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</div><p>Well! Hello There! Long time, no check in! It is so good to be back on here! Shall we just pretend it hasn't been over three years since I last posted? I am a bit more active on Instagram and Facebook these days, but it seems wrong to not also be updating where Dime Store Thrift began. So I will take care of that beginning right now. </p><p>We have snow in our forecast later today and tonight, so I headed out early today to get a few groceries (it is what we do here in the Midwest...Bread! Milk!) and stopped at one of my favorite stores which never disappoints.</p><p>The turkey is staying with me. I have a proper turkey display ready for Thanksgiving. The ornaments, lights and Santa boxes will be used for crafting. The gnomes, which are PRISTINE are going to be listed in my Dime Store Thrift Etsy Shop, along with the 80s Christmas Trivet and the Christmas and New Year porcelain trinket dishes. Ok, I may need to keep those dishes. </p><p>I'm so glad to be back in this space!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-86768403869730119922017-03-27T15:33:00.000-05:002020-09-27T14:07:38.634-05:00The 2017 Easter Wreaths:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very pleased with time spent in the studio this morning and the Fourth of July wreath that came out of it...even playing around with red, white and blue sequins this time of year was fun!</div>
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I do believe strongly in that beautiful statement of Everyone Can Create Something. </div>
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And I really, really love oil paints.</div>
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There is nothing I enjoy more than the quiet early mornings in the studio on the weekend. <br />
A typical morning involves seeing what I left when I was last in there, finishing that project or setting it aside for another time and always there is tidying up that needs to be done. <br />
Recently, though, I walked in there with a very specific project in mind that would involve some loud banging and a fair amount of space so I could spread out the tools to make this:<br />
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I had wanted to make a group of metal stamped charms for Lu that represented the plays she has been involved with the past couple years. Simplistic yet meaningful to her, that she could wear clustered on a necklace:<br />
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Really loving the way this turned out!</div>
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I am <em>rawther</em> pleased with how this turned out. So pleased that I decided to make another one:<br />
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And now I have TWO wreathes hanging by the front door! I think I will keep the first one (Hubby's favorite) and the other will be heading off to Memory Lane today.<br />
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To make these, I used a heart shaped grapevine wreath from Michael's and then wrapped it in some tinsel garland bought at Target during their 75% off after Christmas sales:<br />
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And of course dipped into my stash of vintage red and silver balls to go with the pink yummies:<br />
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And then I fired up that high heat hot glue gun, went into a trance-like state and stayed there until every last ball was glued on...it is never good when you come out of that that trance like state and start thinking about home improvement projects that you might be able to do using a high heat hot glue gun. Just Saying.<br />
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I have one more wreath and one more strand of garland and many, many boxes of red vintage balls left...so there will be an all red heart shaped wreath in my future!Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-13448442072624372632013-10-19T10:05:00.000-05:002014-04-21T09:44:29.196-05:00What I Have Been Up To {Les Mis Bracelet Assembling}You know how it goes when you start to make something...you make the hell out of it over and over again. This is my latest project in Les Miserables bracelet making:<br />
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I am seriously addicted to making these. Sort of like making the Christmas wreaths...when you have all the supplies out at once, it is so easy to just keep going and going and going. Four of these are going to be heading off to the Lamb Theatre "Baanefit" and hoping to add a few more to the Etsy shop.<br />
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Hidden inside this unassuming window seat in our back room is a colorful secret. Want to take a peek? </div>
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This is where I have to admit that the kids haven't played with these for years. They are kept mostly for my own benefit because I LOOOOOOVE vintage Fisher Price toys. They make me happy. </div>
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The colors, their little happy faces, the cute little vehicles and buildings and towns and farm animals and chairs and hospital xray machines and a western town and look at that tiny canoe! I sorted through it all and did actually get rid of some because really, I did not need 18 school teachers. (you can currently find those extras at Memory Lane)<br />
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We have suffered tomato blight the past couple summers. Extensive research (aka googling) shows that the problem lies in our soil in the raised bed we use to plant our veggies. So after much thought (10, maybe 15 minutes) Bud and I decided we would plant cutting flowers in the vegetable garden for a few summers and that Hubby would help us fix up some potted tomatoes on the back patio.</div>
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We picked several packages of cutting flowers to plant by seed. Not sure if those are the flowers coming up or I need to do some weeding? Will give it another week and see what we have for consistency in seedlings popping up. <br />
