Thrift Store Galore

I just had an incredibly successful trip to 3 local thrift stores (and AC Moore but I got great deals!) and I am so pumped to make so many cool things! Especially since the weather is going to be rainy and miserable tomorrow.

So let's see what I got...
Non-related craft things:
*4 dvds for $12! (The Lion King- SUCH a steal, Spiderman- umm JAMES FRANCO?, Now & Then-favorite childhood movie, and The Breakfast Club- classic)
*2 new cookie trays for my mom for $2 since ours disappeared
*a small glass jar to put q-tips in since my new apt is basically a closet and it's easier to put them in this rather than keep the huge box they come in
*a large curvy clear glass vase to put in cooking utensils, spatulas, etc for my new baby kitchen, if you can call it that.
* 2 4x6 frames (40% off) so we can frame a small family pic from the day my sister moved out and I got one for her too since she has "no money," but lives in Buffalo, so we have to ship this frame to her. Rational thinking right?
* More scrapbook inserts for my quote book-- they were originally marked $3.99 but rang up as a DOLLAR. WIN!
* the record of ACDC Back to Black for my friend as a belated birthday present ($4!)

Now for the fun crafty stuff that I am SO pumped about.

I literally wandered around AC Moore in a happy daze because that place is my heaven. I had an idea yesterday that I wanted to put a chalkboard in my bedroom so I can write quotes on it then put new ones up when I feel like a change. So I decided to buy Chalk Board paint! It's basically black spray paint but makes the surface a chalkboard. I am seriously SO excited for this. Next I had to find a wood square but the wood pieces at AC Moore were overpriced so I passed on them. At one local thrift store I found the perfect thing to use.

 

It's a wood base and has a paper print covering it. So now I just need to peel/scrape it off and then paint! It's perfect because it's light, already has a indentation in the back for hanging, and it was $2.50! So that is project #1 I will be working on..

Next I always go in Whole Foods and stare at their bags, they really have the cutest ones ever. My current purse/bag used for books is from there and so is my little cloth satchel that is perfect for bars. The current one I've been eye-ing up looks like this..

Now I can't buy this for 2 reasons. 1. I'm cheap. 2. It's the same pattern as the cloth satchel I have (mine is the brown patten that's seen in the right corner). But like I said I've been in love with it for a while. So while I was on my thrifting adventure today I saw this blank canvas bag for 50 CENTS! So naturally I bought it.

Not too sure how I'm going to spice it up since I don't have a sewing machine, but it wasn't even a dollar so I won't be too bummed if I mess it up. I am thinking of taking off the straps, adding new ones that are a cool pattern/color and wrapping them entirely around the bag like the one from Whole Foods. Thus becoming project #2.

The other day I was either on pinterest.com (best website EVER) or clicking around on my favorite blogs, and I saw the perfect solution to storing headbands. I've been trying to find a good way to store them for awhile. Mine usually end up on the bottom of my storage bin used to hold my hair accessories and then I can never find them and it's just a huge chaotic mess. So anyways I saw a suggestion to cover an empty Quaker Oats container with fabric, then voila! You've got cute headband storage.  So this is where I'm at..

And that's project #3. Once I finish them, I will post pictures of how they turned out (only if they're not completely atrocious!)