Thrifty Thursday #109, Plus a Tablescape

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.

(You can click on any pictures for a closer view)

*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.

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I finally got a driftwood project done...well...sort of......
I thought I would share it with you today.
I went to my local thrift and found a large frame. I actually purchased 2 frames. The larger one was $4.98, the smaller $1.98, which I will use for another driftwood project.

I hate it for the mountain goats in the frame.....they just don't go with my decor......

I have several bags of driftwood that I picked up on a recent trip to Fort Morgan.

I laid all of the driftwood out on my outdoor table and began to organize it as best I could by lenght and size of driftwood. I also had a special section for driftwood that just stood out....I might've liked the holes in the wood or the bend in a stick, etc. Those were my "artsy fartsy show pieces".

Then I began to piece the driftwood around frame, not gluing. I wanted to fit it together, to see what piece worked better where. And I am glad I did. It took me three times to get what I wanted. It was much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. THEN I got out my hot glue gun and began glueing the pieces together, just as they were.

I used the swirly pieces of driftwood in the corners.

And I used pieces of driftwood that had a flatter side as a base on the frame.

I hate to show you a final product when it really isn't finished.
I am having a mirror cut to fit the inside.
It wasn't ready.
But I am also an impatient person and well..wanted to share...Although the mirror is still missing the frame itself came together.
(You can click on this-or any pictures- for a larger look)

On second thought...perhaps it needs some "fattening". I think I may add some more pieces to the sides to widen it. And you really wouldn't believe how light it is!  I really think having the mirror in there will make all the difference!

When I am done "for real", when the mirror is added I will share that with you too.

Tablescape Thursday is  hosted by the lovely, Susan of Between Naps on the Porch..

You might be surprised to find that today my tablescape consist on my favorite white dishes (all of which can be found AT HOME)....

Be sure to visit Between Naps on the Porch today. She is hosting an incredible giveaway that involves my friend, Michael Lee. You will not want to miss! Please tell BNOTP that you saw it here on Tales from Bloggeritaville.

Thank you for dropping my Bloggeritaville today! I have thoroughly enjoyed you visit.

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Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!
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LEIGH
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Thrifty Thursday #95 + a Tablescape

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.

(You can click on any pictures for a closer view)

*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.

*Don't forget to copy and paste the Thrifty Thursday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Thrifty Thursday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Thrifty Thursday.



This week's Thrifty Thurday comes by way of my friend Diva. As mentioned in my Monday post, on Christmas Eve my family paid a visit to our friends the Dassau's. My friend Diva shared with me a thrifty project she recently did. She recovered her dining room chairs in a shower curtain! She found the shower

curtain at Ross for $8.00. She loved the fabric and the colors and design.


I dont know why the picture appears to have two differnt colors, they are both the same color, same fabric.


However, there was only one shower curtain, enough to cover two chairs, but not enough to cover four.She actually found a neutral tabelcloth that was pretreated with stain guard and covered the remaining chairs, plus some barstolls in that fabric. Diva has two young children and can a test to the fact that the guard works.





I love this idea! A shower curtain! Now that's thinking out of the box!

Now onto Tablescape Thursday...

 All dishes came from AT HOME, Homewood.

Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday.

Join me tomorrow at Plates and Places for Foodie Friday.


Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog. Please leave a comment after linking. I love to hear from you.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!

Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!
HUGS! Hope to see you tomorrow, but not before you leave some "roadmap" love!

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Thrifty Thursday #94, Plus a Tablescape

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.

(You can click on any pictures for a closer view)

*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.

*Don't forget to copy and paste the Thrifty Thursday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Thrifty Thursday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Thrifty Thursday.


I hope that you Thrifty Thursday folks saw how I bragged on YOU last week, Here.Here
Thank you for participating each week!!!! Thank you.
Next week, to make it easy.....and a bit different (unless you already have something scheduled) because it will be the week of Christmas, lets share either a favorite Christmas tradition or a favorite Christmas decoration. I will have the link up on early Wednesday afternoon because I know many of you will be going out of town. I want to wish you safe travels and a very Merry Christmas!!!!!

Now onto today's Thrifty Thursday.

I have a couple things to share today in the way of thrifty. The first thrifty idea is a gift idea, I purchased a sweater at the thrift (or use one of yours that you would like to recycle). And with it, I made it into an "endless scarf" for easy, quick and homemade gifts.

Materials Needed:(2) 100% acrylic, or acrylic blend, sweaters (Avoid 100% cotton sweaters because they tend to unravel.)
rotary cutting blade
cutting mat
scissors
thread and needle or sewing machine

Instructions:
Cut off the bodies of both sweaters just below the arms (save the arms...I have another idea for those). Make sure that both cut panels have the same dimensions by trimming off any excess. Tip: The size of sweaters used will determine the size and length of finished scarf. The larger the sweaters; the larger the finished scarf. Finish cut edges with a decorative hand stitch or with a sewing machine. Perfect gift to give!

