Due to the enormity of last week’s haul, and the immensity of my current project list, I only stopped at a few yard sales last week. I did manage to find some neat little treasures, though!
The adorable “Bloom Where You Are Planted” poster ($1) has already
found a place in Little Princess’ garden-themed room. At the moment, Princess and my oldest Little Guy are sharing
a room, and Little Monkey is sleeping in her room—since I don’t really care to
have all THREE kiddos getting up at night when the baby wakes up! So this room is sort of in a limbo state,
with girly walls and décor interspersed with a few baby boy things :/
Hopefully it won’t be too much longer before Monkey can move in with his big
brother, and Little Princess can have her own room again!
I’m a sucker for twiggy, rustic-looking baskets, and for 25¢, this
one had to come home with me! (On a side note, I’m still trying to figure out
how to control the depth of field on my camera—it’s a basic Nikon
point-and-shoot, and I’m beating my brains out trying to get it to take decent
looking pictures, especially still-lifes! If anyone has any tips on getting good pics with a plain-Jane camera, PLEASE let me
know!)
My favorite stop was a rummage sale for our local Animal Shelter.
I found this adorable metal sleigh for 25¢-- I can already see it
holding Christmas ornaments or pinecones on my shelf or dining room table come
wintertime!
This adorable tea-for-one set (mini teapot with lid, teacup,
and saucer in a matching oval box) was only 75¢! I’m thinking this will
probably end up on a shelf in Little Princess’ room, too… though I’m sure I’ll
get it out and use it often ;-)
The find I’m most excited about this week, though, wasn’t
even from a yard sale or thrift store! As we did for the moms on Mother’s Day,
our church gave gifts to all the fathers that came to the Father’s Day church
service. I put together a little gift
basket for each dad, including chips, candy, beef sticks, and a 6-in-1
screwdriver, all in a little reusable plastic basket with a handle. The baskets
were 2/$1.00 at Dollar Tree, but I thought they needed something to “jazz them
up” a little, without looking too feminine :-).
As I wandered aimlessly searched around the store, I happened to
remember something that I had read in a blog somewhere (or maybe it was
Pinterest?) about Dollar Tree clothesline that resembled baker’s twine!
Bingo! A 70-foot, $1.00 roll of clothesline provided more than enough “twine” to weave through the sides of the baskets and tie into an attractive bow. Ah, much better!
Note: this is a plastic clothesline, not cotton, and is
thicker than real baker’s twine would be. And per foot, it’s probably not that
much different in price than if you ordered it off Etsy. But if you want something stouter to tie
thicker bows with, or if you, like me, like to wait until the last minute
before scrambling to find a stylish wrapping solution, than Dollar Tree “bakers
twine” is the way to go! :-)
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