Thrift Share Monday's - May 30

Yikes!  I'm running late for my Thrift Share Monday. So lets get right too it. I'm having vintage sheet luck and I'm loving it!  I especially love it when I find patterns I already have but in different colors.  The bottom right I have in a blue back ground with blue and purple flowers.  Ahhhh love it!!! I'm gonna start hoard embroidery loops for this project down the line. ...

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May Giveaway Day Winner

Wow!  This was soo much fun.  It was so nice reading all the compliments on how nice, lovely my giveaway was. Thank you everyone who stopped by to check out the giveaway. Now onto the winner. Mr. Random Generator please choose a winner. And the winner is Congratulations At Home With Michelle!! Thanks again to everyone who stopped by during Sew, Mama, Sew May Giveaway Day. Have a...

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Thrift Share Monday's - May 23

Don't forget to check out my giveaway (see bag to the  right -->) Oh my! My thrifting week wasn't as jammed packed as it's been the last couple of weeks, but I did manage some small finds. I am loving these snack, luncheon plates! This pack of moving post cards are soo cute, I couldn't pass them up. Too bad I'm not planning on moving anytime soon. I've been holding this super fab...

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Rough start to embroidery

Hmmm.  I started working on my contest entry for Prudent Baby's "Use Your Words" contest, and I'll admit embroidery does look somewhat easier than it actually is, but when you follow an actual stitch it does make things a bit easier. I don't know what I initially had in mind.  I just started stitching thinking I could stitch side to side like a sewing machine would, but that made a rough...

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Thrift Share Monday's - May 16

Whew!  I was starting to feel a bit disappointed when I woke up yesterday morning (Sunday) with the lack of thrifting finds, since Saturday it started off with a list of garage sales and an estate sale with little little found. The estate sale had the most potential, but with it being the first day there was a lot of high priced, full priced items like this pencil sharpener.  At $7 I was...

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Small projects completed

Wow!  I feels like it's been forever since I've sewn.  Two weeks to be exact. Last week I started rearranging my room, which made it more of a disaster than what it was.  What ends up happening is that stuff starts getting pulled out of nook and crannies that may have not been viable, and I don't want to shove stuff back...at least not yet.   Some areas look decent but my bed...

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Book + loops =

Oh lord!!!  Prudent Baby is giving away another sewing machine.  UGH!!!!  It's in contest form like the last one I entered, when I made several potholders.  I think they have had another since but the machine didn't know it's alphabet, and this one does.  AHH!! I don't know why I want a machine that knows it's alphabet AND embroider, but I do.  It's just one of those...

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Thrift Share Monday's - May 9

(Don't forget about May Giveaway Day! ) I've been on a sewing hiatus this last week since I was on a sewing marathon the two weeks prior.  Plus my sewing area has been a disaster zone due to that marathon.  Think of Edward Scissor Hands while he cuts hair and bushes; hair and leaves flying up in the air everywhere.  Well that's what happened in my room while sewing for the Etsy fair....

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May Giveaway Day!!!

15% off in my Esty shop for Sew, Mama, Sew readers, until May 31  Code is SewMamaSew Yay Giveaways!!!! Check this out.  Sew Mama Sew is coordinating May Giveaway Day. This is a day where blogs and shops all over can unite and have giveaways, handmade items or supplies that can be used to make handmade items, to their readers one day this month. Sew Mama Sew will have a master list...

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Outcome...

An Austin icon. Ok...ok... Brief fill-in on the local Etsy fair I participated in this last weekend. I'm a pessimist, but I was pessimistically optimistic about this event.  I did think I was gonna do somewhat well...if not with my purses at least with my vintage finds,  but....    There was very little traffic.  Very.....little.  I don't think anyone sold much...

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Thrift-tacular finds

What a great weekend...well Friday for thrifting! Two places were jam pack with vintage treasures.  My first stop was a fully load yard sale, that was benefiting a charity (sorry I don't recall the charity).  Look at these great finds.  First we have (below) a vintage White Mountain apple slicer corer with box.  The kids are gonna love this....we are apple eaters.  Love...

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