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Thrifted Thursday

I found my dream sewing machine y'all!!! I tweeted about this on Saturday and it has been a very long week waiting for Thursday to get here so I could share it with you. Are you ready for this?!

A vintage hot pink sewing machine!!!!

Anyone else have a dream thrifting wish list? I know plenty of thrifters who do. I have about 5 things on my list right now, one of which was a pink or teal sewing machine. I've been waiting for the perfect vintage machine for years! It was worth the wait.

So here's the story... My pal Staci was in town so we went to a few of my favorite thrift stores with Levi. I usually have a plan when I go through thrift stores, and it always starts in the bedding. But that day, the back room was calling my name so I told Levi I was heading back there first. This thrift store always has about 5 sewing machines in their cases back there, and I assumed they were all the ones that I had opened before, but I decided to peek in to all of them again any way. Levi was with me when I lifted the top off of this one. I squealed, yelled "mine!" and then picked it up to look for a plug in.

I said I would leave it if it didn't work. It was marked $50 but everything was 50% off that day and $25 was just too much for a sewing machine that didn't work, even if it was pink. Thankfully it ran fine. I'm sure it still needs to go to the shop for a tune up. And I need to find a manual. After searching online for the history of this machine, I only found blog posts from people who had it and couldn't figure out how to wind the bobbin.

The case needs a good cleaning, but the machine itself is in perfect condition. I'm not sure if I'll actually use this one very often, since I LOVE my singer, but this makes some pretty awesome eye candy and it's the same color pink as my studio. 

We were meant for each other.

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I always scan over the board games at thrift stores and I never find anything. A couple of weeks ago I struck gold! I think my favorite is the Jolly Circus Parade. It would be awesome all set up in a child's room one day! I haven't tried to put the map puzzle together yet, but that will be a task when I get back from our vacation. I hope all the pieces are there.

Don't forget to ask me a question. There's only a few right now and I'd love to have more. So ask anything, serious or silly and I'll answer them sometime next week. 

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Let's just pretend I remembered to post this last night like I had intended. Working ahead to prepare for vacation is pretty much killing me. I am sooo ready for a break!!!

Here's a few things that I've recently thrifted that I thought I'd share with you today.

I think I'm most in love with the pink elephant pitcher. It was purchased at an antique store in Old Town McAlester, I had already spent a lot that day on great finds and came upon this little guy. He was $6. Not super expensive, but I wasn't quite sure if I really wanted to spend any more money. I picked him up for safe keeping and walked around the store just in case I spotted anything else I just HAD to have. My mom laughed at me and told me to just buy it already, I was obviously smitten by it. I'm so glad she talked me in to it. He's perfect for holding my aluminum knitting needles!

The plastic tiki glasses were the only thing we thrifted in Austin. Sheldon spotted them and talked me into buying them because of his tiki obsession.

I found the phone at my most favorite thrift store in OKC. The day I found this phone it was like a house full of 60s and 70s stuff had all been donated. I came home with awesome mod dresses, a quartet of big eyed girl paintings, and this phone. *swoon*

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I have no idea where I found this toothbrush/soap holder, but I'm totally in love with him. Our toothbrushes are too big for him, but I have an idea to stuff him with flowers and add my business cards to him for craft shows. I think I'll call him Howdy. 

P.S. I don't really want to think about how long it's been since I posted a thrifted Thursday post. Mainly because I don't want to think about all of the things I've thrifted that are still sitting in their bags in my dining room. #fail

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I intended to post this last week because of Easter and all, but I suck at posting things on time lately. So here you go. Weather you agree with the sentiment or not, you have to agree this is a pretty cool plaque. Right? Oh well if you don't, my Southern Baptist raised self thinks it's pretty stinking awesome.

I Bought a Doll

I realize this means I'm on a downward spiral into doll-dom.

I've been wanting a Blythe for about two years now. With the wedding and Bella's vet bills and what not, I couldn't justify the purchase. I still can't justify it. But this vintage pose doll from Korea was $6 at an antique store in McAlester-- highly justifiable. She needs a little spot cleaning and a pose that doesn't make her look like she's in the middle of doing the robot, but she's pretty and I love her.

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Geez! Has it really been almost a month since I've posted a Thrifted Thursday? There's no excuse for this. I have been thrifting and have an abundance of things to share.

I've had this plant stand since last summer and it's been living in my garage waiting for a fresh coat of paint. Sheldon and I decided on this avacado green and we absolutely love it! The planters are from various places and they were under $5 each. I've had the squirrel for forever and it was an ugly brown color so I panted it aqua to match the other colors. I bought an assorment of succulents, which I hope get enough light where they are because I do not have a green thumb.

I've always loved the dining room because of all the windows and light but I've hated everything else about it. This little corner makes me so happy when I walk into the room. Oh and look at the size of our Bella plant. It is growing so well and makes me remember our little girl every time I see it.

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This post could also be entitled - The vintage/handmade legacy of Jennie Stanfa.

My friend Levi and I spent some time together this weekend, which meant thrifting and estate sales. We happened across a lovely estate sale very close to my home and decided to pop in and see what they had. It wasn't a sale put on by a big auction house so everything was really cheap and it was my favorite kind of estate sale -- one with the family there. Don't think I'm weird by saying that, but I love hearing stories about the person whose house I'm rifling through. I love giving their beloved treasures a place in my home. What's really sad about this sale was that there wasn't very much stuff left at all by the time we got there (probably because everything was dirt cheap). Clothing was 50 cents each so we immediately fell upon the closets searching for vintage treasures and oh boy did we find them!

While we were checking out, one of the family members was reminiscing about the clothes. She told us if we found any handmade garments they were made by Jennie (she was a professional seamstress and designer) and there would probably be tags in some of them. Sure enough, we found some in our stash. I believe the three dresses on bottom were all the handmade ones we got in the bunch. Knowing who made them makes them very special. We assured her family that we are lovers of vintage and all the things we bought were going to very loving homes who would remember Jennie and her talents.

I also found some curtains that Jennie made from sheets! They are in my dining room right now and they are so beautiful I think I'll make some from other coordinating sheets from my stash to go on the other two windows in the room. Come to think of it, I might actually have these in my stash. hmmmm.

I think I spent $4 on everything I got there. It was one of the best estate sales I've ever been to. I'm just really sad that we didn't get there when it opened that day.