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This blog post was updated October 2025. I want to show you how I can Create An Inviting Fall Porch in minutes with LITTLE TO NO COST. It’s fun easy, and you can just what you have around your home.
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!
I am excited to show you what I found and how I am using them for my Fall decor in our home.
I have already showed you how much I like to incorporate blue in my Fall decorations. But, now I am in the mood for the traditional colors.
Thrifting can be addicting and you have to be patient while you are looking. It would be easy to spend $ on things that you might not ever use. BUT, on this shopping trip I found just the treasures I was hoping to find.
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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