Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts

Monday, June 7, 2010

So ever since I finished watching Arrested Development I felt like I needed to start watching another show that can make me laugh as hard as that show. Since no other show can compare to it, my netflix suggested I watch Party Down. I'm on season 2 now and it's really funny. The 1st season had Jane Lynch in it which was a plus and now I can't stop watching it. The humor is different but in a good way, hey and it's directed by Fred Savage. You know, The Wonder Years? You can watch it instantly on netflix so for those who have it, I recommend you add it.
I have 2 more weeks lefts before my summer vacation. Luckily, I have had a little bit of down time and decided to go thrift store shopping. I hadn't gone in a while and I felt really good when I got back into it. I guess I can say I "scored". There were some things that I was looking for and found and others were a nice surprise. Here are some of my finds on Sunday:

(From left) bed sheets, a green owl family, a sweet plaque, another owl, vintage flower looms, a retro photo album (it has black pages inside) and a couple of vintage pillow cases. They had the matching bed sheets but I couldn't bring myself to pay $7 for each set. Maybe next time.


I also got this awesome crocheted blanket, an old book, Jane Austin Book Club book (I got it mostly because of the design on the cover), a glass and a pitcher. I used to have the matching creamer and sugar set but probably not exactly the same shade of orangey-peach.

I love this glass, I just wish I had a set of at least four. Oh well, I might list it on my Etsy. Someone else might need it to complete their set.

I went on a walk today because I wanted to visit some interesting shops that are near my apartment but I just never bothered to stop by and look. A consignment shop also opened and I just wanted to pop in and see what they had. Well I didn't get to make it to any of them. A thrift store that I never knew about stopped me in my tracks and I just had to see what was inside. Everything was VERY reasonably priced and the first thing that caught my eye was this Polaroid camera. Only $4! I don't know if it works but I'm a camera collector so I'll find out sooner or later. I also found a few more owls.

I ended up taking with me a camera, 2 owls, a vintage plastic thermos, 2 round frames, a few records and I was really excited that I found a Catherine Holm casserole dish and an empty ledger. Since finishing Elsie and Rachel's journal class, I left very inspired. I'm going to paint the cover of my ledger and make it a journal.

Oh I love thrifting! I also got a dress, a blouse and some shoes which I will post later. This has been an exciting couple of days for me. Maybe I'll even take that long walk tomorrow and hope that I can make it to those shops.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Hello everyone, how has your weekend been? My weekend went pretty well. I finished my portfolio for class yesterday so that means I'm pretty much done with all homework for this last week of school. Hooray! I rewarded myself by going thrifting. It was a really good day too. I visited my favorite shops and got all of these goodies.

I was so excited to find a vintage Royal Corona typewriter. I've been wanting one for a while but I didn't have the moola to buy it online. I got this one for $13. I also got milk glass vases, dress patterns, a wire paper basket and a Singer sewing box.

I was surprised I found one, let alone a pretty blue one.

Aren't the dresses cute? Now I either have to learn to follow a pattern or fly my mom over here and have her make me one :)

And the fabric in the background is a giant pillow case.

This weekend I also worked on a few projects from Style School. I'm pretty excited about them.


Tomorrow I have to wake up really early because our class is meeting at the printers. We are getting promo cards printed and we get to see the process. Sounds fun except for the 7:45 a.m. meeting time.
Goodnight everyone.