#Thrifting Finds

[eternity-in-your-eyes]

Little moments in my living room 🌻✨

[coquetteshop]

white satin ballerina wrap tie skirt on depop

[faerieorgremlin]

I *could* be your angel

[borninwinter81]

Newest thrifting acquisition. Though I predominantly dress in black, olive green is one of my absolute favourite colours, especially for clothing. This particular jacket is also very nostalgic for me, as my dad had one extremely similar when I was a teenager, and I used to steal it. His had patches and embroidery on it, and I'm sure this will end up with some of those 😁

BTW, thrifting pro-tip: this was in the children's section, and is labelled as being for a 14-15 year old. I am 42 years old and it fits me perfectly (I'm a UK size 10). Do not be afraid of checking out the section of your charity shop/thrift store that isn't "intended" for you - the kid's section tends to be much cheaper, and many items intended for a large child will fit a smallish adult (if you're very petite maybe stuff for even younger kids will fit you).

Even if the thing you like doesn't fit, you can often mod it in some way, like cutting off the front of a t-shirt and sewing it onto one that does fit you, or turning it into a patch.

[thriftingwiththegirlies]

[unhonest-iago]

Some desertduo vibes this time around w/ the thrifting finds

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[rraaaarrl]

The Monsters of Star Trek (1980)

by Daniel Cohen

Treasures of the neighborhood used book store, truly, I am blessed 🥹

(why his thighs so thicc though)

[jupisthriftfinds]

2 hummingbird pillows 2.99 each

[tumbleosity]

Are you kidding me?? $3

He’s in rough shape but I’m confident i can fix him up

[deadcrow-donteat]

i found an army at the vintage store yesterday >:3 ultimately didn't get any bc i couldn't afford them n the other stuff i found but it was cool to see :D

also found a full-size working snow leopard that i'm gonna clean up soon !! i take the batteries out of my furbs so they don't terrorize my cats but it's always cool to get working ones

[crustyraccoon]

Romantic goth look, love the corset. Found it at goodwill for 6 bucks

[goredoesstuff]

found these 2 at a garage sale the other day im so happy!! 5 dollars total for the both of em!! idk what it is about transformers toys or robot toys in general they just make me go insane/pos RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[nerdy-birdy-photography]

9th October 2024

I find the cutest teacups while I’m out thrifting.

[borninwinter81]

Collage box collection

After discovering that I had a reasonably big stash of interesting flyers, greetings cards, guidebooks and other bits of ephemera, and seeing this tutorial, I was really inspired to use it all for something.

This was helped by the fact that recently I've found a lot of really nice wooden boxes in charity shops for very cheap - all the ones pictured here were £2. Either I've been extremely lucky, or these things turn up very often and I just haven't been looking for them.

I've posted about some of these previously (here and here), but they were only half done and these pictures are better! Plus there is one new one.

First was this wooden chocolate box. Before...

And after!

You can tell this is my first one as I oversatured the paper with Mod Podge, leading to it bubbling and creasing, but for a first attempt I don't think it's bad at all.

All the pictures I used were taken from an exhibition guide for an event I went to called "Exploring the Gothic" which contained a lot of beautiful pictures. The floral parts were from a pad of scrapbooking paper, which I also used to make the individual compartments (they are origami boxes, see a tutorial for how to make them here) and I then filled them with pieces from my collection of beads, charms, and broken jewellery.

I also had a guide to a William Blake exhibition I'd been to, and since there was an entire plate from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" I had to make it into a miniature wall plaque.

I did this one at the same time as the first, and again you can kind of see that I oversatured the paper which caused it to tear slightly, however thankfully it wasn't in an area where there was any writing.

(BTW, if anyone is interested in the meaning of this section, Blake is describing his creative process, albeit in a fantastical way. This blog post gives a good analysis)

The next one was a beautiful little cabinet with a broken handle.

And here is what I did with it. I kept the collaging to a minimum, only on the inside, though I might add something to the outside in the future. The replacement "handles" are a pair of my earrings!

I used some more of the gothic exhibition guide and scrapbook paper, and also a flyer for a ballet version of Dracula. I need to find some more interesting things to fill it as it currently only contains my resin crow's skull and a miniature book of Tennyson poems. Also my Cthulhu candle gets to sit on top and be worshipped by the skeleton on the right door.

I did much better with the collaging process on this one. I was a lot more patient, used less Mod Podge for each layer and allowed them to dry fully in between, resulting in no tears, bubbles or creasing.

The final and most recent is this plain box. I noticed it originally came from somewhere called "Palmyra Hardware" which instantly made me think of the Palmyra Wolves (I'm a fan of MrBallen and saw him tell the story on his YouTube channel) which gives a pleasantly creepy angle to this one before I even did anything to it!

After collaging

The central image on the outside is another William Blake painting, an illustration to Dante's Inferno, which includes the famous quote "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here". The writing saying "The way, the truth, the life" came from a religious leaflet that a friend of mine was forcibly given, and which he ripped to shreds, but I saved this part because for some reason I liked it.

Inside we've got a very famous Blake painting called "The Ancient of Days", the praying skeleton again as this image was reproduced several times in that guidebook, and a block printed demon from a handmade birthday card that a friend gave me several years ago. I'm very pleased to have finally been able to use him for something!

I've enjoyed making all of these immensely and no doubt I will do more in the future as I collect more papers and find more nice boxes 😊

[thriftingwiththegirlies]