Thrift Store Junkies Has Moved to a New Blog at LilacsNDreams

Hello to all who have landed on this page of my LilacsNDreams Blog. Glad to see you, and have this message finding all of you too. 

Due to circumstances that had happened on Monday, May 7th I was locked out of my blog here, and all of it's pages too. So, without waiting to see the outcome...which is at least a 7 business day wait....no guarantees....I started a NEW BLOG right away. Yes, it is still called LilacsNDreams, and all of the pages have been added to it as well. In fact, when you click on the tabs above to go to pages here....you should be landing onto my New LilacsNDreams Blog. IF not, well, here are the addys for you to use to get there, ok? Just click on LilacsNDreams  OR  you can also click on the new addy of LilacsNDreams2.blogspot.com.

Thanks so much for understanding, and bearing with me during this very trying time. Hope you all find me safe, and sound, and wishing you a most wonderful day!:)

 

Happy Valentines Day From Thrift Store Junkies

Happy Valentines Day From Thrift Store Junkies everyone! Wishing you all a super day, wonderful evening. Have fun, enjoy, and please be safe everyone. Take care from Thrift Store Junkies:)

Happy Thrifting and Junking Everyone

Happy Thrifting and Junking Everyone, and Welcome to Thrift Store Junkies Page. Always happy to see you, and have you drop by. Sorry, I have not quite completed my list of goals for the beginning of the year. My main issue was to find a schedule that works for me to do my blogging with, research topics for my main blog page, and get a schedule going that I can accomplish these things in a timely fashion. I know with spring, and summer time it is a bit harder to keep with it due to we have to go Thrifting!! But, I already have a solution to that, and it is in the workings:)

We haven't really had snow here, way different winter, and I am not complaining. Generally during the winter is when I myself slow down on thrifting a little bit because of the weather. This year the reason has been due to house remodeling being done....never know when contractors will be here to work. And, another reason for me has been to remove some of my inventory, and if not removing pieces trying to repurpose some of them into something useful for the homes that I can offer to you. 

Right now I have dried glue on my finger tips. Trying to glue some lace to some of these adorable little saucer plates. Such a yummy blue, and pink, and I happen to have a blue lace that blends really well with the blue in the rim of these saucers. Just takes time as you have to hold the lace in place for a bit for it to actually take, or want to stick and hold. I was happy to find some lace with my inventory....since everything is everywhere in the house with making room for work being done. Now, if I could only find them darling little blue tied ribbons I know I have I would really be set. Hmmm...have some ideas, and will have to get to the containers to open them, and investigate. 

I have a black cloche stand I have been working on. The mod podge sealer got kind of heavy on it, and make a few bubbles that I am not happy with. So, in order to cover some of that a bit, but still make the stand look good I have been working with some music paper, and then found a white ribbon I think will work with it too. I also have a white base glass cloche that is drying with some music paper in the center of it, and this afternoon will spray a light coat of mod podge sealer on it, and I think call that one done too. I am getting anxious for some of these pieces to be completed, and to get them listed for others to see, and purchase too. I will show some pics when I get to this point for ya'll.


Well, I suppose, I have taken a long enough break, and I can peel the glue from my finger tips now...LOL:). So, that means back to work on things. Hope ya'll are having a sweet day, and a Happy Hump Day to all! Thanks for visiting with Thrift Store Junkies Page. Take care, and see ya'll again soon. Toodles.....

Closing of Picnik Photo Editing and Petition to Stop

Closing of Picnik Photo Editing and Petition to Stop This!

Hello, and Welcome to Thrift Store Junkies page to this main blog. Glad to have you visit, stopping by, and taking a peak with me. Remember to please say Hi so that I can come visit with you too. 

Who do you use for your photo editing programs? There are some great ones out there. For me, many of them are complicating, and there are sooo many steps you have to do to have something simple done for others to see. That is why I like using Picnik. I don't have to sign in, go into use whenever I want, easy to use, no hassles, for free quite a few nice little tools to use, for premium fees you of course would have more tools, and is just a great place to use! Well, in my email I received they have announced their closing of April 19, 2012. They are refunding money back to everyone for premium fees. Even if you have gone all year, have one day left to use, they are refunding you in full. See, great place! At same time you are also being referred to using Google Plus for your photo editing which I can only assume means using their picasa albums they have. Sad because this is not as good as what picnik is for doing editing. Many photographers also use Picnik, and have been pleased with their services. 

