Thrifty Giving: Mid Century Housewarming Gifts
I’m late in getting this post up because the photos got lost in the shuffle. I brought these gifts along with us when we visited our friends Jake and Ben in Sacramento. They were old college roommates...
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Stef’s Birthday Present
One of the fun things about being born in October is that I get to share my birthday month and yearly party with one of my best friends, Stefanie. We love to thrift and often we buy thrifted presents...
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Mother’s Day Surprise
The frame on the left hung in my house for as long as I have memory. It was put together soon after I was born and proudly displays photos of an infant me and my two older girl cousins as toddlers. My...
View ArticleMy Unruly Garden: One Free Garden Setup
I was pregnant during my birthday (something that didn’t prevent me from letting this happen) and while my partner in birthday-celebrating-crime, Stefanie, received many bottles of Prosecco, my...
View ArticleLittle Big Collections: Wrapping Paper
This edition of Little Big Bazaar is devoted to collections. I’ve been compiling list of my favorite items within a category to share with you here. Today’s collection is brought to you by The Red...
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Black & White
What is Thrifty Giving? I’m recording all of the secondhand and thrifted presents I give to friends and family in an attempt to inspire others and myself to look to thrift stores and other ways to...
View ArticleScrapbook: Birthday, Seven Years Ago
On my birthday, seven years ago today, I received the best present of my life. Anthony bought me a Canon Rebel, my first DSLR. It changed my life and it changed me. This is the first photo I took....
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Vintage Glam
Thrifty Giving is a reoccurring column dedicated to thrift store shopping for gift-giving, proving that fantastic gifts don’t have to come with a high price tag, or from a strip mall. My friend Stef...
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Soup For You
This year, for Christmas, I took a different route for presents than I normally do. As always, short on time and money before the holidays, I decided to give everyone the gift of soup. I make a lot of...
View ArticleThrifty Giving: Metal Card Catalogs & Vintage Tablecloths
Thrifty Giving is a reoccurring column dedicated to thrift store and second-hand shopping for gift-giving, proving that fantastic gifts don’t have to come with a high price tag or from a strip mall....
View ArticleWinter Holiday Links
[pinterest] Seasonal living is important to my family, both with the food we eat and the activities we enjoy as the weather turns cold. It is a way of establishing our connection with nature and...
View ArticleThrift Store Gore: Holiday Gift Guide
[pinterest] It’s time for some Thrift Store Gore! What is thrift store gore? I made it up with my brain! It’s a column I created after finding one too many disturbingly weird things while thrifting. I...
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