Lamp Re-do and Thrifty Treasures

Sometimes

I wonder if

My Thrifty Treasures

are

really

just

JUNK!Honestly WHY

am I so obcessed in finding

this Crap?

I really am a tidy person

I don't like junk

But I do like "things"

(I am not making sense !)

So I will just go on with what I have found lately

at my favorite thrift store, DI

(the only one we have in my small town)

These glass pieces grabbed my attention.

I have never seen diamond cut glass

in black.

I grabbed all 5 pieces, (.50 a piece)

As I strolled around the store I thought

"you don't need all 5 pieces, just get 1"

So I was going to return 4 of them to the shelf

BUT

A lady stopped me and ask if I knew who

made this glass. . . . .

Huh? ? ?

Aaaaaa, NO!

Well, she didn't know either, but she has a book

with glass pieces in it and these are in the book

and they cost a lot more than .50

So

I decided to keep all 5 pieces!

They are unique!

I needed a lamp in my Craft (crap) Room

Came across this red & white lamp shade and

Loved It!

(only $1)

So I put the ugly peachy $1 lamp. . .

I like the swirly design on the lamp

With the lamp shade

And

with a little spray paint. . . .

This is what I got!

Just Love It!
It looks real cute in the "craft" room.

It cost me $2

(I already had the spray paint)

Always amazes me what a little paint can do. . . . .
And really thrity things are
fun to re-create. . . . .

Cloche'

Cloche'

Isn't that the neatest sounding word?

Cloche'Most of mine are actually

cheese domes!

With plates Gorilla Glued onto

a candle holder and spray painted.

Don't tell anyone though

You really can't tell. . . . . . . . . . .

Can you?
I got my idea from House of Hepworth
I had never thought of using a cheese dome
until I saw hers. 
She also showed me that you can spray paint ceramic
Ya, you can!
Check her out she has a great blog
House of Hepworth

My roosters are also spray painted.
I tell ya, you can spray paint anything, but water.

I actually think this one is a Real Cloche'

You can put a cloche' over anything.I find my cloche's (cheese domes) at the thrift store

I don't pay more than $1.50 for them

But they sure make cute decorations.

I have several more,

I just need to decide what color

I want the bases.

They also make cute cake stands with the dome.

Just cleaver!

Say the word. . . . . . Cloche'

In general I don't like August

But

aren't the flowers beautiful?

The Zinna's are georgous right now.
I am linking this post to

 

For The Beauty of The Earth---I Thank Thee

For The Beauty of The Earth

For The Beauty of Each Hour Hill and Vale, and Tree and Flower

Lord of All, to thee I raise

This my thankful, grateful PRAISE. . . .

Another Day At Softball Field

I am off to another

Softball Game

Love my little Darlin's

But. . .

No, there are no "BUTS"

They grow up too fast. . .

And one day there will be no softball games

with little girls. . .

We will move on to something else.

See you tomorrow!

Thrifty Treasures

It really is true what they say

One Man's Junk Is Another Man's Treasure

I have been finding TREASURES!

I like to go to DI (Deseret Industries)

The last couple of weeks I have really found some treasures!

I didn't pay over $1

Some of the items were only .50

Can you believe it?

These are just a few of my finds. . . .

I love the little "depression glass" watchamacallit. . . .

And the "cut glass" and the dainty wine glass!


Look at this Milk Glass.

It is BEAUTIFUL!

I collect Milk Glass . .

(Martha got me started on that)

I have collected for many years, some day I will do a post

on my Milk Glass collection.

My heart pounded when I saw some of these pieces. . .

Hoping no one else saw them. . . . .I was the lucky one

to come across these beautiful pieces.

Aren't the fruit salt and pepper shakers cute?

I just love them in the little dish I found.

The brown dish is "Cranival Glass".

It has the prettiest lattice work on the sides of the dish.

$1 Ya, I said $1

Oh, it is true someone's junk

was my treasure!

I think I am a "junker"!

I think my kids are afraid I am!!!!!!!!

Ruffled Table Runner

It has been a hot summer weekend

and I had lots to do, but I was able

to squeeze in something I have wanted to make

for a long, long time.

A RUFFLED TABLE RUNNER

I have seen a lot of them out in Bloggerville

They are so dang cute! I just had to make one for my
oak dining table
It looks so pretty on my table
Kind of "late" Summer colors
that can carry me over to Fall
I first saw it at Tatertots & Jello.
That Jen is so creative.
(you can get her tutorial like I did)
I seem to like everything she does.
so what do I do?
I copy!
But with my own variations
and my way of doing it.

My ruffles are 4" wide by about 36"long
I used my pinking shears to cut them
I like more of a finished edge (no frays)
They are sewn about an inch apart.
Between the front and back is just a thin quilt batting.

I sewed the ruffles on the front
then I put the back facing the front
and sewed three edges
turned it right side out
and sewed the open end.
(like you are making a pillow)
It was much easier than I thought it would be
Just takes some time.
I love it!
I really like the great ideas we get from other
crafters and bloggers.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your ideas.
Isn't it fun!
Now I am off to see what I can
create next!

Living Water

Jesus Christ

Living Water. . . . Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again.

But whosoever drinketh of the water

that I shall give him

shall never thirst. . . . . . .

it shall be a well of water unto him

springing up into everlasting life.

(John 4:13-14)