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May 7, 2013

Are you a “Thrifting Diva”?

 

Do you love a good “find”? Do you like the thrill of the hunt as you did through piles of discarded items for that one treasure?

Round up of  30 projects from thift store finds atthepicketfence.com

If you are a thrifter than you totally get what I mean.  That “ah ha!” moment when you discover a diamond on the rough under an old afghan, 3 discarded Christmas wreaths and endless pieces of yellowed tupperware on the shelves of the Goodwill.

Or when browsing the aisles of your favorite thrift fair or market, you find that Olive Bucket you’ve been dying to own and refused to pay $150 for at Pottery Barn!

It’s such a great feeling.

We have had some great thrifting finds over the years here.  Like Vanessa’s upcycled kitchen cabinet turned dartboard or Heather’s toolbox turned Dining Caddy and old crate turned faux wine box.

I have rounded up an amazing list of projects and posts to inspire the “thrifting diva” in you! There are so many fabulous ideas for repurposing, upcycling and rehabbing thrift finds!

Projects like these vintage lace tins from The Graphics Fairy:

vintage lace tins from The Graphics Fairy

or this awesome post on ways to use old toolboxes from Funk Junk Interiors:

tool box uses from Funky Junk Interiors

Be sure to visit my Thrifting Divas board at Hometalk for even more fabulous ideas!

But maybe you have some questions or needs some tips and tricks on how best to shop on your favorite thrift outings! Maybe you’d love to just spend a little time hanging out with other thrifting divas and some of your favorite “thrifty idols!”

If so, I’d LOVE to invite you to join me this Thursday, May 9th, at 9 PM EST for a fun Twitter Chat on all things thrifting! I am being joined by a fabulous panel of experts:

Hometalk Lucketts Twitter Chat

Seriously, does it get any better than this?!  Donna of Funky Junk Interiors, Marian of Miss Mustard Seed, Karen of The Graphics Fairy and the Old Lucketts Store will be hanging out with us to answer our questions on thrifting and share their secrets!

Be sure to RSVP to enter the “Thrifting Money” giveaways during the chat!

How to participate
Use hashtag #htluckets.
Use Tweetchat for easy chatting.

Anyone can participate, but you must be following @Hometalk and RSVP before the chat!

Follow us here
Follow @MissMustardSeed
Follow @meetuatthefence
Follow @luckettstore
Follow @graphicsfairy
Follow @FunkyJunkDonna
Follow @Hometalk

RSVP here
Put your twitter handle in the “Link Title” field (example: @Hometalk)
Put your email in the “email” field
Put your Twitter URL in the “URL” field (example: https://twitter.com/Hometalk)

P.S. Winners will be selected at random from RSVP’s. (If a winner is chosen who RSVP’d but did not attend a 2nd winner will be chosen.)

Leave us a comment if you have any questions.

Can’t wait to tweet with you Thursday night! See you then!

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  1. Mary Beth @ Cupcakes and Crinoline says

    May 7, 2013 at 6:53 AM

    This sounds like such a fun twitter party! I can hardly wait. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Angelina says

    May 7, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    Awesome line up is, Right!!! I am so excited and can’t wait for the fun party!! 🙂
    xoxo

    Reply
  3. Miriam says

    May 7, 2013 at 3:50 PM

    Best line-up ever! I am so excited for this Twitter party. Heather, you rock! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Debbie says

    May 7, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    I do tweet, but I just can’t keep up with you young whippersnappers in stuff like this. As my grandmother used to say, “It’s a turrrrible thing to grow old.”

    Reply
  5. Bliss says

    May 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    I hope I did all this right. The test will be if I arrive in the right chat and can see it on my screen. Fingers crossed.
    Bliss

    Reply
  6. Peggy says

    May 9, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    Thank you ladies! I am pretty excited about this!!

    Reply
  7. Laurie @ Vin'yet Etc. says

    May 9, 2013 at 5:55 PM

    This is exciting!!!!!

    Reply

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