Sunday, March 4, 2012

Pennsylvania Dreamin'...



My thrifting trip yesterday with Amy and Laura (of Thrifting Through Life) was a blast!  On Long Island we simply do not have the same type of cheap, widely stocked thrift stores like I see here in Pennsylvania!  (**If you live on Long Island and know of a really great thrift store, please share!!  There are a few, but I feel that it is a huge hit or miss.)









We started out at Blue Mountain, where I bought red spectator oxford pumps, a record, a cute blue houndstooth halter top, and some fabric for a future project.





Then we hit some antique stores in Annville.  I invested in a jewelry box that needs a little bit of love to be beautiful, and I also bought a rustic wooden box that was apparently used to dry cigars.  It has tray drawers which I will be fixing up, lining with velvet, and using for my jewelry/beading supplies as well!  I absolutely love finding random old items that I will use in a future craft project.

We checked out two other thrift stores: American Vintage and Jubilee.  I got a dress that needs a lot of serious help at American Vintage, but I fell in love with the style, so I asked for a good price.  I also got a really nice blue wrap dress from Jubilee!  It was a great day of thrifting!
Today we took lots of photos today which I cannot wait to share!
~M. Margaret

Saturday, March 3, 2012

You've Got Something on Your Nose, Right There...

This week I decided that it would probably be in my best interest to go visit my friends Amy and Laura (Laura of Thrifting Through Life) who I met at my former college.  They live in Pennsylvania, so I drove by myself yesterday afternoon for five hours.  This was my first ever trip that was even close to this long, so I was quite happy I didn't get lost and made basically good timing!

    Instead of going to bed at 1:30am, we made cocoa facial masks.  We got the idea after we had a discussion about the crazy chocolate spa at the Hershey Resort.  We got the recipe from craftgossip.com.  We made three batches, though if you try this, one batch is enough for two-three people.  This was such a fun idea and we enjoyed it a little too much!

 1/4 cup Honey
1/3 cup Cocoa
     3 tsp oatmeal powder
                        add 2 tbsp heavy cream
   mix everything!
enjoy spreading it on your face...
 ...and help your friends out!


   I will definitely try this facial treatment again one day because it was way too much fun to not repeat!
I went thrifting with these lovely ladies all day today and we obviously documented our trip, so I will be blogging that sometime soon!

Get chocolatey, it's worth it!

~M. Margaret