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the morning haul

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:24:49 +0000

Garth started his real job yesterday. He’s been “checking in” for the last 2 months but now he’ll be working 12 hour days. The days are long for him and they are long for me, so I have been trying to get out of the house with the kids early in the day so that we are not going crazy by mid afternoon. It is the perfect excuse to go thrifting. Every thrift store on the island is new to me so every trip is an adventure! Today we went to a little thrift store on Hickam Air Force Base. It was rad. Then we went to Target- and ya’ll know how much I love target. Here’s a selection of what we brought home.

I am in love with these red shoes for me (excuse the chippy green/naked toes please!). They are BC foorwear and were three bucks! The little black shoes are for Jack and the tiny flip flops we`re for Ging, but while I was taking this photo I noticed that it’s not a pair but two lefts. oh well.

giant plastic bunny. 50 cents. I have another one of these somewhere and I think that they are so charming!

lots o’ non-smelly towels. We only brought two towels with us and they would certainly have sufficed, but the washer and/or dryer in this temporary house makes all of our clothes smell bad coming out of the wash. The clothes are tolerable but the towels are awful! I have dreaded taking showers because I always feel like I’m drying off with a towel that’s been soaked in gross, even when it’s right out of the dryer! The landlord has sent several people out to check it out but nothing has gotten better so I bought us enough towels to make it through without washing them. Ha!

cutie cute mr cutiepants. he will probably end up in someone’s Easter basket.

mater! We have a little boy turning 2 this week and he is so into Cars. mater was thrifted for two dollars and he kept Jack happy as I shopped.

and you need a lightning to go with mater! this one will race when you shake him and he’s going to get wrapped up for Mr Jack’s birthday.

we also got tiny hawaiian bananas. awesome.

I couldn’t resist

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:42:52 +0000

ok, so I did tell myself that I really shouldn’t buy any more books to make into journals until I went through the ones that I had- but goodness me… how could I resist these guys?! Jack and I ventured out early this morning to hit up a huge charity yard sale at the fairgrounds and the vintage books were amazing. I wasn’t prepared to be buying books- I’m 8 months pregnant, arms already full of goodies to purchase, pushing an umbrella stroller (you know, the ones with NO storage space underneath?)- and somehow I walked out of there with about 30 books. It’s called pushing-and-pulling-a-box-crammed-full-of-books-to-the-front-of-the-sale-while-pushing-a-stroller. Or something- perhaps I’ll work out another title later, but I’m sure that it was hilarious to watch. One elderly lady asked me when the baby was due and when she found out it’s next month she exclaimed, “oh my! Should you be out and about?”

Of course I should. =) And, I’ll be at the Palafox Market tomorrow too. If you’re in Pensacola, FL, swing on by- I’m discounting a bunch of journals that have been around a while to give me some room for these new beauties. I can’t wait to cut them up.

gosh, I love my job.

xoxo
elle

books saved from the journal-making machine

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:26:36 +0000

I make journals for two reasons. One. I like to shop at thrift stores. Like is actually an understatement. If you asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, or possibly for my last day on earth, I would probably reply, “wander St. Vinnies”. Having a purpose in this wandering and allowing myself to purchase large quantities of something is so satisfying to me. Two. I write in a journal everyday, and have since I was 13. This means that I have mountains of journals that are filled with longings and milkshake consumption and middle-of-the-night ramblings. It also means that I myself consume journals faster than I can find ones to like.

In my quest for super quirky books to turn into journals, I often find books that fit the bill but I can’t bring myself to destroy. Here are a collection of just such books from my journal-making adventure this last year. Many of these are now in Jack’s room, waiting for the time when he needs a story to fall asleep.

These last two actually will be journals- but they are so reserved for me.

I see large full bookshelves for me in the future. The distant future.
In the near future I see stacks of books crammed into every corner in this rented space. And boxes of them in my parents basement.

loves all ya’ll.
elle

yesterday’s thrift

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:45:54 +0000

Oh my it was a delicious day! I rode my bike to the two closest thrift stores (all bundled in coat, striped gloves, and scarf) and came home with 27 ties, several books, vintage metal zippers, and a hat or two for Mr. Jack Danger. These ties will be turned into bow ties for my etsy shop, and the books will be made into Valentine’s Day photo albums/journals/ scrapbooks (that’s sort of yet to be determined).

Thanks, Gods of thrifting!

xo elle

mpg: infinity

admin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:09:40 +0000

The dozen radical ties purchased for a quarter each (and the foam letters for cheapy cheap too!) today on the Pensacola Tour de Thrift.

The Saturday afternoon bicycle trip that ended up being a tour of the closest thrift shops, a reason to use Garth’s camelback, and a contest to see who could squeeze the most thrift into Laura’s bicycle basket.

The bicycle that Garth purchased yesterday and inspired him to want to go on a ride today (and to church tomorrow?!). Notice the disc brakes. Score.
Peas and love, my friends.
elleayeyouareaye.