More Thriftie's

Yesterday while out searching for my new glass nut jar, see previous post here, I couldn't help but swing by one our new thrift stores.  Yes, I was a busy gal yesterday.  I can hit quite a few stores in one afternoon.  LOL!


This new store donates a good bit of it's proceeds to help children with cancer.  I love that!  They also are very large and priced well.  While they are mostly clothes right now, they do have a nice area set up for home goods as well.  I am joining Debbiedoes Garage Salen party to share my latest finds from yesterdays adventure.

Here's the whole stash!  Not a bad haul for $14.98

Let's start with the Christmas tree.  I love Christmas and decorating for Christmas too.  I have two tree and one mini tree that I decorate.  The mini tree has rotated all over the house.  I have been wanting one that is a smaller tabletop tree to go in the upstairs foyer but not as small as my mini tree.  This one was the perfect size.

It is quite old as you can tell from the box but actually looks brand new.  I don't think it was used very often.  I am so excited about this!  I have wanted one for awhile now but I have not been able to bring myself to pay for what this size of tree would cost brand new.  They certainly are not $14.97 anymore.  That's one old price tag for this size and I know I will not find a better bargain then the $4.00 I actually paid!  Woohoo!

For $1.50 I got this cork board that is in great shape.  It's quite boring now but will look right nice in my craft room by my desk after I get finished with it!  This is going to make a nice before and after project!

This was another one of those exciting finds that is missing parts.  It has the pottery barn stamp on the felt bottom.  It is very heavy iron too.  Can someone please tell me what this originally was.  I am thinking either a potted plant holder or condiment holder.  If you know of a link to show me the original inserts I would love to see it.  I am sure I will decide how I want to use it best soon though.  It was only $2.00.

Then this cute little set got me fussed at.  Urggh!  I just couldn't help myself though.  It was only $6.50 for the whole thing.  I know I will use those bowls for serving pieces throughout the year and the cute little desert plates were the winning ticket.  It certainly wasn't the price that was so objectionable it was the additional dishes and storage space they will require.   I had to promise to now start pulling things out of my cabinets that I no longer use.  I am sensing a Garage sale coming up in my near future, or maybe I should just have a few giveaways!

Seriously, would you have passed these up too.  They are a porcelain teal blue grey (these pics are so bad) with brown and cream.

The pattern is Spirit by American Atelier.

There are three fantastic square bowls, I can really see using these as serving pieces, like condiments.

And two larger round bowls.  I love how oddly shaped these are.  They will make great dip bowls.

I have four salad or dessert plates if you will.

And this one dinner plate, we are just going to call it a cake plate or platter!

Ooops!  I almost forgot!  I also got one more lovely basket to add to my collection!  One can never, ever, ever, have enough baskets!  It's going to get some pretty additons soon too!

Thanks for joining me today, I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Our weather is sure to be beautiful, I hope all of you enjoy the same!

Mary