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Category Archives: vintage items
Homer Laughlin Plates
Hey everyone!! I was wondering if you love and/or collect vintage dinnerware? Have you ever heard of Homer Laughlin China? If you’re a collector of vintage dinnerware then I’m sure you’re well aware of this name and pattern. This pattern, … Continue reading
Gardenia-Lime Sugar Scrub
To keep the momentum going, Dixie Crystals decided to give-away 3 tickets to next year Bloggers University 2017 and to enter you had to create your own sugar scrub. So.. I decided to give it a try. I love gardenia and wanted to use that in my creation.
It was so simple – and here are the ingredients:
- 1 cup of Dixie Crystals sugar
- 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
- 6 drops of White Gardenia essential oil
- zest of 1 lime grated
Mix all the ingredients and find yourself a nice bowl to keep in the bathroom ready to use
I used an antique silver miniature coal scuttle sugar bucket. These are normally used for sugar cubes but I think it’s perfect for the scrub
The buckets usually come with a scoop but unfortunately mine didnt’, which is why I got it for $3.00. I lucked up and had a baby spoon and it makes a good scooper.
This scrub has the right blend of floral/citrusy smell and after you use it… the gardenia scent lingers on your fingers without being overpowering.
It’s a great alternative to liquid soap and leaves your hands feeling soft and smooth
So, go ahead, give it a try…you’ll have skin so-soft.
Scuttle buckets are found at several estate sales and yard sales, but you can also find them here.
Until next time, happy hunting and enjoy thrifting your house into a home!
Smooches!
That Little Basket!
I was a kid watching Abbott & Costello, when I first Ella Fitzgerald sing this song. Today, as I listened to her sing this kiddie, joyful song of her little yellow basket, it brought me to post about these once used tobacco baskets. The tobacco basket was used until about 1980, to display tobacco taken to market. The crop is grown throughout North Carolina, primarily on family farms. According to the NC Dept. of Agriculture, North Carolina farmers today produce approximately 2/3 of the US crop of flue-cured tobacco.
After sorting and grading, the leaves were tied into “hands.” A hand of tobacco weighed about 1 pound if made of tips or lugs and about 2 – 3 pounds if made from cutters. A hand of tobacco is a group of leaves tied together at the stem end. The end is wrapped in another cured leaf.
The hands were then laid in the tobacco basket in a circle with the stem ends pointing to the outside. The baskets were then loaded and taken to the tobacco warehouse where they were sold at auction. Today these baskets are used for more decorative purposes.
Placed neatly behind this lamp – it makes for the perfect backdrop
Very creative way to display the modern deerhead
The entryway was accented with the basket above the table flanked with candleholders
Here it makes for excellent wall art in this bedroom
A wreath made of cotton is attached to the tobacco basket and hung on the outside of the home
When placed behind the mirror, it gives the mirror more eye appeal
and the perfect accent for a country kitchen
Tobacco baskets are old and some are even broken, but they still offer an array of ways to decorate with them. They may not be the type of basket Ella sings about but, it’s the basket I chose to write about. However, if I found Ella’s basket I’d like to give her this and say “Thank You” for making a beautiful music.
$2.00 Tuesday
Good afternoon everyone! It’s your thrifty girl and it’s Tuesday. I’m here to show you that I’ve struck again and lucked up with a $2.00 find. Today’s lucky purchase was from The Lighthouse, a local thrift shop in our town that’s ran by volunteers. I took a much needed break from my dining room makeover. I must say it’s coming along quite nicely and I look forward to showing it to you soon.
Today’s $2.00 item was this lovely vintage Samsonite suitcase.
They had them tucked all the way in the back and my keen thrifty eyes spotted them. The suitcase was $2.00!! I couldn’t believe it. On top of that.. I found the matching train case for $1.00. Wow!!! I love vintage suitcases. The train cases are so sturdy and have plenty room for all our toiletries. I opened up the suitcase and it was never used..OMG!! I couldn’t believe how clean and pristine it was.. and the best part – no smell!!!!
Do you see how clean this is… wow…
Even the little side pouch was in perfect condition. Realizing how bad the airplane crew damages luggage, I began using vintage ones because if they’re damaged I wouldn’t loose too much money on expensive luggage.
The train case was slightly used.. but nothing that a little awesome can’t clean
I like the fact they have my first initial (too bad not the W but I’ll look for a sticker to fix that.
If only I could luck up with a plane ticket then I’ll be good to go 🙂
Well that’s all I have to share for now. If you thrifty eyes have found any items, and would like to share, post them on Instagram using hashtag #urthriftygirlfinds and I will feature them. You can also follow me on my thrifting journey on Twitter or Instagram where I’m posting pictures of my other fab finds. Remember as always “It’s VivaLaVintage”!!
Bon Jour Loveys.. Smooches..