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Nifty Thrifty:  What's Your Latest Find???  |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7114 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7114 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 18 2014 : 11:04:09 AM
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Went to the Salvation Army this morning and all Christmas items were 50% off. Got a large potted white silk poinsettia for $4 that looks really good on my front porch.
Sara
Walk in Peace - Live with Joy
FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 25, 2014 |
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
1123 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2014 : 12:36:22 AM
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Our thrift store put all Christmas items on sale for a quarter. I scored a beautiful centerpiece and some cute metal gift pails. Also found a lavendar zip up Land's End zip up fleece vest. Also found three clear glass trees I have been seeing in the magazines. I am going to group them together with Christmas candy in them. I also picked up 5 or 6 nice pair of jeans for my grandsons at a quarter a piece. Good day for bargains.
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
1123 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2015 : 11:29:57 PM
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| I found 9 fluted metal jello molds (I think they are jello molds) at the thrift store on quarter days. I am hoping maybe I can use them to make my lotion bars. Going to try spraying them with olive oil and see how they pop out of the mold. Bought a scale to measure weight for salves, lotions, etc for a quarter. Picked up a piece of really pretty green with a hint of blue shimmery fabric to make an infiniti scarf for St Patricks day. I wish you all could live close to me and take advantage of quarter days at our little thrift store. It is amazing what they have donated. |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2015 : 5:38:26 PM
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My latest find was @ www.shopgoodwill.com. I bid on some auctions in hopes of winning an xbox 360, a kinect sensor and some games that would help me exercise like I had while doing physical therapy at a nursing home after fracturing my right ankle. I won the auction and got an xbox 360, kinect sensor and 4 games for $65.00 plus s&h. Retail price would have been over #300 for all of that. I hooked it all up and it works like a charm! I feel so blessed.
Happy farmgirl sister #353
Look for rainbows instead of mud puddles 
http://pinterest.com/ctapestry/
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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Denise Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
831 Posts
Denise
Shoreview
MN
USA
831 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2015 : 6:05:30 PM
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Thats really cute and a great size.
Denise Ann |
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mbenton16
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Maryellen
Stanfield
North Carolina
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2015 : 6:36:40 PM
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CJ I love the colors! All that hard work that went into it. I am glad someone got it that will appreciate it! Great find, Maryellen
Maryellen Benton |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3957 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
3957 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2015 : 12:13:58 PM
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Some maintenance guys were at an apartment building in my neighborhood with 2 pickup loads of stuff they were cleaning out. It all belonged to a woman who had lived there for decades and no one wanted the stuff. I had just a few minutes to take a quick look and found this beautiful little dish.
There were numerous German tea sets. I am so sad I couldn't have gotten more.
This is a little bowl I found at Savers for $.99. It is exactly what I wanted.
DH thought the bowl was ugly so he bought this doll for himself. He said she would be his personal goddess. The costume looks very much like the ones worn in Kyrgyzstan.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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Ozark Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
130 Posts
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Posted - Aug 04 2015 : 2:16:26 PM
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That flowered dish is beautiful. Is Antiques Roadshow coming your way anytime soon?
Steph
Farmgirl #6511 |
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3957 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
3957 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2015 : 06:40:46 AM
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This dish looks as if it was made in Berlin in the late 1050' or early 1960's. After World War II, Berlin was split into 3 zones each controlled by the Americans, British and Russians. The marking of "US ZONE" shows that it was made in that time period. Fascinating.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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Marilyn Hartman Sullivan
True Blue Farmgirl
1138 Posts
Marilyn
Oxford
PA
USA
1138 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2015 : 07:07:57 AM
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You are all inspirational!
Farmgirl #6318
"Where there's a will -- there's probably a family fight." |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2015 : 12:09:54 PM
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Had to be in another city yesterday for my hubby's cataract surgery. After he was released and before a followup appt. at the eye clinic we went for lunch and a stop in the animal shelter thrift store. EVERYTHING was 50% off . . YAY!
I found a complete set of sheets with pillowcases for our KING sized bed . . paid $4.00 and they are in excellent condition. King sized sheets are pretty pricey so I was tickled all shades of pink to make this score!
Hubby and I both found one pair of jeans each, in great condition, for $1.50 each. YAY!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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Dapple Grey Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
725 Posts
Betty
Goodrich
Texas
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2015 : 8:46:26 PM
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Great finds!!!!
~ Betty ~
Farmgirl Sister # 5589 |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2015 : 10:49:58 AM
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Wow! You are all so lucky and busy! I'm sure missing my thrift store shopping!!!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
1123 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2015 : 8:11:34 PM
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| Went to the local thrift store, they were having a $3 bag sale, or everything a quarter. I bought a tiered black and white long skirt. I carefully tore it a apart and now have 5 round circles that are about 8 inches wide and a couple of yard long. They already had a finished edge on both sides. I am wearing one of the pieces as an infiniti scarf tomorrow. You can't tell that I didn't buy the scarf. It is so cute. I have done this before with other pieces of clothing. I have a beautiful black, fuchsia, and purple scarf I wear and get tons of compliments on. I also purchased a couple of lambs wool sweaters I want to try to take apart of the yarn. One was a lovey pink and the other is a olive green. I want to try to make some felted round bowls with the green. I don't know what the pink is going to be. Anyway, thrift store rock and love the treasures I find. |
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KristiW
Moderator/Farmgirl True
639 Posts
Kristine
MaryJanesFarm
USA
639 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2015 : 08:54:49 AM
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Kem, I also love thrifting. I'm curious to see what you end up making with your unraveled yarn, what a great idea!
Kristine
Farmgirl Sister #6
Not all who wander are lost. |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2015 : 5:02:01 PM
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I am having "Junktiquing withdrawals'!!!!
I so need a good Junking fest... anybody want to some visit and go junktiquing with me,,, providing the snow and rain doesn't stop us...lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2015 : 02:09:13 AM
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Oh Grace, you're a hoot. I live in Minnesota, rain or snow doesn't stop us, just if there is ice...then we go ice fishing. Lol
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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atkinst2
True Blue Farmgirl
907 Posts
Theresa
Canal Winchester
OH
USA
907 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2015 : 2:44:25 PM
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coaloha
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Pam
USA
502 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2016 : 9:45:50 PM
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Hi there,
I went to Good Will yesterday and found two custom framed lace crochet pieces in the pineapple design. I am redoing my son't bedroom (he moved out this summer and we are now empty-nesters) into a guest room and these pieces are perfect.
Pam
Farmgirl #1075 |
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