Come with me on a tour of Goodwill of Central Arizona’s newest store, Redesign.
When it comes to Redesign, you’ll have to look real close to see what’s new and gently used.
Redesign
8679 W Ludlow Dr, Peoria, AZ,
On this particular visit, which brings me to my hostess gift, I found 3 mini fur stoles, in various sizes, all for less than $5, total. The Pottery Barn stoles immediately came to mind when I found them, now I just needed to find the broaches.
I collect vintage broaches and many in my collection have come from Goodwill of Central Arizona, ranging in price from .99 – 3.99. On that same visit in Johnstown, I found more 4 broaches for .99 each.
I couldn’t wait to come home from my trip to see how everything was going to come together. The fur was a perfect fit around the wine bottle but I could’ve easily trimmed it if necessary. I simply wrapped it around the bottle and pinned it with a vintage broach. No cutting, no glueing, no sewing.
I’m going create 3 more hostess gifts with my purchases from Goodwill for around $2.25, which leaves me money to spend on some good wine for my friends.
Here’s to Goodwill finds and retail inspiration,
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill shopping list:
Faux fur fabric: 4 pieces for $5
Broaches: .99 – $3.99
Today my Goodwill tour continues in Fresno, Ca at Goodwill of San Joaquin Valley.
Today I’m sharing my love for flannel on Goodwill Denver’s blog, Thrifting Denver. Stop in and say hi.
The Goodwill Gal
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Have you priced ornaments lately? Some of them are simply outrageous!
This year for Christmas I wanted a themed tree, namely Animal Print, and after seeing the price of leopard print ornaments I had to come up with an affordable way to get the tree that I wanted.
I shopped Goodwill for plain gold, black and gray ornaments then using a small paintbrush and brown and black paint, I simply painted leopard spots and zebra stripes to the ornaments. Next, using a spray adhesive, I covered them each in glitter. I’m no artist and this came out great. I was literally a few swipes of the brush and I was done.
While shopping Goodwill for ornaments, I found gold garland, gold snowflakes, gold berries and leaves, a gold star topper and also some brown corduroy ribbon. Even the tree is from Goodwill! Finally, to add a little bit of my own bit of style to the tree, I made a bow out of one of my leopard print scarves from Goodwill and finished it all off with gold lamé napkins on top a fur throw as the base.
This tree is dressed in Goodwill from head to toe and it was easy to put together with all of the decor options at Goodwill. And, let’s not forget VERY affordable!
I hope this inspires you to decorate your Christmas tree with a bit of flare!
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill Shopping List:
Christmas tree: $4.99
Ornaments: .99 – $1.99
Garland: .99
Ribbon: .99
Snowflakes: .69
Scarf: $1.99
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Last year I jazzed up these two burlap Christmas stockings from Goodwill with some floral lapel pins. They were the perfect addition to my glitz and glamour winter decor theme.
This year, my winter/holiday decor theme is rustic and simple. The burlap fabric made it very easy to incorporate them both into my decor.
I have an old window screen from my childhood home hanging in a small hallway downstairs. Throughout the year I clip old photos, kid’s artwork, and fall leaves to it. Pretty much whatever I can get my hands on. This season it is providing the perfect backdrop for my Goodwill finds. I filled the two stockings with some faux berries and that’s it. Rustic and simple.
I always love to make new changes to old decor, It’s a nice way to change things up without spending a lot of money. Do you find new ways to use your decorations year after year?
’till next time,
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill shopping list:
Two burlap Christmas stockings, new in package: $1.99 for 2
The fireplace in my family room is decorated for winter. ha ha, winter. It’s Phoenix. Here’s my winter fireplace, just pretend I live in Colorado.
The inspiration for the rustic winter theme was the tree from Goodwill. Last year I used the tree outside but this year, because I can never use the same thing in the same location twice, I brought it over to the fireplace.
Recently, I happened upon the moose at Goodwill and thought it would go perfectly with my theme and the lone tree sitting at the fireplace waiting for inspiration to strike. They were both great finds from Goodwill of Central Arizona.
Next, I turned to things I had in my home. A galvanized bucket, an old window frame and a small throw, that once belonged to my grandmother, were all things I had from my mom’s home in Colorado. Throw in a live wreath, some logs and pinecones and my fireplace is perfect. Perfect. for a home in colder weather.
There’s my fireplace and here’s to your (winter) day, no matter what the weather!
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill shopping list:
Faux pine tree: $4.99
Metal moose: 4.99
Last year the holiday decor in my family room/kitchen was all about sparkle and shine. This year, I’m scaling back and going with rustic and simple. Well, there might be a bit of shine in some of the decor, especially in the living room, I just can’t help myself, but in the main living space, it’s all about simplicity.
Here’s what I did to keep things nice and simple on my kitchen table.
When I purchased a this cozy blanket from Goodwill in September, I was craving some comfy fall weather. The blanket hasn’t gotten much use since the temps in Phoenix have been extremely mild so I decided to get good use out of it as a table cloth. Then I added this wooden toolbox from Goodwill. When I purchased it, it was just a raw wood. I painted it with one of my favorite paints to use, galvanized spray paint, it sprays and adheres on to pieces nice and smooth.
After Thanksgiving every year, I stop at my local home improvement store where they have tree clippings in a cart ready to toss out. Because I use artificial Christmas trees and have no extra tree branches, I bring the clippings home to use in my decorating. They smell great and best of all, they’re free! This time I placed the greens at the bottom of the toolbox then nestled 3 Mason jars into the box. Next, I filled the jars with ice cream salt and added three battery operated votives in each jar. I like to use this type of salt for my winter decorating because it has big crystals, which look like ice, and it’s inexpensive. To complete the rustic, outdoorsy feel of the centerpiece, I added some mini trees from Goodwill, which were already wrapped in burlap, to each end of the display.
This centerpiece was easy to put together and shopping at Goodwill made it affordable for me to change some of my decor to the rustic and simple look I was going for. Now, if I could just keep my holiday schedule simple, I’d be very happy gal!
Have a wonderful day,
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill shopping list:
Wooden toolbox: $3.99
Cozy blanket: $5.99
Mason jars: .99 each
Mini tree: 2 trees per bag at 1.99 each, $3.98
Total: $16.93
Savings with my Goodwill of Central Arizona coupon: $3.38
Grand Total: $13.54
This year, in My House of Goodwill, I’m keeping the holiday decor rustic and simple. These galvanized buckets from Goodwill are exactly what I needed to help me create that look of simplicity. I simply placed three small trees in the buckets to create a nice little trio of green. What could be easier than that?
Do you have a theme for your holiday decor this season? I’ll call mine, rustic, simple and inexpensive.
Happy day to you,
The Goodwill Gal
My Goodwill shopping list:
2 small galvanized buckets: .99 each
1 medium buckets: $1.99