Thrifty Christmas Fun

Have you ever gone shopping at the thrift store and not been able to find anything to buy. Not one single treasure catches your eye, but yet you are determined to not go home empty handed? So you might make another pass through the shop determined to find just one little thing to take home and "play" with?? Am I the only one who does this? I know I'm not because I see a lot of familiar faces when I go to the thrift shops (the regulars) and they are often going up and down the aisles over and over again.

Well . . . it was just such a scenario on the day I discovered this little oil painting. It was face down in a pile of pictures. Some days I don't have the patience to dig through a bunch of stuff, but this day I was determined not to go home empty handed . In this instance I think persistence paid off.

This little treasure found a new home on the top of this little cupboard I have hanging in my powder room. Soon it was joined by a happy community of Christmas folks who, by the way, came from the same thrift shop on a different day. A few Goodwill Christmas trees were added to the collection.

I added a little fake snow and ice I already had.

And, voila . . . a very economical touch of Christmas in the powder room. And oh so satisfying to my thrifting addiction.

This was another fun "thrifty" project. Thrift shop bell shaped jar filled with some vintagey thrift shop nativity figures and a few sprigs of greenery makes a sweet little addition to the top of my pie crust table.