I enjoy Google Plus, and have liked it. But, for social networking I am enjoying it. Not for photo editing, and for that reason feels like the Google Plus is being pushed at you with this issue too. Below you will find a copy of the email I received. Please, read it, and then follow the links to where you can also sign a petition to try to stop this procedure too. Would be great if you would do it, and if you do so...I thank you kindly for this too. Thanks so much for visiting with Thrift Store Junkies page today to this main blog. Enjoy having you, sharing with you, and look forward to seeing you again. Take care everyone, and see you again soon!

	Official Announcement: Picnik is closing Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012. Your photos liberated Amazing photos are created in Picnik, so we have launched a new feature, Picnik Takeout, that easily downloads your photos to your desktop in convenient zip files. You may also elect to copy your photos to Google+ where you can store and share your creations. You may request your photos at any time and use this handy tool as many times as you like until our closing date of April 19, 2012. Learn more. Premium Refunds To our primo Picnik Premium members, we'll begin processing a full refund of your current membership fee within a week of this announcement. By "in full" we mean the whole darn thing. Yep, this means even if you are on your very last day of an annual membership, we will refund you the entire $24.95. Just because we want to say thanks. Now the Good News - Free Premium for ALL! To express our gratitude for your support over the past 5 years, Picnik Premium is free for everyone! Use Picnik in all of its premium glory, for free, from now until our actual closing day. Touch-up, Textures, Advanced, and more are all free for you to use! We have been incredibly proud of building a product that is used and beloved by so many of you. We continue to be amazed and humbled by the photos you create and we are immensely grateful for all of your support, creativity, and passion. We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl. Please visit the Help Hub for more information on our wind down, and check the Picnik blog for updated information on our April closure. It's been awesome, Team Picnik
	© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 You've received this mandatory service announcement email to update you about important changes to your Picnik account.

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Welcome Thrift Store Junkies Crafters Handmades Repurposed Upcycled Creators

Welcome Thrift Store Junkies Crafters Handmades Repurposed Upcycled Creators. Glad to have you stop by, and visit with Thrift Store Junkies. Always happy to see you visit. 

Well, winter time, and things are usually a bit slower. The weather has been great here, love it, different kind of winter, and it sure would have been super to get out and do some thrifting too. But, my problem is there is no where to put anything right now. We still have contractors, and a plumber coming in and out of the house, doesn't help to clean because everything gets dusty, I have most of my craft stuff in boxes and containers piled in the dining room, boxes in our bedroom, different pieces of glass and plates sitting on a coffee table covered to help protect from some of this dust here, and so on. They have moved location on what they are working on upstairs, so we had to make room for them.

I do hope everyone has been able to get out, and do some thrifting yourselves. Can never do enough of it, and I sooo miss treasure hunting right now, and digging for things too. Soon the weather will be even warmer, spring, and I can really kick my feet to go looking. Can't wait. 

I do thank you for visiting this page with me. Make sure to say Hi so I know you were here, and I can come visit with you too. When you get a chance, visit with some of my other pages on my blog. Would love to have you see everything, and remember....say Hi so I can visit with you too. Have a great weekend everyone!:) See you again soon.

 

Happy Holidays and New Year Bloggers Blogland Website Visitors

Happy Holidays and New Year Bloggers Blogland Website Visitors.

Welcome to Thrift Store Junkies page of LilacsNDreams! Always happy to have you stop by for a visit. Beautiful weather here, and loving it too! Wonderful Christmas Day, and I do hope it was the same for all of you too. Got to eat a little bit, share some time with family, friends, and acquaintenances. Maybe made some new friends on this day too. I hope that is was a great day for all of you reading this. 

Here it is the New Year...almost. In just a few more days. What are your New Year Resolutions? Anything big? I know some do not like to make a list as it can also be depressing, or upsetting when things are not completed in full. I myself usually do a mental list of things. Nothing big, nothing I cannot handle, and if I can complete it before the end of the year...I then will add another 1-2 things to it to keep me busy, and pushing me along.

