Thrift Share Moday

Thrift Share Monday is going on over at Apron Thrift Girl ( link at right). My treasures are not exactly thrifted but finds from a garage sale that my mother in law was helping with this weekend.


First a few yards of some lovely wool fabric that will make some warm backings for winter quilts.

I really got lucky with storage jars, these on top will store the herbs from our garden when they're ready to dry and put up for the winter. The ones on the bottom will go good use though I'm not sure what they will store yet.
The book may have been the best find of the trip, full of useful information on throwing parties and good recopies for potlucks and informal dinners.

Check out Apron Thrift Girl for more links to other peoples lovely thrift finds!

A Finished Project

I finally finished a project! It always seems like I have over a dozen in progress and they never get finished... This one is a child size messenger bag, I used the pattern found in "One Yard Wonders" by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Haskins. I have a feeling I will be using this book to make a lot of presents over the next year. It was easier then I thought it would be and I am very happy at the way it turned out. ( I filled it with pirate books)



Every pirate needs a treasure chest right? I picked this one up at Michels and burned his name into it with my handy wood burner tool, then finished it with some natural beeswax polish that I purchased from Just Hatched @ Etsy.com. The gems are also form an Etsy seller, Glimmering Gems. Going to drop them off tomorrow hope he likes them.