Thrifty Finds

As most of you know, I love love love me some estate sale-ing. Mom is my partner in crime and we can find some ADORABLE stuff. While we normally go on Sunday (50% off) this weekend I am working today, so naturally we decided that 25% was sufficient. And I'm glad we went because otherwise I would have missed a chance to add to my knick knack collection for my children to sell in an estate sale when I die.

Mom picked up these adorable poodles. The white one is a lipstick holder! Vintage kitschy poodles are kind of her thing, so it was awesome to grab these for next to nothing.

The glass owl cup replaces one Connor gave me a few years ago for Christmas. Moo was a cow and pushed it off the counter when we moved into the house. It was exciting to find another one, for a buck! The coat was another steal at only 12 dollars, its adorable and vintage and fits perfectly and FUR! The cat was just cute. Who doesn't want a pink cat?

The rest of our day was spent perusing goodwills and consignment shops (we picked up a few clothes that I didn't get a picture of) until we had to go pick up Taylor and Dad from the bar since they had consumed one too many pitchers of beer.

Apartment Makeover

Soooo the apartment is currently a disaster area. I keep swearing I am going to clean and organize and make it fantastic but then I am just overwhelmed by the vast amount of crap that has to be sorted through and placed in a space we can designate as its own.

Also I'm lazy.

However! I keep randomly making inroads with small little things. For example the space I set up in the corner of the bathroom for my jewelry. I had Taylor cut the head off of a rake my parents kindly donated to me, then hang it and one of the crates I scored in a craigslist deal, and now I have a perfectly organized perfectly adorable corner.

Now if the rest of the apartment could just fall into place we'd be set.

Just in case you were interested...the teacups were also a craigslist find, most of the brooches are estate sale finds, though a couple of them are from my mom or belonged to Taylor's great grandmother. The little tin in the bottom right corner was brought back from France by my friend Maize. The owl container in the top right corner holds all of my rings. The long brown necklaces on the left of the rake are apple seed necklaces - all three found at estate sales or antique stores for cheap cheap cheap. I LOVE them. I also love cameos...and there are a bunch in my collection. Three of the bracelets in the middle left box are bracelets my dad bought my mom on their honeymoon. I love things with a story behind them.