Thursday, September 18, 2014

Decking out the Living Room!

Let me start by saying, we rent our home, so my options for decoration are a little more limited than some.  I am always looking for great decorating ideas for renters. 

I currently have about 1000000 ideas running through my head, and 3 that I am currently working on.

My latest DIY for the living room is some new pretties for my side table!


This one was super easy(and free since I already had all the supplies on hand)!

All it took was some old picture frames and some paint!

My next project is turning out to be amazing!  I'll be giving you all the details in a new post this weekend!

What projects do you have going right now?

Give me some inspiration!


Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Thrift Stores

Let's take a minute to discuss one of my favorite things...

Thrift Stores!!

I love shopping at them and everyone who know me is very aware of it!

After the 2 year old tornado was born, I lost weight really quickly and was dropping sizes every couple of weeks.  It was getting expensive to constantly replace my wardrobe.  Then one day I thought, "Why am I not looking at Goodwill?"

I've been shopping at Goodwill (and others) for years looking for great things for my home, but I had never really looked at the clothes.

Boy, has that changed!  These days, nearly everything I wear was bought second hand and all of it is more than I could afford any other way!

I'll be sharing some of my amazing thrifted finds with you, both for the home and the clothes.

Like I mentioned, Goodwill is my favorite store, but we also have some great local places that run killer deals.  For example, I hit one local store last week that was having a buy 15 items for $5.00 sale.  I loaded up on Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and others for 5 bucks!!  Can't beat that!

Another one that I am really starting to like is Twice.  Twice is an online consignment website.  You can buy or sell with them, and it is great stuff.



The prices are not the bargain basement you will find at local thrift stores, but there are many ways to get credit.

Sign up, you get credit.

Download the app, you get credit.

Sell to them, you get credit.

Refer a friend, you get credit.

The orders ship quickly and are in tip top shape!

I've placed two orders with them, and just recently sent off my first load of items to sell.  I really enjoy using it!

Anyway, that is a quick intro into my thrift shopping love.

Where do you find your thrifty deals?

To Blog or Not to Blog...

That is what I have been asking myself!

Well, since I'm here, obviously I went with "to".

I used to blog, and I really enjoyed it!  Sharing my latest adventures, DIYs, recipes, sewing, baby things, basically everything I love.

Then I got busy.

Had another baby.

Went back to work (part-time, but still).

Got tired....TIRED.

And I kind of let it all go.  But I think the time has come to start blogging again, just becuase I enjoy it and I have all kinds of fun stuff I would like to share!

So, join me for my life adventures, and tell me about yours!

I bet we will have lots of fun!