Thrift Store Score - teeny tiny ornaments

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the thrift store.  Basically I hate shopping - I mean HATE it.  However, I'm okay when it comes to thrift stores.  The other day when I was dropping off some donations for an organizing client, I perused the holiday bricAbrac.  Among the mess of red and green was a little plastic bag with tiny little treasures inside.

My heart went skippy but I didn't unzip the bag - I just popped out $3 and bought the lot.

WOW!  YAY!  OMG - sooooooooo cute.

I am simply THRILLED with the score.

I have loads of ideas about what to do with them that I'm sure I'll be putting into action quite sure with the help of my very handy husband.

The bag was loaded with teeny tiny ornaments.  Most of them were in great shape.  Some appear to be quite of the vintage nature, made of wood and painted with the cutest little facial decor.  They are so cute and old fashioned.  I couldn't believe my luck.

There are some newer ornaments, a bit more plastic-y looking but super cute.

AND there was a really adorable matryoshka.

As an added bonus there are three packs of mini ornament hooks that I know will come in handy.

Don't you just love it when $3 can make you so holiday happy?

Stay tuned for how I choose to display them...

Blog Blast! Wonderful Wednesday Discounts

Wednesday is half price day at some of my favorite second-hand haunts.

Here are two of my happy bargains - at 99cents and 79cents, I'd catagorize them both as good deals.

Second Hand Sublime

I don't know WHAT the connection is between crafty people and a passion for second hand stores, but I certainly have both of those attributes.  In my area, Wednesday is half price day at my favorite second hand stores.  I have a love for vintage hand crafted items, 100% wool sweaters for felting, cool hand made pottery pieces and other odds and ends.  Here are some of my recent finds:

Sweet needlepoint butterfly pillow

I noticed in some of the blogs that I follow, that OTHER crafters have this same second hand weakness.  If I'd been at their thrift stores, I'm sure I would have found their great bargains really hard to pass up.  Check out this groovy crocheted afghan that Betz White came up with and take a look at these awesome vintage melmac dishes.