One Makes Do May 4, 2008

And this post is going to be a lot more chipper than the title might suggest. I have horrible thrifting in my neck of the woods. Horrible. Goodwill is about it and rarely do I find anything exciting. I went there at the end of last week and found 1 lousy sweater to felt. ONE! In the whole place! And I went through them all!!! I did find some nifty little clear glass bowls that will be good for displaying tiny things, or maybe they will help me stage ingredients in the kitchen, haven’t decided yet. The treasure I found at this latest trip to Goodwill was this crazy old crafting book, The A-Z of Handicrafts, published in 1978. It’s so bad, I know it’s good(cheesy Super Bowl Shuffle reference, sorry). I bought it without even opening it in the store (I was in a rush), so when I got it home I opened it up, and to my delight some vintage embroidery patterns fell out! Just tucked in there! What a steal for less that a buck! The thrifting thrills were not ended yet, oh no! This weekend was our annual city-wide garage sale, the weekend where everyone and their brother has a garage sale. Now the norm for this is Hubby and I hit a bunch of sales, only to be disappointed and go home empty handed or almost empty handed. Nothing more than people selling off used baby clothes and toys, and some seriously tired kitchenware. Yawn. Not this year! First we have a new neighbor, and he was having a garage sale (moving from a house to a 2 bedroom townhouse one must downsize). I got this awesome dresser that with a little paint and TLC is going to be placed in my livingroom for a nifty place to store my fabric stash. Then we hit the various sales around town, going to a local church first where I found some old Pyrex bake ware (PERFECT condition, squee!) and an amazing old desk from an elementary schoolroom, metal base, fixed seat and built in flip top. It’s quite small and The Boy won’t be able to use it for more than a couple of years, but we hope he loves it as much as we do. Next off to some lodge (can’t remember which one), where I got this unbelievable stash of macrame stuff, a whole shopping bag full. TONS of heavy weight jute in various colors, big hole wooden beads, metal rings and pattern books for macrame plant hangers, this seriously must have been in someones attic or basement for 30 years. $2 bucks! Got a few gently used balls of yarn, and now I’m regretting not buying all they had even though most of the colors were pretty bad, as I’ve started my ripple afghan and want it to be pretty… I know, I know, where’s the damn pictures? I’m lazy with the camera, they will be incoming in the next day or two, along with my ripple progress, I promise.