Weekend Update!

I was so bummed on Saturday because it rained all day and I couldn't get out to very many garage sales.  Luckily, Goodwill was having another 50% off sale. I can always depend on Goodwill to help me with my addiction.  I didn't find too many things but I was able to find a few.  I was also able to visit some of my favorite thrift shops!

I got these wooden candlesticks for $.50 a piece.  I was able to find another coke bottle for $1.00.  My mom gave me this cart. Gotta love free! I am thinking about using it as a mobile island in my kitchen.  The leaf tray was also only a $1.00, I will be using it for my fall decorations. 

 I got this iron grate for $4.00 at one of my favorite thrift stores.  I love the design of it!

I am a fool for frames!  Again, this picture and frame only cost $1.00. I will show you tomorrow what I did with it. 

I hope you all had a great weekend!

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Where were you when the world stopped turning?

I wanted to just take a moment out from my normal decorating and thrifty finds posts to remember the importance of this date.  It is a day that I know that I will never forget and I know that none of you will ever forget.  I still get chills just thinking about the events that occurred on 9/11/01.  It was one of the scariest moments for our nation.  As you go out and about this weekend please just take a moment to remember this day, remember those who died, remember the heroes and remember why we love this country so much! 

Winner of the CSN Stores Giveaway!

Thank you all for entering into the CSN stores giveaway! I appreciate all of you and your lovely comments. Ok, now on to the winner of the $40 CSN stores giveaway.  And the winner is............Calamity Anne!  Anne wants to use the gift card towards a vessel sink. Congratulations to Anne! Please be sure to check out her blog, she has a lot of delicious recipes!

CSN Stores Giveaway Ends on Friday!

I just wanted to let you all know that the CSN Stores $40 giveaway ends tomorrow! Check out this post to enter.  You don't want to miss out on this giveaway!

Coke Bottle Soap Dispenser

Finally, I am able to sit down and post one of the many projects I have been working on.  Do you guys remember these Coke bottles I had found a few weeks ago?  I got to thinking about how I needed a cool yet classy hand soap dispenser by my kitchen sink.  Here comes the fun part! I was getting ready to put away my shampoo bottle that I had just bought and noticed it had a salon pump (instant light bulb went off). I thought to myself I wonder if this would fit on top of those coke bottles I just bought.  So I took the pump off the shampoo bottle and put it on top of the Coke bottle and it was a perfect fit. I thought to myself "oh my gosh" this is too cool.   Here are the steps on how you can make your very own:

1). Find a vintage Coke bottle (I used a smaller one, it looks like it is approx. 8" tall or so)

2).  Use a salon pump from a Suave shampoo or lotion bottle. I haven't tried any other brand, but I prefer the silver pump.

3). I bought this 3 piece funnel set from Dollar Tree for $1.00.  I used a funnel that would fit into the bottle and then I poured my soap into the bottle.

4). I cut the tube on the pump to fit the bottle. I didn't measure it exactly on much I needed to cut. I just held it up to the bottle and measured. After I cut the tube I screwed the pump onto the bottle. I did not use any glue or anything it just screwed right on.

It was a fairly easy project and it only cost $2.00 ($1.00 for the bottle and $1.00 for the funnels). I already had the shampoo bottle and the hand soap. I am just so please with how it turned out!


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Thrifty Decor Chick: Before and After Party
 

I am back!

Whew, I just got done with a terrible ordeal with blogger! My account got hacked by spammers.  To make a long story short I was finally able to re-set my password and get into my e-mail. One of my nice spammer friends tried to send a virus infected website to about 11 of my contacts, it sent a red flag to google and closed down my blog. I have been trying to figure out a solution for the last 4 hours. Finally, google sent me an e-mail to my backup account so I could re-set my password.  I found the culprit once I opened my e-mail!  I have a message to all of you spammers out there:  Get a real job and leave all of us honest people alone!  I must say I was mad at google at first but completely understand why they had to do it.  The spammers were sending harmful messages to my followers.  I am glad they never made it out of my mailbox.

Lessons I have learned today:
1). Change your passwords regularly
2). Backup your blog regularly (thankfully I backed mine up a few weeks ago)
3). Spammers SUCK! (pardon my bluntness)

I would like to send a HUGE thank you to my friend Debbie for noticing that my blog was gone and for her moral support.  Debbie is a true blogger friend and a great host. Go check out her last post, she brings up some really great topics.  I promise to never leave blogland on purpose without saying goodbye!