A Few Little Thrifty Finds
11th
2010
A couple weeks ago, my friend Natali and I went to downtown Fresno to visit the old thrift shops. I didn’t go into it thinking I would find anything other than maybe a little bowl or something (I have an ungodly obsession with cute bowls), but I was actually super surprised with some of the things I was able to find…
Natali pointed this cute little dress out and I was all, GIMME! and practically snatched it out of her precious little hands (sorry, Nat). It’s seafoam green with polka dots and has the perfect neckline for wearing to work. I don’t show my boobs at the office, so this is particularly pleasing to my prudish side (ha). I am in love. Oh, and I paid a whole $3 for it.
This little brooch is adorable, but I made it into a ring with a little hot glue. I’m all about yellow right now, so that rose drew me in like a zombie to some brains. I think I’m going to start searching for pretty old brooches and things to convert into jewelry because HELLO? I’m all about being cheap and easy — wait. I said that wrong. You know what I mean.
I’m one happy girl right now.
oh LOVE! I am ALLL About yellow too!!!!! IT'S AMAZING!
on June 11th, 2010 at 12:00 am
oh LOVE! I am ALLL About yellow too!!!!! IT'S AMAZING!
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
i don't believe in paying full retail value for anything. if Heaven had a price tag, I would make some bad customer service complaint until they let me in to shut me up… or at least half price :)
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Nice finds! I love a great thrift find, closet cast-off like one my friend gave me this week, or marked-down sweetness. Yum.
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
OK, not fair how pretty you are! I buy a lot of trinkets and jewelry when thrifting.
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
That dress is SO amazing, Morgan. It looks great on you. I love thrift stores… *sigh*
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
oooh great finds! :)
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
THAT.DRESS.IS FABULOUS!!!!!!!!! And seriously, could it fit you any better?! I think not!! GREAT finds!
And oohhh you should definitely buy some stuff and convert it and then sell it to me!! ;-)
on June 11th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I’m all about being cheap and easy too :) If you ever need a thrifty shopping buddy, I’m your girl.
on June 11th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
p.s. I’m liking your hair right now.
on June 11th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Such a cute dress!
on June 11th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Love it! the charity shops round by me are so not as cool as that – great idea on the brooch-ring btw – smoooooth xx
on June 11th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
You don’t show your boobs at work? psh prude indeed! ;)
on June 11th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I, too, have always loved yellow roses. Possibly because when I was very young, my best friend’s mom told me that my name meant “yellow rose” in Spanish. I have always remembered that (and her). Also, I love your dress! I, too, am careful about what I wear in the office. Have a beautiful weekend.
on June 11th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Great dress….and cute brooch, err, ring!! Look at you go all crafty and stuff…making things new again! Yay for hotglue!
on June 12th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Ooo I love both of your finds! Now I want to to go thrift store shopping!
on June 12th, 2010 at 9:50 am
love the dress.
and zombie to brains? omg…. crack me up.
on June 13th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
haha, you said boobs and ‘cheap and easy’ in the same post. Google search is going to bring some sadly dissapointed lads your way. :D
Nice finds! I’m always pleased as punch to get a good deal. Yesterday I got a brand new lookin exersaucer for my impending second child at a garage sale for ten bucks. What I can’t get over was the couple who got there five minutes before me who got thier little hands on the bumbo chair and bouncy-chair-to-toddler-rocker. Talk about wanting to dive in there and be like MINE! I don’t think they would have taken it as gracefully as your friend apparently did, though. Now I have a mental picture of me and the other pregnant lady brawling over the baby items. haha. I could have been youtube-famous. Ah, regrets.
on June 13th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Love your finds and the fact that you made the brooch into a ring!
on June 13th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Very cute! :)
on June 14th, 2010 at 6:34 am
What great finds :)
on June 14th, 2010 at 6:46 am
great finds!!!! lovely dress and purty ring.
on June 14th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Are we getting a tutorial on the brooch-to-ring transformation? Because I’m way into it! So, so good.
on June 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
You’re like MacGyver with a glue gun. For reals. Gotta love thrift store finds! You have to hunt, but you can find some pretty amaze-balls stuff!
on June 14th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I freaking love this dress on you, it seriously looks like it was made for you! And how SMART are you to turn that cuteness into a ring?! LOVE.
on June 15th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
oh that dress is adorable, i love it.
on June 15th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
You know what, being that I’m a guy, I would have never Wiki’d what a brooch was until this post. And now I know. And yes, that is a pretty rad brooch.
Is that the right adjective? “Rad”? Like I said, I’m new to this.
on June 15th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Oooh that dress is too adorable! Love it! I never find clothes in thrift stores! Well, I used to find clothes back in the day when I was down with wearing little boy’s random T-shirts and ugly plaid shirts (as opposed to cute plaid shirts. I mean, I do like plaid shirts!) and randomness like that! And I am also loving that brooch turned ring! Super, duper cute!
on June 16th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Such a cute dress! I am all about thrifting, I swear about 80% of my wardrobe is vintage or thrifted and I love it!
on June 24th, 2010 at 6:52 pm