The Macklemore Thrift Shop Challenge

I decided to join in on the fun over at blog, Young House Love, for their thrift shop challenge! This was so up my alley!

If you haven't heard the song, take a listen! I'm not really into rap but I love this song -- seriously how many songs can you name that are about rocking thrift store finds?! Beware it's catchy (and this is the clean version, but it's not thaaat clean).



The challenge is as follows:
Step #1. Go to a thrift shop with – just as the chorus of the song says – “$20 in your pocket” and take a picture.
Step #2. Spend that $20 any way you’d like and photograph your spoils.
Step #3. Find one item (or more) referenced in the song and snap a pic.

I went to my trusty Value Village ready to "pop some tags" with $20.

My scavenger finds:

"I’ma take your grandpa's style, I’ma take your grandpa's style. No for real, ask your grandpa, can I have his hand-me-downs?" this is one of my favorite lines :)

"Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button-up shirt"

 "velour jumpsuit"

"I’m in this big a$$ coat from that thrift shop down the road" No shortage of coats like this in Wisconsin!

"They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard."

Now for what I actually bought:

A pillow form.

 8 embroidery hoops! I'm doing some wall art with these babies!

And this rusty, dusty mirror that needs some cleaning up!

My husband also bought a book, but I didn't grab a photo of that.

Aaaand the grand total was $8.21!

My husband and I had lots of laughs doing this and rocking out to the song! If you want to get in on the fun too, the challenge is still open and you can add your link here.

Have you had some good recent thrift store finds?

Thrift Store Finds: Fabric!

I love finding good deals on fabric at thrift stores. Most of my fabric stash is made up from thrift store finds, gifts, and rummage buys. My goal price is always $1 a yard or less, unless if it's something that I'm willing to splurge a little more on. I only buy fabric at Joanns or Hobby Lobby when I absolutely need a certain kind and then I use coupons as well!

I found this fabric the other day at a thrift store:

{4 yards of a lightweight knit green fabric and 4 3/4 yards of navy pinstripe suiting type  fabric}

This stuff came out to just under 75 cents a yard!

What to make?!?!

{Elwood photo bombing}

{so much kitty fluff!}

Thrift Store Finds and a Fabric Buying Tip

Here's some fabric I found at the thrift store yesterday!

I looooove the vintage floral.

And guess what?!?! They're bed sheets!

I love getting fabric that doesn't cost a lot. Bed sheets are also great because they can be wider than a normal bolt and you've got a couple yards.  

If you're in need of some new fabric check out the bedding section of your local thrift shops! Be sure to look them over a bit too to see how worn they are. These ones were in perfect shape!