Pale Nutcracker

We visited my sister and her cute fam a few weekends ago 

and I fell in love with how she had decked out her 

dining table with pasty white nutcrackers.  

So classic and understated but still fun and whimsical.  

My sister bought hers at Goodwill, The Dollar Store, and Jo Ann Fabrics 

and spray painted them with a glossy white.  

West Elm used to sell these guys.  Love the neutral look, probably would have hated the price tag.  I'm thinking that I'm going to hoard these guys when they go on major clearance after Christmas at Michaels, etc. Next year (if i remember that I bought them!) I will give them a little spray job and throw them on the mantle or dining table.

West Elm

And if you like something a little more colorful, I saw these at Class and Trash the other day.  They were in great shape $8 for the small guys and $10 for the big.  They were so pretty I don't think I could have taken the old spray can to their cute little faces.  Plus they have hair and I think spray painting fake hair is gross.  Side Note: My sister removed the hair from  hers.  Also gross but totally necessary!

Class and Trash 

$8 for small $10 for large

And for a shameless plug from Charles Emerson Designs (my new jewelry venture!)

This is our daily steal today...

On Sale for $22 here. 

 

Happy Holidays Everyone! 

Find of the Day (or maybe the year!)

Hey Everyone!  

It's the long lost thrifter!  

I managed to get out to a few places today and wanted to share my most favorite find 

that I snatched up as an early Christmas present to.....ME!

I have absolutely NO WHERE to put it but I had to get it because it was....

TEN DOLLARS!!!

I know, completely insane right.  

The people at Habitat ReStore clearly don't know 

about the faux bamboo craze...and I'm glad!!!

It needs some major TLC and hopefully I will find some time to make it pretty.

Hope everyone is having a good week!!!

Out and About

I was out a little bit today and wanted to share...

Saw this at the Goodwill on Broad St. near Glenside.  

Not my favorite shade of gold but it was a monster and could be so pretty painted.  

Goodwill $35

And I found this crazy similar one online just now...

And I officially HATE myself for not picking up the Goodwill version!  

What was I THINKING!?!?!

Also wanted to let locals know Class and Trash got a HUGE shipment of those amazing industrial letters in...

Class and Trash $39.95

Remember I found the EXACT same ones for $180.  

Maybe I need to go buy one to make myself feel better about not buying the mirror!

Alright, so lets hear it!!

Who's going to get that amazing mirror and

whose running out for their favorite rusty letter in the industrial alphabet?

Oh, and in addition to the letters they have arrows, & and @ too! 

Call 'em if you want one!

Majorly MIA

I'm feeling some serious guilt about how neglectful I've been to the blog.  Trying to get this new jewelry biz up and running has taken a toll on my baby (not my actual baby...the blog.  I haven't neglected my children through this whole thing...or at least nothing that will scar them for life!)  

Anyway!  Wanted to let you know I dropped this off at my booth today.  I love a good barrister bookcase! It's not solid wood but it's in pretty good shape.  Would be killer painted and papered in the back of the shelves.

My Booth at Class and Trash $100

And speaking of the jewelry biz...I'm having a FREE SHIP Friday at Charles Emerson Designs with coupon code:  FREESHIP

And don't forget about my Holiday Shopping Event from my last post.  

Who's coming?  Don't be shy!  

Even if I don't know you, come on by...I would love it and in no way think you were stalkerish ;)  

Happy Weekend Everyone!!!

Holiday Open House

Would love to see all you locals at the Holiday Open House December 4th!!!

I'll be there selling my baubles 

along with some friends from a few other fabulous businesses!

Trunk Makeover

I dropped this off at my booth yesterday.  

I wanted to share because I just love the worn, whitewashed look.

Class and Trash $48

It started out like this...

I mixed a little white paint with water.  About 2 parts paint one part water.  I used the cheapo brushes from Home Depot and just lightly brushed it on.

I have a very similar one I use as a coffee table/toy storage in our family room.

And it really reminds me of Kate's trunk shown here...

Centsational Girl

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC and VERY HAPPY Thanksgiving!

See y'all next week!

PS 

The "Daily Steal" over at Charles Emerson Designs is The Chevron!  

On sale for $12 instead of $15!

Available in 3 colors!

Monogrammed Goodness

It's finished folks!
Remember my sweet friend got me this gorgeous wood cut out monogram.

Well she sent me the link to the store so you can go get you one!

Scrappin Plus

Here's the unfinished before:

And after some spray paint and Tarjay ribbons...

And in other news...

We are relaunching our Jewelry Boutique with a new, more fabulous website.

Here's a little peak!

And to kick it all off my friend Andrea from Oak Ridge Revival 

is hosting a great giveaway from Charles Emerson. 

Head over and enter to win!  And don't forget to "like" us on Facebook.  

I am always putting up coupon codes for 20% off, so don't miss out!