I get my thrills thrifting #9: Rad Plaid Suitcase among other things

Day 277  Found the perfect little plaid suitcase to take with me to store my traveling sewing projects.

Its so cute. And in perfect condition just needed a good wipe down.  Now I can lay the suitcase flat and unzip for an easy peasy little work station.

Also found more variety of vintage DMC threads.  Got some samplings to try out before going back and picking up more.  Here the samples are laying in the inside of the suitcase.

And FINALLY I get a mannequin~you know me, I find the cheap but quality goods here and with a lot of patience I found one!  Gonna have to give her a name before the mole guy gets too uh attached to her, doesn't he look pervy and I SWEAR to you I did move him there, it wasn't until I pulled up the image that I saw him checking her out.

Got a great Mad Scientist project we just wrapped up to show you, very steampunk, made by my husband and my youngest daughter and I have already been wearing mine.

What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #8: Sewing and Silent Film

Day 273 Successful day yesterday of thrifting.  Thrifting on a small, really small, like loose change, budget makes me really picky and I was happy to find some vintage silk floss from Switzerland, some cotton DMC, an old doll pattern, a crewel pattern and a vintage baby bib or apron.

I actually finally found a mannequin.  I have been looking forever for a price within my budget and this was well under.

Mostly this was a successful day for my teen daughter.  She is really interested in 8mm filming and we found a really nice gentleman through Freecycle who had this Editing machine and a few random old films of unknown families.

While most of the films were from the 50s and 60s, including some that were shot here in Albuquerque, the oldest film he had was probably from the 30s/40s? (not too sure about film history here) and it was in black and white.  Here is a still shot from it of one of the little girls in the family film.

My daughter found this great old projector practically in mint condition and it was well within her budget.  I don't think it had ever been used it was that pristine.

The man we visited that had the Editor also found these movies of Willie Mouse and JFK so we spent last night watching silent 8mm films.

He also gave her this Brownie camera, case and lenses that were his parents'.  He only asked that she dedicated her films to him when she becomes a big movie maker lol.

She has some great ideas going, I can't wait to see what the kids produce.

What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #4: All we got for Christmas....

Day 230:  This Christmas my hub and I were determined to only get things we found within a certain price range (read dollars and change) at local thrift stores and flea markets.  So we either were given or gave these things as is or we used them to put together into other gifts (that will be the Mad Scientist Monday post).  Here is just some of the awesomeness: 

A White sewing machine virtually untouched beneath its cover.  I don't think the original owner ever touched this or sewed from it at all because everything was brand spanking new when we lifted off the cover.  

My girls found this Sewhandy by Singer for me as a Christmas present.

An adorable machine for kids beginning to sew on.  

This wasn't really on Christmas but afterwards because I was searching for buttons for a project.  A lovely grab bag, you never know what will be inside.

How mod are these?

Spools of thread dug out of a tool box of all places at a local thrift store.  I am surprised at the good condition of the thread.  I often use thread from the thrift store in my hand stitchings.

This lot of vintage blue buttons was a gift from my kids.  The ravens on top were just gift tags to use for contrast because I couldn't get the color to come out right.

These 2 are among my most favorite gifts, a vintage scale and an electric pencil sharpener!

Some vintage mysteries I found for my girls for Christmas presents.  There were also some amazing vintage Sonic the Hedgehog comics as well.

One of the best was a tea set that belonged to my hub's mom that she played with as a kid.   My youngest loves tea sets and playing tea with her American Girl dolls and this was a big surprise.  You can see some of the vintage cookie cutters that we also put in their stockings too.

All in all it was a great holiday.  Great in that we all got things that we will cherish and use and were meaningful to the recipient.  This took a lot of planning and luck but I think it will be a tradition that we will continue from now on....one bonus was we only had one bag of recycling because there was very little packaging and we didn't have to wrestle with any unopenable plastic boxes YAY!!

I'm going to go get that new to me White machine up and running today. What will you create today?

I get my thrills thrifting #3: Who doesn't love a shoebox full of vintage ornaments?

Day 225  I was browsing the thrift store this past week and I came across a closed shoe box and I can't resist opening a lid, I ALWAYS am digging in boxes at the thrift store because I figure 1 out of every 20 times you hit upon buried treasure....for example this contained these wonderful gems....

Shiny, my precioussss

Feltie covered Frosty snowman, another Santa, Mrs. Claus and a Flat Stanley Elf

A winking white reindeer

Feltie covered Santa, red Reindeer, Dumbo, a white reindeer and a mouse

A real live vintage Dumbo ornament

This adorable little doll that has a very Disney Its a small world or  European feel to it

What will you create today?