A Few Thrifty Finds

There were lots of sales a few Saturdays ago, so I made the rounds. A large group of people had a sale at the local fairgrounds, under a pavilion complete with large industrial fans (comfort is important you know). There were probably 25 or more separate sales areas in the pavilion so you could just walk thru one after the other. Of course I don't need any more stuff, so I did restrain myself from buying. There were a few items that I thought I could use for projects, so I spent three whole dollars at this sale. There were some great items, but really, I don't need anything. At any rate these are the items I bought, and what I did with them.

A hunter green frame ($1.00)

I had already painted it with homemade chalk paint before I remembered the camera, but imagine solid dark hunter green. I finished it up today by putting some ASCP dark stain on it and wiping it off, then putting some more of the chalk paint on it. I was sitting here and had a light bulb moment.....I had leftover chicken wire in the basement, so here is the completed project!

Kinda cute, huh?

I quickly grabbed photos of my family and clipped them to the wire, and leaned it on my desk in the office. I'm eventually going to go through some photos for some old black and white ones, and add to it. This project cost me a dollar.

I also bought a couple more things.

This little broken necklace was fifty cents, and I knew immediately that it would look cute on this precious little pink cherub.

It's a perfect fit for her.

I bought the cherub below. She was a brassy color. A quick spray with white paint, and she looks so sweet. I did not want the paint to be perfect. You can see some of the brassy color.

I bought this full roll of lace for 50 cents.

My other item netted me a fourteen dollar savings.

Fifty cents, new still on the card.

Then at another sale to benefit the Boy Scouts, I bought these delicious organic tomatoes. They had a wonderful flavor.

So for five dollars and fifty cents, I think I did great.

What have you bought lately!

White Wednesday

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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