spring's here!

Linked up to Junkin' Find Fridays! 

Spring is just around the corner here in MB and we're definitely seeing it.. The grass is showing up through alongside all the other goodies that somehow got left underneat the snow. We found lots of garbage that wasn't there before it snowed, and if any of you have pets, you know how unwelcoming their surprises are underneath it all too! Its been in the plus's here so opening up the windows, spring jackets, and rubber boots are all in full swing!
As I was running some errands this morning I had one of those "i have to go inside" feelings passing by MCC. So I pulled up and made a quick runabout the store.. And there it was..

This vintage umbrella holder. It looks more goldy in this pic as my speedlight was quite bright, but its more of a rustic gold look.. and NO rust! I think it would look perfect in my back entrance. I'm not entirely sure if I wanna paint it a bright color, white, or what with it, but its going to look great with all of our umbrellas in it!

EDIT> exchanged the old bright photo for a more realistic one.. Kinda gives you a better idea of the look. 

Hope everyone' having a great St.Patrick's day!!

Its in the name!

Ever wonder why my blog is called "Thrifty Tuesdays"? Well, in this town, our thrift stores tend to restock on Tuesdays leaving a big handful of patiently waiting people outside MCC almost starting at 9am.. (doors open at 9:30).. Hands down, I used to giggle at the people waiting wondering exactly what their intentions were waiting that early.. And now I've become one of them. About 9:20 or so I will pull up and wait alongside those bundled ladies who overtime has gotten to know eachother so personally they were discussing family weddings and clothing exchanges.. lol. Great group of ladies.. they're so sweet when you walk through the store, they come and see all the neat finds you got in your cart and encourage you by telling you about certain sales. It pays off huge waiting a few minutes for the door to open. Not only have I scored my favorite finds, but I have saved a bundle on everything in between! And I do go one more time throughout the week to spot any random put outs incase I missed something..

Random thought.
I love a lot of things and I have wish my heart was bigger so I can store all that love. I have a huge wishlist and I'm slowly docking things off of it each week I go. But my space isn't getting any smaller so I'm pretty sure that give a couple weeks or so I'll be reselling.. And Im not looking at making a HUGE profit off my items (as Im not that kinda person), but maybe get what I paid for and a small finders fee as well (plus shipping incase theres any out of town purchasers). My response to my items has been postitive so I hope that my sales would be as well. Im not a horder, as I do let go of things very easily.. but now to try and find a price thats worth it is going to be tough..plus I guess I gotta open up a paypal account too.

Here are my finds of the day.

I picked these up for my fellow best friend and thrifter Ayne, shes huge into aqua colors so I thought the base would be perfect for a plate or something..

Closeup of the bases.

This is solid wood so of course it won't stay brown.. Once our entrance is painted, I thought it would be great. The middle is a mirror and the other two are 4x6 glass frames.

The second bedside clock I've found in the last 2 days. I wonder what kind of hit this would be on etsy..

Thought this was super cute.. I had one as a kid (but gold) and would've loved for Taylor to have one too, and never would've thought I'd score one that was PINK! How neat!

I'm always looking in the clock section and always walk out empty handed.. Theres never really anything that catches my eye until today (where I also found the one above..) Love the shape this one is in!

Going to hang this off of something in the girls room. I love how tiny it is.. maybe 3 inches? Its super cute!

Thrift Share Monday!

Linked up to Apron Thrift Girl blog, AND for coming home from the antique show at the mall in Winnipeg, I figured it was a good time for a post.

