Oh, I thrifted some pretty shabby-chic things to use in my current redecorating phase.  (Poor hubby.)

This old baby dress with a tiny neck and precious little buttons will be so pretty hanging up on a satin-covered baby hanger.  Now, where will I hang it?

This basinette skirt is wonderful.  See the pale, pale yellow of the flowers […]

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Yesterday afternoon was fabulous.  I completed all my grocery shopping for the week, had accomplished my trip to The Scrap Exchange (having found exactly what I was looking for and then some), and came home to a quiet house in which to finish two projects.

Here is what I brought home from The Scrap Exchange.  It’s like opening […]

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Ah yes, the fun place I had the opportunity to visit today.  The Scrap Exchange.  It’s a place where scraps come together!  Industrial discards and donations of all kinds keep this place full of “stuff” to make art with.
 
How to shop:  You can buy a bag to fill up with bin items or just browse […]

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Yes, I’m childless today in the sense that my mother has taken my three youngest children to spend a few days with her.  In case you have not read about Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, it’s a wonderful place.  My mother says that the pictures I took last time were so early-spring, they don’t really show you […]

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It seems we’ll have a cooler day today.  Only in the 80s.

The heat wave is letting up a bit.  I would love to be in the garden today. 
I hope you’re having pretty weather today.  Think of me today.  You know where I’ll be.  All day.

But you know where I’ll be on my breaks, too.  […]

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Thrify Goodness
Going yard sale hoppin’ with my best girlfriend.  Shopping big flea markets out west with my dad.  Thrifty adventures.  My life story.  A big part of it, anyway.
 
I love this Ann Taylor sweater.  It is so soft and lady-like.  Still had the tags on it. 

The frame will be painted white.  This is for my Princess […]

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This old, dusty, ugly, very ugly thing had to go.  I’ve only had it for about 18 years.  It was good for hanging delicate laundry on, but really.  I suppose I just cracked this morning and I can’t look at it anymore.

So today while in Goodwill…  Oh, okay.  Yes, I left home today, but I had to.  […]

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Day 3 of our trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains was really our last full day together.  (Papa Bear had to come home early on Day 4. )   Day 3 was pretty much a driving-around day.  My husband wanted to head in the direction of Zionville, North Carolina, because his mother had family there.

We found one set of grandparents up in Zionville Baptist Church cemetery.  He has […]

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Even if I had money to burn, I think I’d be at the thrift store.  Yes, there are some things that, of course, I buy new.  Don’t we all.  But I have no pride that gets in the way of my snapping up a 50-dollar skirt that’s sitting in a thrift store with the tags […]

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If you know of a wonderful little store called Fetch in Hillsborough, then you might be interested to know that it is closing.  Fetch will be open until around mid-August, if the merchandise holds out, and everything is marked down for clearance.  I always call for hours before visiting. 

I was there this morning for a yard sale (early, before […]

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