I am sooo wanting to go thrifting, and junking! Especially after the first of the year. Some will be cleaning out things in their homes to make room for something else they got in place of it. The temptations are there for me to go shopping, but still have some inventory reductions to work with here at home. And....looks like we might be moving too! So, I have to watch what I am doing, but know that in the new area, new state that I will be able to find more treasures, and different pieces too. I look forward to visiting the BIG flea market that takes place on the 1st weekend of every month too. 

I wish all of you a Happy New Year! May it be all you plan it to be, wish it to be, many great sales for the sellers, and many found treasures for those treasure hunters too! Thanks for visiting, and take care everyone. See you again soon. Have fun, enjoy, and be safe with all the festivities this weekend too!

 

Merry Christmas Thrift Store Junkies Bloggers Website Visitors

Merry Christmas Thrift Store Junkies, Bloggers, Website Visitors!

Welcome to my Thrift Store Junkies page everyone. Glad to have you visit with us this! It's Christmas time, and things generally slow down just a bit with all the travels, shopping, food preparations, wrapping of gifts, and so on. I wanted to take this time to come by here, and wish you all well, and wishes for a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy this special holiday, have fun, and be safe all. 
                 
               MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Thrift Store Junkies Buying Selling Sharing

Hello fellow Thrift Store Junkies, and Welcome to my Blog! Happy to see you drop by. Hope everyone is having a fabulous holiday season so far. 

So, has anyone been doing any thrifting lately? I have noticed, and have seen others comment about the same thing too....More people are thrifting this year for the holidays. Whether it is for gift giving, finding things to restyle with, repurpose, upcycle, and etc. More have been shopping with Thrift Stores, and the Second Hand Stores. Not a thing wrong with it! I LOVE it, and enjoy doing it myself too. But, unfortunately, I have not had much time at all to do any of that. So sorry as I really enjoy showing things here that I have found when thrifting. 

After the holidays people will be cleaning out their homes again making room for the new they have gotten. I myself will enjoy doing some leisurely thrifting too. 

Thanks again for visiting with Thrift Store Junkies, and I have enjoyed your stopping by. Don't forget to say Hi so I know you were here, and never be afraid to share something here as well. Take care, and see you again soon. 

Thrift Store Junkies Wishes Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone

Thrift Store Junkies Wishes a Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

Enjoy the day, enjoy the food and company, have fun, and most of all....be safe everyone! Wishing you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Good Morning Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies blog! Glad to have you here, and hope all are doing well. 

Here it is another weekend, and where is the time going for us all? Today is going to be really hot, and humid, and not really in the mood for roaming around too much. I do have a friend who is going to the farmer's market to see all the crafts people are making, and offering. She is not sure if she will get any junking, or thrifting in today, but if I know her....she will try to do some if she can:)

I seen a couple of garage sales when out of town Friday, but they did not really look promising. So, I did not stop. Darn! By myself, and in the mood to do some thrifting, and looking. Oh well, maybe this next week it will happen as I will be that way again mid week, to end of week. Gotta be in the right mood to go looking too:)

Hope this finds everyone doing well, and staying cool with the heat wave we are getting here. It's gonna be a wonderful weekend, and I hope everyone is able to get some thrifting, and junking done too! Take care everyone, and stop again. Always welcome to visit, leave a comment, and share with us too:)

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies

Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies! So happy to see you visit, drop by, and do hope you enjoy what I have started. 

I apologize for any inconvenience this process has been, but I have been working on my blog, making changes, and of course adding these extra pages for others to visit with interest. I am hoping to simplify things a bit for everyone, and try to spread some of it out onto other pages as I have been doing. I had all My Blog Pages to Visit on the right side bar, which I had also notified others about. As of today, trying to keep clutter away from the side bar, I have added my pages to the top with the tabs you are seeing. 

