More Thrifty Christmas!

I didn't think I would find much more in the way of Christmas items at the thrift shop, but I was wrong!

My best find was this awesome red shelf for $4.50!  It goes with a chippy red bookcase in my kitchen.  I know the shelf should be hung, but upside down it works on the bookcase!

A great place for some of my vintage small items along with my Kitchen Santa!

Not all of these items are Christmas, but all found the last couple of days thrifting!

Two 'baby Jesus' and two Angels!

My friend Donna collects these baby Jesus's and so these are for her.  I went to Augusta, GA to meet her for lunch and shopping and lots of these items were found with her. Nothing over .25 was paid for each of these sweet things!

The little miniature creamer had a cat on it so I had to have it.  The Santa boot, well like I said .25 and home it came!

I found both of these Nativities yesterday at the Habitat for Humanity. 

Adding to my small but growing collection.  Paid $1.25 for both.

My blog friend Claudia calls me the 'mini whisperer' since I have the best luck in finding miniature pottery at the thrifts.

Each of these was only .25

I think the two white pieces are Shawnee, but the Blue is not.

I want to share this photo of my Maileg pixies.  I ordered them last year when they went on a great sale that my friend Carol (Art & Sand) told me about.  Then I was gone for Christmas but they did arrive and so this year they are celebrating with me.  I put them in the old high chair that was my Mother's.  All her siblings sat in it, I sat in it and most of my cousins did also.  Both of my girls used it and now both of my Grands have used it.  A family treasure!

I'm helping my friend Carter get moved into his new home.  He has been staying here for 4 months while looking for a house to purchase.  We have been a bit crowded in this small 2 bedroom place (along with 2 cats), but I'm glad I could help him out while he searched.

Christmas will be here before you know it, so take some time to enjoy the season, family, friends and celebrate the love of God.

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

National Thrift Shop Day!

Who knew? 

National Thrift shop day? 

I'm all in for celebrating!!

A recent trip to the North Georgia Mountains provided me a chance to shop some new to me thrift shops.  Here are my fun finds!

This bathroom tray (originally from Bed, Bath and Beyond) was $1 as was the cute Avon bunny.   The wonderful pink pottery was marked down at another thrift shop to yes, $1

I've been collecting Golden Books for my friend Sherry and these three were .75...total! 

I could not resist this .25 ashtray because it is the same pattern as the little nut cup I found several months ago.  Restaurant ware from Syracuse china.

My favorite finds however where these two Paris prints...

Just .50 each, but the real treasure was written on the back

Purchases in 1992 on a 50th wedding anniversary trip to Europe! 

I just love them.  I will frame and hang on my walls. 

I think I'll take Mom to the local thrift shops today, I mean it is a holiday right?

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

The First Week of August!

So many changes last week!

Sara started back to work with teacher workdays.  Blake started his student teaching.  Scout started full time daycare and Tiger had mornings with friends and afternoons with Grandma.  He starts Kindergarten tomorrow!

Scout was not a happy little girl last Monday but as the week wore on she adjusted.  

By Friday...

happy girl and all smiles!

Tiger has been getting ready to start Kindergarten.  He is so excited.  I know he will love it.  Today he will spend the afternoon with me and we will do something special, 

maybe a movie!

and ice cream!!

I was able to make a few thrift store stops and found some treasures! 

(for those of you who mentioned my downsizing and now acquiring, well...I never said I was stopping buying just buying less, and I am!  big smile)

I found another cubby!  I think I will paint this one white and use it in my bedroom! 

This little step shelf was .99 and will be great for displaying some small things! 

I love lap quilts and this one was $3 and such a pretty blue

Pretty design with shells! 

These were $2 each and so a bargain as new one's are about $5 each.  These will be used to organize my spare room.

Some very cool items!

Aluminum hammered tray .50, pink heart dish .50, nut dish .25 and two books .50 each!

Love the red pitcher and the milk glass toothpick holder.  Under $2 for both.

This was my best find.  These little couches are loved by the Grands and for $3 I took a chance that I could get the cover clean...but someone else fell in love with it as soon as it hit the floor!

Mr. Toes has claimed this as his own!

So cute! 

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Friends & Fun Finds!

It is the slow hot days of July right now so not much going on

I did receive a few things in the mail that I wanted to share with you!

I have a collection of glass blue birds of happiness and my sweet friend Melanie found a pink glass bird and sent it to me! What a great surprise!  I love it! 

On Intsagram I guessed right and Shara sent me these cute goodies!

I love this vintage formica chip keyring and she also sent a necklace made with feedsack fabric! 

Since I missed my birthday party in June my friend Sue sent me a package!

Sue always gives the best gifts!

Look at these Paris plates and napkins and Pink Flamingo glasses! 

I stopped in a couple of my favorite thrift shops and found some goodies!!

This little cup with a bird on the handle was so cute and 10 cents later was mine!

I don't buy much Pyrex but when I saw this small casserole in great shape and only $3 well I knew I had to buy it.

I still buy orphan s&p shakers and this elephant and wooden shaker from the Smokey Mtns made the cut.  The pink doggies? just cute and pink.   .50 each!

PINK milk glass!  $3!!  

Two little Shawnee miniature vases for .50 each so I got both and will share one with my friend Claudia  who collects them also. 

So that is about it!  I'm healing well and my energy is coming back.  Mom is setteling in next door and having her close by is great!  The Grands are having a busy summer and growing like weeds!

