vintage love

okayI'm totally into this thingthis thing of visiting and buying stufffrom the thrifty store.so from now onThursdays will probably be in Englishwith a linky link thingy to Colorado lady's blog. .I've always loved dumpster divingand carrying offother people's junk,now, to my husband's dismay, heehee.I lived in England for 5 years and am totally regretfulthat I didn't do it more often theremy heart aches when thinking about all the thrifty finds that I might have missed out on there.well, it is never to lateand I've learned that America is thrifty heaven!. we only have 2 thrift stores here on the islandwith lots of junkbut now and againyou can find a gem there.so with any further adomy finds from the last weeks.

one of my first finds, here

a little wooden box

with little areas for everything

and what not

I wasn't so sure about it

it reminded me of the dusty backrooms of old museums

with cobwebs and spiders

but I took it home anyway

and painted it cream,

filled it with some of my finds from the natural world,

hung it on the wall

and am loving it!

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yesterday, I found this!

an embroidered clock!

it was dusty and dull

but I've learned not to take anything

at the thrifty store at face value

I brought it home

cleaned it up

and it looks absolutely lovely on our kitchen wall

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I love handmade, crafty things

so much work went into this

I think it is an absolute gem

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and it is in one of my all time favourite colours

olive green

so very vintagy!

check out the detail

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embroidered love!

now all I need is to get a batery for it

and check if it still works

but I don't care about that

I love the look of it

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ahhh, I love this

I will have to try and share every Thursday

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thanks Colorado lady

lots of other lovely links on her blog!