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Thrifting Finds

May 10, 2010

In honor of Mother’s Day yesterday, this week’s goodies were all found by my Mom. She has crazy good luck at church rummage sales getting things for a quarter or less sometimes. It’s funny when she calls me secretly on the cell phone to see if I want things she has spotted. This time she [...]

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Thrifting Finds

May 2, 2010

I have always loved ball fringe (or is it pom pom trim?). I had pillows that I trimmed with yellow pom poms eons ago and I trimmed an apron for my sister with pink pom poms. So, I couldn’t pass up this random bag of trim at an estate sale this weekend. There was a [...]

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Thrifting finds…

April 25, 2010

I didn’t get the memo–it was MAN estate sale weekend. There were loads (and loads and loads) of tools. It was nuts. They even had security. I found it amusing that there were adorable vintage train cases filled with greasy tools and such, a small vintage hoosier cabinet crammed with tools, and a wooden silverware [...]

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Thrifting finds…

April 18, 2010

I love estate sales, but sometimes they are rather depressing. Perhaps it was the chilly, rainy weather, or perhaps I just was tired, but this weekend’s estate sales seemed particularly dreary. I know some people think the whole notion of an estate sale is depressing. I can understand that, but disagree. Instead of things being [...]

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