$5 Thrifty Thursday: Acid wash love

01/26/2012

Here's a Thrifty Thursday find I haven't taken off since finding it last week. Judge alllll you want, but I'm in LOVE with this acid wash jacket. I've been loving the resurgence of the denim jacket--it's probably my 90s childhood calling my name. I knew I wasn't going to buy an expensive new one because there are plenty, and I mean PLENTY, of perfectly glorious denim jackets to be found at the thrift store.

This particular beauty was $2. It was half off day at Savers, and I kind of went crazy. I have no shame. Also, here's a pro tip for you. If you sign up for the Super Savers club, you can shop half off sales a day early. Yeah baby!

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Paired with this delicious 90s floral print dress from ModCloth, I felt like I was going to head to my BFF's house for a night of 90210 and the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Would it be ok if I wish that really happened? I do.

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jacket: thrifted // dress: modcloth // shoes: Naomi c/o Blowfish // earrings: forever 21

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PS--since when was there rain in January? So weird. Also, my shoes were completely filled with water after that jump. WORTH IT!

Elsewhere on the thrifting block, Leah from Superstition Vintage found these three $5 finds:

Wildly jealous of those moccs! Did you find something awesome out and about on your thrifting excursions this week? Was it $5 or under and you’re dying to shout it from a mountain top? Send it over to amymorby(at)gmail(dot)com, and I’ll feature you here on another edition of $5 Thrifty Thursday!

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Chalkboard Mug Restyle

01/25/2012

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Here's a quick little DIY/restyle that took me all of 15 minutes. I had these plain jane mugs we got for our wedding almost 4 years ago, and I was feeling pretty over them. Or at least I felt like they needed to match everything else in my house and be a little more tacky and kitschy. Thus, this restyle.

All you need is some ugly mugs, some chalkboard paint, and a brush.

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I just freestyled my designs, but you could most definitely make stencils. The circle wasn't too bad to make--I just put my brush in the center and kind of swirled it like a protractor. Not perfect, but good enough for me!

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I let my first coat dry for an hour and then applied a second coat. After drying overnight, they were ready to write on and already infinitely cooler than they were before.

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Sometimes everyone needs a good old-fashioned YEAH BABY! first thing in the morning with your hot chocolate. It makes the Wednesday morning blues that much easier. Enjoy your chalkboard mugs!

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Win a pair of Tumbleweeds sunglasses!

01/24/2012

Boy, oh boy, do I have a fantastic giveaway for you today! As I'm sure you all know, Tumbleweeds has THE coolest sunglasses possibly ever. They're handmade, they're gorgeous, and today they are very generously offering up a pair of their gorgeous cat-eye sunglasses!

I got a pair of my own recently and had some prescription lenses put in them. I barely got them back today, and I am pretty much never taking them off. You couldn't even pay me to do it. No way no how. I also know that they've been putting some spectacular new spring styles up in the shop, so you most definitely should check them out!

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HOW TO WIN:

1. (MANDATORY ENTRY) Follow my blog and visit the Tumbleweeds shop and let me know what item in the shop you like best!

BONUS ENTRIES:

2. Follow the Tumbleweeds blog. Beca's a babe! You'll love her.

3. Follow Tumbleweeds on Twitter.

4. Tweet about the giveaway using this tweet: "Win a glorious pair of @tumbleweedsshop cat-eye sunglasses on @amorby's blog! http://bit.ly/xXWJoR"

Giveaway ends at midnight on February 2 with the winner announced February 3. GOOD LUCK!



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