Nifty Thrifty Thursday

I am joining Leigh over at http://lbratina.blogspot.com/ this week for Thrifty Thursday. Thanks Leigh!

 

Last weekend we had a little thrifty luck.

We found a nifty candle holder, added a couple of mismatched glass sconces and a couple of wee little pink candles. All together the look was right around three dollars.

The twisted wire reminds me of the bracelets we made in high school in our jewelry making class. In Beaverton, Oregon, in the late '70s, we had jewelry making as an elective in high school. Had it before lunch and stagecraft after lunch. The '70s were great!

Okay, now see how it looks tucked away on our inside windowsill. Like it?

The lamp is sitting on the radiator cover. Not sure if that will have to be moved or not after we get the boiler de-winterized and fired up.  This window looks out onto the little sun porch. 

Happy Thrifty Thursday!

Thrifty finds

Granddaughter's dental visit in the big city (Minot, ND) got bumped up to yesterday so after, since we were in the city anyway, we went thrifting!

I found this cute buffalo china. Can you see the cute little buffalo on the bottom of the cups?

The saucers and bread plates are stamped.

Also found this Hallmark candle and this fine faux fall foliage. Around here as soon as the weather gets a little cool you must hurry to celebrate fall because as soon as you blink winter will be upon us!

I think they are fun.

Kinda looks like the cups are winking. I was actually using the cup on the left during the photo shoot!

I think I did pretty well. The Hallmark candle was 99 cents and so was the fine faux fall foliage. The dishes were 10 cents each so everything added up to $2.60. A fine price to pay for fun I think but ... here's the rub... we now find we will be going into the big city again this evening and there was more of this buffalo china to be had. I am thinking I should have gotten a couple of plates or platters to go with it too and maybe a couple more sets of cups. Oh my! How will this story end?

Only time will tell!

I am linking up with Leigh over at Bloggeritaville, http://lbratina.blogspot.com/,  for Thrifty Thursday. Thanks for hosting this event Leigh!