The Shasta "Belle"

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I am so pleased to introduce you to "Belle"!
She is our vintage Shasta trailer and needs a lot of TLC! But I am excited to get started on her and happy that she now belongs to us. Ya'll may get so tired of my post about her after awhile but please bear with me as I chronicle her makeover. I am over the moon happy!
Please don't judge her too much, she does need a lot of work, but I really think we can bring her back to her glory days!

The Greatest Invention and hanging platters

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In my opinion, I think the internet might just be the greatest invention God has ever allowed man to invent! You literally have the world at your finger tips. Anything you can think of you can find, just google it. For instance, today I was facing the delima of hanging some platters for which I had no hangers (NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!). What to do? I could call the hubs and ask him to stop off at Hobby Lobby and pick up some...you must realize that I live in the country...no Wal Mart or Hobby Lobby close by. It would be an all day trip into Dallas just for hangers, so the hubs gets to make a lot of those kind of trips for me. Which he does not mind at all (I'm sure?).... but he would just be getting off work and I would have to wait and I want to hang my platters now! Ah ha!...the Internet, of course, just ask!.... "How to hang platters on the wall" ..some of you ladies out there are so smart! They really should give awards for Homemaking Smartness! I came across this suggestion on several sites and I decided to give it a try...and I must say it works like a charm!


         This is all the supplies you will need

                                      

      I added the felt because it seemed more secure to me and it wouldn't scratch the wall

  Love the look! and it was sooo easy! Thanks to The Frugal Homemaker, I actually followed her advice and added the felt.

                                   
                             
***Please note disclaimer: I am not recommending that you hang anything of great value or something that is heavy on your wall in this manner. This is what I did, and I am pleased with the results, this is merely a suggestion and if you think it will work for you go right ahead, but you do so at your own risk

Another Great Thrift Store Buy!

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 I have been fortunate to get out to my fav thrift store twice this week. And lucky for me each time has proved to be a great opportunity for some cool buys! Not only did I get the 3 vintage clip art books on Monday, but today, Thursday, I found these two lovely old jewelry boxes. Both are a wonderful color of off white and are still very clean and in great shape on the inside. The smaller one has a scratch on the top of it... but its not too noticeable. I just love them both and my heart skipped a beat or two when I came across them.. the smaller one was $2.97 and the bigger one was $3.97. Not bad at all! I plan to use them with my jewelry display and I think they will work just great for that!

                                                                                              

 Today I am linking up with..........

 Dearest Lou Thrifty Thursdays

                                 THRIFTY THURSDAY

Projects...

Hello again!...

Wow! Two post in one day...that may be a record for me! I won't get too excited about it though, it may not last! But anyway, I wanted to show you (show off) a few projects I have been working on lately....
You may or may not know I have an etsy shop call "My Valentine Jewels" (shameless plug), well, I do....and this is some of the jewelry I have been working on. As soon as I figure out how to lionk everything together I will add my etsy sop on here!

                                                             

Bargain of the Week

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I am still trying to get use to blogging...so please forgive me if I don't always keep up and post as often as I know I should! Life just gets in the way sometimes! But I have been out thrifting and I have a few bargains to show you. I don't usually shop on Mondays, but I will if thats the only day I get to go! And this week is going to be like that for me. I did make it to Canton First Monday last week and it was so unbelievably HOT! I always go on Thursdays, and I was hoping it would not be so miserable, but I just couldn't make it to all my usual spots. I did get a few great things, I can't complain about that, but I like to shop all day when I'm there and I just couldn't do it this time. I will be praying for much cooler weather next month...but this is Texas after all!!

So on the the "Bargain of the Week"....

These are some old clip art books from the 50's. I love the graphics in the them. One is Holidays and special occasions. I have no idea what I will do with them yet, but I really like them. At only 5 bucks each...I consider that a "BARGAIN"!!

Linking up with......

COWGIRL UP

 

Etsy Vintage Team: Fresh Picks: Get Creative For Mom

Etsy Vintage Team: Fresh Picks: Get Creative For Mom

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It has been awhile since my last post! Too much going on right now, I need to slow down a bit but just can't yet. Anyway, I thought I would drop in for a minute or two and post this link to some great gifts for mom. Since Mother's Day is May 13th and thats only a week away! You might find just the thing to make your Mom a happy girl! Check it out.....