Joyful Treasure Hunting: September 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011

150 Follower Give Away

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

Because I appreciate you all so much I wanted to do a little give away. I can't believe that I have 150 followers. Thank you for coming to my little blog and making me feel so special.

Here are the items I am giving away to show my appreciation

I want this give away to be simple but fun!

Rules :):)

1. You must be a follower of my little blog (new followers are absolutely welcome to join in the fun)

2. Leave a comment on this post to join the give away

3. Sadly I must limit this give away to my followers in the USA only

I will announce the winner on October 1, 2011

Thank you followers!

Smiles,

The Joyful Thrifter

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Treasure Hunt Finds

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

Hope you all had a lovely day! Today started out with gloomy weather, which to me was a perfect way to start out Saturday Garage sales. I had the perfect weather but the garage sales were absolute duds. Not one thing was purchased. After a lovely visit at church with some ladies I was able to go back out with Mr Joyful thrifter to try and remedy our morning of garage sales. WE SUCCEEDED!!! I finally found some treasures.

My Aunts neighborhood was having a garage sale, and she told us to stop by if we had some time. Glad we did because I found these lovely vintage spice jars. I paid $1.00 each, which I knew was a great deal because I have seen these go for atleast $5.00-$8.00 a piece on ebay.

When I saw this bear I instantly picked him up and thought he was the cutest thing ever. I squealed with excitement and showed my husband all of his fun details. I put him down and continued looking at the other items at the sale. I decided to only purchase the above spice jars and head out. As I was paying for the spice jars the lady told me that she would love it if I would take the bear. I gladly accepted, and I am so glad I get to give him a new home. Oh! the tag says his name is "Bearlock Holmes," It just gets cuter.

I bought these sweet brooches for $0.50 each. The lady who sold them to was quite the character and wanted me to buy all sorts of things "because you know since the depression things have been hard." I didn't quite know what to do with her so I gave her my dollar and quickly walked away overjoyed with the sweet pins I bought from her.

All of the following items were purchased for $2.00. The man who sold them to me was such a sweet heart and gave me a fantastic deal. Some other people who were asking for pricing got crazy prices, but he was so kind to me and gave me all of these goodies for so little money.

I have seen so many ladies collecting vintage powder cases, and when I saw this one and I had to get it. Not sure where I am going to put it, but a fun vintage display in the bathroom might be sweet.

These lovelies are done with such care and detail. I can't wait to display them.

Super fun scarf.

I love doilies and fun fabric. I thought this one combined both.

Look at the details inside these pattern books!

I hope you all had a thrifty weekend, and found lots of treasures.

Smiles,

The Joyful Thrifter

Here are the lovely sites I enjoy linking up with. We get to share more fun that way

Apron T hrift Girl,

Her Library Adventures,

Thrifty things Friday,

Nifty Thrifty Things Tuesday,

Hey Mom Whats for Dinner,

Thursdays are for Thrift ing

Thriftaholoics thursdays

Vintage Thingy Thursday

Time Travel Thursday

Treasure Hunt Thursday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Catch is Catch

Restyled Sundays
Pearls and Lace Thursdays
Thrifty Treasures

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Treasure Hunt Finds

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

We had a lovely thrifty morning. We got to go to one really big barn sale, and then a small vintage sale. most of my treasures were small, but super cute and original.

This lovely vintage bag was $2.00. I just love how little it is. I think it would be so cute on a fancy night out or to a wedding. The ladies holding this sale are going to bring out more stuff tomorrow, so I might stop by to see what treasures they bring out.

Another clear frog, and I don't have one this size. So of course it came home, and got added to my collection. This lovely was $1.25.

This small book caught my eye very quickly. Its pocket sized and is full of those hard to spell words. Its real leather and made in England. I gladly paid $1.25.

A day planner from 1959. Its all in French, and is such a cute little treasure. Another treasure for $1.25.

Little hand mirror for $1.00.

Two Children's books for $1.00

I have been looking for a scrabble board for ages, and I finally found one today. I found it for $1.00. I really love how creative people get using the tiles or the holders for the tiles. I am going to have them say welcome for right now.

This is my FAVORITE find of the week. A vintage happy birthday banner STILL in the package. I can't wait for Mr Joyful Thrifters birthday so I can hang it up.

And now here is the answer to "Name the price of that treasure"

I had you all guess on this beauty

Drum roll please.....I paid $0.00 for this tea tray. The lady who gave it to us was so shocked we wanted it that she was more then willing to just give it to us. Hope you all enjoyed playing my little game.

I hope you all had a thrifty weekend, and found lots of treasures.

Smiles,

The Joyful Thrifter

Here are the lovely sites I enjoy linking up with. We get to share more fun that way

Apron T hrift Girl,

Her Library Adventures,

Thrifty things Friday,

Nifty Thrifty Things Thursday,

Hey Mom Whats for Dinner,

Thursdays are for Thrift ing

Thriftaholoics thursdays

Vintage Thingy Thursday

Time Travel Thursday

Treasure Hunt Thursday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Catch is Catch

Restyled Sundays

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Tea Time

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

Ok I must admit that I have been holding out on you all. I got something over the weekend and I did not share it on my treasure hunt post because I wanted to clean it up before posting a picture of this treasure. I also bought something a long while ago and had not gotten an opportunity to photograph it. Don't be mad. To make things better we are going to play "Name the price of that treasure!"

Here is my newest treasure...

An awesome rusty tea cart. I just fell in love with this thing the moment I found it in the back yard of an estate sale

I had a blast putting treasures on this sweet rusty tea cart.

This is the treasure that we are going to play "name the price of that treasure!" How much do you think I paid for this rusty cart??

The second item I have to share with you all is the slotted doors behind the tea cart.

I put some vintage pictures I tore out from a book I bought at barnes and noble. I bought the book for $2.00, and I only bought the book so I could tear it apart for the sweet vintage pictures.

Have a lovley week!

Smiles,

The Joyful Thrifter

P.s Once everything is put back in order I am going to do a photo shoot of my newly rearranged apartment. My sweet Mr Joyful Thrifter helped me completely change our apartment, and it looks great!

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Treasure Hunt Finds

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

Mr Joyful Thrifter and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary this weekend...

Marrying your best friend is such a blessing, so to celebrate we decided to spend the weekend in...

This was our first time visiting this lovely Danish city and we had such a lovely time. We went shopping, walks, and my favorite part was picking...

And of course we hit some thrift stores while we were in Solvang.

I found some lovely treasures, and had a wonderful time celebrating our anniversary...

From left to right. The lovely pink fridgies I bought from a friend from church. She was kind enough to sell them to me for $10.00. The lovely lid was $1.99. The pink gooseberry was $4.99 and the promotional piece with the swirl was $3.99.