I Love Thrifting Day Treasures

So, you read about the fun I had

last weekend at the

I Love Thrifting

gathering here

You also saw my teaser of what I got!

I am pretty certain you want to see more than that!

And more there is!

Come along while I show you my

thrifty treasures!

Our first stop was the new Goodwill

at Stapleton.

This is where most of my bounty was found.

I am always on the look at for unusual

placemats and these caught my eye right away!

Remember, it was 50% off day at all Denver area Goodwills!

I paid $2.00 for four the four of these

woven oval placemats.

Of course, I also like traditional so, I

grabbed up four of these red chargers.

See the original price there from JCP?  $$7.99? 

For plastic?

Um no! $1.00 each to me!

Cheap enough that I plan to spray paint them

as needed for a future tablescape.

My new thrifting best friend, Elaine from

Creating Wonderful Spaces,

convinced me I needed to get these

metal chargers.

 At 50 cents for four, she clued me in to the fact

that they are even easier to spray paint!
Now THAT'S a thrifting buddy!

Next to jump into my cart were a set of four

Gibson salad plates.

Again, only 50 cents each.

Look for these to be used for a tablescape very soon!

Maybe they will be used with these?

Over sized, off white dinner plates

with a dark tan rim.

I'm not familiar with the mark but,
I think they were sold at Target for period of time.

at $1.00 each, I HAD to have them!

This was probably my most impulsive purchase of the whole day.

I saw it and immediately thought of spray painting it too

and using it for eggs at Easter.

At $2.00 I didn't think it was that bad of a deal until,

the next day Mr. B & I were at the Dollar Tree

and I saw the same exact one for, yeah, a dollar.

Tell me you have made the same mistake

and make me feel better please?

When I saw these, I remembered another tablescaping blogger

saying, you should always think at least one

season or holiday ahead.

Well, I was thinking almost a year ahead.

Are thinking about Cinco De Mayo yet?

 At $4.00 for the pair I am!

The shape and color of this vase had me thinking of Fall.

Or, maybe filled with some daisies from my garden. 

Summer? Spring? Anytime?

When Deana & Lisa saw this in my cart

they both thought it was totally something

from the Young House Love blog.

He will be getting a coat of white spray paint soon.

When I am out thrifting
I always make sure to check out the textiles.

I loved these as soon as I saw them!

$1.50 for a set of four Martha Stewart Living placemats.

Next to hit my cart were these pretty

glass candle holders

$5.00 total for the pair!

I think they could also look cute

with a bacon maple cupcake sitting on them!

I have been on the look out for one of these.

And was very happy to find it for only $1.00!

I think this piece will pair nicely with the placemats shown above.

I forgot to get the price but I think it was $2.50.

That concludes my highs and lows
from the Stapleton Denver Goodwill.

After a carb loading lunch
we headed off to another new Denver Goodwill
at I-25 and Monaco.

There wasn't much that called my name
at this location.
But I think I did okay.

 Again, am I thinking ahead to Fall?

The salad plates and matching bowls were 25 cents each!

And how about some goblets to go with them?

$1.50 each

Okay I know I have a Pin somewhere

of what I want to use these for

but I can't find it right off.

Trust me, it's really pretty.

$4.50 for the triplets.

I think this runner will be really pretty on the buffet

during the winter holidays.

It's got the right amount of sheen to it.

$1.50 to dress up the buffet!

And finally,

what I showed as the teaser

A pair of silver plate

heart shaped candy dishes.

A tad tarnished.

But, at $1.00 each I think they will

clean up nicely!

So there you go!

My 

I Love Thrifting day treasures.

It was an awesome day 

spent with wonderful new friends!

I wish all of you could have been there!

Maybe next year?

  Click here to see where I may be partying this week.

And don't forget to come by on Tuesday's
for the link party.

You're Gonna Love It - Week 12

Wow!

It certainly seems that  

Anything Goes 

proved to be popular!

