The Company Store Outlet SCORE!

Yesterday my youngest son & I went on a little shopping excursion (I am taking advantage of my oldest being back in school :). We headed east to LaCrosse, Wisconsin (only 25 mins to the border from where we live in MN). They have a ton of thrift stores, consignments, and they also have a Company Store Outlet store since LaCrosse is where their corporate headquarters is located. We hit the outlet first & check out what we SCORED!!!

Now this little tissue box was SUPER cute. And as you know, my little one has a BUG theme in his room, but he also has a thing for PIRATES! He has been a pirate for Halloween 3 times in his 5 year life! :)

This tissue box normally retails for $12.99 which really isn't too bad, BUT I scored it for $1.99 which is EVEN BETTER! And although it doesn't match 100% in my Little man's room, the color scheme does & thus it is a purchase that made him VERY HAPPY!(I have learned in life you pick your battles, and this one was obviously minor)

The throw pillow cover went with their Bug's Quilt last season. I found this one all tucked away in a clearance bin for $1.99 too. This item retails $22 regularly. So for $4.20 I walked out of there with a big smile on my face &

happy with the treasures I found!!!!

My son was HAPPY too!

Then we headed over to the new Goodwill. They just opened it a few weeks ago. It is a BRAND NEW building built just for Goodwill. I had a few things on my list, but now I needed to find a throw pillow to stuff my new Bug pillow with. (I found some other treasures too, but will post about them later) 

This is what I found:

And for $1.99, I could totally handle that! So for about $6.00 I outfitted my son's room with some "High Quality" accessories!

Enjoy!

Thrifty Boys Room Decor Part 2 Name Frames (More BUGS)

This is part 2 of my Thrifty Boys Room Decor.  I HEART things that are personalized.  Having your name, first or last or monogram on a piece of decor gets me every time!  This is a version of what I usually give for wedding presents.  More on that in another post!  But this is the version I made for my youngest son's "Bug" room.

This is also a super easy project.  I used the Stampin Up stamp set: Bugs & Kisses, but you don't necessarily have to have anything but a Alphabet set to do this. 

You will need:

Alphabet and/or Bug Stamps or Or some Alphabet and Bug stickers

Card stock: White and assorted coordinating colors.

Misc Scrap Ribbon

Stamp Ink

Frame (mine is a $3 one from Walmart)

I also used googly eyes

The directions are pretty self explanitory.  You stamp your images onto the neutral colored cardstock, then mat with cardstock in the coordinating colors.  Add the ribbon and google eyes for accents.  Put in frame and hang! 

More to come on my wedding gift Name Frames! Check it out here!!!! 

Thrifty Boys Room Decor "BUGS"

Welcome to my blog!  I have wanted to start a blog for a loooong time, and decided to just go ahead with it!  I hope you enjoy it!

Ok, now I have two boys. They are into the regular boy stuff.....Star Wars, Sports, Bugs, etc. But finding cute cheap boys room decor, is next to impossible. My youngest son is totally into BUGS! Well really anything creepy & crawly. Thank goodness I don't have a week stomach! Well trying to find "bug stuff" is quite the job. So that inspired my latest DIY project.

Now these are really easy to make & cheap!  This is what you need:

12x12 Canvases

Decorative Scrapbook paper

Black cardstock

Sillouettes*

Modge Podge

*The silouettes were found by "googling" bugs & frogs.  I found the images I thought would be the easiest to cut out.  I enlarged them, and printed them out.  Then I cut out each image, then traced the cut out image onto black cardstock, then cut that out.

 

So basically I just glued the decorative paper onto the canvas and modge podged it on.  Then I applied the silloutte onto the wet modge podge and then go over it with some more modge podge glue.  Coat generously and then let dry.  Whalah!  Instant art!  I was so excited I had to hang them up right away.  I still plan on painting the edges black to give it a cohesive look!  Enjoy!