But what with the arms of the sweater? I hate to throw those out. How about cutting them into squares and stitching those together for additional scarfs. Or, do what I did. I have a house full of dogs, they are more like fur people. And I thought that they too should be fashionable. So, I cut off the arms of the sweater into four rings and now the puppies had sweater collars, which they loved!

Pretty as a picture!

The second thrifty idea was created at my women's crafty cabin retreat in Mentone. It's my mailbox decor, and it was FREE! The mailbox hanger and greenery foam was given to me by some ladies at the cabin. The greenery was all collected in the woods. The bow was created using ribbon on hand. Wah-la....mailbox greenery.

Now, onto to Tablescape Thursday, which is hosted by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch.

What is a tablescape without the food? I invite you to stop by my food blog, PLATES & PLACES, tomorrow for Foodie Friday!

Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday.


Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog. Please leave a comment after linking. I love to hear from you.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!

Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!
HUGS! Hope to see you tomorrow, but not before you leave some "roadmap" love!

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Thrifty Thursday #91, Plus a Tablescape!

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.
(You can click on any pictures for a closer view)

*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.


*Don't forget to copy and paste the Thrifty Thursday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Thrifty Thursday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Thrifty Thursday.



My son has a passion for world history and geography and everything that entails. He also collects globes.
I LOVEd this idea of taking a globe (they are a dime a dozen at the thrift) and Cutting it in half ...yes, marked easily by the equator....and fashioning it into a "globe" lamp with a simple light kit.

Perfect for his desk!

And for my Thanksgiving tablescape:



















Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday.

Join me tomorrow at Plates and PLaces for Foodie Friday.

Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog. Please leave a comment after linking. I love to hear from you.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!
Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!

HUGS! Hope to see you tomorrow, but not before you leave some "roadmap" love!

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Decorating Thrifty:Thrifty Thursday #90, Plus a Tablescape

Hi! It's Thrifty Thursday! I am your host, Leigh. Thank you so much for stopping by and additional thanks to those who also participate in Thrifty Thursday! I am most delighted to have you join in..for it's YOU who makes it a "show and tell party". I also participate in Tablescape Thursday the host of that fun carnival is the Hostess with the Mostess...Susan of Between Naps on the Backporch. That's no lie or exaggeration, each week I visit Susan's porch and just long to be a guest at any of her tablescapes...especially those held on the porch.
(You can click on any pictures for a closer view)

*Thrifty Thursday takes place each Thursday and is hosted here at Tales from Bloggeritaville, but the party is a progressive one, visit the links to see all the Thrifty Thursday links to see the thrifty treasures participating bloggers have to share.


*Don't forget to copy and paste the Thrifty Thursday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Thrifty Thursday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Thrifty Thursday.





Stores are a great place to shop.....for ideas!
On Sunday my mother and I attended a lecture series at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Afterward we went into the giftshop on grounds and walked away with some incredible ideas. Though far from thrifty in the store, very easy to recreate at home.
Lets look around.....
We begin with one of my favorites. You might recall my lusting for a driftwood mirror? The two at the gardens cost hundreds of dollars. But you can create for dollars.
I hope these will inspire you are much as they did me.


























Here is another fine example of a driftwood mirror:

























Use things in nature for holiday displays...

















A lamp made from an iron decorative piece. A lighting/lamp store can help you do this inexpesivley.

















I love the mirror that was created from scrap. Its dementional and has a whimsical shape. Its very interesting.
















Look! A driftwood tree! We have talked about those before, remember?
Love it!























This jewelry was created from old game pieces, old scrap metal from old mailboxes, an old key. All of which, I adore! These peices of jewelry come with a story!

























My mother loved this pinecone wreath. Easy to create with a hot glue gun, a wreath form and pinecones. We are going to make several of these.
I hope that you have enjoyed seeing these creations and that it inspires you to create some of your own.
And keep in mind, the holidays are just around the corner, nothing says "LOVE" like a homemade gift.
A gift from the heart.


My tablescape today is in Navaho Red....the color of the season!

Thanks to all of you for stopping by and participating in today's Thrifty Thursday.

Join me tomorrow at Plates and PLaces for Foodie Friday.

Please use Mr. Linky below to link up your blog. Please leave a comment after linking. I love to hear from you.I encourage you all to spread the love and visit the other thrifty Thursday participants, for that's what half the fun is. Aside from seeing a cool treasure it's making friends!
Thank you, all, FRIENDS! I appreciate YOU!

HUGS! Hope to see you tomorrow, but not before you leave some "roadmap" love!

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