Remember,

the first Tuesday of each month will be

Anything Goes!

The next one will be 

Tuesday August 7.

So, how was your week?

Your 4th?

Your weekend?

The highlight of my week was Saturday!

It was I Love Thrifting Day!

I got to meet one of my very favorite 

bloggers, Elaine at

Creating Wonderful Spaces!

She is beautiful inside and out!

You can read more about the day here.

 We've also been receiving a large amount of 

much needed rain since late Saturday afternoon

I hear there were people out dancing in the rain

in celebration!

(okay, maybe it was just one person,

and that persons name might

rhyme with "bath-e"...)

I swear I could hear my gardens and lawn slurping 

up all the moisture we received!

And big HOORAH! The severe fire bans have been lifted...for now.

Okay, enough about my day, on to the 

PARTY!

The most viewed post last week

was Lisa from

Land Of EnCRAFTment 

Lisa finds the most incredible

vintage glass!

 And, if you missed it,

go right now and read the 

wonderfully suspenseful love story

she tells of the Pryex dishes!

I was hanging off my chair!
Lisa, grab the 
I've been featured button from the sidebar!

  

Now, on to week12

Feel free to link up anything you created, baked, mashed,
 decorated, wrote, photographed, discovered etc.!
Anything you are just so proud of
you must share it with others!

As always, I don't require that you
be a follower
in order to link up.
 I want you to follow
Kathe With An E
because you want to.
Not because it is required

(Of course if you do decide to follow,
either with GFC or the newer Linky Followers,
you will be able to see on your dashboard just

 when the party has begun each week
aaaaaaaaand,
you will make me smile and
I do love to smile!)

As always,  I will ask that you think
about disabling
your word verification too.  It makes it difficult to leave a

comment and some

bloggers, when they see 

you have it, won't bother to leave a comment.

As this party continues to grow
I am, at some point, 
going to have to pass on leaving you a comment
 if I see you have word verification enabled.
As I keep telling you,

one of the best ways to meet new bloggers,
aka FRIENDS,
is through comments!

I would also love it if you would link back
in some way
so that others come and party with us. 

 Either grab the party button
or add my blog link
to your post or on your

 blog party page.
But again, it's not required. 

Only one real rule

  I do ask that you
please DO NOT link up

 anything for sale, Giveaways or etsy shops.
Save those for the party on the first Tuesday each month.

Link to your specific post URL, not your main blog URL 

So c'mon!  

The party starts now!

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I Love Thrifting Day Wrap Up

You all know that I had been looking forward

to this past Saturday for 

months!

As you know, it was all organized by

Rashon Carraway of

Mr. Goodwill Hunting

and Nate Berkus fame.

All around the country groups of people

met up and spent the day doing what we love,

THRIFTING!

The Denver group was hosted by the lovely and funny

Deanna.

 (Photo Source)

 This years event was extra special because we 

were also joined by 

Lisa from

The Goodwill Gal

Lisa lives in Arizona but, was visiting family 

in New Mexico and, made the

drive up to Denver to be with us!

She and Deanna are sisters of different mothers!

Both are so full of life!

We were 11  strong!

This photo was taken at our first 

Goodwill stop.

The Stapleton location is a bright and 

shiny new store.

Loved it!

Look how full my cart is!

(Can you guess which one is me??

High five if you can)

The true highlight of the day for me though

was meeting my very good blogging friend Elaine from

Creating Wonderful Spaces

Elaine greeted me by saying she just had to give me a hug.

What a sweet and beautiful woman.

Elaine and I share a passion for tablescaping

and it was wonderful to be able to

really talk to someone that "gets" our little misunderstood hobby!

The schedule included 

stops at three local Goodwills and lunch.

I only made it to two of the stops

but you can be sure, I found PLENTY of deals!

Luck would have it that

it was 50% of most items!!

Check back later in the week.

 I will show you EVERYTHING I bought!

