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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Thrift store Thursday – The mason motherload

After morning mass I decided to have a little trip to the thrift store, after all it is Thursday.  The first one was a bust.  Luckily, 4 minutes down the road is another and boy did I have a good treasure hunt today!

 I found a bag of 100% wool tapestry yarn.  It feels the same thickness of a worsted weight yarn to me and it is very soft.  I am sure that is it probably old but did not smell at all.
 and the labels say it is “moth proof”. Anybody know what process yarn is put through to make it moth proof? Anyhoo, I could not pass it up for $1.99.

 these salt shakers were too cute to pass up.  They go perfectly with our “drinking glasses”.  These were .40 cents a piece and worth every penny.

 I think this is my favorite find of the day. It is a vintage Ball jar with a metal lid that just kind of pops on and off, it does not screw on but will be perfect to carry around a little snack for Livie when we are out and about and the magic price was .99 cents.

 I think this glass canteen may get Poppa to stop buying all the stoopid little water bottles that I am always finding.  If not then it will be mine!  I boiled it just in case but it seemed to not have been used since the lid under still had the cardboard padding, price $1.

 I should not have taken these pictures of my finds on our black piano, it makes my house seem dark!  Sorry…

 and this beauty would be my favorite but I already have a few and have never seen the little ball jar I said was my favorite so, yeah, that little jar is still my favorite but you can never have too many of these gorgeous vintage Mason Ball jars and this one has the original glass lid…swoon!

 and the best part was the price… Woa baby.  This jar would sell for about $20 at a vintage store.

 and I was shocked to find all in the same store, these vintage Ball freezer jam cups.  The ones that Ball makes now are plastic.  Getting the price stickers that have been on these forever off was not easy but they all came off.  These little cups will be awesome for making yogurt, that way the kids just have to pull out a yogurt and eat it, no mess.

 it was so funny, I paid less for them than what they cost twenty years ago.

 they all got a good scrub and are ready to make some yogurt, or what ever else I can come up with.

Have you gone thrifting lately , what did you find?

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A cowl in October

I’m playing along with the Yarn Along over at Small Things this week.  I am starting on Christmas presents and this is the first. I won’t say who it is for but this is such a yummy wool yarn.  The colors are all washed out for some reason and tomorrow when Alex gets back I will get her to fix it but in the meantime here it is.

This is a cross between a cowl and a scarf but I am sticking with calling it a cowl. It can be worn a few different ways but for some reason I did not take those pictures.  I love the leather button on it, I have been saving it for a few years and this was the perfect project to put it on.

Do you knit or crochet?  Click on the link in the first paragraph and play along with Ginny from Small Things. If you don’t do either I am starting a craft-along (inspired by Ginny’s Yarn-along), more info on that tomorrow.

Right now my crochet basket is full of projects and if you want to do the cowl, shoot me an email and I will send you my pattern (er…right now it is just scribble scrabble but I will type it up and get it to you : )

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