Thrifty Thursday~ Upcycled Home Decor

NY City Love Photo by Pixamatic

 Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope all of you have a wonderful Valentine's Day! 

Love is in the air and Spring is on the way!

I'll bet many of you are idly daydreaming of Springtime! Aside from being the season of love, it's also when we freshen up the home and get rid of the winter doldrums!

And it's a great time to go thrift store shopping for some "new" accessories for the home. The next time you walk by something you think is useless, think about these Etsy items from our team we are featuring today. It's always amazing what some of our Upcyclers can do with typical thrift shop finds~ Cast off's and junk are turned into unique and clever works of art, home decor and housewares!

Check out these eco-friendly, fun and functional finds for this Spring...

Paper Flower Collage Vase Trio by LaraLeib

1937 Mexico Map Coasters by All Mapped Out

The Corkdelier by kimbradley1

Upcycled Pedestal Stand from Garden Whimsies by Mary

Mason Jar Wall Sconces by Amy's Reclaimed

2 Quarts of Light by Flat Earth Rebirth

Upcycled Barbecue Grill by Tinkan Designs

Vintage Silverware Hooks by Love Letters Upcycled

Upcycled Jewelry Organizer by NorScott

Upcycled Vintage Children's Shelf by Once Upon a Firefly

Upcycled Magnet Board by LeMaisonBelle

Alphabet Block Terrarium by Roots in Rust

I know I may have made you even more impatient for Spring but I just couldn't help sharing these finds!

ENJOY YOUR LOVED ONES TODAY!
;) Cat

Editor's note: The "NY City Love Photo" is sold by Pixamatic on Etsy and owned by Lisa Futterman Photography, a member of the Etsy team~ POE, Photographers on Etsy. Please check out more of her work:  Pixamatic, Fine Art Photography

Thrifty Thursday~ Destash Finds!

It's a New Year and everyone is destashing their clutter as part of their resolutions! Check out some of the awesome thrifty deals I found, all tagged upcycled and destash on Etsy:

Passion4Pickin

LaidBackHippie

iheartthehandmade

EcoMonster

GovansHobby

ThisMerryLife

EcoCraftSupply

FoundOnCurb

You can check out more thrifty and eco deals like these on Etsy, just type in the search tags: upcycled and destash!

Thrifty Thursday~ Last Days of Summer

It's almost over...

We hate to see it go...

But the change of seasons is inevitable~ and Summer's ending soon. So why not check out some neat summer-themed Etsy finds? I love searching through our team's items and it's easy if you use the tag 'teamupcyclers'~ Here's some of my favorite finds this Thrifty Thursday!

Blakenetizen

Cul de Sac

Daydreams n Daffodils

Rosie Girl Art

Silva Ware

Heaven Sent Crafts

Rope~ Vintage Fabric Supply

Cut and Tear

Enjoy these last days of summer~ do a little thrift shopping and catch a few rays and some bargains!

Thrifty Thursday: Give Me Five$!

This week I wanted to see what five bucks could buy me so I searched our team's listings with our tag: teamupcyclers and found some awesome deals! I love doing these articles because I get so discouraged with the price of things in today's economy and finding these bargains always makes me feel a little more hopeful that you can still get a lot for your money! So let's get things started with my first "Whale" of a bargain~ I love these reusable bags from Greener Route!

Reusable Food Bags from Greener Route

And this Reusable Gift Bag makes a great pouch after the gift is given!

Reusable Upcycled Gift Bag from Custom Dynamite

You can make your own collage or use these DIY Kits for scrapbooking~

DIY Kits from Altered Inspirations

Jacqueline from Paper Jam hand folds these beautiful Gift Tag Favors and you get a set of four for only five bucks!

Teabag Fold Gift Favors from Paper Jam

Or how about a set of five gift tags upcycled from used gift cards~ now that was a gift that kept on giving, lol!

Upcycled Gift Card Tags by Almond Works

You can also get these cool notebooks upcycled from post consumer packaging from Potter About!

Notebook from Potter About

Want to keep your little girls' barrettes handy and organized~ here's a cute solution:

Barrette Holder from Art Recycles

I adore these upcycled fabric scrap baskets woven by Sally from American Recycle!

Fabric Basket by American Recycle

Jesse from Sparkly Trash really knows how to dress up some "trash"~ check out these Cupcake Note Cards upcycled from grocery bags~ Nom, nom!

Upcycled Note Cards by Sparkly Trash

I had a good laugh when I saw Kristen's pet lovers' scrabble pendants!

Scrabble Tile Pendant from k5art

Here's some more jewelry for a tight budget, this time for your team player~ you can have a custom bottlecap pendant made by Laurie from Believe in UR Dream!

Custom Bottlecap Pendant by BelieveinURdream

And there's lots more of these deals~ so I can't wait to share more next time I go thrifting on Thursday! Oh and HEY! Do I deserve a high five on these deals? Okay~ Give me FIVE!

Thrifty Thursday~ It's a "Three" for All!

Once again, I am amazed! I searched Etsy for our team tag~ teamupcyclers and  

Wow!

I found some incredible bargains!

This time I was thinking "Hmmmm, what could I get for three bucks?" There were so many choices, I decided to go with a theme~ and, of course, with Memorial Day weekend coming up here in the U.S.~ I had to do the summer thing! Beaches, picnics, travel and bright sunny colors~ that's what I'm talking about...

Coffee Cozy by Cream No Sugar

Map Notepads (Set of 3) for $3 by Prairie Peasant

Lemon Rag Heart by American Recycle

Original Abstract Art Card by Fyre Shadow

Crochet PDF for Boho Anklet/Bracelet from Granny Takes a Trip

Limeade Bow by Banana Pickle Designs

Arizona Tea Can Flowers from Upcycled Supply

Heart Confetti from gr3een

Americana Envelopes by PotterAbout

I hope everyone feels a little more inspired to enjoy your weekend~ and to go thrifting! You know I already am!

;) Cat

Thrifty Thursday: 20 THRIFTY Blogs 2 Love!

We love blogs~ not just because we publish one, but because bloggers are one great big community of like-minded people. We know about stuff, find stuff, learn stuff and when we are completely stuffed with stuff, we want to share it. So what do we do with all that stuff? We blog about it. Think of a subject. Google it. Bing it. Ask it. Dogpile it. You'll find blogs. Today I googled thrifty blogs.

Why?

It started with Pinterest. First, I found this really cool pin for making a cake stand. Since it's 'Thrifty Thursday', I thought how great would it be to write this week's article about things you can make with thrift store finds. So I clicked on the pin, it took me to a site that blogged about the tute. So I clicked that pic. Then I wound up on the original tute. It was an awesome blog~ Centsational Girl! I loved it. Then curious Cat that I am, one click led to another. Before I knew it, I'd found tons of fantastically frugal blogs!

So here's some of my favorites~ starting of course with my inspiration:

Censational Girl's Cake Stands

Nifty Thrifty Girl

Flea Market Style

And there's more!

Utterly Scrummy Food For Families

Let's Go Thrifting!

Cheap Like Me

52 Flea 

The Simple Dollar

Apron Thrift Girl

Thrift Store Junkies

Big Green Purse

Living the Low Income Life

Mr. & Mrs. Not Made of Money

Living on a Dime

Frugal Dad

So there's a whole bunch of blog shopping you can do this Thrifty Thursday! You'll find tips for cooking, budgeting, couponing, decorating, crafting, raising kids...Everything THRIFTY!