We left town about 9:45am, and only got to the city about 11:30, it was icey! We only noticed half way there and thought we might as well just continue cuz its gotta end somewhere, and it did! We made our first stop at the show in the mall, and it was a disappointment for us. Im no jewelry fanatic and have a hard time understanding whats beautiful and whats not.. I don't wear or own much jewelry, I have a few vintage button rings and necklaces from finicent but nothing that wow'd me.. When I got there, I thought I'd ask around if anyone had any owl items (as its our girls theme in their room as well as a huge collection of one of my best friends so I thought maybe I'd score a few neat peices.. Yup, didn't happen. Hardly anyone had anything owl related, so I was a tad disappointed..
SO we decided to hit up some Value Villages too and see what we could find.. and if I knew more about collecting Im sure I would've had a cartload full! But since I was only interested in the things I thought was neat and would possibly resell, I didn't find very much.. Random thought insert here:.. Did I miss a phase on fish?!? I came across COUNTLESS vintage fish and what looked like some sorta collectable fish items.. I don't care for them but the amount that was around was interesting! Ok.. So, then we went to Winners thinking maybe somethin was there but our thrifting minds took over and everything was too overpriced for us to take.. or it wasn't a complete collection (like a bookend with a Z at one end but no A.. so one bookend). We drove home slowly to watch out for ice and 1 1/2 hrs later we made it. We both  learned a lot.
1) Winnipeg thrift shops such as Value Village isn't NEAR the pricing of our local MCC.
2) Look for road conditions.. even if it looks good... we live in Manitoba.. Anything's possible.
3) Going to go local town hopping next.. Not going to hit up the city shops for awhile.. atleast until we hear of some good spots and know they're worth the drive.

Finally, here are my finds!

A little "clothes rack" style jewelry holder.. Thought this would be cute white and put in Taylor's room to hang her necklaces from.

13 inch square trays. Loved these when I saw them.. Not entirely sure what I wanna do with these yet.. Thinking maybe for summer when we're out for a bonfire to carry things out in. But defintiely will no longer be gold.

Vintage bedside clock. This has a cute backlight 

This I thought was neat.. Its a box with a slideout lid, and a devider inside. Ayne had the wonderful idea of putting markers and pencil crayons in there.

Owl tealight holder. Thought it would be a cute addition to Taylor's room by putting one of those flameless candles inside.

Mall Shopping & Shoppe Hopping!

I have two local friends who just love thrifting as much as I do.. and Im uber thrilled to have them join me on Monday as we header on off to Winnipeg for the Annual St.Vital Antique Show!! Leave her at 9am, and hopefully check out a few shoppes and secondhand stores while we're there. We all have our own style which is awesome..

Spent this week working on my daughter's room.. Heres a sneak peak!
(beware, the ugly green walls WILL be changed.. as soon as I convince the husband).


Found the bed at an antique store for $70 and got it sandblasted and repainted professionally for near 100 bucks.. Overall investment : $170..(mattresses were handmedowns from an aunt who hardly used the thing.) can't complain, this bed is one heavy bugger! Im hoping to find some neat owl peices to add in this space.. Once the wall's painted, I'll post some more pics of the room with some neat additions Im in the middle of working on..

 Hope everyone's enjoying this winter weather.. well, all you Canadians out there, living in Manitoba.. living in Winkler. We just got hit with one blustery blizzard over the weekend.. yikes.
Sending up prayers for safety on the roads, as well as victims of the Tsunami in Japan on Friday.. We're blessed, and it sucks to have a harsh reminder of something so horrible to remind us of that.

Upcycle & Recycle.

Aaahh...
Im organized.
 I don't have a room or garage devoted to my finds.. I have a closet. And it gets packed up pretty fast. So, Jer kindly reminded me that if he wasn't able to walk through that entrance, he was going to clean up and clean out for me so that if there was ever a fire,we could get to that entrance.. he was right, and its now cleaned out.
I went through some sewing phase and realized a lot of that is useable so Im just selling it out and getting rid of junk. I love filling my drawers of my collectables and such so its feeling new right now..


Heres a little glimpst of whats been going on here during the week..

