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Thrifty Treasures

Vintage Tiered Dessert Stand

August 20, 2012

Good morning and Happy Monday, y’all! I hope you had a nice weekend. I’m pretty excited to show you the treasure that I found thrifting last week. I confess, I haven’t been much of a yard sale-er this summer and hardly much of a thrifter. But, I finally found something worth bringing home…all for $4! [...]

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Vintage Cookie Cutters

July 11, 2012
vintage cookie cutters

A few weeks ago, I was going through some boxes and found a set of vintage aluminum cookie cutters that belonged to my granny. I’m so thrilled to have found them again. Ridley’s been asking if we can make cookies and for some reason, he thinks that it’s Valentine’s Day soon and we need to [...]

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Vintage Wood Textile Spools

June 4, 2012

Good morning, lovely people! I scored five more vintage wood textile spools at a yard sale this weekend for $8. My unintentional, but fun, collection is growing. I love how each spool is unique and probably has a different “story.” These old bobbins or spools were used in textile mills and on looms in factories. [...]

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Vintage Milk Crate {And Other Finds!}

May 2, 2012

Until this past weekend, I hadn’t been yard sale-ing yet this season, but I have been searching thrift stores, flea markets and antique shops looking for two specific pieces of furniture for the boy room makeover that I’m working on. I finally found the furniture that we needed last week. Woot! An estate sale ad {as [...]

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Exploring Downtown Franklin, TN

November 16, 2011

This past weekend, we {family and friends} and so much fun exploring downtown Franklin, Tennessee!  My husband lived there for a while several years ago and it is one of our favorite day trip destinations!  Franklin has a beautiful blend of antiques and home decor shops, delicious eateries and fashion and jewelry boutiques. I love [...]

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Christmas Thrift Store Finds!

November 9, 2011

Okay, I admit, I’m ready to decorate for Christmas. The Fall decorations {vintage mantel & front porch decor} have been out for two months and I’m kind of ready for a change. At the same time, I don’t want to skip over Thanksgiving, but I *think* I’m going to start Christmas crafting in the next [...]

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Vintage Yard Sale Finds

September 8, 2011

Hey, hey! I hope y’all are having a good week! I’m super excited to share a few of the treasures that I found on Saturday. My sister and I went yard sale-ing together and we had the best time!  She found a Little Tikes car and an easel for her kiddos and I found some things [...]

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Repurposed Vintage Light Fixture

August 28, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, while I was at a friend’s house helping her clean {they are renovating!}, I spotted an old light fixture bowl on the kitchen counter and asked about it. My friend was going to throw it away, so she said I could have it! Woot! I’m a sucker for old stuff…especially [...]

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Yard Sale Lovelies

August 14, 2011

Like I told you last week, we spent a recent weekend in Indy where I went antiquing with Sarah.  I also got to visit with my friend Jen who drove 40 minutes, so we could go yard sale-ing together.  We had so much fun together.  Jen bought some clothes and home decor and I found a [...]

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Antiquing In Indy

August 12, 2011

This past weekend, we were in Indianapolis.  I had so much fun yard sale-ing with my friend Jen from 4tunate {more to come on that next week}. I also met up with my friend Sarah from Thrifty Decor Chick and her sweet Bub. We ate lunch at a fabulous pizza place called Bazbaux!  Yum! Then [...]

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