I am joining in with Janelle Wind's Thrifty Thursday tradition with a post of my own about some fab finds I came across at my local op-shop.

I don't get to visit the op shops around here as often as I would like due to distance issues. My 'very' local op shop is 40 mins away which is good but I still haven't had a THOROUGH look around that shop because as soon as I step in there, the kids decide AT THAT MOMENT to get stroppy and difficult!! Isn't that the way it goes? [sigh]

Alas...

I did manage to snavel these goodies up last time I visited my 'very' local op shop...

 ^I am sooo excited about this purchase. I remember having something similar to this in different colouring in our household as a kid and have always in the back on my mind thought I wouldn't mind one. So when I turned the corner into another section of my 'very' local op shop, it was like a beacon of light shining down on this wondrous piece of furniture and I just HAD to take it home. And for $5, I DEFINITELY wasn't leaving it behind - thank you very much!!

I am thinking I might recover the seat with a patchy vintagy fabric cover just to add abit more zing to it. Whatta ya think?

And it's always nice to find some of these in the store ready for you to pop into the shopping basket and make your own. A vintage sheet and a purple single doona cover - all for $1.50 each! Don't know if I will use these as their original purpose or re-purpose them? Now I'm looking at it, that sheet might look good as part of the seat cover for the above shown item! What do you call that thing? I'm just gonna call it my 'nooky seat' cos it IS a seat none-the-less and it will be placed in a little nook where I can go and sit with my cuppa tea and look out the window dreaming and pondering about all the weird and wonderful things that roam my mind on a daily basis!

Well, that's my show of thrifty-ness for this week. Might have more next week. Ya never know!!

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna



I couldn't leave these on the shelf for some reason. I think it was just because they look so different to other shoes I've seen on the shop shelves before.

They do fit me (a little tight in the toe area but not too bad) - whether I wear them much I don't know. They were only 4 bucks so I'm not too worried. I just like the look of them.

What do you think?

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

And it seems it is a more 'husband friendly' shopping option in that you don't seem to get the normal roll of the eyes or wary look as to how much you are going to spend cos he knows that it is bargain shopping. I could come out with a bag full of stuff and only have paid $20!!

I thought that I would share some of my op-shop finds of late. The photos aren't really good so I apologise for that but you get the idea.

A Jacqui E vest. I really like having these in my wardrobe stash as they are often something that I can put over a certain top just to add that extra 'pop' to the outfit!!

My Precious 'Little Sparkle'

Need I say more?

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

For two new little people!One for my new little bubba in June...and one for my bestie's new little one in July.

Mini Crocheted HeartsThis year, at pretty much the last minute, I had a sparkly idea to make a bunch of these cute little things for my mother and mother-in-law for their Mothers Day gifts this year. I had never made them before but had the pattern printed off from one of my favourite crochet blogs, Attic 24.

After the first one, I steadily completed the second one to make sure I had it right, and so by the third - I was pumping them out one after the other with no trouble. Very simple little things to make!

I had two piles. About 11 or 12 in each for the Mums!

I packaged them up really nice with a picture from the blog (mentioned above), where I got the pattern and the idea from in the first place, so they could see a potential way to display them . I am looking forward to seeing the pictures of how each mother decided to use them.

I should pump out a few more and make my own little tree branch decoration!

It looks totally great in front of a window or just as a table centrepiece!!

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...