thrifty finds

hello!

I have not done one of these posts for ages

I have been thrifting obviously, I am always on the look out for treasure!

all the finds today are from what I like to call 'my charity shop' or the other local village shop that is only about 2 doors down

I love treasure

I always buy a vintage chopping board when I see one

they look good and I do actually use them….which is more than can be said for all my retro pottery ;-)

this one is not the best ever but it looks flipping ace with my others

we get quite a lot of worn out blankets at 'my charity shop'

quite often they go into the dog blanket department, quite often they get ragged

I suddenly decided yesterday that I would quite fancy using some of the old pure wool blankets to make cushions

I cut away the good bits (for me) and put the rest straight into a basket for the dogs

I made a donation of course!

the middle one is very mustardy in real life, the top one is stripy

I will share the finished cushions with you very soon…if they are good enough that is

 I love these desk calendars

probably more ornament than use, but as I already have one I will be gifting this to a friend who missed out on one on my stall some time ago

yes, these are real Minnetonkas!

Now folks, these were quite a find, but alas they are too small

I would say they are a European 4

If you want them and you have itty bitty feet, do shout up

they are boxed and brand new and rather delightful

very vintage snippers

gadgets, love em

after struggling through Christmas with some rather substandard nut crackers I just stumbled upon these yesterday

I just adore the packaging and I am pleased to report that they don't half crack a nut with ease

hope you like my finds

hope you have found some treasure of your own 

thanks for reading x

ps sorry about the shadowy pictures, it doesn't get light in Manchester anymore