I am rather enjoying this more than my website I have been working on too. With my blog I can have all these pages I am working on. Also, I like to leave things open a bit that everyone is welcome to comment, share with us, and so on. That I am able to do with the blog pages I am setting up as well.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience to everyone during this process of adding, removing, rearranging, and organizing. Thank you for understanding, and being patient with me. Thanks for visiting LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies page! Take care everyone, and happy junking!:)

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies Blog Page

Good Morning, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Thrift Store Junkies Blog Page! Happy to see you here, and glad you stopped to visit. I have been adding a note to all of my blog pages about on the right hand side of the page. There you will find My Blog Pages to Visit. They are clickable, and these are pages I have made for my blog as well too. Due to circumstances of what blogger offers with their 10 pages, they are static pages, I could only do 1 post, and I wanted to share more than that. I wanted to be able to allow everyone to comment, and share with each listing as well too. So, like many other bloggers I set out to find a way to make more pages that work for me, and is easy for everyone to navigate too. 

Whew! That was a lot that came out all at once! LOL:) So, when you get a chance, visit the pages I have made so far. I hope this is a little easier for everyone. I hate shoving everything all into one page all the time. It gets to lengthy, can become boring, and hopefully this way will help all of us a bit too.

Well, time for me to get to bed, and get a little bit of sleep. I shall be back checking on things later. Hope everyone enjoys their visit, and enjoys the pages I have made for my blog so far. Take care my blogging friends, and hope to see you again. 

 

Thrift Store Junkies Blog Page for LilacsNDreams

Welcome to Thrift Store Junkies Blog Page for LilacsNDreams!

Hope ya'll had a good weekend, and were able to get some things done, and really enjoyed your time. So, how was it? Did anyone get a chance to go thrifting, yard sales, any digging, and so on? Am anxious to hear. I had plans for the weekend, and what I was wanting to do. Of course, why plan anything when daughter always calls at last minute for you to babysit. Rather, her and hubby need a weekend away, could we watch baby girl. Hmm...must be nice to get away, and rely on parents to do things for you to make it happen, huh? 

Sorry, just being a bit sarcastic, and still not happy about it as it has been ongoing all week with them, babysitting, having car troubles so running them here and there, her hubby taking off for day after work when tire was needed for her car, then....hubby out of town having issues with tires cut on his truck, and we come get him, and so on, and so on. Nothing like a soap opera, right?

So, there was my weekend gone, not able to go to the holiday flea market they have at the lakes...I sooo wanted to go digging at that! Things happen for a reason they say....hope there was a good one for it this time:) I do hope all enjoyed their weekend, and was able to get some thrifting of sorts done. Thanks for visiting here, and always Welcome back. 

Till the next time. . . .Happy Thrifting!:)

 

Happy 4th of July to Everyone, Remember the Day, Celebrate

* Happy 4th of July to Everyone! *

    Hope all are enjoying the day, Remembering the day, Celebrating the day, and are safe too! Have fun with the fireworks! And. . .anyone get any thrifting, and yard sales done during this time? I seen one, but couldn't find anything I liked:) Sorry, I had to ask. . . LOL:)                                                        
 

                                                              

Thrift Store Junkies Community Page

Hello, and Welcome to "Thrift Store Junkies" Community Page by LilacsNDreams!

After doing some work, checking around, questioning, and not being all computer literate this is what I have done. Blogger allows you to have up to 10 pages, but there is a catch....which I found out the hard way. Each of those pages are treated as a static page, you can only put one post on there, only way you get more is to keep editing the same post over, and over. THAT is Not what I wanted! In my research I did find you are allowed to have as many blogs as you want. So, in order for me to make this more of the community pages as I wanted, I have revised things a bit. I spent the day checking on blog names, and set up new blogs that link to this main blog so that I can make new posts. Not only new posts, but so that you can comment after each of them too. Whew!

So, let's get this party started...okay? This is to be a page for all of us to share about our thrifting stories, our finds, our comments, questions for other thrifters, and so on. There are more of us Thrift Store Junkies out there than we all realize. Hopefully this will be a place to gather, and do some things with, and most of all....Enjoy!:)

I am off to work with this a bit more. Hope it is understandable why I have done things in this way for everyone to share. Thanks for being patient with me, and watching the changes as they are happening. Comment anytime you please with this. . . . Thank You Bloggers!:)