on a mo, Tif... surely thats what youve done all week, its all handcrafted and vintage gleeness ...
  1 week ago

• You snooze, you lose. Part 2

  
  Devilish Southern Belle — Authority: 124
  ***Part 1 was published yesterday and can be found here .*** I hit a few of my favorite thrifting spots and walked away with quite the haul from two of them. Maybe I’ll post pics about that later if I don’t forget! This post is about the “one that got away” so to speak! Those of you who’ve read my ...
  1 week ago

• Brotherly Love

  
  Magik Quilter — Authority: 122
  This week I worked out that the reason I have so many WIPS isn’t as I thought because  I can’t make up my mind about what I am making…it is purely mechanical! And not my creaky old body mechanical either…it was my stupid machine! I hadn’t realised just how poor a condition my twelve year old Janome was ...
  1 week ago

• My Creative Space - Week 2

  
  doodles and noodles — Authority: 412
  BEFORE... AND AFTER! WELL, DURING! Crzylady at Home Grown Insanity who is apparently both organized and an organizer has given me lots of food for thought and inspiration for reorganizing my creative space. She has this great checklist, perfect for creative spaces, and a wonderfully gentle manner. Im ...
  1 week ago

• Vintage Finds to Keep

  
  Sally Jane Vintage — Authority: 495
  I feel like its been a while since I showed you some of the things that have made their way into my closet. Ive been pretty good lately, saving most everything Ive found for the shop . But every now and then Ill let something slip through. They can at least hang out in my closet for a little while! The two dress ...
  1 week ago

• Whats Hot? Whats Not? Its that Time Again!

  
  doodles and noodles — Authority: 412
  Im joining in again with the hot+not meme over at loobylu . Thanks, Claire! HOT THIS WEEK The Kindness of Strangers I swear the blogging community includes the nicest people. Special thanks to crzylady, a budding pro organizer at Home Grown Insanity who has given me some excellent, excellent ...
  1 week ago

• Thrifty!

  
  THE BRICK HOUSE — Authority: 423
  Besides the fancy new Danish light in the living room I picked a couple of other things up this weekend. Nothing is better than cheap discontinued Ikea at a thrift store. Well actually, there is a lot better than that...butter pecan ice cream, back rubs, puppies, butterfly kisses...but these IKEA PS VÅGÖ ...
  1 week ago

• Improvised hat rack and more critters

  
  Red Hen Studios — Authority: 124
  For the life of me I couldnt figure out an inexpensive and quick way to display my crocheted hats at my upcoming craft shows. So I did what comes way too easy for me now -- I tweeted for suggestions on Twitter. a.Minor aka Bright Moments gave me a few great ideas. Once she said pumpkins, I knew it would ...
  1 week ago

• Fabric: LOVE

  
  Shabby Vintage Mom — Authority: 112
  Im in love with Amy Butlers new LOVE fabric line. So in love, that I just ordered five of her prints to use on my Inspiration Boards. Im crazy about the bright vivid colors!!! Heres a few of my latest vintage frame finds. Im not even sure how I managed the trip to the flea market, because Ive ...
  1 week ago

• Thrift Detour

  
  Elderberry Street — Authority: 126
  On my way home from Jury Duty last week, I took a little detour and stopped by a thrift store that Id never been to. It is near a retirement community so there are different items than the ones closer to me. Im always looking out for really old sewing patterns. Im not planning on sewing a wedding dress in the near ...
  1 week ago

• Used toy exchange

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 424
  Because I am cheap and because my budget is tight and because I hate malls with the power of 1000 hot burning suns and because Allyo was talking about downsizing her toy stash, I decided to host a used toy/book/clothes exchange the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This is how it’s going to work. People are going to ...
  1 week ago

• Handmade And Thrifted....

  
  Mary Poppins — Authority: 118
  I am doing my best to make, buy handmade, or thrift Christmas presents this year. I really do think there is something quite special about the handmade thing, even a little handmade card given, touches me. Although I adore shopping, proper, new shop shopping gets me in a tizz, especially at Christmas. I get ...
  1 week ago

• Vintage Bench Monday

  
  Bluebirdbaby — Authority: 422
  Finally got my act together for a Bench Monday before it got dark Scored some super cool stuff thrifting the other day with a friend. The little one adores the wash board. Got my Danskos finally! Special thanks to a blog reader Nicolle!! Got this vintage sheet at the rummage sale. *love* Dinner tonight is ...
  1 week ago

• Visual interest

  
  Red Hen Studios — Authority: 124
  My cousin so kindly shared with me these two prints. She found them when she went to clean out her fathers Maine apartment after he passed away. She knew I would love and appreciate them. And I really do. This is a print by Frances Tipton Hunter called "Baby Sitter" in a gold metal frame. On the back is the ...
  1 week ago

• Pink giveaway winner & Need advice on a lamp

  
  Vacuuming in high heels & pearls — Authority: 119
  Im a wee bit late posting the winner of my In the Pink giveaway. Yesterday we pulled out the Goblet of Fire... And my trusty assistant helped me choose the winner She even wore pink for the occasion! And the winner is: Commenter #7 shoeboxofphotographs, who happens to be none other than my dear college ...
  1 week ago

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