Thrift Thursday

Last October we had Maren's portraits taken, an experience so stressful that we haven't had professional pictures made since. One of the backgrounds they used was orange with fake pumpkins and Maren was dressed in a cute little black onesie with a white spiderweb on the front. I want to hang up one of the prints as part of my Halloween decor this year, which means I have to find a picture frame. For reasons that escape me now, I had the portrait printed 11 x 14, so if I want a frame with a mat I'm going to need one that's what, 18 x 20? All right, that's just ridiculous. I really don't want to pay retail on a frame that large that I'm only going to display for one month each year (not to mention I don't know where I'd even put a frame so large), so I headed to the thrift store this morning to see if I could find something suitable, or something that I could even paint black in a pinch.

I didn't find any frames, and I think I might have better luck if I go back to the photographer and have them print me an 8 x 10 instead. Honestly, what was I thinking? My trip to the thrift store with a wild toddler was not completely in vain; I did find a few other treats to bring home.

My best find was the pie pan for $1.00. I don't know if there's a name for this pattern but I love it and I snap it up whenever I see it--so far I have a muffin tin, a heart-shaped cake pan, a neat fluted tube pan and now this pie pan. I can't get enough! I also found a pom-pom maker for 99¢ (seriously, who calls them pom-poNs?) and a brand-new boxed set of E.B. White books that includes Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, all books that I loved and read many times as a child.

Under my finds you can see my Halloween tablecloth--does this count as a Tablecloth Thursday post? My sweet mom sent me this gorgeous cloth from our favorite store. It is two layers, one of orange and an overlay of sheer black with flocked spiderwebs. The edges are bound in black velveteen and there are tassels at the corners! Each spiderweb has a sparkly bead sewn in the middle and the bottom orange layer has jack o' lantern faces embroidered on it. It's beautiful and I love it!