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Category: New to Me – Thrifting Adventures
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This morning I left the little peanut with Bj and Sarah and I went out thrifting. Unfortunately there were not many great sales, and no estate sales, boo! Fortunately I can scrounge (and so can Sarah), so we found some fun things. I didn't get anything on my looking list, but that is more of a guideline, not hard and fast get/don't get. After all how would I have know to get these rulers? I have a good idea for them too… Or this set of curtains and pillow. The woman who sold them to me nearly wept, they were…
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Oh my goodness this took longer than I thought it would. I envisioned an evening of putting furniture together, spray painting a table and dressing up the porch. After three goes at the bench, and a little bit of tub soaking, multiple spray paint "issues" and the quickest planting ever the porch is dressed! I love it so much, it's exactly the kind of outdoor room I was hoping for. The table was really what held up this project. It was a rusty whitish estate sale find and I figured an easy spray paint make over. Well not only did…
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I finally have the skill to make a pillow case that fits over a pillow form. People, sewing doesn't get easier than this. But for some reason I could never make a snug one. I'm going to blame it on my old machine. Because following this easy tutorial I whipped up these: Pillow cases with envelope backs: The added bonus is using up some of the cutter quilt that I scored a LONG time ago (so long ago I can't find a post about it, yikes). That sure clears out fabric storage space (I know what you're thinking Bj, don't…
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