I thought that I would write a little bit about the local thrift stores in the area that I have been to. Since I love to find good deals, I shop thrift stores quite often to see if they have any good finds. This is in no way a complete list of the stores in the area! These are just the ones that I know about. If you know of other local Utah county locations, please let us know in the comments.
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Thrift Store Finds - Picture Frame
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Usually when I go to the thrift store it's first thing in the morning. They are usually in the process of putting out new items. This week I went in the afternoon and there wasn't as much to choose from. I did find this cute little stencil and a picture frame that I am going to recover.
That's the fun of shopping at the thrift stores though, you never know what you will find! I did see some cute wooden blocks there, but decided against buying them. They were the ones where you stack three and they have a cute saying on each one. Unfortunately the wood seemed to have chunks gouged from it. Oh well, maybe there will be something equally as interesting next week.
It's Monday: Thrift Store Finds
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Monday, January 12, 2015
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that I try to find deals at the local thrift store to re-purpose into new craft ideas. I generally don't work on Monday, so I take a trip to the thrift stores in the area to see if there are any interesting items.
This week I got lucky! I found two wooden letters that I'm going to re-paper and decorate. For the size that I found, they are between $5-$6 each at the craft stores. I was able to get both of them for a total of of $1! The little green cabinet is a jewelry holder. I plan to spruce it up with a new coat of paint. The little sign with the ribbon says "Bath" and all I have to do is add hanging hardware to the back and I'm going to use it in our spare bathroom. I'd have to say it was a great day at the thrift store. I spent a total of $3 and have three crafts to work on!
Shopping Therapy at the Jo-Ann Fabrics
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
Do you ever have one of those days where you feel as if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed? That was me this morning. I was such a grump that I decided to head out the door and lose my worries and cares at the craft store. Thankfully, I have a wonderful husband who encouraged me to take some time for myself and he took our little girls shoe shopping. My husband also bought me a great gift for Christmas; a gift card for Jo-Ann Fabrics! I took my coupons off the refrigerator and headed out for some alone time.
Wandering down the aisles was like therapy for me. I looked at all of their holiday items, perused the aisle of cute owl fabric, headed to the clearance section, then made my way over to the crafting items. I had four things on my list to buy: 1 wooden letter and 3 different paints. I then thought about my gift card. This was the perfect time for me to buy those items I had been looking at for quite a while, but hadn't wanted to spend the money on. I decided it was worth it though. I bought 2 cute stencils that adhere to the item and I'm hoping that this will cut down on paint bleeding under the stencil. I bought some transfer drawing paper so I can finally work on a craft I've wanted for my wall for about 8 months (and had all the supplies for too!). Here's a picture of all the great items I found, then I'll write about my best deal of the day.
As you can see in there, I do have my wooden letter and 3 bottles of paint. I did get my list items! I have oodles of stickers and scrapbooking items too. Here was my best deal of the day. They have loose crafting items in these sticker packs. I bought these on sale today for $3.49 each. They are generally $6.99. I decided that since I was actually getting 2 for the price of 1, I would buy them. After getting them home and seeing all the items included, I was so excited. The bags have 15 items inside. There were 4 different alphabet sticker sets, a gift bag, die cuts, decorative boarders, decorative stickers, and sparkle gems. You can use these for so many different projects; scrapbooking, mixed media art, making cards, art journaling and more! To illustrate what a great deal this pack was, one package of decorative gems is $2.99 all by itself!
After I was done at Jo-Ann's I was in a much better mood. I was mentally planning the fun crafts that I wanted to make and I realized that the things that were bugging me earlier didn't really matter. I posted on my Facebook site when I got home about all the neat items I found, and Jo-Ann Fabrics actually commented on my post! That was so exciting for me.
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Wandering down the aisles was like therapy for me. I looked at all of their holiday items, perused the aisle of cute owl fabric, headed to the clearance section, then made my way over to the crafting items. I had four things on my list to buy: 1 wooden letter and 3 different paints. I then thought about my gift card. This was the perfect time for me to buy those items I had been looking at for quite a while, but hadn't wanted to spend the money on. I decided it was worth it though. I bought 2 cute stencils that adhere to the item and I'm hoping that this will cut down on paint bleeding under the stencil. I bought some transfer drawing paper so I can finally work on a craft I've wanted for my wall for about 8 months (and had all the supplies for too!). Here's a picture of all the great items I found, then I'll write about my best deal of the day.
As you can see in there, I do have my wooden letter and 3 bottles of paint. I did get my list items! I have oodles of stickers and scrapbooking items too. Here was my best deal of the day. They have loose crafting items in these sticker packs. I bought these on sale today for $3.49 each. They are generally $6.99. I decided that since I was actually getting 2 for the price of 1, I would buy them. After getting them home and seeing all the items included, I was so excited. The bags have 15 items inside. There were 4 different alphabet sticker sets, a gift bag, die cuts, decorative boarders, decorative stickers, and sparkle gems. You can use these for so many different projects; scrapbooking, mixed media art, making cards, art journaling and more! To illustrate what a great deal this pack was, one package of decorative gems is $2.99 all by itself!
All items in the bag |
Items out of the bag so you can see them a bit better. |
After I was done at Jo-Ann's I was in a much better mood. I was mentally planning the fun crafts that I wanted to make and I realized that the things that were bugging me earlier didn't really matter. I posted on my Facebook site when I got home about all the neat items I found, and Jo-Ann Fabrics actually commented on my post! That was so exciting for me.
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