Wow…I still can’t believe Christmas has come and gone and been almost all put away.  We still have some outdoor lights to take down but hubby has unplugged the lights on the white picket fence and the lighted snowflake icicles hanging from the gutters.  The only thing left lighted out front is the the up-lights [...]

  Last week on a trip to my favorite thrift store, I found a place mat for 25¢.  Well, let me re-phrase that.  I thought I had two place mats.  Even the guy who rang up my order thought I had two.  He was going to charge me for two anyway, until the lady putting [...]

  Apparently, I’m a little behind in showing you my latest thrifty finds.  There is lots to see, so let’s get started. First up is Goodwill.  We actually have 2 of these in our small town.  One is much larger than the other but I try to check them both out. This find is from [...]

Since it’s Sunday I’ll keep this short and sweet – I had soooo much canvas leftover from making the replacement seats for the directors chairs (see here).   I went ahead and made several pillow covers for some pillows I already had on hand. some rubber stamps…. some acrylic paints   Three new pillows!   [...]

  Wowee , did I hit the jackpot today or what?  Yes indeedy!  I always forget about this little thrift store run by the 7th Day Adventists until I’m driving past it on a Saturday when they are closed.  But not today.  My original plan was to go check out the large Goodwill when I [...]