Ready For Summer

I am loving the hint of summer that we are having today! Warm enough for me to wear a cute outfit. When I go out later to the park I will throw a denim jacket on. I am wearing an outfit that I got the last time that I went to my favorite consignment shop. $1.00 for the top and $1.00 for the cropped pants. The Cute White Sandals I actually got off of ebay.They were about $10.00, But, I had gotten some money put in my paypal account for a review I had done. So they were pretty much free!

Yoga Skirts - Comfy Style

Not sure why, but lately , I have become obsessed with yoga skirts. They are so comfortable. I already had one black one that I wear all of the time. I went to a thrift store the other day and found 3 more - I used my $10.00 bonus card so all 3 of them cost me about $2.00! I found a Free Sewing Pattern so that I can make some more whenever I find some t-shirt knit fabric. I have some dark purple that I plan on using now. These will be great for this summer when it gets hot!

                                          (disclaimer - I have never or plan on ever doing yoga!)

A stack of thrifty awesomeness!

Had a chance to go to my favorite thrift store that has their clothes $1.00 each! I spent 19.00 and got new shoes, jeans, capris, tops, and more.

Great thrifting trip!

DIY Legwarmers & Hat

Do you have a sweater that you love , but just don't wear anymore? Either too small or whatever. Take it and make some quick legwarmers. No-Sew! Really easy and then if you sew , take it and use another stocking cap as a pattern to make a matching cap. Keep warm and not cost any money!!

                     Lay the sweater out flat and cut the arms off straight across from the armpit.

                                                           Wear them to keep warm!

Take another stocking cap and lay it on the sweater towards the bottom to make your self a cap. This one I left a lot of the bottom so that I could fold it up.

                    Easy winter items and they cost me nothing , but about 10 minutes of time!!

Get Warm!

It is very cold here now. Single digits. So if you are cold check out the thrift stores and flea markets for some very cool vintage coats. Some really cool ones that are very stylish and low cost. Loving the 1940's style ones that I have seen. Most of them are wool and very warm!!! Will last forever if you take care of them and keep the moths off of them.

Leggings!

I have a few pair of leggings in different colors and even denim ones. I am so happy when I find something to wear with them because they are so comfortable. I found this on $1.00 rack at consignment shop. I think it has an 1980's look to it. Looks awesome with leggings. A pair of black boots finishes off the look.

Purses?

Look around you when you are thrifting. There might be some crazy things that are meant for one thing ,but could be used for something else. Like, baskets for purses. Camera cases and thermos cases are a great way to get a vintage style purse. When I was a teen, hmmm a long time ago, I had taken an Army "butt" pack and put a shoulder strap on it. It was my favorite purse. Not sure what happened to it. Moved too many times. I would still be using it, if I had it.


Look around and be creative!

Knick Knack Patty Wacks...

Sorry about the title, but when I was wanting to write this that was going thru my head. LOL

Wishing I have a bigger house now with nothing but shelves in it for all of the knick knacks that I seen at thrift store the other day! Really cool way to decorate a house on a frugal budget. Vintage knick knacks and pottery. You can find some really neat items for very little money. Your home can be as stylish as your wardrobe and thrifty!

Decorate Your Walls

You can find so many different unique ways to decorate the walls in your home at flea markets, thrift stores, and yard sales.

I like the idea of using vintage game boards as decor. They are very unique and look very interesting. You can usually get them for next to nothing also.

                             You can also find some great vintage art work. Like these kitties!

This art work was so neat. It is an actual window that they painted and added a piece of art behind. Really neat. Probably would not be hard to make yourself one of these if you didn't want to buy one.

Vintage Sewing Patterns

The best way to get sewing patterns is at thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets. They are usually VERY cheap. Most of the time they arr vintage and already cut, but if you get a pattern that you will use a lot , it is a good thing it is already cut. Especially if it is your size that you need. That is the part that I hate about sewing - cutting out the pattern! You can even find fabric for low cost. Even Walmart usually has marked down fabric for sometimes $1.00 a yard!

If you don't know how to sew - LEARN! You can save a lot of money this way. I taught myself how to sew just so that I could make the cloth diapers that my son wore. I even made some money selling some online. Got us thru my husband lay-off.

You can find a lot of FREE sewing patterns online - I have a lot of my favorite free sewing patterns listed on my Sewing Ideas Pinterest Board.

