Uber Thrift Day

October 5, 2010

Uber Thrift Day

Caution: If you are prone to envy be prepared to be green.
I can honestly say today was a best thrift day ever.




First I found these pink and white glass sconces for $2.



I have been looking for sconces for this lighting fixture since we remodeled our bathroom two and a half years ago.



My patience paid off today.
I am madly in love with them.



So in love in fact that I must show you photos from every angle.

It finishes of the bathroom decor perfectly.

As an added bonus I picked up two more sconces.

They are iridescent gold and have a hob nail texture.

I found Freya a pair of old fashion roller skates.

They are a size too big but in six months they'll fit fine.

Freya spent the mid afternoon frustrated that skating is not easy.

I told her she needs to practice.

She thinks she should be roller derby great right now.

I found several brand new rolls of vintage fabric ribbon.

It's the stiff kind that was popular in the seventies.

Most of the patterns are really pretty.

I became short of breath when I found this Limoges gravy boat.

Especially since it was one dollar.

The small boat platter.

It already has a home atop the microwave.

A vintage twin sheet in a broad colorful floral.

I may make new cozies for myself this winter or trade it or sell it.

I picked up this pair of pillowcase because they are so ugly.

This fabric is a very big score.

It is poplin from the Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic collection.

Usually the price of Shabby Chic fabric starts at twenty-five dollars a yard and it can get as expensive as sixty dollars a yard.

I purchased eight yards for six dollars.

I am thinking of making sheets out of them because the fabric is heavenly soft.

(Has anyone sewn a fitted sheet? Is it difficult?)

Calculating eight yards of fabric at twenty-five dollars that's a nice sheet set indeed.

I saddens me when I see beautiful handwork given away.

Lucky for me .

I can see this cardinal sewn to a jacket or cardigan.

Maybe a hand bag.

We'll see.

My Grandma Billie says it is a good measure of a needle workers skill if the back looks as neat as the front.

I also bought a vintage, white, table top x-mas tree that is still in the trunk of my car

I have know idea where I can use or ever store it.
There's also a elaborate metal plant stand in the trunk.

Chris was already overwhelmed with what I had brought into the house so I will leave the other stuff in the car until tomorrow.

Happy Tuesday!