Thrifty Thursday-Stars

Have I mentioned that I love finding treasures at the Thrift Store? Well, I DO! Here are 2 things I've discovered at work!

 

The big star is not a light fixture, but I put it on the light instead of the regular light cover and it looks FANTASTIC. Here is a close up of the candle holder:

That green glass is so pretty when there is a candle lit behind it. Here is a picture of the whole display:

 To the left of the big star are 2 shadow boxes with keys in them. I love keys. Below that is where I hang my purse and a couple of decorative keys. One of the keys is and antique one that I got in Croatia. Below the big star is a faux wine barrel. My husband got that for me on our 10th wedding anniversary. I can put a 5 Liter box of wine in it to serve my wine in vintage-y style! To the right of that is a blue demijohn. I got that from the same winery the barrel came from. it has several wine corks in it with a cupcake-topped wine cork in the opening. Oh, and there is a cool Sugar Skull bracelet around the neck. I'll have to show you a close-up of those next Thursday. Thanks for stopping by again! 

Thrifty Thursday

aI love colors! Bright colors make me happy and so I try to brighten my world with colors all the time. You'll usually see happy colors painted on my nails and if you come to my home you'll see my happy, colorful glass collection in my kitchen. Here it is on my microwave:The turquoise blue tall glass and the green jar are from a store called Mercatoni Uno and the blue scarab was a gift from Egypt that my friend Devon gave me. The lamp, yellow glass, and orange glass are all Thrift Store Finds! Speaking of the lamp, it may not look all that impressive without being lit but once it is lit....It is gorgeous. Oh, this pictures doesn't do it justice at all! This one shows the magnificence a little better:

In real life this lamp will take our breath away! I love it so much that I am going to have to get it rewired when we move back to the States and 110Voltage!

I hope you liked my Thrifty post for this week. See you Domani for Family Friday!

Thrifty Thursday-Costumes

Happy Thursday Friends! This Thursday I thought I'd show you some of Angle Baby's favorite Treasures from the Thrift Store. First up, Angel's Monkey costume:Angel wears this monkey costume so often, it's ridiculous. It's thick and warm and when she wears it, it's like she's a big stuffed animal! Oh, and that adorable pink plaid jacket is a Thrift Store Treasure too! And here is Angel's Asian dress:
She wanted me to put her hair "Like Kai lan's" since she loves that cartoon. She's gotten several other dress up outfits from the Store, mainly princess and fairy dresses. Thanks for stopping by again today and I'll see you tomorrow!

Thrifty Thursday

I love working at the Aviano AB Thrift Store! I have always loved finding hidden treasures that other people think are junk or trash, and working at the Thrift Store lets me find things like that all the time! One of my latest finds was this BRAND NEW hot pink Christmas Tree!!!The tree is shimmery and fun, and it the PERFECT little tree for my cupcake ornament collection! I love Cupcakes, and the fact that they are a trendy and popular thing right now is making me very happy! I had been looking for a fun little tree to hang my precious Cupcake ornaments on, and this one popped into the store one day and made me so happy. I only have 5 cupcake ornaments right now (had six, Angel baby broke one!) but I will be collecting more over time. I also need to find a totally awesome tree topper... maybe I'll end up making one. Also in this pic you'll see a tiny little cupcake wine bottle cork. That too is a Thrifty Find!

When I brought my pink tree home, I set up this little "cupcake corner" on top of my microwave. Along with the tree, ornaments and cork, I added my signed copy of Cake Pops by Bakerella that I got for Christmas from my wonderful Bro's, Nathan and Alex, the cakepop pins that came with the book, and my adorable Cupcake Wine Glass which was a Birthday Present from my amazing friend, Devon! My little "cupcake corner" made me smile every time I looked at it. It has been moved since this pic was taken. Now I have these all on top of my fridge along with some other decor. But that's for another post...

Until then, SMILE and leave me a comment :)