Never underestimate a Wednesday..

Didn't think I'd get out today, but come 3pm, Jered got home from work, and Hailey finally went down for a nap, and our cupboards were becoming bare so we were in much need of a grocery shop. So, I decided to haul Taylor and we went.. Then we passed MCC and she asked if we could go look for a Barbie (our MCC has cooountless barbies for a buck), so I said sure..
Didn't think I'd walk out with what I had found.. A LOT of vintage sewing notions! I even left some behind because I just didn't know what I would do with all of them.. But grabbed what I thought looked nice and in the cart it went!

I can't even individualize this.. There's just SO much! 

This was one thing that caught my eye.. I did some research and its apparently from the 1950s.. How awesome.. and I love how they priced stuff.. 19 cents.

A friend of mine collects stuff in this color scheme, so this will be gifted for her craft/create space. Hopefully she'll like it..

Within one of the bags of sewing notions, I came across this.. Its a craft pack! It had everything.. including the adhesive glue.. which was all dried and chalky, and smelt horrible..but I guess whoever owned this must've wanted to do it at some point, and made sure everything was still in tact.. but check this out.. I love their wording in their instructions..

I had to giggle.

I thought this tray was very bright, and very pretty. I think it'll be good  for crafting, and placing buttons or knick knacks on when working.

Last, I found this.. And I would LOVE to know more about them if anyone knows anything.. Theres a total of 164 crafts (and after some researched I found out thats a complete set!). Theres SO many random ones in this box.. Its published in 1976 (cards say 1975 but later found out it was only in '76).. The cards are in great condition, and are organized perfectly.

And yes. I definitely scored them for 50 cents.

To finish off with a photo of one of my kiddos..

She just indulged in a slice of pizza, walked over to the couch, and fell asleep like this.. at 6pm. This is one tuckered out little princess...

Bittersweet..

The word "bittersweet" has circled through my vocabulary countless times over the past while. Finding things that are great but also a bit uneasy is quite common. This week was defintiely one to put in the books.. Trying to find the time to just sit and do playdough with the kids instead of having to do dishes, or go to some sorta appointment, test, or whatever..wishing I could find the time to say "enough's enough.." But these things need to get done, and thats just that.

I didn't get much extra thrifting in this past week with so much going on. Had my MRI results which came back clear (yay!) and then on Tuesday (which was my usual sit outside MCC day) I had Hailey's preemie assessment at the High Risk Newborn Clinic in Winnipeg. It went awesome..Walking through those doors for the first time since Hailey was born was "bittersweet".. Seeing the moms that walked in and out daily like I did, but seeing the babys who got a very exciting chance at life was incredible to see. Seeing a baby fill up the spot that Hailey once did was emotional.. Im blessed to have my miracle with me daily, reminding me to just be thankful for the little things. The emotion and exhaustion in the mothers eyes were just like mine.. the worrying, the unsure, the daily rollercoaster of news, etc.. Im very happy Im past that point in my life, and Im sure they'll be too once they get the "green light" to go home. I just wanted to go up to a few of them and say "this soon shall pass". Because. It does, even if we never forget it.

Hailey's appointment went awesome. Not only is she beyond her real age(10 months) intelectually, but she's just shocked the specialists and therapists with her ability to pass just about every obstical they handed her. I was so proud of how far shes come in her days with us. Physically, shes still at 8 months (her corrected age), and thats all they're worried about, was she was where she NEEDS to be . And I was happy with that too. We start physio in June and hopefully that'll speed up some of her walkin skills and crawling skills. Otherwise no concerns, which means NO more doctors appointments!! (I do see our pediatrician in a couple months to go over these results but Im pretty sure he'll be just as excited as I am.)

So with her being the gem she is, we decided to hit up some shops on our way out.. Me as a Tuesday MORNING thirfter, finding the stuff in the midafternoon wasn't nearly as exciting so I didn't land up picking as much up as I usually do.. But heres a quick lowdown of a couple things I found..I hope to go this afternoon while Hailey naps to check out our town's store..

 Thought these would be cute for my sister's wedding.. Most likely for the head table as I only found one set. But still super cute, and for a quarter, couldn't be better!

