#thriftedthursday

we almost bought it.  we should have bought it.  but it was ten dollars less than a new one.  i would have tried to bargain but it had just been put on the floor...it usually has to be there a couple of days.   but now i wish i would have at least tried.  

thrifted thursdays

cedar rapids, iowa

while in iowa, we spent a TON of time driving.  if you haven't been to iowa, just think about corn and soy beans EVERYWHERE!  but luckily, we had great end destinations.  like the main street in cedar rapids. 

it was wonderfully cute.  if miss wonderful vintage was local....sigh, if only!  they had all these amazing vintage dresses at such a good deal too. 

this furniture!  UGH, it was even well priced.  so far away!

i love yarn!

while we were in the cupcake shop a girl stopped me and asked if I was on a plane two days ago...i said yes.  apparently, she was on the same flight and sat in the row behind me!  i even remembered her because of her hot pink shorts.  such a small world, especially since i went to a town 120 miles away.

sometimes,  you just need a break from traveling.

we went to an antique shop in cedar rapids...and i am still thinking about this head.  i really have a thing for colored glass and this just screams me. i'm still debating about calling and having them just ship it. 

if any of you ever see this..buy it for me!

Dear Cedar Rapids.  You are amazing.  I wish you were closer.

with a little luck.

i think they are old car lights....but i could be wrong. any ideas? either way...they were apparently patented oct. 8 1907. pretty cool right?  

i have this thing for colored glass.

so instead of trying to just buy one i bought them all!  hooray for sales bins at yard sales!

jensen books in logan

so i got all these books for $12

you can fill an entire bag up!

the kids and i were playing in front of the store.  i was teaching them "pole tag."  where the poles are safe and you have to run from one to another with out getting tagged!  it wasn't really fair...since i was carrying aiko. 

  

this is only half the bookstore. it's a little dumpy...but all the necessaries of life are there! see the huge boxes in the corner...there were at least 30!  it's too bad i didn't have more time...i could be in there for hours. 

"ai-o is sucking on my finger!"  julia believes she taught aiko to suck her thumb.

funny kids.  there were debating which flavor to get.  eating some necessary nutrition is necessary after playing pole tag.  good times little logan.  good times. 

thrifted thursdays

i love musicals.  i've had these record folders forever...as i turned the records into bowls and didn't want to through away such lovely drawings. 

so i finally cut them out and put them in some of my thrifted frames. 

what do you think?

thrifted thursdays

colander 50 cents

frames $1.00 each to be put on my frame wall

rolling pin 50 cents (for my collection i'm starting)

scale for my etsy shop. i'd really like to stop going to the post office.

bought baby girl some shoes for the future. since she doesn't wear any now anyway. 

$1.00 each

baby room part dos

ya know, it's true, i never knew how much love can go to a little baby.  every time she smiles, she about melts my heart. i haven't used the word "adorable" more times than these last couple months in my whole life. 

this blanket is also adorable friends.  my friend holli made it, hand picked all the material and hand quilted all of it.  how does someone know someone else so well?  i love this and for some reason this sun totally makes me think of aiko. corny i know, but i'm a mama people.

this pup i made.  

my grandma phyllis was an avid crocheter and had a subscription to some magazine.  guess who she bequeathed them too?

this little hippo was thrifted from japan's finest thrift shops.

this game is very hard....i can't remember what its called, but it also traveled from japan.

and this.

this heater plays an important part in our lives.  especially in picking it out.  with his new baby, the husband scoured over websites, comparing, researching which would be the best deal and most efficient. ;)

sweet sister hannah and the mama made this. seen on one of my pinterest boards. (sigh, you know how you pin things and then can't find them AGAIN?!?!)

thrifted

bought from etsy, i'm not even going to tell you how much i spent.  for some reason the knitted look is so much cuter than the crocheted and since i can't knit...

ikea pails from grandma walker. use them to hide all her bathroom stuff. the cute little bunny slippers i bought on a whim (i should have crocheted them but see, when you are 9 months pregnant you don't want to do anything) the doily i did crochet myself...and it was the first and last one i'll probably ever do.

how to make a quick pillow

so this tote has been going around my house forever. if you are like me...you are a bag lady.  i have a lot of bags and i just can't help myself.  

i've been meaning to make a pillow out of it. 

and so i did.

i bought my insert from ikea and stuffed the tote!

also, i RIPPED THAT TAG off this ikea pillow!

i was showing my friend holli (who sewed that super cute baby quilt) my quick and dirty idea...we decided we should tack the edges down...so holli did with her sewing machine and mad skills

i really like it.  the snap was left in, just in case i decide to actually wash it.

looks nice huh?  with my nice and thrifted chair.

literally people, less that 5 minutes.