Thrifty Finds

I haven’t been to Goodwill since early December and I was itching to get in there.  When hubby told me to look for a piece to put the flat panel television on in our bedroom, so that he doesn’t have to mount it to the wall ~ well, you don’t have to tell me twice!

I figured before I look to buy something new, let me see what I can find at Goodwill.  Well, I found nothing at Goodwill.  The Goodwill I go to doesn’t have too much in furniture pieces {although, my son did get that brand new storage ottoman, with the tags from Target still on it for $24.99}.   I found these things instead!


Projects came to mind as soon as I saw a few of these things.  The silver trays just said to me, “here’s your chance to try chalkboard paint” and I said, “Yes, it is!”.  These were probably the most I paid for any one item ~ $7.99 and $6.99.  I wasn’t sure if that was good or not, but they were shiny and I kind of go into a dazed state when I see shiny things.

I couldn’t resist this cute little clock!  I love it!  It’s a whimsical little piece even if it is plastic.  It was $1.49 and when I got home and put batteries in it, it worked!  The cute little pendulum swings back and forth, too!  Too much cuteness!  I just cleaned it and added it to my mantel in the den {as of this posting it's now on my foyer chest}.  The little shoe was $1.99 and is on a shelf in my closet.

I almost didn’t get these leaf shelves.  I stood and looked at them for a good 5 minutes before I thought, “What would Miss Mustard Seed do?”.  Well, of course, she’d get them and paint them!   At $1.99 each it was a good deal.  Everything is intact; that color just needs to go.  What do you think?  White or black for use in my living room?


As soon as I saw these cute little teacups and saucers I knew they would be perfect for pincushions!  You can see how small they are using the jewelry pieces for scale.  Sherry over at Creations From My Heart makes some gorgeous pincushions and I thought I’d try my hand at it.  I have so many sample fabric pieces lying around that I’m sure I’ll find something I can use for these.   This was $1.96 for all four pieces.


While checking out, I saw a couple of pieces of jewelry in the case and asked to see them.  The gold piece is a pin with a filigree design to it and the other turned out to be a pair of clip-on earrings with these great dangles.   I thought these might make great embellishments to some future project so I got those as well.  $2.99 for the earrings and $1.99 for the pin. 

All in all, I spent about $35.00!  Not bad and it gives me at least three totally different projects I can work on. 

Linking up to Frugalicious Friday over at Finding Fabulous! 


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