Thrifting finds

On to August.  Can you believe it’s here?  I’ve not been doing much wedding planning lately-other than looking at a couple of venues while I was home.  Unfortunately, both seem to have fallen through and I’m pretty much at square one.

I hadn’t been doing much thrifting or flea-ing.  My craft room is piled with finds that I’ve collected and am considering using for reception decor.  It’s so easy to go overboard on spending when I’m finding “such good deals.” I look at the piles and think-how can I tie all this together?  Also, how do I avoid making this shin-dig seem cheap instead of vintage-y and intimate?

Right from the start of this flea-ing adventure, I’ve always thought I’d have much better luck in Michigan where deals are concerned.  Prices are much cheaper there than they are here in Arkansas. The same type of plates that I find here for $2 or $3 dollars-I found for fifty cents.  Some, even a quarter!

These goodies are now residing in a corner of my mom’s craft room closet- all finds from Muskegon.  If I’d have picked these up here-I’d have paid between $25 and $30.  Seriously.  In Muskegon-I paid $6.

My drive to work everyday takes me past plenty of flea markets and antique shops.  So many, in fact, that I haven’t actually been in them all.  I have my favorites though and have been stopping and perusing but not buying.  Until I found these.  They’re vintage-y looking new frames.  They’re cream colored with gold accents and I thought they’d make cute name tags for the dessert buffet.

I’ve had my eye on this dude for a couple of months. I’m not sure why he spoke to me. But, he did and so he came home with me. I think he reminds me of the chess game in the second Harry Potter movie? Who knows? He’s keeping my HP books company now.

Maybe someday I’ll have a booth of my own at a flea market or antique mall and I can shop to my heart’s content! For now, I’ll stick with thrifting here and there and only picking things that speak to me.