4 different stores, 4 different jars of buttons.. and all for 50 cents a peice! Im on a mission to find some button DIY's so I can start using my overlarge stash..

This owl is ugly. Just plain ugly. But to me, she's pretty.. Shes worn, used, and has character to it. Although I won't be keeping her in the shape she is (painting it), she definitely couldn't be left at the store. 

Milk jug, no idea what I'll do but for 10 measly cents.. it came home with me. Im sure it'll be used in some way for Andrea's wedding..

Before/After

So, I spent the evening last night working on revamping this frame/hook..

 BEFORE

After (mirror IS clean by the way, lol) I just threw in the first two b/w photos I found.. Going to possibly replace them with b/w demask fabric or some photos of the kids. This will go right by my entrance.. once its not orange anymore.

 

lists..

My to-do list is endless... literally endless. If there's not a to-do NOW list, there's a to-do tomorrow, next week, and 6 months from now.. Lists consume my life.

Went thrifting Tuesday morning, as usual, and felt kinda neat to meet up with a friend who drove up from Kansas to visit family, and was fun getting together to do somethin we both enjoy! I was amazed at the price difference between the states "Goodwill" store and the MCC stores we have out here locally. what would be a buck at Goodwill, tends to be 10 cents out here.. So she was excited to have scored a large basketful of goodies, even some I was admittidly envious over.

But here are a few of my finds that I scored..

WAS super thrilled about this because I was photographing my neice's newborn photos this morning, but realizing afterwards she wasn't curling up for me, so it didn't work out. Ah well, I don't do photos nearly as often so this might just land up in the garage sale pile, in hopes for another aspiring or successful photographer to come snatch it up.

My best friend and fellow thrifter wasn't along with me this time, so it was kinda wierd not shopping with her, having 1/2 my cart full of stuff to show and share with her. But we've been going together for weeks, and knowing each time she looks for a clock she can repurpose and put her own printed paper behind, I couldn't leave this. She loved it.

A cute shutter-style waste basket. Its cute. Enough said!

I love these.. Im thinking I'll spraypaint them white and leave them for display. The edges are quite sharp tho. .so I wouldn't want the girls near it. Would be a cute centrepeice (the bottom one)

Picked up this bag for a buck. Found a cute DIY im gonna attempt with these. Problem with DIYs and me is I keep on forgetting what it was.. So when I think of it I'll link you up!

Wooden doll pins and some vintage canvas-style fabric. Picked up the fabric on my first run in, but after leaving I counted up my finds again and noticed I was overcharged 3 bucks. Luckily, they were good about it so as I waited in line, a lady in front of me passed on these. and I just snuck a peak and snatched them up. So for 50 cents, I got my 2.50 back and walked out.

11x14 frames. I loove the detail on these. Not sure where they'll go yet. We're in the midst of painting most of our house so putting up frames against a white or ORANGE wall isn't my thing right now.. so I just have to have a bit more patience before these buggers go up.. and yep, they'll be repainted too. (just thinkin either gloss white? or a bright color like teal?)

And a cute little lantern. :)

I also picked up a large frame with glass mirrors on the sides, it looks better than it sounds.. and I looked at Winkler MCC which had one sitting there for quite some time for $15 and it had a blue design on the mirror that wasn't all that attractive.. Then as we went to our second stop, I noticed that MCC had the exact frame, NO design on the mirror, for $5. Score.

{ Check back soon as I make this into somethin pretty :) }

Love doesn't have to be expensive!

So my best and fellow friend picked these up at a thrift store last week and thought of me (how sweet)..

(Realized I didn't take a pic before I sanded down the V..) but this gives you a rough idea. The letters were very "baby nursery from the 90's" type. All I cared about was that they were wood. I can handle any other ugliness that comes my way.

Sanded down the "lovely" letters..

 Threw a couple coats of black paint (which later on I'll explain my big mistake with this step)..

Took a "light" sand down to the letters to give them an "older" look...