Last weekend, we turned a 1950s TV into a puppet theatre.. or started to atleast.. My mom (conveniently) works at a recylcing place in town, and coooonstantly comes home with the most random stuff.. I would love to be her to see what kind of books come in.. Our kids storybooks have all came from there.. We have almost the entire collection of Dr.Seuss, and Mercer Mayer, and so many more old favorites! I was shocked when she came home with this and invited me over to revamp it with her!

This was a before picture.. The tv was in there when she got it but got it removed.

Another before picture. There was 2 knobs that came with it as well.. So you can tell how old it was!

Needs to be a fresh coat of paint on it, as well as some red curtains just behind the glass for curtain appeal!

With the knobs put back in and some friends posing.

Sewed a black curtain and thrifted this rail for 50 cents

Both girls up from their sleepover at G&G and ready to act!

Found an old vintage Bingo Game with most (just missing some dots) peices!

I was shocked at the condition..

AND the amount!

Vintage coasters.. found these for 30 cents. There was a few more sets I might pick up.

Picked up 2 of these $2 each. I think I might add some bling for our bedroom.

Old ROYAL typewriter $4. INCLUDES case & manual! And new ribbon!

Closeup..

About this frame for 50 cents.. And I was going to remove the artwork and put something in place of it..but thinking now its growing on me.. so might stay!

Thanks to all you new visitors checking out the blog!! Im excited to get this one up and out there to showcase the things I find, and maaybe soon I'll start reselling them. I would love to check out your blogs if you have any!! Post a link in my comment and I'll come send you some love!

Randoms..

This blog needs a revamp.. I'm lacking in the tech dept to be able to create something unique, so who knows.. this might have to do for awhile.

I've been blog hopping lately and my heart's pulling toward re-selling.. I've been intrigued with Apron Thrift Girl's posts about re-selling.. and it pretty well speaks to me.. but its also risky. In this area, it can be tough to find someone that has found an interest for things you purchase.. and I've never online shopped before or sold anything online so it would be a whole new world for me if that was the case..

I've been thinking about this for awhile; but THIS totally got my motivation up..Remember the post about the Owl Nightlight I picked up for 50 cents! Well checking out on etsy at this seller's page  and saw it was just shy of being identical to the one I found and was selling for an astounding $59.99! SCORE! I was so estatic.. Knowing I had found something that would possibly sell for nearly that felt pretty awesome.. Of course, I'm keeping the owl, but couldn't help wonder what was around that would pop so much interest.. Anything I post, would it be worth re-selling? I wonder sometimes..

A couple thoughts..

Over the past few weeks I've been becoming more of a..hmm.. how do you say it.. "addicted thrifter".. haha I don't really know how to define that, but its been pretty exciting on a Tuesday to see whats new and whats out there.

Today it was frigid cold.. The wind was brisky so I figured the stores might be a bit slower, which they were, which was nice. :) Met up with my best and fellow thrifter Ayne while we were there and it didn't take long before our carts were packed full of goodies! I love shopping with her because a lot of the time I find things that I know she'll love and she does the same vise versa so since we're there we can always brainstorm what to do with our finds.. best part of my Tuesday.

A couple things I've learned while thrifting..
1) Go a few times throughout the day.. you'd be surprised what just gets "brought out" throughout and what got left behind when you came the first time.. I like to go a couple times/week to see if there was anything new.. I don't go all crazy digging but some of the bigger items tend to show up later when things have settled down..

2) If you NEED something, ask. You'd be surprised sometimes when you'd ask if something wasn't brought out, could be in the back..So doesn't hurt to ask!

3) Settle on a budget..a good one. I found some cuuute vintage lamps and fabric I had to pass on today because I had a limit and went over it. I had no use for the stuff other than to have and love on by looking, so I had to tell myself $__ was enough. Nothing more.


So heres a few of the things I have found.. Some of the other things are just regular household use items.. and really are quite boring for a post.

Children's Cowboy Boots $1

Gumball Machine 50 cents. (This gets used a LOT in this house)

Vintage lamp (going to re-do this).. $3.00

Old Suitcase $1.00