I hope your summer is going well!

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

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June & Junk!

Thank you all for the sweet birthday wishes.  It was a good day and I have a few more celebrations still to go! 

I treated myself to a shopping day and that included some thrift shops (of course) and here are my finds!

Fiesta!  all these bowls for $2

This adorable starfish bowl was .25

.50 for this sweet little bowl made by M. A. Hadley

Moving on to plates!

I haven't been buying many plates lately but these were very happy finds!

This just had to come home with me.  It will go on the wall somewhere and only .55

This set of plates might be my favorite of the day!  Sold at WalMart a few years ago I found a couple of salad plates but didn't have all 4 designs.  These are the bread plate size and will be so pretty on the wall and cost only $1.91

This was an interesting find at Habitat for Humanity.  A small wood box and when I opened it these items were inside.  I think it was someone's meditation box.  I paid .75 for this! 

and to end my show and tell

This red Eiffel Tower bottle was .79 and you know I can't resist an Eiffel Tower anything!  

I can't end this blog without mentioning the horrible events of this past weekend.  So much violence.  So much hate.

It has to stop!

This is an attack on the LGBTQ community and our freedom in this country.  

Again, it has to stop!

We must stand up and be counted on these issues.

I'll end with a couple of photos of the Grands!  They had a great time in So Ga

Tiger catching his first fish!

Four total!  His Mimi fried them up and they had the best catfish ever he said!

Scout is such a happy girl!

Wishing you Peace!

Linda

It's Saturday!

It has been a long week as I got sick once again! 

WHAT???

I guess it was just a little cold and I'm already feeling better, but my voice which was almost back to normal got hoarse again.  

Mr Toes and I got some rest!

I have a few thrifty finds to share with you.

I've always loved clear glass and these little items will be useful.  The divided dish was .99, the refrigerator dish (no lid) was .50 and the orphan salt shaker was .25

Goodwill had this little cupcake plate for .77 and the bird salt shaker for my orphan collection for $1.21

This shaker had the oddest holes in it around the bottom which makes me think it's not a salt shaker?  Guesses anyone? It is adorable anyway! 

I also found this cute Roseville pottery dog bowl for .99, yes I wish it was a kitty bowl, maybe next time! 

Mom and I had a Mother's Day Lunch yesterday.  The complex she lives in has this each year.  It was fun and had a Derby Day theme.  We all wore hats.

No photos, sorry!  LOL! 

Today I hope to get some house cleaning done and get ready to enjoy Mother's Day tomorrow.

Wishing you all a Joyful weekend.

Linda

Simplify #4 and More!!

After a really great start, the simplifying my home has taken a break.  Losing Charlie has been really hard and I haven't felt like doing anything! A few sunny days have helped. 

I mentioned that a blogging friend with a booth was interested in some of my things.  I kept sending her photos and adding to her pile of stuff. I ended up with 4 boxes full!  

This is the 'simplify' part of the post! 

Donna of Distressed Donna Down Home lives in Aikens, SC a couple of hours from me.  We arranged to meet last week in Madison, GA where she frequently goes to shop.

We met at the Goodwill and took a quick look around.  We both bought a few little things.

Then we headed to a fun Vintage Mall!

A little photo with the zombie and we continued to

shop, shop, shop! 

We then headed downtown to another couple of Vintage malls but first we had lunch at 

Madison Produce Company.  

They made wonderful sandwiches! 

Donna and I both had the smoked turkey with cheese and avocado!  I finished every bite!

Then more shopping!

We talked and talked. Shopped and shopped!

It is always so much fun to meet a blogging friend in person.  We plan some more shopping trips in the future and I plan to visit Aiken, SC and Donna's booth! 

So I had some money in my pocket from Donna and decided I did need aka WANT a 'few' things!

This little plaque is all I found at Goodwill.  It will go on my gallery wall that is getting closer all the time.  It was Sr Discount Day so it was $1.21!

I added to my collections.

These salt & pepper orphans are so pretty and at very low price, they both came home with me.

A great egg cup

 and this cute Flamingo planter

(excuse the bad photo)

This little Limoges ladybug egg stole my heart!

This framed print was only $4 and will go in my bedroom.

At our last stop I found a 75% off booth and scored some really cute things!

This little celluloid box is just charming!

Labeled 'French Ivory' it had to come home with me to hold some jewelry treasures.

This adorable turquoise planter was also 75% off and I could not leave it!

My last and most expensive purchase was a McCoy pink bud vase.

So sweet!

Thank you Donna for helping me downsize some of my treasures.  It is so good to know that they aren't going to the thrift shop where someone might not appreciate them, but will find new homes with other junkers like myself! 

Of course as bloggers we exchange little gifts.

Donna gave me some adorable tags she made, some vintage postcards and my first frozen charlotte!   I love it all!! 

I gave her some old 1920's photos of my Grandmother who was a beauty queen in Ottumwa, Iowa.  I had a few duplicate photos and I knew she would love them.

Donna shared a few items she found on a recent blog

But there is so much more for her to share!

I'll let you know when she posts again!

Meeting Linda in Madison
Friday Finds

So I did add to my collections, but I did downsize much more then I bought.  I need to get back to downsizing.  A lot of the things left are heading to the thrift shop.  Wish me luck as I hope to get lots more donated by next Monday.

Wishing you JOY,

Linda