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{Thrift Shop Temptations} Someone Else's Creative Vision from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Over the past couple of years, my daughter and I have seen one or two Mod Podged tabled at the Goodwill outlet. They're not even tempting. That's someone else's creative vision that doesn't match mine....and the person who had the vision must have changed their mind for it to wind up in the thrift store.

This one was different. Not all of the images appeal to me, but if I was going to pick things to glue onto a bookshelf, a lot of these would work for me.

Especially the Arizona Road Maps Tour Book ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 5 months ago. under temptations , thrift store shopping

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A close view of the beautiful detail found on this gorgeous silver mirror.

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{Thrift Shop Temptations} Translucent Crashing Waves from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

This one was hard to resist. I love those little villages of resin houses and this is all one piece, with lots of little detailed houses and an inlet with the remains of a sunken boat....and just look at that translucent crashing wave the wraps around the side!

I talked myself out of it because it was expensive and heavy and I don't need a seaside village, no matter how many amazing little details it has.

Most of the clocks we see at the thrift store are new. I guess the one shaped like a clock radio must ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 9 months ago. under temptations , thrift store shopping

{Thrift Shop Temptations} I Resisted the Hundred Year Old Fabric Ads... from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Someone donated actual antiques to St. Vinnie's last week. There was an old Edison wax cylinder player (which I'm sure has a proper name that I don't know) and a gramophone and some pretty furniture.

And lots of those huge hardback binders of fragile hundred year old newspapers...

I want beautiful fabrics at "great concession from regular prices!" I also want a huge binder of newspapers with ads like this one, but they were sooooo crumbly and I don't know where I'd store them or how I'd manage to physically read them.

One of ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 9 months ago. under temptations , thrift store shopping

{Thrift Shop Temptations} A Break from Christmas Shopping from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

I must not have been the only one who had the idea to take a break from Christmas shopping and duck into the thrift shops on Monday afternoon. They were more crowded than the mall.

This piece of needlepoint was hanging in with a lot of old bedding and tablecloths. I'm not in love with the texture, which reminds me of the wrong side of a stockinette sweater, but I love the colors. Just look at the froth on the waves and the detail of the rocks!

I had to remind myself that I already have an old radio ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 10 months ago. under temptations , thrift store shopping

{Thrift Store Temptations} All the Cornucopias and Another Conquistador from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Do you remember my story from a couple of years back about the stranger who lectured us about cornucopias after I responded to my son's question with "it's a Thanksgiving thing?" I'm still annoyed with her, whoever she was, but at least she sparked a fun game.

It's not uncommon that one of the boys will ask me what something at the thrift store is and most of the questions are legitimate....but Quinn is really good about catching my attention with something held just out of my line of vision when I least expect it ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 11 months ago. under temp , thrift store shopping

Grandma's Favorite Thrift Store is Closing from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

I don't know for a fact that this was her favorite, but the one we used to meet her at almost every week before having lunch and running errands so it's the one I always think of as "her" thrift store. It closed last week and I'm kind of sad about that.

I'm surprised that it stayed for so long. The other half of the building was a K Mart that went out of business years ago and that space has been sitting empty ever since.

I never found much at this particular store and wound ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 11 months ago. under thrift store shopping

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