Thrifty Find

To continue through my week, yesterday I went on a hunt for more items. My grandma knows when to shop and where, because yesterday was another 50% off day at a thrift store! I happened to find some great items yesterday, one being this vase. Okay, I don't know if it was originally a vase or not, but that's what we're going to use it as. I don't know what this is made out of, but it's got a little weight behind it, so that's a good sign.

I love that it is shiny and white {especially because of the bleach bath it got last night}, and it will fit in nicely with our living room colors {that we are still deciding on...inspiration board coming soon...}.

I also enjoy the details of this piece. The scalloped edges...

...and the deep ridges...

...but one of my favorite aspects? The price. $1.35

Lighting Update

I hope your week is going well! Mine has been productive to say the least. It has been full of cleaning/reorganizing, shopping and chilling. For starters, I went to a few thrift stores with my grandma and found a few gems.

You may recall the mini lamp shades that I purchased for 5 bucks to put on the chandelier in the dining room. If not, here's a picture~

Well I wasn't looking for a replacement, but I happened to run across a new pair, and since it was half off Monday, I got the set for 2 bucks!

I enjoyed the first shades, but this set is more me. I love the clean look of it, and the color and texture matches nicely with the chairs. It also doesn't look as traditional, which I love.

Whadaya think?

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Liberty Belle

Mother's Day is almost here, and I'm just about done packaging card orders. Now that it's spring {AKA wedding season}, I plan to write wedding related posts more often. I haven't posted a wedding inspiration board lately, so I thought I would post this board that I finished a while back {via Polyvore}. I absolutely LOVE this color scheme. An invitation to match this scheme is coming soon...

Liberty Belle by LrnM Design featuring Vivienne Westwood Gold Label dresses

Treasury!

I'm excited today because one of my Mother's Day cards was added to the treasury of etsy member Amy Cantini. Yay! Take a look! {click me}

Have a splendid day!

p.s. it was this one

Mommy

Hello world! I just wanted to pop in after a three week hiatus and let you know that I now have mother's day cards available on both my etsy and bigcartel shops. Here are a few images of may faves.

I hope your week got off to a great start! If not, try to consciously change it.

Adieu!

Saving Money

I'm all about it now. Simon and I aren't big spenders anyway, but there are always ways to save a little extra. I was so inspired by a post last week from the bloggers of Young House Love. I love their blog. I found them about two months ago, and have been an avid reader ever since. They purchased an older home that needed plenty of upgrades, and they pretty much diy'ed everything (and if you didn't know, I'm all about diy as well!).

So back to the point. After reading this post, I felt an immediate need to reorganize our finances and start cutting back a little more. Now, I'm all about finding a good deal on something rather than buying it without a coupon, gift card, etc. Not to say that I'm never buying full price again, but I'm just going to be more aware of my spending. I'm also going to start planning meals better and try to eat all of the food that we have before going to the grocery store. This means making "creative" meals from the things that are usually an oversight in the pantry. For example, last night I cooked the last two pieces of salmon that we had in the freezer and made a special sauce for them, then made a pasta salad using penne, a little olive oil and asiago and balsamic salad dressing and sprinkled a little parmesan on top. it was a simple meal, and all of the ingredients were at home already. I actually spent a portion of my day trying to decide what to cook from what we already had. Tonight I have a few ideas, so we'll see how that goes!

Another thing that I always do when I am shopping online is check for coupon codes via Retail Me Not. You will more than likely find a coupon code for a percentage off of your purchase, free shipping, a dollar amount off or something like that. Sometimes you may not find something, but it's always a good place to check out before...checking out.

One last thing that I did was attach my Kroger Plus shopping card to the website Shortcuts. You can add coupons to your grocery store shopping cards rather than clipping coupons. Since we eat mainly organic foods, there didn't seem to be much that we could add to our card, but their coupons are updated often, so we'll just keep checking back to see what they have.

These are just a few things that I have done in the past week, so there hasn't been much notice of dollar changes, but I'll check in from time to time to let you know how it's going!

Any other money saving suggestions?