thrifty treasures 5.9.11

First of all, I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Did you have a chance to read all of the fabulous guest posts on being a mom last week? They are so inspiring~thank you again to everyone that shared their insights on being a mom.

I’ve decided to try to make it a tradition to take a picture with my kids on Mother’s Day. I was hoping for church clothes, but they all change into their pajamas as soon as we get home, so this is what we got.

Hailey knows me too well:

I love all of the homemade treasures they present so proudly: And speaking of treasures…

Here are some thrifty finds I’ve picked up in the past couple of months. Some will be given a little facelift, some don’t need a thing…

a rotary phone for $5. My kids love playing with it~they had never even seen one!

a brass chandelier for $5!! for Hailey’s room? The bathroom?

 

a chair for the desk in the kitchen~loved the lines on this one! $8

  a cool blue suitcase for my stack downstairs in the family room $1.95

  a wooden plaque with a picture..plans brewing for this one! $1.50

a big old lamp for my little work station downstairs $8

laundry basket! $2

I got a pair of these lamps for $2 each, and then there were 2 random shades for $5 each at my Target. They are stashed in the boys’ room, we’ll see if they end up there.

I’m joining Rhoda’s thrifty treasures:

Happy Monday~