Yep, I am a thrifty crafter, but now I can say that instead of being cheap, I am being "green."
Two days ago I took Jack and Kate with me to our local thrift store.... Jack's first time that he can remember. I had tried to convince them that it would be boring and that they would rather stay home with dad, but they are not easily fooled.
As we were walking down the aisles, Jack exclaimed, "I love this place, can we have my birthday party here?"
They had been given strict rules about not whining or asking for things and they were very well behaved approaching the experience something like browsing a museum of junk. There were toys they remembered from their past, appliances that pre-dated their existence and lots of other items of interest. Mostly they were fascinated with the fact that people just gave all this stuff away.
It was on this trip that I found some great vintage dishes that make me really happy!
But we were really there for one of my favorite pastimes..... scavanging for alterable items!
On this trip we scored:
Grapevine Wreath $2
Large Basket, shown below $1
Small Basket $1
Serving tray $1
Vintage scrabble game $2
And a few other goodies. Here's what I did with the large basket, some Clementine paper, buttons, ribbon and two Glubers. (By the way, the flowers are made with seam binding and a video of the technique can be found here: Loop Gluber Flower.)
And there you have it! A simple, quick and easy gift that not only is very economical, but re-uses something that would have otherwise been discarded. LOVE THAT!!!
