Showing posts with label Thrifting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thrifting. Show all posts

12.31.2010

Fabulous Friday Finds: Finding Love


Sometimes you find love in the strangest places.  I have found love is usually present in the little things or in the people you may take for granted.  You only see it when you choose to see it.  When you look for it, you will find it.  The point is, love is strange and sometimes we loose sight of it and where it comes from.  So what does this have to do for a type writer I found at a thrift store?  

I was taking photographs of the charming thing when I thought it would be nice to get pictures of it from a different perspective.  I thought the metal letter keys were quite appealing in their aesthetic so I decided to see what words I could spell.  I gently pressed the keys down to see what words worked.  I was pleasantly surprised when all the keys came into place where I could spell love.  I found this warmed my heart because the keys had to correspond with the correct spelling left to right in order to do this.  If the "e" would have been to the left even one letter it would not have spelled out "l-o-v-e".  

To me, this simple alignment of the word "love" was so symbolic of love in real life.  You only see it when you look for it.  It may line up when you don't expect it to work out.  You may be surprised at what you find.

12.19.2010

DIY: Sweater Leggings

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I don't know about you but in cold weather, I live in boots.  I like my toesies to be toasty.  When my toes are happy, I'm happy.  I love the look of thick warm socks peeping out to say hello from boots.  A cheap and fun way to get this look is by buying an old vintage sweater at a thrift store, cutting of the sleeves off, and wearing them as leg warmers.  Make sure the hemmed part is sticking out of the top.  Total costs?  $5.  Amount of time?  30 seconds + shopping time.  Your toes can thank me later. 

11.19.2010

Fabulous Friday Finds: Thrifted Treaures


My desk is full of "to-do's" and random treasures either thrifted or gathered from around the world while traveling.  Among the clutter lie vintage postcards I found and cherish.  This Friday Fabulous Finds is about those postcards.  I put them in a frame, also bought at a thrift store.  The price? for $3.   Total project price?  About $5.  I know my usual FFF's are links to freebies and what not, but I have decided that the occasional Friday Fabulous Find will be on finds found whilst thrifting, one of my beloved past times.  Your thoughts? 

Find Maeberry Vintage Clothing Store online at maeberryvintage.etsy.com or at our Salt Lake City, Utah location 207 East Broadway (300 South) in the lower level of Now & Again.