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Looking back toward the house, it will add a nice area of color!<br />
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And this is on the side of the yard looking up at the raised bed. Bring on those flowers! And bring on Summer! <br />
What are you planting this year?Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-73704305957827961892013-05-07T08:44:00.004-05:002013-05-15T09:07:11.238-05:00Doesn't Everyone Stack Books On Their Sideboard?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was able to get a lot of pictures taken yesterday (HONESTLY, THAT TAKES FOREVERRRR) but no listings done. Until then, this is what our sideboard looks like. The funny part of it is: Not one member of the family mentioned this. I guess they are <em>used</em> to things stacked high for a few days. Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-27640469658894823252013-04-26T09:06:00.000-05:002013-04-29T08:44:49.283-05:00Opening Night Of Les Miserables:<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the final pics of the opening night gift for Lu. As I attached all of the charms, I made the decision to go with it being more of a memory token as it did turn out rather heavy! If she wants to use it on her key chain lanyard, that is great, but if not, I completely understand;)</div>
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I am extremely pleased with the project. And now I am off to purchase bouquets and bouquets of flowers. Enjoy your weekend! </div>
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Tickets can be purchased online at <a href="http://www.lambtheatre.com/">www.lambtheatre.com</a> (I am already down for 3 performances and think there might be more I need to attend!)<br />
<br />Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-66610161590451819032013-04-23T22:09:00.001-05:002013-04-23T22:09:25.648-05:00Shhhh {Opening Night Gift for Les Miserables}It took a bit of time to think about what to get Lu as a gift for her role in Les Miserables. <br />
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Opening night is Friday night and I am beyond excited and simply beside myself with anticipation! <br />
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We always get her flowers and either buy something or make her something that is symbolic of the role she is playing. For <strong>The Wizard of Oz</strong> we did a Dorothy ornament; <strong>The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe</strong> gift was a set of the series of books; <strong>The Sound Of Music</strong> was a bunch of tiny trinkets wrapped up in brown paper packages and tied with string along with a photo album of candids from backstage; <strong>Annie</strong> was another ornament; <strong>The Orphan Train</strong> yielded a book regarding the story of The Orphan Train. It is always fun to find a theme and run with it.<br />
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This time I decided to make a charm bracelet/key chain holding bits and pieces from the show:<br />
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So this is where we are at at this point. Still need to print, still need to find a few more charms and then get everything attached securely! Final pics will be coming ASAP...Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-30687644136906996952013-03-18T09:37:00.002-05:002013-03-18T09:37:40.165-05:00New Camera's are the BEST<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a common scene on our dining room table these days. I found a heart shaped tinsel wreath to add ornaments to. They are wonderfully lightweight but I always add more wire to the top of it to make it more sturdy when it hangs. Wouldn't it be fun to add just a ton of vintage Valentines to one of these wreath's and just skip the glass balls entirely? Oh the possibilities!<br />
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The blog has been a bit quiet lately as I've been mourning the loss of my Mom last week. She passed on peacefully after a few years of health issues and is now reunited with my Dad who passed 15 years ago. It's been a rough few days. </div>
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I love you so much Mom. Until we meet again...I will be missing you.Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-59122567816689790492013-01-07T09:11:00.000-06:002013-01-07T09:23:52.610-06:00Valentines Day Wreath--2013<strong><em>This was posted 2 January's ago and since it is right now my most view page thanks to Pinterest and Google, I thought I had best be re-posting it in the event you wanted to make one of these beauties yourself! I have an urge to make a few more for Memory Lane...</em></strong><br />
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I am <em>rawther</em> pleased with how this turned out. So pleased that I decided to make another one:<br />
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And now I have TWO wreathes hanging by the front door! I think I will keep the first one (Hubby's favorite) and the other will be heading off to Memory Lane today.<br />
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To make these, I used a heart shaped grapevine wreath from Michael's and then wrapped it in some tinsel garland bought at Target during their 75% off after Christmas sales:<br />
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And of course dipped into my stash of vintage red and silver balls to go with the pink yummies:<br />
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And then I fired up that high heat hot glue gun, went into a trance-like state and stayed there until every last ball was glued on...it is never good when you come out of that that trance like state and start thinking about home improvement projects that you might be able to do using a high heat hot glue gun. Just Saying.<br />
