Lots of Bracelets

Thanks to my arthritis I have trouble some mornings working the clasps of the bracelets I wear to remind me which hand is weaker that day (see what people with arthritis do as hacks?), so I decided to invest in some with elastic that just slip on. I found this lot at ShopGoodwill.com. I have one jasper beaded bracelet just like the beaded ones that I like a lot. I bid on them for the minimum and won the lot with no challengers.

Here's the bundle when it arrived; let's see how they look.

Nicer in person, really, with nice quality semi-precious stone beads. I've bought bracelets like these for myself and my favorite person, and they run about $5 to $10 each. This lot of ten cost me $14.99, which works out to $1.49 each. Very good deal.

Image credit: the first pic in this post came from the auction listing at ShopGoodwill.com.

Comments

Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

The Mercantile

If you don't mind walking 33K square feet in retail space, The Mercantile may be the vintage/arts store you'd enjoy visiting if you're ever in Orlando. I certainly did. Because it was busy I didn't take any photos in the store, but it's absolutely amazing and chock full of antiques and artisan creations, most of which were pretty reasonably priced. For $21.00 I invested in a picture of sailboats for the guest bathroom I'm redoing, and a fairy mystery jar of cool stuff. The jaw was hand-painted and decorated, and utterly charming. I think I wanted the jar more than the contents. As you can see the contents were both generous and pretty cool, too. I finally have some vintage gloves to use for my art quilter bingo challenge!

Rayen

Search This Blog