Thrift store Loot

I have two shops near me that I frequent. One is picked over and over priced, and another is a little store, tucked away. I call it my secret store :) I find some of the coolest stuff at the little one.

In the last month I have been to both and found a couple goodies.

This bowl was .75 cents! I love the crackel finish in it. I thought it would be so neat with some bulbs in it for Christmas. There is a plastic white bowl in the inside that is removeable, as shown in the picture.

These jars were $2.00 apiece. A little more than I wanted to spend, but I see them on ebay for $10.00 or more.....and I really liked them :)

This frame was $2.50. I have wanted to do this project I saw on Pinterest that had "I love you because" and a line under so you could dry erase something different when the mood strikes ya. I love the detail on the frame.

The clock in the first picture I am taking apart and making it into a cloche. I have wanted one for a hundred years now, and finally found one. They totally remind me of the eighties! :) Its a good working clock, it even sings every hour, but I am not a lover of gold anything, and that chime would drive me batty ;)


Thats the goods for now, a big thanks to Mel at http://junkinjunky.blogspot.com/ She is my number one fan of my blog (and possibly only follower...lol) But thats alright, she pushes me to be crafty...which I love doing. Thanks Mel, and congrats on your first linky partaayyyy!!!

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Little sister gift.

I have a 6 year old little sister. Long story. We are 25 years and 10 days apart. Its freakishly weird to have a sister that young, and who looks so much like me. Just weird.

I did not meet her until this summer, as I have lived overseas for so long, and was a little out of touch with my dad for a few years. I could not be happier to have them in my life now.

Anywho, I know I will be her only sibling, so I make sure to over due it a little. Since I dont really know her as good I as would like to, I just asked her mom (who is really cool) what she is into. She loves Tinkerbell. So I ran with that. Only when I went to look at Tinkerbell stuff, I did not know what she already had. Hmmm.

I always try to buy kids cool presents that will not end up in the trash. My number one gift usually is a flashlight. What kid does not love a flashlight eh? This time around I wanted something that was memorable.

So I lost the before pic, but here is the finished product.


and another pic


and one more....

We have matching big and little sister necklaces. I took a picture of me and placed it in the box, and the frame. The frame in the picture is actually pretty cool, its like a tablet of paper that you can color. You rip off the paper frame, and its blank again. I thought it was pretty cool. :)

I called her after her birthday, and she loved it. She also got a kitten, so I cant top that...lol but I am glad she loved it ;)

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