Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Garage Sale Fun

Saturday Morning

Sleep in late

Have a cup of coffee

Go out for breakfast

Go to a few garage sales with my husband
Now that is a great and relaxing morning.  

The fact that we found some great bargains at the garage sales made the morning a little sweeter.

Look at the things we found

If you love vintage linen like I do you will appreciate some of the things I found
The two picture frames on the left have already been used for a project I'll show you in another post.
All of the linens, the frames, and the wooden item (not sure what it is) came to a total of $17


Six hand embroidered napkins

The tablecloth on the left is beautifully embroidered and pretty large.

I am always drawn to embroidery with blue in the design

This pictures shows a large plain white tablecloth, a chenille bedspread and butterfly embroidered dresser cloth and a small embroidered hand towel.

Another look at the same items

Light up light house for my husband, he has a few in his office - $3
It is a lighthouse on Whidbey Island not  too far from here.

Snowflake tablecloth $2.50

Two snowflake wreath hangers $1
(Maybe I should paint them white, we'll see)

This is the item I am not sure what it is, maybe you know.
I asked what the lady who sold it used it for and she explained.  We will have to think on this a while
Cost $2

Now I just realized that I didn't take pictures of the wonderful finds my husband brought home.
He found himself a new weedwacker and that nylon string stuff to go with it.  He said that the parts were interchangeable with his old one and for $10 he couldn't go wrong. 
All in all we were thrifty shoppers and had a good time together
You sure can't beat that! 

I will be linking to
Today's Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality 
 Garage Salen Party at Debbiedoos 

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Thrifty Treasures

I have been reading blogs for about a year now and have been amazed at some of the treasures people find at garage sales and thrift stores.  I have found quite a few in great deals in times past but it has been a while since I made a great find.  Friday morning, everything changed.  My husband called me to tell me about a moving sale not far from our house that I should stop at.  So on my way to church to see the closing of VBS I stopped and this is what I found.
8 pillows, in great shape, $2 a piece (the one hiding behind the others is green toile on one side and chenille on the other)

Hooked rug, in need of cleaning, (I already cleaned it) $5

Footstool, never used $10

Two hinged wooden boxes $1 each (it will be fun decorating these)

Lamp and shade, great condition $5

Shabby chic terrarium box $4

storage box/table $2
We already had the dog

I will have to do a little repair work on the outside of top

five yellow and one green bowl $3

The footstool found a new home immediately,  I will probably trade it with the one in the bedroom when I do my living room redo.

I will try to post pictures of these items in their new homes, if they stay here in our home.  We bought a few garden tools and a ladder that I didn't take pictures of.  The total cost of the things I showed you was $47.  That was a fun moving sale!

Visit Rhoda and see her Thrifty Treasures post and take a look at the others linked to Today's Thrifty Treasures.