Tag Archives: reuse
less than $4
I haven’t been thrift shopping in ages. It’s just been too hot. But the heat has finally started dipping into the low to mid 90’s. It’s an improvement, believe me. So I came across a few AWESOME finds. This little … Continue reading
Vintage goodies
Looky at what I got. Some great vintage undie garment patterns, a skirt pattern, teeny wooden spools of thread, lace elastic, needle threader, folding scissors and matchbook sewing boxes filled with needles or button, etc. I am particularly excited about … Continue reading
Score!!
I went thrifting this morning and scored a bunch of great stuff. These cute Japanese cups and this awesome soap dispenser. They all need a bit of cleaning up. One of my best vintage linen finds yet. Nine beautiful full … Continue reading
Posted in Recycle,Reduce,Reuse
Tagged linen, recycle, reduce, reuse, sheets, thrift, thrifting, vintage
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I *heart* buttons…
Can you tell? I forgot to mention the buttons that I also found while thrifting last weekend. I know I have a pretty good collection already, but I can’t ever resist! A jar of them for $4. After washing … Continue reading
Let’s Ride!
My husband has always been really into bike riding and it has been his big goal in life to get his whole family into riding as well. Lately, we have been trying to ride more in general and as a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Recycle,Reduce,Reuse
Tagged bikes, recycle, reduce, reuse, riding, schwinn, thrifting, vintage
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China Cabinet: Painted Knobs
I FINALLY finished painting my China cabinet. A few weeks ago actually. It’s been so nice to look at considering we had been looking at THIS for the last 10 months. It was the windowed doors that kept me at … Continue reading
Posted in Home Sweet Home, Recycle,Reduce,Reuse, Tutorials, how to
Tagged china cabinet, DIY, home, how to, painted knobs, recycle, reduce, reuse, tutorial
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10 Days of Happiness- Day 2
Thrifted vintage pillowcases make me very happy, as you may have guessed. But, a novel idea came to me the other day, to use them as actual pillowcases for pillows! On the bed! Yeah, brilliant I know. It makes me … Continue reading
Posted in Home Sweet Home, Recycle,Reduce,Reuse
Tagged bedroom, home, pillowcases, recycle, reduce, reuse, thrifting
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Bag Lady Skirts
These two skirts were made from thrifted bags that I found at Savers for $2 each. They were big enough for me to fit into and a quick-n-easy sew. I just had to cut off the tops and bottoms … Continue reading
I know I shouldn’t…
but I just can’t help myself!! I really was only going to a church rummage sale that I saw a sign for, then one house led to another and before I knew it, I had a car full. More stuff … Continue reading
