Value Village Find

not sure what these are, but they are solid , made in India and I am thinking of using them as candle holders... they remind me of crowns? so I may just use them as decor, we'll see.

Milk Glass

my newest finds at Value Village

Books

I gradutaed from University with a specialist degree in English, so I have had to read a lot of books over the years. I am in love with the english language and have always been an avid reader for as long as I could remember. My collection in quite extensive, especially my english literature books. I have so many books that I actually ran out of places to put them all, so I have some stored in the basement "storage room" (really a room to store junk) but no matter how much space I run out of I still have this horrible habit of buying more books.

Seriously, it is so hard for me to walk away from a great book. Forget Chapters, I have had to forego visiting in person because I end up putting quite a dent in my wallet, although I have just started ordering from them online. I also love to thrift shop and I find a great number of my most beloved books from second hand shops around the city. I picked up a few things from my neighbourhood Value Village and received some of my online Chapters orders in the mail...take a look.

great coffee table reads

cute second hand books, look what I found when I removed the book jacket...

lovely dinner bell in antique brass

a personal fav, my vintage copy of my favourite Shakespearean play Romeo & Juliet, plus my new candelabra that says made in Italy

For those of you who love books as much as I do, I want to recommend a little store on the Danforth called Re:Reading where I am sure you will find some great books, they have a vast collection and a section of rare and collectibles. You can also take a load off and sit in their comfy couches at the front of the store to do a little what else... reading!

Re:Reading images via {here}

Vintage Candle

A while back I purchased these great salt containers from value village, they are clear glass containers and they look very beachy and rustic. More on them in a second...

I was making some candles for Lather & Soak orders that I have for pick up tomorrow when I noticed that I had some extra soya wax left over so I remembered the vintage salt container and I poured away! A few hours later I had this...

I hope I have inspired you guys to try your very own DIY candles, pick up any old unique containers, or any neat vessels that you may have around the house and give it a try!

Try Canwax if you need a wax and wick source, they are Canadian!

Thrifting

I love to find great vintage pieces and just re-vamp them to make them lovely enough to put back in your home. So when I came across this stylish lamp base I knew I had to have it! When the price tag said $6.99 I knew it was mine!

Stay tuned for a future project involving Mr.Lamp, although when I am done with him he might be a Mrs. Lamp.

Finds

I decided to venture out today to find some deals. I had no idea if I was going to find any, but I knew I at least had to try, because everything lately is on sale, or clearance and I needed to give my purse strings a break!

In the US you guys have a store called HomeGoods and our equivalent over here in Canada is HomeSense, a discount home store so I went there and found some napkin rings and some printed napkins and I also went to Value Village where I scored an Asian inspired plant pot and finally Zellers where I found some more place mats of which I already owned 4 and decided I needed 4 more!

The real kicker is how much I spent, or rather how much I didn't, here is the break down:

1. plant pot- $2.99

2. 4 place mats-$ 6.00

3. 4 napkins-$ 5.00

4. 4 napkin rings $4.00

Grand total= $17.99

YAY under $20 dollars!!

Pretty good for the day, now I just have to throw a dinner party to use all my new stuff :)