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I love thrifting. And I love the funny people who run thrift stores.
They just reek of ‘community’ and ‘I’d like you to marry my grandson’. In the very best and most endearing of ways.
Here’s some of our loot, and some of the lovely people who are from my local charity store.
x jessica
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Life is enriched my the people we interact with.
I am so very blessed to have beautiful friends in my life.
My friend Sue sent me these clip on earrings out of the blue. Grateful feelings are floating in my belly.
Sue is a talented and passionate woman. She inspires me and I am the luckiest.
She also happens to be the most amazing hairdresser that I’ve ever known. And I am not just saying that because she sent me clip-ons!
If you live in the greater Brisbane area, or just generally in the state of Queensland in Australia, you’d be completely stupid to go to any other stylist.
Her website is here, and her facebook page is here.
x jessica
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I have been invited to do a little bit of modelling for a vintage boutique.
I must say, I am rather nervous at the prospect of being on the other side of the camera, with lots of people watching me.
But today was the good part; I got to go and play dress ups.
This dress that I will be wearing was once a 1950s debutante ball gown.
The 45,000 layers of scratchy tulle require you to place it on the ground, burrow a well in the middle of it, and practically climb in.
I love that there is always so much character in old things.
x jessica
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Thrifty Thursday – noun
Pronounced: Thrifty |ˈθriftē| Thursday |ˈθərzˌdā; -dē|
1. A day to which posts based on thriftiness are uploaded for your viewing pleasure, be it op-shop discoveries, crafty projects or yummy new recipes…
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Welcome, dear friends, to this weeks’ Thrifty Thursday post! I thought I’d have a little ‘show and tell’ of some of the cool things I have acquired lately – either thrifting, or during my neighbourhood’s most recent council kerbside collections.
I’ll start with something little…
this little pussycat picture was hidden in a pretty gross dusty box on the side of the road:
This ceiling light fitting glistened by the flash of our headlights (what better, seedy-er way to collect hard rubbish, than when it is dark out, and everyone can watch you scavenge from the comfort of their loungeroom window). I adore amber coloured glassware… so we brought it home with us. It looks really cool with a small candle underneath it:
This kitchen cupboard segment… we don’t actually have a pantry in our house – so we use recycled countertop storage instead. (Yes, the kitchen is pretty effing filthy at the moment.)
And my favourite find of all…
These retro kitchen chairs. I just love the patterns in the vinyl, not to mention the colours.
They look great out in our courtyard – for sunny breakfasts:
The following things I have picked up from various thrift stores and op shops around the place:
Pretty dresses:
Amber coloured ash tray – somewhere I can keep some of my clip on earrings:
Have any of you had any good discoveries lately??
x Jessica
