Such Treasures

I did hold back on the shop browsing because I knew we were going to a lady’s house at 4:30 to look through her fabric stash. She’s been telling me about giving/selling me her fabric for over a year, maybe two. She works at one of the thrift stores and noticed that I always buy fabric. She finally got through it all and we finally got over there yesterday. [...]

This glass jar was my thrift store find of the week. I was on my way home from jury duty Thursday and I couldn’t resist stopping at the new animal shelter thrift store. It was $3. I filled it with raw pumpkin seeds and placed it in the center of the table, which helps to [...]

I scored yesterday at Goodwill. I found several 1 liter glass jars for my pantry. They were either $1.99 or $.99. Five of them in all. I filled them with: sea salt, peppermint leaf, nettle leaf, nutritional yeast, and the other isn’t filled yet. I also found a 1 liter carafe that Mikah is thrilled [...]

Yesterday, I went to one thrift store. I found a soft, purple (lavender-ish) knit cotton sheet. I wanted to find a color that would work for Jeff’s t-shirts, but only purple. I don’t think he’ll want that. I could try over-dyeing it, though.
I also found:

“Power Sewing” by Sandra Betzina. I don’t like her clothing style, [...]

At the Goodwill Outlet, I bought this lot for $2:
9 mis-matched glasses, shown here in my cupboard. We really needed the glasses, having only three left from our set that has broken over the years. I used to want matching, but I think I’m drawn at the moment to an eclectic set. Four of the [...]

Yesterday, my biggest finds were sheets. And I really needed them. I have to fill an order for 15 tote bags by July 10th. One sheet has stripes of a blue denim color, soft white and grey. Another is a fun pink print that is not too overpoweringly bright. The last sheet is a really [...]

It’s been weeks since I’ve found anything good at a thrift store. I haven’t been to many, though. And yesterday was no different; we only got to one during our busy day of errands. But a few things were good finds: $2 pair of jeans for Naomi, 3 yards of a knit print for $1.50, [...]

2 flat twin cotton sheets, one a great shade of gold and the other a great shade of orange. These are not my usual colors, but I could picture them as summer dresses, or at the very least, good muslin fabric for the summer dresses I intend to make. I know, more sheets. It is [...]

Our 2nd time at the Goodwill Outlet — where we have to dig through big bins of stuff and everything in there is fresh daily from the retail Goodwills in the area. The clothing is 99 cents per pound.

We found about 8 items of clothing (pants, shirts) for both the girls and I … altogether [...]

Yesterday we went to the Goodwill Outlet. We’d never been there before. That’s the clearinghouse for all the unsold items from the Goodwill stores in the area. The kind of place where you pay by the pound — and a pound costs 99 cents.
This is what I found, weighing a total of a pound:
A [...]