Here's a teaser shot for you

I'll also let you know which one is me in the above photo

if you can't figure it out :-) 

Right now, I have to go 

and find room for it all!

Thanks again Rashon, Deanna & Lisa

for hosting such a fun day.

I am already looking forward 

to next year!

#Ilovethrifting!!

 Click here to see where I may be partying this week.

And don't forget to come by on Tuesday's
for the link party.
 

Not Your Mama's Roach Coach

A few years ago I worked

a trade show in Portland, OR

and Mr. B tagged along.

It was at that time we were

introduced to food trucks.

We didn't get a chance to eat

from any of them but

some of the offerings 

intrigued us!

Thai, Mexican, Italian

the list went on and on.

At that time, Denver

just had the usual construction site 

type of food trucks.

You know, sketchy burritos

and warm drinks kind

of trucks.

The ones, not so affectionately,

known as

Roach Coaches.

Fast forward to this past weekend

and, imagine our delight

when Mr. B found out about this

It is a group of local food trucks

that gather together once a month

somewhere in the city limits of Denver.

It can be a different group each time.

Luck would have it that this

past weekends gathering was not terribly 

far from our home so 

we decided to go.

Oh Em Gee!

I am so glad we did!

There were about 12 different vendors

in attendance.

Food choices ran from your basic cheeseburger 

to the more exotic 

rattlesnake & pheasant hot dog.

Mr. B & I make a good team.

Instead of both of us ordering something,

we would make a choice and share.

If we had not done it this way we would have been stuffed

full at the very first truck!

The first truck we ventured to was

Quiero Arepa.

Instead of saving the best for last,

we lucked into having

the best first!

The arepa is a homemade corn based flatbread

that is formed into a patty

then grilled, baked and stuffed with a variety

of delicious ingredients.

We chose the reina pepiada.

It is an arepa filled with shredded chicken breast, 

avocado and a citrus-avocado dressing.

Such a tasty party in your mouth!

I am craving one right now just looking at the photo!

The photo above was taken just when

they opened up.

An hour later, the line was crazy!

Next up was 

The Denver Biscuit Bus

Now, neither Mr. B or I

have ever been to the south but,

we heard from several people that 

these biscuits would make a displaced southerner

pick up the phone and call his mama!

We had The Franklin

Tender buttermilk fried chicken, bacon and cheese, smothered

with sausage gravy on the lightest biscuit ever!

Dee-Light-Ful! 

By this time

people were flocking in!

I thought us two old foggies would be

out of place but we weren't.

Every age and demographic was represented.

It added such a fun vibe!

 We all were there for one common reason,

good food!

Time to cleanse our palette at
Aiko Pops 

We chose to go with a gourmet popsicle!

And the flavor we went with was

Avocado Orange

I know what you are thinking.

C'mon Kath, an avocado popsicle?

Yeah, really!

We are not talking avocado tasting like

guacamole flavors here.

I cannot even begin to explain how good this was!

Just a hint of citrus and a

creamy mouth feel.

So refreshing!

Next time I am trying the Apple Blue Cheese.

And the guy working the cart?

Hilarious!

In fact, all of the vendors were super

nice considering the heat and the crowds!

 We made the rounds checking out what we wanted to try next.

We tried an Asada street taco from

Pinche Tacos

The Korean

from Stick It Too Me

At this point, I must have entered a food coma

because the rest of the photos I took, 

didn't turn out or, I just forgot to take them.

I can tell you that we did not try all of the 

food. There was no way!

We missed out on the rattlesnake & pheasant hot dogs 

(drat! not really. somethings I will not try!),

the vegan truck, the cheeseburger and the sushi trucks.

The final truck we did hit was the 

Denver Pie/ Cupcake truck

So many choices!

Do I go the pie route or

jump right into a cupcake?

Guess...

One bite into the maple bacon cupcake 

and the clouds parted,

angels began singing

and I was in a

sugar coated heaven!

