monday = thrifted

I did pretty well on my list of things to do this past weekend. I could have gotten even more done if I had been a little more focused on Saturday. Still, I did complete some projects {its going to be a long post, hope you’re comfortable!}.

First I have to share two thrifted finds from the weekend…

When I picked this up a little voice said “you have to have that!” – it was a really loud & enthusiastic voice so I had to get it:


I’ve seen these at sales before but they haven’t been so nicely done or complete. And for $12 even if I take it apart to use the pieces it was a deal. Although the little voice said I must keep it intact and use it for at least one Christmas {that little voice is quite opinionated!}.

And the bonus is it lights up!



I also found this fun purse for $4:


And now for the fruits of my weekend labor…made with thrifted parts which is what makes them work for thrifted Monday.

I thrifted this great metal spinner game board years ago with the intention of making it into a clock. And despite the fact that all I had to do was drill a hole & buy a clock kit at the craft store did I ever do it?! No, not until this past weekend:


I love it so much!

And the clock making didn’t stop there, oh no. I got it into my head that I wanted to use a couple of my smaller, poorly done paint by numbers as clock faces. So I went to Michaels and bought one of the wooden photo memory boxes {base & lid with a window cut out - $5.99} then I used the base as my, well, base for the clock.


I painted the box sides {I left the inside natural}, found the center of the bottom, drilled a hole then glued on the paint by number. Trimmed the edges so it was flush then finished drilling the hole through the board. Then I just put the clock works in and and bam, another clock!

Here’s the back view:


I was lucky to find a box that was so similar in size to the paint by numbers I have. I only had to trim a little bit off.

I will use the lid to make something else since it would make a nice shadow box. That will have to wait till next weekend though…