Thrifty Birthday Idea, Thrifty Art Treasures

Another mini match box with my mini teagbag roses on it.




Clothespin Jar.
Top wrapped with twine.
Bow added.
(still needs something. A tag?? Saying??)

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Our son turned 40 the 17th.
Tonight was our birthday dinner for him.
His sister had a great idea, and we helped pay for it.
Bunches of 40 things.
She is so very creative, and not much spent on some of this.

Jelly Bean "teeth removers"

M & M's daily vitamins

40 pistachios- tough nuts to crack.

40 prunes (they gave these to me!!) =0/

40 jokes about turning 40

And the gift really was these 40 scratch it tickets.
(not a usual purchase, but perfect for him.)

And you can do this for any age.
Didn't she do a great job?

And here are my thrifty treasures this week.
A box of goodies.
Lets see what is in here:
An assortment of kitchen goodies.

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Crafted Nest, Sweet and Rusty Vintage, Fab Finds

A fun craft to do:
I spray painted an oak frame.
(Love how they turn out as the paint kind of separates
into the grainy wood.)
Since the color straight out of the can is too bright,
I then do a wash of white over it to tone it down.
Then I antique it too.

Now, glue on the music paper.
(which has been stained and antiqued.)

Printout a little tag on the computer and age.
Tie with appropriate colored ribbon and glue on.
Glue some sticks on the corner,
and add a home made nest.
(free tutorial on side-bar)
You can use store bought, but they are so perfect.
At least add some moss and other trim around
sides to loosen them up a bit. =)
Tuck in a litle cheesecloth, and a bit of fabric that matches frame.
Don't forget a little egg. All done.
Under $10.00, and fun, fun, fun!!!

Here is a bit of sweet vintage for you.

And a bit of old, rusty vintage too.

Here is my basket of goodies I found today.

Don't you love that someone has put wheels on this big basket
and made it a cart?
It will look so cute on my new Spring display.
(coming soon)

Here are two finds out of the basket.
Can you guess what I will do with those?
C'mon now. You know. =)


More goodies.
Not sure what the thing on the left is supposed to be,
but it is cast iron and has a place for a candle.
The wheels turn.
Any ideas?

Same here. No clue what it is.
That long crank turns.
I thought maybe a pepper grinder,
but nothing inside seems to turn.
No teeth or anything, just a smooth round wheel.

Someone out there must surely know what it is.

That's all my treasures fro today.
Hope you enjoyed your visit.

blessings

barbara jean

Oh, I'm joining in with all these lovely blogs to celebrate Thursday.
Please go over for a visit.

Thank you to all our wonderful hostesses.

New Nest Treasures and Thrifty Finds

A mini-nest on a tablespoon easel.
Green bird and eggs coming soon.

Bird Nest in a strainer I did last week.
Go HERE for nesting instructions)

Hit a great church rummage sale Saturday,
and got this porcelain Santa.

Here is what I paid,
and if you zoom in you will see the store price!
($27.00!!)

A pile of doilies, and a sweet black choker.....

Sheet music and books....

a wonderful old scrapbook with paper articles
and recipes from the 1940's in it.

And here is the BLUE cover of the scrapbook

and some other things I got.

Nothing over $2.00!!
My kind of sale! =0)

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