A lighter than air maple flavored

cupcake with chunks of salty real bacon,

topped with a fluffy maple buttercream frosting!

GACK! TOO.GOOD!

I wish I had a photo to show to you!

Oh, I know, I will find out where they are going to 

be next and, because I love you,

I'll buy another and get that picture of it!

Er, unless I wind up shoving

it into my mouth again...

We cannot wait until next month

to see what new trucks will be at the next gathering!

How about you? 

Have you tried the wonderful food truck cuisine

in your town or while traveling?

I'd love to hear about your food adventures!


 Click here to see where I may be partying this week.

And don't forget to come by on Tuesday's
for the link party.

 

Happy 4th of July!

Be safe and have a wonderful day!

You're Gonna Love It - Week 11

Do you know what day it is??

It's Tuesday!

I used to greet Mr. B
on Tuesday mornings
by stating
"Happy Tuesday, the nothing day!"

Monday is the first day of the workweek (blech!), 
Wednesday is Hump Day (winks to my buddy Jen),
Thursday is the day before Friday
and Friday is, well, FRIDAY!
Tuesday is nothing special.
It's just Tuesday.

Not anymore!
Tuesdays are now my fav.o.rite
day of the week!

I get to party with some of
the most talented
people ever!
That would be you!

And this Tuesday is even more special because

it is the first Tuesday of the month!

That means this weeks party will be

ANYTHING GOES!

You can link up your regular posts as always

 BUT,

you can also link up your giveaways,

your Etsy shops, your Ebay stores,

your own link parties!

 Anything and everything!

All I ask is that you keep it clean and

family friendly.

I will reserve the option of deleting 

any post that I do not feel fits the 

theme of my blog.

First though, we have got to give a shout out

to last weeks most viewed posts!

Pam at 

Virginia Retro 

shared with us her scores at an

estate sale

Pam finds the most 

incredible linens!

I am almost sure my mother

had a tablecloth in the same fabric as the 

apron on the right.

Next up is Kathleen from

Melange

Kathleen shared her beautiful

antiques sign

that she made using the top

of an old sewing machine!

Seriously the most beautiful sign 

I have ever seen!

And I am adding one more!

I was totally blown away by the gorgeous 

hutch saved by 

The Johnson's 

at 

Deep in the Heart of Arkansas

Spray paint!! And stain!

I am in love with the color jade!

I now have a featured button

so please, 

grab the code for the button from the sidebar --->

and let everyone know 

your awesome posts were spotlighted here.

So, who's ready to party?

I feel it in my bones that this week is 

gonna be spectacular!

 Feel free to link up anything you created, baked, mashed,
 decorated, wrote, photographed, discovered, sell,
giveaway or your own link party!
Anything you are just so proud of
you must share it with others!

As always, I don't require that you
be a follower
in order to link up.
 I want you to follow
Kathe With An E
because you want to.
Not because it is required

(Of course if you do decide to follow,
either with GFC or the newer Linky Followers,
you will be able to see on your dashboard just
when the party has begun each week
aaaaaaaaand,
you will make me smile and
I do love to smile!)

For those of you that are new here,

  I will ask that you think
about disabling your word verfication.  

 It makes it difficult to leave a

comment and some

bloggers, when they see 

you have it, won't bother to leave a comment.

 I would also love it if you would link back

in some way
so that others come and party with us.
Either grab the party button
or add my blog link
to your post or on your

 blog party page.
But again, it's not required.


 

That's it!  No other rules this week!


It's Anything Goes 
On the First Tuesday of the Month
at 
Kathe With An E 

Remember to come back and check out 
the other links.
Leave a comment and let them know
you saw them at
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Happy Canada Day!

To all of our family and friends up north,

Happy Canada Day!

Mr. B asks that you be safe and 

to please think of him

as you enjoy 

A Great Western beer, a bag of dill pickle chips

a Saskatoon berry pie!