recently thrifted

the one thing I never seem to be able to find when thrifting is vintage t's...but I did come across this pattern recently so now I sort of have some!

recently thrifted

a little piece of joyland

ever since I stumbled on the old joyland amusement park back in 2009 & took this photo:


I've hoped that one day I might be able to own a piece of it somehow. well over the weekend craigslist provided just that:


it's a simple sign & not very big but I'm happy to have found it. of course I'd love to find more pieces but if I never do at least I have this one :)

I knew it was a long shot but I went back to one of the websites I found back in 2009 to see if by any chance I could find a photograph with the sign in it, no luck...but what did pop up in my search results was something new, a beautifully haunting short film:

No Joy from Mike Petty on Vimeo.

coincidence

thrifted:



out & about:



on pinterest:


{have a wonderful weekend!}

recently thrifted

I couldn't resist the graphics on this bottle:

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and for scale as well as being I think a very funny accompanist, I've included him in my latest accordion video in which I play a polka while wearing a polka dot skirt because I also thought that was very funny. I'm easily amused I guess...

yee haw!

sometimes I surprise myself with what will catch my eye when thrifting...a bejeweled bolo / lariat necklace complete with horse head & shoe...why not?!


have a great weekend :)

more needlepoint letters

while this is not the book mentioned in a recent post since it seemed like there were quite a few people commenting here & on flickr that they would like to make similar letters I thought it might be worth sharing.

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I admired this fabric wall-hanging for three weeks before finally buying it when it was marked down to 6 bucks {from $25} at the thrift store. I knew it wouldn't fit in my car without taking it partially apart {it's 54" square} so I didn't want to spend too much only to ruin it:


I loved what the casher said who checked me out..."these colors say summer" :)

the mantel

everything is thrifted...the crewel wall-hanging from a thrift store, the white letters from craigslist & the red letters from an auction

space couch

{found in april 1958 house beautiful magazine}

recently thrifted: mellow yellow

some macrame

{copyright 1973 - golden hands monthly}

the long & short of it

lately I've been very lucky & thrifted some great vintage hawaiian dresses & skirts:





but they're so long & I'm kinda short...to me floor length seems so formal & I'd really like to wear them for everyday, so I'm going to shorten them. but before I did I thought that pink one would be fun to wear for my latest accordion video:



I took a couple still photos of the dress on especially since I wanted to show what it's got going on in the back because on the hanger it doesn't really show up:


I'm not sure if there's a name for this style...or why you'd want to put pleats in the back so your trunk looked to have even more junk than it already had but I still kind of like it!

flower power

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and in the yard:




{all photos taken with my iphone & new favorite app - instagram}

finally...

the thrift store gave me a dala horse of my very own. funny thing is it probably came from kansas originally rather than sweden since lindsborg is not far from here :)


{have a wonderful weekend!}

accessories in wool

{copyright 1952 the spool cotton co.}

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thursday = embroidery

a recently thrifted piece of stitching:


and this week's vintage embroidery pattern:


happy stitching!

sometimes...

the easter bunny hides egg-ish shaped things on craiglist


and I was very excited for my online hunting to turn up this mod terrarium, although I don't think the cat was too happy with my initial idea for how to use it...