It's about time....

I have started following several blogs and I am required to have a blog to post my thrifting and crafting pictures on. So.....after years of anticipating this.....here I am! Yeaaaa. Now onto the good stuff.

This week has been a week of great thrifting purchases. I headed out Tuesday morning and hit 5 of my fav shops in Tampa. I did not spend more than $50.00 on everything pictured below. I ususally give myself a monthly $100 limit to splurge on my thrifty finds. I will be running out of room soon and my garage is starting to look like a home on hoarders! Pics of that another time.

Before the unbagging.

Shutters that match my house....or for crafting purposes.

3 sets of embroidered pillowcases. I love these.  2 youth size gingham pillowcases.

A vintage aqua runner and a butterfly one. Some floral material and assorted pot holders.

A seahorse head scarf for the beach and a floral one for working in the yard. An Old Navy cap and several hair accessories that had never been worn.

A 3 drawer chippy white cabinet for crafty stuff. A Royal Dalton pink roses saucer (my dogs eat from these), a salt shaker with pretty flowers to use for small hat pins, a cool coaster set with the letter "B" on them and my favorite hot pink color, a red and white stoneware creamer (my kitchen is everything red and yellow), some cute, small salt and pepper shakers to put glitter in, and a retro red and white water pitcher.

A Victoria's Secret burgendy velvet tote bag and a black furry one too. These will be in my pile for adding crafty glitz to.

I am going through a baby phase. Not for me....for future grandbabies. This cute little mushroom cotton  top, adorable red and white polka dot booties and a red gingham childs apron.

This handmade orange pull cart to store books in (saw this idea from another blog I can't think of right now), blocks for crafting, ballerina metal picture, a sequinned fairy wand and a dartboard for hanging messages for my son on. I need to head to WallyWorld this weekend to buy some darts for it.

The handle and tassle on this umbrella that I found is hand carved. See picture below of umbrella. I collect these. I will have to take some pictures of my collections for a later post. 

Umbrella (see above).

A wooden cup holder to spray paint red and hang scissors from. (Saw this idea on a blog also.) A vintage clear storage box with engraved flowers on it. Red fry basket for scrapbook tags and stuff. An Anna Griffin rubberstamp set with ribbons and 3 ink pads. The box is pretty too. An old accountant mini folder. I will use it for scrapbooking and ModPodge it with papers. A red 1960's 45 record holder book and some ribbon trim and a rust velvet ribbon spool.

2 old suitcases, yellow and beige/white. Pretty insides too. A black boho shirt with silver sequins that still

had the tags on it. A black and white historical container with some British castles on it. 2 old wooden hangers to decorate. One has clips on it for belts or ties. A pewter makeup brush wallet and a horse shoe horn.

An alarm clock for my son that does not have my voice yelling. 3 books, 1 on daily meditations, the happy book and a Celtic Wisdom book.

Vintage flower pin and a rosary with the Pope's picture in the middle.

This clock was from a few weeks ago, but I picked it up to move into another room today. I love the details with the cherubs and huge rhinestone. This was a Salvation Army purchase. It was pretty high for thrifting, but would go for up to $100 at an antique store. I paid $23.00.

And I finally found this Underwood typewriter at an antique store in St.Pete a few months back. Just took a picture of it today. I have been looking for one for over a year. Love me some typing. Last timed I could type 88 wpm. NOT on this machine though. :)

Whew! Great finds! Thanks for viewing.

I am off tomorrow to the Scrapbook Expo in Orlando, FL. That will possibly be my spending money for my next week thrifting. Depends on if I receive my income tax return check.

Linking up at "Thrift Share Monday" and "Flea Market finds".