From Trash to Treasure

I got to spend my Saturday with two amazing ladies who I have had the privilege of being friends with for around ten years. My girlfriend Megan is getting married. What a beautiful bride she is going to make! She is one of the strongest, people I know. One of the things I admire most about her is her ability to stand by her beliefs strong and proud, no matter what. Megan, Amy and I took a day trip (a 2 hour drive one way) up to check out Megan’s venue. She is getting married in Cornville AZ (I had never even heard of this place until the trip). It is located near Cottonwood, Az. It was such a beautiful location and I can’t wait until her wedding day in May to see all of the ideas and hard work come together.

After the tour of the venue, we headed to lunch at a quaint local establishment, the Grasshpper Café. We were pleasantly surprised by the inside, the quality of service and the food. We walked over to the market next store and were greeted with wine tasting and small town hospitality. How friendly and amazing everyone we met were. I had no idea there were so many wineries in Arizona!

After our local market experience, we headed out to the party rental store, only to stop at a half dozen thrift stores on the way. Can you say JACKPOT! We all walked away with items, but I think I had the most amazing finds. It seems like out of town thrift stores are where all the amazing items are located! Some of the fabulous finds were my own and some were from Amy shouting my name across the store to come check out her find. Most of my finds were projects that I would need to work on to create a fabulous end product. My favorite kind of find!

For less then $20 I returned home with some amazing treasures! I found a punch bowl with 12 punch glasses, serving spoon and some other bowl that matches (not sure what the bowl is for), a fabulous frame, two glass jars, a fantastic fancy mirror, a tray of sorts and a $2 chair. The tray and the chair would become my afternoon/evening projects.

The $2 chair was a hunter green that had chips in it with a funky seat cushion covering and was super wobbly. I regret that I did not take a before picture of the whole chair prior to me starting my project. I was so eager to get started I forgot. Trust me, it was beat up and ugly! Once home, I took off the seat cushion, and spray painted the chair a matte black (I had this on had so it cost nothing). I went to Joann’s Fabrics and purchased a ½ yard of upholstery material ($17). Once home, I recovered the cushion and tightened all the screws to fix the wobbly legs. This chair is now AMAZING and it only cost me less then $20 (and I still have fabric left!).



















My fancy tray I bought was perfect for transforming into a elegant chalk board. The tray cost $4 and the chalk board paint cost $5 (and I have a TON left over for future projects). This super cool chalk board only cost $9 to make!




















So, considering I got to spend the whole day with to fantabulous ladies, AND I found some AMAZING deals, I consider this Saturday a huge success! I never realized just how fun it was to take something that is not so pretty and give it a make over! Especially on a bargain budget! The girls and I are already talking about when we can do this kind of a trip again to find more treasures!