Good Luck at Good Will

I made a trip to Good Will on my lunch hour one day this past week. It was a good day for going. They had lots of things that were good. Two lovely white cabinets were at the front of the store and another lady and I made a bee line to them. Ugh.....they were already sold. They were both in excellent condition. There were also two black book cases and I kinda wish I had bought one of them to use at the lake house. But I didn't. I didn't come away empty handed though. I went to the fabrics bin. Whoo-hoo. Did they have some goodies! Look what I got for around $7.77. Everything in this photo. The bag of trim included the huge tassel and was around $4.00. The candle was $2, (never lit), Anjou Pear, and the candle ring was about $2, and I got a senior discount. The candle ring looks rough, but I'll work on it and make it better.

I've already re-worked the candle ring by adding some more leaves to it and straightening it out a little. Made myself a fall arrangement by adding it to things I already had on hand.

Hmmmm..that bowl might need to be painted ORB or wrapped with burlap.....burlap is quicker.

I have enough of the green trim to do anything imaginable with. There was a couple of small pieces of beaded trim that would be great for making a tassel.

The little gold and black strip of trim is just enough to trim a small lamp shade. I've already checked to see if it would work on one I have.

Needless to say, you haven't seen the last of this stuff.

P.S.:

Went ahead and tweaked the arrangement some by taming down the twiggy things and adding burlap.

Better!

Do you like to shop at Good Will? If so, hope you find some thrifty treasures too!

Using some of the trim I bought at GW to hold the burlap.

Partying tonight at Funky Junk Interiors for SNS. Come on over!!

Thrifty Bookcase Makeover

About a year ago, I was working on a photo gallery area at the lake home. There is an area about 7x7 between the living room, and the hall bath. I bought a really inexpensive ($20.00) bookcase to use there to hold family photos. I hurriedly placed photos on it, and didn't think much about it. The last time we were at the lake, I was sitting there looking at how badly it looked, wondering what I could do to spruce it up a little. It had all colors/types of picture frames -red, pink floral, wood, brass, you name it! I remembered seeing adhesive shelf liner at the Dollar General the day before. So I made a quick trip back there, and bought one 9 ft. roll for less than $3.00. I know this is not an original idea and has been done by lots of people, but I wanted to show you anyway. First, I emptied out all the photos, pulled out the shelves, measured, and cut the paper to fit inside the bookcase. I also took all the photos out of the frames and w...

Stenciled Burlap Pillow

I just have to share my no sew pillow project. I had some burlap fabric in my fabric stash, and decided I would use it to cover a pillow. First, I found an old pillow I no longer use. I spread the burlap out on the floor and laid my pillow on it so I could cut the fabric big enough to cover it. I was so intent on the project, I didn't make any pictures of the process. Once the burlap was cut, I folded in the sides about an inch, and glued it down with Tacky Glue, pressing it down several times with my fingers. I did this all the way around the fabric, and laid it aside to dry over night. The Tacky Glue dries clear. My next step was to determine how I could lap the fabric over the cushion in an envelope fashion. I had tried to get my computer to print out a graphic that would show up on the burlap, but printer problems interfered with that plan, so I found the center, and stenciled it with the tree stencil I bought at Michael's. ...

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In celebration of Holy Week and the Greatest Love of all . Wishing all of you a blessed Easter.

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