A Jewel of a Thrifty Thursday

It is Thrifty Thursday again sponsored by Leigh over at Tales of Bloggeritaville.

Be sure to stop by her blog and check out all of the other thrifty purchases for the week. It is amazing the great buys we are all coming up with....amazing!

I am continuing to work on filling my little match boxes and have been going to flea markets and antique malls continuously.  Once again I hit the jackpot.  One of the sellers with a booth at our local AM (antique mall) was wanting to sell all of his old jewelry to make room for more.  I went through the his display case and bought every piece that would fit into one of the little boxes. They were priced as high as high as $15.00. Here are the pieces I went home with.

As you can tell, I love old jewelry, and for this purchase I only paid $12.00!
AMAZING!

My First 9 Match Boxes Are Complete...Only 16 To Go!

I have never participated in a swap before joining “A Swap for all Seasons”, so I have been treading on unknown territory.   Not having a clue as to how to begin, I just started fumbling along one box at a time.  I have finished all 25 boxes inside and out, but I do not have all of the goodies completed which go inside of each.  I didn’t want the backs of the boxes to be without embellishments so took the time to do both sides.  I painted the inside boxes and I decorated both sides of the number tags...just did not want them to flip around and not be complete on the back side.  They are typical of me at Christmas....lots of red and green with buttons and bows and more primitive and childlike than formal. I hope the 25 girls who receive them are not going to be too disappointed with my first attempt.  When I look at the ones completed by the old hands at swaps, I am really intimidated.  Vicki has kept my spirits up since the beginning and my daughter has been supportive, too. I really want to have a record of what I have done for the future so have decided to post the fronts and backs of each little box once it is complete with the goodie inside. The little trinkets unpins have come from searching endlessly at out local antique mall and flea markets. If you take lots of time and search diligently through all the cases, you can some up with some pretty neat old pieces of jewelry. As of this afternoon 9 are finished and here they are.

Box #2

Box #3

Box #4

Box #5

Box #6

Box #7

Box #8

Box #9