Thrifted Benefit for Sheltered Animals
Good Morning and welcome to the Thrifted Benefit for Sheltered Animals. Thrift Benefit is a DIY blogger event to bring awareness to thrift shops that sponsor animal rescues and the rescues that care for the animals that share our journey. Take some time to Google a thrift shop in your area that does support animal shelters. Visit them and spread the word to help our cause.
What better way to help animals in need, right? You have want you have been searching for and the animals receive help, too.
Last year when I was a part of this group, I told you about our dear sweet Airedale, Lacy. She was by far the sweetest dog we ever had. Until we had Cinnamon. Cinnamon was also an Airedale.
I was not on the look out for a dog, but when I met Cinnamon, my eyes watered and I knew I loved her. Airedales have a kind disposition and are very loyal to their family. She was a sweetie. After I had met Cinnamon, her owners knew how much I loved her. She wasn’t getting the attention she needed from them. They knew our family would be delighted to own her.
They showed up at our door with Cinnamon, as a gift for our family. Again, tears came to my eyes. We were able to spend 2 1/2 years with her. Cinnamon passed away from cancer. It broke our hearts. But she is still in our hearts 10 years later.
Even though I don’t have an animal shelter sponsored Thrift Store in my area, I am still excited to be a part of this group and animal shelter awareness.
Please take some time and watch the video below to meet some of the bloggers, their pets and the coordinator of our group, Jeanette Chaney.
I love thrifting, as you know. I found a door at my local thrift store for $20.
I was not REAL sure where I wanted to put it in our home. BUT, I did know I WOULD find just the right spot for it.
After having it sit in our living room for days I finally gave it some color. This loveliness of a door is painted Antique Coral by Valaspar.
While visiting my local thrift store a few weeks ago, I found 3 rectangle baskets for a dollar a piece. Hmmm…NOW I know what I want to do for my thrifted door!
After laying them on my door, Hubby helped me by screwing each basket in place. It only took a few minutes before the door was looking how I pictured in my mind.
Now it was time to fill the baskets with bathroom necessities.
Washcloths.
Toilet paper.
AND, magazines for Hubby’s reading time (BIG smile)
The thrifted door has now found a home in our master bathroom.
Did you happen to notice that I added some aged numbers to my new bathroom door? Any guesses as to what the address means?
It’s been a real treat to be apart of the Thrifted Benefit for Sheltered Animals. I am honored to help my community in any way I can.
Please visit ALL the other Thrifted Benefit for Sheltered Animals posts from 21 of my friends.
Enjoy your day!
OH! And the address??? It is the exact time Hubby and I were married. (How fun, huh? I love it!)
Loves!
2nd Annual Thrift Benefit for Sheltered Animals
I am cozy back in my home. After a 2 week trip back east and to Washington D.C., it’s nice to be home. It was an informative, fun, grandbaby kissing, touristing, kind of trip and it was a blast! I have never been that far east, so I was soaking in everything I possibly could. Pictures to come soon. I am enjoying the warm weather as long as I can, her in the desert. Because all too soon, I won’t be able to enjoy the pool and wearing flip flops for too much longer.
The REAL reason I am writing this post is all about helping animal shelters. Did you know that some thrift stores in your town help fund sheltered animals? I didn’t either. I found out last year when I participated in the very first Thrift Benefit for Sheltered Animals. What a great cause, right?
This past weekend over 10+ bloggers shopped at their local thrift stores to help with the Thrift Benefit for Sheltered animals. We shopped for anything creative we could find, with a DIY project in mind. I have my loot and I am excited to show you what I found. (I did share 3 tiny items I found on Instagram) BUT, the rest will have to wait until the link party.
On October 14th each of us will share what we found and our DIY projects made from thrift finds for the 2nd Annual Thrift Benefit for Sheltered Animals. How exciting is that???
I will have more details soon, but until then, take a minute and Google Animal Shelter Thrift Shops in your town, county or city. Head on over there and help support YOUR local animal shelters by purchasing thrifted goods.
All this week I will be getting ready for the 2nd Annual Thrift Benefit for Sheltered Animals and choosing pictures from my trip to share with YOU.
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The Monday Blues For Paint Palette
I’ve got the Monday Blues for Paint Palette colors. And I am happy to share them with you today. It’s always enjoyable to browse through paint stores and aisles at the various colors of paint. It’s probably one of my fave things to do, besides holding the grandbabies or to hold Hubby’s hand.
I think there are probably guidelines and interior design rules of how many colors you should/could have in your home. And, if you know me at all, you KNOW I don’t like perfect things. I like rustic, worn, and chippy, so I guess I don’t follow the interior design rules. And I am JUST fine with that.
Why? Well, because I am comfortable in my home, and if more than 3 colors make me smile, then that’s what I am going to use. To me it’s all about being comfortable in your home. Don’t you think so, too?
I share my makeovers and ideas with you all the time. I thought it would be fun to show you the color palette for our home along with various pieces of furniture and accessories.
1. Ocean Mist is from Clark and Kensington is the color of one wall in our living room.
2. Summer Sonnet from Ace Hardware is painted on our bedroom wall and on my thrifted coffee table.
3. Antique Coral is one of the colors on our dining room set and my “bathroom” door.
4. Hint of Olive is from Clark and Kensington at Ace Hardware is on a wall in our TV Room/Office.
5. Snow Cap White is used it to is painted in every room in our home.
6. Shark Loop from Valspar in used on the dining room set and our thrifted buffet.
7. Teal Lake from BHG has been used a few times on makeovers such as my Floating Frame Gallery and my Beach Bench.
8. Another color I use quite often is: Turquoise Mist by Olympic Paint I have painted several pieces of furniture and accessories using this color.
Often times I mix any one of these colors with white to bring a whole new level of color into our home. It adds dimension and depth that way.
Turquoise Mist has a special place in my heart. It is the first can of paint I bought to start transforming our home into a lighter, brighter place to live. We when moved in our condo, here, everything we owned was dark green, bright red, gold, and even touches of purple. It was awesome at the time we purchased it, but it was time for me to move on.
These are the colors that make me smile. They calm my spirit. They work perfectly in our home.
What colors are your favorite? What color calms YOUR soul??
Thanks for joining me today while I’ve got the Monday Blues for paint palette.
Make it a blue Monday!
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