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It has been a wonderful Christmas break with a whole lot of time spent in front of the fire, reading, hanging out and watching the snow falling. The past couple days I have actually picked my hook back up and am continuing making the squares for the elusive blanket dream. Getting there, slowly but surely!Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-11909122921748084732012-12-29T10:43:00.002-06:002012-12-30T11:49:41.647-06:00Days Filled With Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is where I am at so far in the Little Golden Christmas Recipe book designed by vintagestreetmarket.com. I thought I was done. I am so not going to be done with this for awhile. Mostly because there are still a lot of recipes to add. And pictures from Christmas' past that will be added. And kids artwork. And some vintage bling. So it'll be one of those projects that will continue to evolve! But for now, it is bound and ready to be used...</div>
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Let me know if you end up making one and I want to see pictures!Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-42899667399128657542012-12-11T09:04:00.000-06:002012-12-11T09:04:10.536-06:00Crocheted Blankets {Collecting}<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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I came across this wonderful Christmas-y blanket and swooped right on in to bring it home, wash it in the sanitary cycle of the laundry (alwaysalwaysalways) and add it to my little collection:</div>
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Somebody is loving the newest addition to the collection.<br />
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While looking around <a href="http://pinterest.com/dimestorethrift/">Pinterest</a> yesterday, I came across <strong><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/89368373827270233/">THIS PIN</a></strong> (click on the link and then the Pinterest picture to go to the wonderfully inspiring website of <a href="http://www.vintagestreetmarket.com/">www.vintagestreetmarket.com</a> ) and then nearly fell running down the stairs to the Studio to get one of my many copies of Twas The Night Before Christmas Little Golden Book to start ripping it apart and glittering the pages. What a fun way to use an old copy of the book and make it into a family heirloom recipe book! This is what is happening so far:</div>
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Then I gathered up some little trinkets:<br />
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And tiny amounts of tinsel garland:<br />
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More Glitter and red and white vellum paper:<br />
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Red, green and gold sequins and some vintage tags:<br />
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This is one recipe I am using that my Mom had written out for me years ago. It was glued onto some red vellum and outlined using that wonderful tinsel garland.<br />
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But this? This is the thing that makes it all come together. An early Christmas gift to myself: A Zutter binding machine! Worth everysinglepenny:<br />
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I am really excited about this project and am still in the process of writing out our favorite Christmas recipes and finding some more vintage tiny treasures to add to the book. Will show you the finished project once it is completed, which will probably be within the next few days.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not exactly Christmas, but this old heavy metal display unit is now residing at Memory Lane filled with glittery gift tags</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have a Santa and Mrs Claus rotating music box, four tiny Santa mugs, a nativity made in Italy, a light up angel and a Santa candy dish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do not think I would EVER walk past a tiny Santa mug. (Esp when I find them for 25 cents!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The details on this are awesome. I really like how Mary's cape is a separate piece!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are such a WONDERFUL shade of blue. The pictures just aren't doing the shade justice. But the blue will look wonderful in a Winter Wreath!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a Santa wreath that STILL LIGHTS UP! (not always easy to find these in still-working order)</td></tr>
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Have you been finding fabulous Christmas goodies, too?Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-15682734242581369432012-12-03T08:01:00.001-06:002012-12-03T08:01:20.244-06:00Getting My Glitter On...<div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538323338850199057.post-15474181994395828912012-11-29T09:36:00.001-06:002012-11-29T09:46:10.859-06:00Christmas All Through The House--The Kitchen and Back Living Room<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And our little Christmas Through The House tour is nearly at an end. I am forbidden from taking you upstairs and through the rest of the house due to the confidentiality clause Hubby makes me sign every year.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are in the door of the kitchen area. I LOVE the old bell magnet from my parents home and along with the magnet I reproduced a few years ago. I need to make some more of those!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vintage wire tree and old ornaments still have a place up on top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the Children's Christmas books fill the metal bin. We are actually reading one every.single.night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowman collection on the back cupboard. Along with other decorations, hese have really been thinned out over the past few years as well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LOVE this framed old magazine. Such a great idea to do with old papers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another tiny collection that was just made to stretch out along the back of the stove...</td></tr>
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Thank you for taking these tours with me this year! I am all warm and fuzzy with the kind comments that have been left. You have been WONDERFUL guests! If you are in the neighborhood, you call me and we shall have a cup of coffee.Sonya --Dime Store Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600413712760068117noreply@blogger.com