 

DIY Privacy Screen

This is the neatest thing that I saw at the flea market ...They took old doors and made "walls" for their booth! I want some to make a privacy screen. Would be good in a house or for what I want it for on my patio. I would have to make a stand for them out there or somehow put them in the ground. But, it would be neat looking. Frugal also. A lot cheaper than $100.00 + dollars for actual privacy fence panels. I see old doors all the time at yard sales and such for $10.00 to $20.00. Pretty easy also. They had big hinges on them.

Reuse/Recycle/Alter/Redo DIY

This tray out of a big toolbox was leaning up against the wall at a flea market and the first thought thru my head was "wow, what an awesome spice rack!". My daughter wanted it for all of her makeup and nail polish. Neat how different things can be use for many different uses. I bet you could even come up with something else that this could be used for.

COMMENT BELOW ON YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT THIS COULD BE USED FOR...

DIY Christmas Decoration

This is such a cute idea. They took an old book and folded it in such a way to then decorate it as a Christmas tree. I love it. They were selling them at the local flea market, but they don't look too hard to make yourself.

I found on Youtube several videos on how to do this and it is not too hard.

• How to make a holiday tree using a paperback book
• Book Christmas tree - reuse/recycle books DIY
• How to make a folded book tree for Christmas

Do a search and there are others decorations that you can make from folding books. Even wreaths.

A very frugal way to decorate. Everyone has old paperbacks laying around, why not use them.

Take Care

excuse the mess, a puggle helped me make the bed!

When you have very little room and hardly any closet space, but have a large amount of clothing, you have to find ways to hang them and take care of them. I found this clothes hanger at the dollar store for $10.00! It holds a lot of clothes and they hang perfect so they are wrinkle free. Just because your clothing came from a thrift store, doesn't mean that you can't take care of it. This has helped me a lot to have this.

 I am planning on getting a couple more. My wardrobe will be growing , won't it??

Party In Sparkles!

It is so crazy what you can find for $1.00 at some stores. I found this sparkly , vintage dress at one such store that had all of their clothing on sale for $1.00 each. This dress is pretty sheer , but I am going to wear it with black leggings and a black camisole. Black heels will finish it off and some silver earrings. Small ones. I want to focus to be on the sparkles in the dress.

                                          Frugal party dress! More money to spend on gifts!

Pretty Stripes

I finally found some items that I can wear with my olive green pants that I had gotten at a yard sale last summer for 25 cents. This top is what I will wear with them today. Another find from the $1.00 sale! Needless to say I am going back to that small thrift store next week!! Find some more treasures. I had lost a lot of my clothing when a storage unit we had had been flooded and no one told us. So anything in the unit that was fabric or wood was lost!! I have been rebuilding my wardrobe the last couple of years. Having to be super frugal while I do it.

Vintage Silk Tops Look Great

I love silk tops. Feels so great and looks so good. I found this top at a small thrift store where all of the clothing was $1.00 each! I love this top. Has a cute pattern on it and fits perfect. With the free jeans that I have with a dark wash and the boots that were $3.95 - this is a super frugal outfit. Less than $5.00 for the outfit. Perfect.

Vintage Hats! Add Some Unique Style!

Flea Markets and thrift stores are great for getting stylish vintage clothing and watch out for the hats. You can find some pretty amazing vintage hats at them. And for not a lot of money. These 2 hats , that unfortunately were too small for me, were only about 10 to 15 dollars each. Not a lot of money to add so much style to your winter wardrobe.
With vintage hats you just have to look at them well. Make sure they are in good shape and have no moth holes, etc.  If they have anything on them, like jewels, feathers, ribbons, make sure they are attached well.

A New Use For Something Vintage

A Shabby Chic Re-Do!
 
Went to the flea market today and seen so many amazing items. This old wooden ammo box(?) is one that, if I was redoing a bathroom, I want! Put a couple of small shelves inside it and a small mirror on the outside and it would be a great medicine cabinet.

Use your imagination and you can find many different ways to use items except their intended purpose.

Great Thrifty Day For Me

Went to a small thrift store in another town and got a whole stack of clothes for $15.00!

All the clothing was on sale! 18 items! 

Will be making post with how I will use the pieces with the wardrobe that I already have!