peaches & dream

thrifty thursday (2 days late)

happy saturday, lovers! here's this week's thrifty thursday saturday. it's an ode to the dream's thrifty finds. he's been scoring some serious goodies by way of vintage vinyl... the only problem is that we don't have a record player! being that he actually just put out a record, i think that's pretty sacreligious. so, as a late birthday present, he bought me this pretty little lady...

pyle vintage style usb turntable

and here are the thrifty goodies! good job, dreamy dreamboat.

so many goodies... so much yummy fleetwood mac. can't. stand. it.

thrifty thursday!

a few days ago i was at savers (love that place!) and found a million great things but wasn't totally in love with anything (with the exception of a great t-shirt, circle sweater and a cashmere j.crew sweater for the dream). on my way to the registers i spied with my little eye something absolutely unlike anything i'd ever seen... and perfect for alex. it feels like lambskin and yes, my loves, that is a chiffon back panel and chiffon sleeves! for $4.99 i couldn't resist...

thrifty thursday!

hello, lovelies! a couple of days ago lona and i had a ladydate to go hunting for possible bridesmaid dresses for seth & isis' wedding in august. no bridesmaid dresses were purchased but we ended up at the j. crew factory store and i found some really great deals... and then as we were leaving i got an email on my phone from the banana republic factory store and so obviously we had to stop in there, too!

scores! left to right:

j.crew striped tank - originally $29.50, snagged for $9.99

banana republic fringe chain necklace - originally $39.50, snagged for $3.04

banana republic striped open vest - originally $69, snagged for $6.61

banana republic coral dress - originally $110, snagged for $9.67

j.crew yellow enamel hippo necklace - originally $24.50, snagged for $14.70

banana republic silk chiffon blouse - originally $79.50, snagged for $8.66

j.crew army green tank - originally $34.50, snagged for $4.98

j.crew striped tie (for the dream!) - originally $29.50, snagged for $7.48

so many goodies!

thrifty thursday!

yesterday morning i went to the thrift shop to wander around, since i had the day off and the dream had to work. i never have any expectations when i go thrifting... i actually really just like walking around and looking at all of the great stuff! i found an avocado colored sunbeam stand mixer (if i didn't already have a baby pink kitchenaid stand mixer that thing would have surely been mine!), a mustard yellow blender, a bunch of old sewing machines and a gorgeous black coach turnlock briefcase. so many goodies!

what i couldn't resist buying were two lovely porcelain busts i found as i was walking out the door... they're so precious and the "favorites" section of my etsy is filled with similar pairs! i was so happy to have found both of the busts together that i simply couldn't pass them up.

thrifty thursday!

i'm in asheville, but last week i had some seriously great luck at the local thrift stores! i found some really lovely stuff for our home. we currently live with roommates in a shared apartment, so the amount of decorating we can do to make the place ours is limited. hopefully by the end of summer(ish) we'll find our own place and i'll be able to make it a home, but until then i'm collecting bits and pieces so that it's not a giant rush when we move to fill an empty space.

i can't believe i found the beautiful mersman table that all of my other finds are resting on for a mere $9.99 - it was an obvious and definite yes. along with it, i found a beatrix potter portrait of jeremy fisher (from the tale of jeremy fisher) in a pale pink frame for $.99, two vintage glass bottles for $2.99 each, a pair of vintage eyeglasses for $.99 (i'm going to have the lenses replaced with pink uv lenses!), a little wooden heart necklace for $.99, a little ceramic fawn book-end for $1.99, a vintage tool box for $2.99 and a needlework panel for $.99. i also found a huge remnant of rust colored microsuede fabric (super super soft) to recover the dining chairs i bought for us at a thrift store a while back (they're currently a dark brown with bright yellow velvet seats, which is nice, but i think painting them cream and reupholstering with this rust fabric will be a fantastic upgrade)! take a peek...

my second thrift shop stop brought me even more success! i found a gorgeous vintage mustard tablecloth with 6 matching napkins - all of which have adorable lace trim. the napkins were $.99 each and the tablecloth was $2.99. along with those, i found a pretty ceramic vase for $4.99, two pink glass teacups for $.99 each and two rose tea saucers for $.99 each... so fun!

i'm excited about the idea of having a crisp white or cream kitchen with mustard, pink and avocado green accents. i can't wait! have any of you found any great thrift finds lately?