A few lessons learned:
1) I would've painted a coat of white first BEFORE painting the black.. Hardly anyone would notice but you can slightly see the color of the blocks underneath the sand.. But that bothers me.
2) I would've used a MILD texture for sandpaper.. Here, after I realized that it was MEDIUM grade, I was a bit disappointed.. but other eyes don't seem to care, so whatever..up on the shelf they go first thing tomorrow!

And to leave you all with my sweet Haileybear whose just about 10 months old! (and styling it up in mix-matched clothing we went through the next size up clothing..)

Sunday Morning Glory!

 Happy Sunday everyone!
I've been MIA lately as this house has been on the whilrwind with new additions to the family (not by me tho, lol) and travellers from a far coming up to visit. So, I haven't been able to thrift like I had wanted to over the last few days, but I guess thats ok, since I need to clear out some of the existing stuff in my house to make wave for the new stuff a'comin.

On an exciting note, within a week or two, we will be starting an ETSY SHOP! Yep, this is huge for me because the buying and selling in the interwebz is all so new to me, so Im hoping everything goes smoothly. Keep posted for the shop link comin up!

Also, I wanted to express to everyone my wishlist for the spring. Last year, I had little to no opportunity to do anything out of the house as I was on strict bedrest due to my complications in my pregnancy. SO I wanted to blow this year out and enjoy the MANY things this area has to offer.. Here's my list..

1) Go to MCC at least 2/week.. I do about that already but since its garage sale season coming up, I can guarantee they'll be restocking more than just a Tuesday..
2) Venture outwards, and drive a few more minutes to some other towns and seach some other vendors..
3) Do a DIY with the kids weekly, it not more! My 3 year old looves to help paint, and glue, and everything that has to do with creating (which clearly is the reason shes my daughter, lol).. And thrifting those finds is going to make it fun for me, as well as for my wallet!
4) A very exciting on, but over the next month, we'll be re-painting every room in this house (minus our bedroom and Haileys room which was done just last year).. the options of colors are endless!! So hopefully this task won't take up too much of our summer.
5) Walk more, drive less! We registered our moped this year again and I'm excited to be able to get that going when I need a jug of milk or something small from the grocery store instead of starting up my vehicle.
6) I've been listening to CHVN 95.1FM's and taking part in their Family Night Pledge so that we can spend more quality time with eachother and the kids. PLUS, the mister and myself have been taking more time in the week and month to be going on dates and taking some much needed time to re-connect. :) It has made our relationship with eachother and the kids MUCH healthier.. and come summer, much more opportunity will be at hand as well as trips, events, etc!
7) Renovations slowly continue in our basement, Im hoping by fall of next year, my create space will be finished and I can finally have a proper area to focus and progress!
8) I have a huge surprise coming in May for the kids.. since I can't exactly express what Im doing because this is huge for me too but once its completed, the beans will spill! Its exciting, and will take lots of preparation.. so I hope it goes smoothly! 
9) I wanna take my family camping...at least once. My parent's own a 5th wheel and have offered to us countless times to take it, the mister is anti-camping. I hope that changes this year.. I loved my camping days growing up, and I would love the same simple pleasure for my kids
10) Last but not least, Im gonna try and lose a few lbs.. No crash dieting, or anything risky, just a lifestyle change, to say Im not going to veg out on the couch with a bag of chips instead I'm going to turn off the TV and go out and play with the kids. Simple, and if it doesn't make me lose weight, it'll definitely make me feel better as a person, and as a mom.

Whats your summer wish list?

Inspiration..

So I love starting my mornings with a bowl of Fruit Loops and updates from my fav blogs..Its kinda like reading the paper, whats new?.. whats happening?
And I woke up this morning and came across Thrift Core's blog and got completely inspired on what I wanna do with mine.
So over the next while, you might see not just thrift finds, but suggestions, inspirations, and maybe some of my DIY projects that I plan on doing.. (my stash isn't getting any smaller.. and places for it is getting less and less by the day).
Including in my organization craziness, I plan on putting a pile to resell. Im sooo inspired by Apron Thrift Girl's latest post about reselling (heck, I love ALL her posts about reselling) and is thinking of posting a handful of items on Etsy.. this is all new to me cuz I for one, never even bought anything online yet alone sold anything..

Otherwise craziness continues in the Hildebrand home..