Life lately

Seeing old friends! My old high school friend Jackie was in town from Texas and I got to meet her adorable (and feisty) daughter Athena.

My dad had his birthday! Fifty years old! We celebrated accordingly ;)

 Lately I've been obsessed with embroidery! You probably noticed if you have seen what I've been pinning on Pinterest. The sweet elephant inspiration came from a t-shirt I saw at a local kids store. So, I took a pic, drew my own design, and got to work! It's been a really fun project.

 The trailer park on the "other side of the fence" at our apartment complex had a brush fire, resulting in a smoky yard, lots of fire trucks, and a melted fence. It brought a little bit of excitement to our day, to say the least!

Recent thrift finds! I plan on painting the cameo portraits a pretty color. No, we didn't get the couch, but I thought it was kind of pretty. 

 I got a smart phone recently (woot! I'm excited!) and I have been having fun with Instagram (@kellyasb86) lately. Poor Kyle was a guinea pig while washing the car.

Today we went to the Boise Farmers Market for the first time this year! Last summer it was a weekly tradition to go. Now that we don't live in downtown anymore we haven't made it out at all.

I guess we've missed a lot. There's some sort of project called "Stay Weird Boise". And I don't know what is going on! These yarn-bombed bikes were on the lower end of the weird-scale. The market was FULL of bikers who had dressed up in crazy attire, along with their bikes.

Haha, I've only seen these guys in San Francisco. Funny to see it here, too! 

 Cool things from the market.

Down an alley way, there were SO MANY surfaces painted! I think it's part of the weird project? They were so fun to look at; there are a lot of talented artists around Boise! 

And a nice, normal picture of the Capitol building. 

Thrifted chairs

Last Saturday the husband and I decided to check out a (HUGE) Goodwill that we'd driven past a few weeks back. I found a couple cute scrub tops for work and this lamp to satisfy my milk glass collection. I plan on sprucing it up a bit so don't be alarmed by the ugliness ;)

$3.00

We also went to our trusty D.I., which never fails to impress us. Hubby just couldn't resist buying a "Village People" album (with YMCA included, of course) and a handmade wooden scroll case.

$1.00 and $0.75

Aaaaaaand....new dining room chairs! Our current chairs came with our antique table in a set. They were bought at a garage sale in my parent's neighborhood for $40! Not bad for a newlywed couple's wallet. However, the chairs have been super uncomfortable from day one. Legs going numb? Check. Butt super sore? Check. We've been on the hunt for a while and when we saw these chairs I swear heaven opened up and Hallelujah choruses were heard. No, not really, but you get the idea ;) But its exactly what we needed! And they're SUPER cozy! The downside: they are SUPER UGLY chairs! That makes us on the hunt for chair covers now. Anybody know a good place to get some cute (cheap) chair covers?

$15.00 each for 4 chairs

Of course a thrift trip wouldn't be complete without some hideous wall decoration:

Maybe they should have stopped at the fringe?

And no, we did not buy this hideous wall decoration.


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Recent thrift finds

I have a small collection of wall decor piling up in my box :) 

Wall decor just makes me happy!

Several weeks ago Kyle and I hit up Idaho's largest garage sale. Overall I thought it was worth it. I didn't leave with much, except a full belly from a yummy slushy and a little serving dish/platter that I plan to hang on the wall. 

25 cents! yep, that's all. 

Later that day we decided to go to a favorite thrift store of ours, which ended up being a more successful trip than the garage sale. 

This hanging, "Bless Our Home," almost made me squeal in the middle of the DI :). I saw this sign here on a blog that I regularly read [check above the stove in the pics]. I fell in love with the sign. Lo and behold, months later I'd find it at my local thrift store! Score! 

$2.00

 Framed embroidery. Now, I don't know what caused it, but I have really fallen head over heels for embroidered pictures. I'm not sure where to hang them. Do I add them to my gallery wall? Or do something different? Any suggestions? :)

$1.00 for both

Ok, now THIS is something cool I found the same day as the couch incident. It almost made up for not getting the couch! (well, almost). Embroidered antique cars! I thought of my dad as soon as I saw them. My dad grew up loving antique cars and even built up his own business around them. I think they'd be perfect in a little boy's room.

$1.75 for both! 

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Thrifty finds: weird edition

So, an apology to those ahead of time who really like what I'm about to show you.
Let me preface myself. I loooove going to thrift stores!
Not only do I love finding random treasures and things from way back in the day but I love to laugh at all the random crap I see!
Some of the random crap is pretty terrible. Here are a few pictures I encountered a month ago:

Space dolphins!

Umm...

This was something we saw today in the record section. I can't remember the band name.
Maybe I was too distracted by the awesome styling and the amount of chest hair showing.

DEEP v-necks...

The couch that wasn't

Everyone please cry with me right now...

Amazing orange leather couch

We saw this beauty soon after we entered a local thrift store and immediately ran toward it.

It already had a SOLD sticker on it.

NOOOOOO!!!!

:::shakes fist angrily at early-bird customer::: 

For so long we have searched for an affordable, but cute, couch for our living room. A colored one was a MAJOR plus! Like many of you, I am a Pinterest-obsessed person. All over Pinterest I have encountered the most ADORABLE couches! Yellow, red, blue. Covered in pillows. I want a colorful couch. And the Amazing Orange Leather Couch was gonna be the one...until I saw the evil SOLD sticker on it :(

Other than that, we are doing good :P 

Hope ya'll are having a nice weekend!