Pink Lemonade

A few days ago I went HomeSense and found a set of 6 milk bottles. When I  first saw them, I thought they were the cutest little things and I just had to buy them. Ever since I bought them, I have been dying to try them out, so I decided that today I would fill one up with some pink lemonade. I'm thinking that in the near future I will make some strawberry and banana smoothies, so I can drink it out of a cute little milk bottle on a hot summer day (I'm craving one just thinking about it!!) I'm also on the hunt for some cute paper straws like these ones and then my little milk bottles will be complete!

Milk Bottles: Circleware from Homesense

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A Day of Thrifting

So many chairs!! 

Vinyls...♡

The beautiful and large selection of jars. A D.I.Y dream.

Fell in love with this chair.

(a up-close of the  above chair 's pattern, which I absolutely loved!!)

Love this orange and yellow chair as well. Very 70s.

Some old sewing machines (in their boxes.)

Made a new friend at the shops. This is Louis. Not going to lie, I spent a good amount of time playing with this little fellow.

Yesterday I went on a little adventure to the local thrift shops downtown. I had a peak in each of them and I was able to find some pretty cool items.

The first two items that I got were some really cool old glass jars. They had glass lids with the labels punched into them. I thought they were so pretty, and so bought 2 of them. When I purchased them, I was intending to paint them, tinting them a nice mint green or orange, but I'm starting think other wise. I feel they are far too old to use for a D.I .Y craft. I think for now I'm going to leave them the way they are, as they are far too pretty already and I'm worried I'll ruin them. I think I will just have to make another trip back to the shops and buy a few more jars that I wouldn't mind painting.

The next piece I got was a plan white mug, as I'm planning on drawing on it with sharpies (another D.I.Y craft.) Right now I'm thinking I might draw a cute little lil Bub face on it, as I am sort of obsessed with lil Bub, as I'm sure many others are. She is honestly the cutest little cat. I hope that if I draw her on my mug and can do her cute little face justice.

The last item I picked up was an old photograph of a man with a long suit jacket on, a top hat and cane tucked under his arm. I thought it was such a lovely photo, and although it may seem a little creepy to have this random man's photo, I still had to buy it. I just thought it looked so cool and since I'm super into photography myself, I thought it might not be too creepy. haa. I'm still not really sure what I'll do with it yet, but I'll figure out a way to put it to good use.

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Etsy Obsessed

So if you haven't already guessed by obvious title choice, I have officially become obsessed with an online shop named Esty. If you still happen to be in the dark about this little beauty, let me tell you few things before we continue.

Etsy is a website that allows people to get creative and make some money in the process. On the Etsy community you can find a variety of handmade and even vintage items (eep). If you're anything like me you are already drooling at the words vintage. Basically, you can find anything from photography, to clothing, to food, to beauty products, to toys; anything you want somebody is bound to be selling. So if you haven't already checked out Etsy before, I encourage you to go create an account, make a few dollars or just add some things to your favourites to buy later. Currently, I only have account to favourite, browse and buy, but I am considering creating a shop very soon...I do have a few ideas up my sleeve.

Also, (side note) but check out the awesome work space the Etsy staff get to work in. How cool would it be to work at the Etsy headquarters?

A total 512 items, and I want to buy them all! ugh. Here's to saving up and supporting some cool artists.

Some of my favs. A bit of a theme here...mint and pink...

I think Etsy is such a great idea for artists to be able to share their work with such a wide audience. It really is such a great opportunity for people and I'm so glad it has taken off. Hopefully some time soon I can open up my own shop and start sharing some of my creativity. I really enjoy browsing Etsy and I just felt the need to share it and spread the word.

Go check out at Etsy at https://www.etsy.com, and feel free to follow me on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/ca/people/Elou2?ref=hdr. 

What are your thoughts on Etsy? Let me know in the comments! 

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Thrift Shop

I've been an avid "thrift-er" since I was pretty young. Me and my mom use to go to the local second-hand shops quite frequently and I was always there to complain that it smelled like an old basement. At the time I didn't really get why my mom enjoyed it. I didn't get the point of buying somebody's old "junk".

As the years went on we continued to shop at thrift stores and I stared to understand. It started to become fun. I enjoyed looking through the random assortment of objects and clothing. I wanted to know the stories of them all, I wanted to understand them. I wanted to know why people would just throw their things away that they loved so much, for so many years.

As I became more comfortable with the whole idea of second-hand shops, my mom started buying me clothes. They were new to me, so I was always thrilled to get home, wash it and wear it to school the next day. I thought it was awesome that I could get a "new" shirt for a $1. It really didn't get any better than that for 10 year old me. Of course I didn't buy all my clothes second-hand, but I did get a good amount.

I still go thrifting, and even with my mom sometimes. I enjoy going. Some of my favourite things were thrifted, in fact I get quite a few compliments on some of them. It's nice to know that I don't always have to spend tons of money on clothes to still look nice, plus the fun of thrifting is to find that one treasured piece that is still so wonderful in all it's glory. I guess we'll just say thrifting is in my blood. I'll never stop. (I can't stop ♪ We can't stop ♫ ... please don't laugh at my horrible references...I know it's cheese, but I couldn't help it!)

What your thoughts on thrifting? I'd love to know!  

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