What I found

I went thrifting the other day and found some goodies.

Take a look for yourselves:

I love these quotes 

and 

these babies.....

brand new and in their sealed boxes

Love these!  

Spider webs and all :)

And I think these are book ends, but not for long ☺

and Frames of course

which are already in the process of being repurposed

A new scarf ~ again new with tags on

and a few practical things 

Poker night invites (don't be fooled by the price tag on these)

and 

a Protractor for Sassy

The best part ~ I paid under $20 for EVERYTHING

YAY!!!

What have you thrifted lately?

What do you do with your cards?

Most of us get quite a few cards.

Birthday cards
Thank you cards
and this time of year, lots of Christmas cards.

What do you do with your cards?

Here's what I do:

I take my card

(ok, not this one exactly, because I just got it in the mail and I wait until after the holiday to take them apart)

Grab my big circle punch and punch away

Making sure there is no writing on the back of my new circles.

Voila

Punch a small hole in them using a regular hole punch

Add some ribbon or string and use them as gift tags for presents.

Minnie Mouse Birthday Skirt

I wanted to make Smiley a festive little outfit for her birthday.  Since she was having a Minnie Mouse b-day party, (you can see the celebration here and a cupcake tutorial here) I went with a Minnie Mouse skirt.

Nope, I didn't take any pictures of the process ~ oh well, it is super easy!

I wanted something Minnie Mouse~ish, with out being a Minnie Mouse costume.

So,
I purchased an inexpensive pink cotton skirt at Target for $4.00 (must have been on sale, because the website has it for $8.00)

and
Pulled an old t-shirt of mine, out of a box just waiting to be repurposed.

Ready?

I cut circles out of the white t-shirt.
Randomly placed them onto the skirt and.......
sewed them on!

For the shirt, I pulled out a long-sleeved t-shirt already in Smiley's closet.  Purchased iron on letters from JoAnn's (with a 40% off coupon ~ of course) ~ and ironed them on (I couldn't find the exact ones online).

When I showed Smiley in the morning ~ the first thing she said was "MINNIE"

Yay ~ success!

Have a great day!