Delightfully Tacky: thrifty finds

Monday, November 21, 2011

Scored and Adored

currently listening to Hazy by Rosi Golan

Scoured the thrift store, high and low, and scored these items..

These colorful earrings are soo 80's, i love them! They add a little more pizazz to my earring collection//After finding this adorable polka dot teacup and saucer, i decided im gonna start collecting teacups for decor

Black silhouette side portrait for only 60 cents! // Spotted these lovely shoes across the store, and luckily they were the in perfect condition and just my size!

Can't wait to dress up this simple blue leather purse// I love the colors of this native American design rug but still have no where to place it

Found this darling vintage leather purse in perfect condition, it just needed a little make over. I redesigned this purse and added some pretty lace and ribbon to give it more of an eye-catching look. Its embellished with an orange crocheted piece and and a gold button.

If your interested in buying this piece, please check out my etsy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/86755814/vintage-leather-black-flat-clutch-purse

Friday, August 5, 2011

Glorious Thrift Finds

Currently listening to They Say It by Erin McKeown / such a beautiful song, click away

Here are some glorious goodies i came across while thrift store shopping..

A detailed humming bird necklace hanging from your neck looks adorable, $2

Red apple necklace for $1.75

Found this Art book in the bottom of an endless pile of books. Ive studied Toulouse Lautrecs's pieces in highschool and i always loved his art work. Anyways this art book was in perfect condition when i found it, is comes with 16 beautiful color prints. Only 2 bucks!

Arent the colors and pattern on this scarf just perfect. I believe i bought this for $2.50

This is one of my favorite finds, i got lucky with this dress. I just love everything about it. This fitted strapless vintage tube dress is pretty in sugar pink and is beautifully covered with lace trimmings. Bought this for $6

i never leaving the thrift store empty handed.

Oh speaking of thriftstores, Laya and I had the neatest photoshoot with the cutest couple. Steve and Maricel's big wedding day is approaching, so that means engagement photos! At first it was tough narrowing down a spot for the shoot and then Steve came up with a genius idea.. to shoot at a thrift store! The elements and the idea of a thrift store are serendipitous and lively, which was perfect for Merk and Steve.

This photoshoot had 'adventure' written all over it, twas quite amusing running around the store finding the perfect spots and searching for props. Yupp we sure got people staring left and right, it was definitely distracting at first but after a while we learned to disregard the bright eye stares. Over all this photoshoot was tons of fun and filled with suprises and laughs.