#ilovethrifting
Groups from all over participated in I Love Thrifting day this past weekend. As you know, I had the pleasure to organize and host the North Pittsburgh event.
Our group was small, consisting largely of family sprinkled with a few friends
and the opportunity to meet 3 local blog friends!
Kim {Reposhture} and me. Love her creativity. I’ve featured her before. We just didn’t know that we were practically neighbors. Now I can ‘borrow’ her ski pole lamp or have her professionally DIY a piece of furniture for me! 😉
I don’t know why I didn’t get my picture with Susan from Oh My! Creative {so many fun crafty features}, but you can see her in her green/white striped shirt in some of the photos. Love her and can’t wait to get to know her a little better. I have local blog friends!
And dear sweet, Jessica who I actually met last year. Jessica’s a local pet sitter at Sittin Paws, providing an awesome alternative to kenneling. Now I can consider getting a dog {I miss Niski} because vacations won’t be a problem with a friend like Jessica in the neighborhood! She’s also blog author at Craft Frau Times…but she’s lacking the ‘time’ to blog right now.
Our scheduled was as follows:
9 a.m. we arrived at the North Hills Goodwill.
Lots of thrifty treasures!
Next up was Wexford GoodWill. It’s a more intimate store (not a donation center) but packed full of treasures and the service was a little more personal.
At this point, our entire group of lucky #13 was gathered…
Pittsburgh 2012 #ilovethrifting
Yep – there’s my aunt, my cousin, my GRAM! My sister, niece, daughters and friends!
We also had a scavenger hunt at each store. Just a piece of paper with one word. The more hideous, the better.
A little prize was awarded for those finding their “thing”. Ali won $5…
Some really fun finds…
Next up, we headed to Cranberry Twp. to another GoodWill and more shopping! If I had room in the vehicle, this would have found it’s way to Ali’s tiny apartment where I would give “painting a loveseat” a little DIY trial. It was like new!
Time for lunch! Place: North Park Lounge ClubHouse where seating was limited for a small group, but booths were all in the same location. Food was good. Company was amazing.
Last stop: Gibsonia GoodWill.
It was a long HOT {104 degrees} day…we shopped til we dropped…
Some of us headed to my house for a little thrifty show and tell…
What did I come home with? Surprisingly, very little, but LOVE
my thrifty treasures:
- A pouf! Price: $15.
- An old clip board for filleting fish – $2.99.
- Target shower curtain $11
- $2.99 ticking bed skirt for me to cut up for a project.
- Garden gnome. A little pricey at $9.99 but I couldn’t resist his cuteness.
- Picnic basket $4.99.
- Pitcher – I don’t remember. Maybe $1.99.
A special thanks to Rashon at Mr. GoodWill Hunting, the brains behind #ILoveThrifting day. Remember, we finally had the chance to meet a few weeks ago at the Haven Conference.
And a special thanks to GoodWill of Southwestern PA for the discounts! If you’re local – the Butler GoodWill store is having a fun event this Saturday! I might even gather my friends and where our shirts and partake of some refreshments and sales!
Joining the party at Rhoda’s: 
Check out all of the fun thrifty treasures’ links. You’ll want to see her latest progress in her new home too!