Goodnight Little Spoon: Thrifted

Nov 15, 2011

Thrifted

Today Sara and I went for a drive to find props for the project she's putting together (mentioned in this post). We went to an opshop (thrift store) on the outside of town and it was like heaven. It is the king of all opshops. It is so huge it even has a big cafe in the middle of it and also sells groceries.

We had a fairly quick look around (by my ambling standards), got some bits and pieces for the project and headed back. These items were just a few things that I grabbed when they caught my eye. I especially love the thermos with the little side pump. I think I won't be able to help myself and I'll likely head back there again this week and to the one on the complete other side of town too. I am considering buying one of those dorky wheeled shopping bags that grandmas have to cart opshop finds around in while I bus around town.

+ Sara scored this typewriter today for $4. It needs a bit of a fix up, but in the meantime it is nice to look at!

7 COMMENTS:

xaviercNovember 15, 2011 11:49 PM
Crazy old bag lady at the age of 21 :)
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AllanaNovember 16, 2011 12:00 AM
Wow! How do I not know about that Oppie? You must share details for my eventual trip down your way (please)
Did you get my mail a few weeks ago btw? x
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MeganNovember 16, 2011 7:51 AM
I love the thermos! I saw one in an op shop the other day and am now wishing I had have got it.
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Green Tea and CupcakesNovember 16, 2011 8:26 AM
Love the thermos and I am so jealous I have been after a typewriter for so long and cant find one anyhwhere.
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TheLovelyHunterNovember 16, 2011 1:23 PM
That thermos is awesome! And I am still looking for a typewriter. Good finds! I am a first time visitor--you have a lovely blog:)
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LyndallNovember 22, 2011 11:23 AM
I love that thermos! I've been hunting for the perfect one, I see them a lot but the spouts always look a bit gross and I want to be able to drink the water that comes out of it...

That typewriter is so cool too! You both had very good thrifting luck :)
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Natasha ♥November 27, 2011 9:56 PM
these are so beautiful, I adore the colours. They all look as though they were made to be together in one home, super cute picks! xx
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100 ideas by keri smith: 1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
4. draw your dinner.
5. find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
8. find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
9. spend a day drawing only red things.
10. draw your bike.
11. make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. record an overheard conversation.
16. trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. draw your favorite tree.
19. take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. write a haiku.
21. hang upside down for five minutes.
22. hang found objects from tree branches.
23. make a puppet.
24. create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. read a book in one day.
26. illustrate your grocery list.
27. read a story out loud to a friend.
28. write a letter to someone you admire.
29. study the face of someone you do not like.
30. make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. create a museum of very small things.
32. list the smells in your neighbourhood.
33. list 100 uses for a tin can.
34. fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
35. give away something you love.
36. choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. describe your favourite room in detail.
39. write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
43. recall your favorite childhood game.
44. put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. draw the same object every day for a week.
46. write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
55. make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. draw your garbage.
57. do a morning collage.
58. list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
59. list ten things you would like to do every day.
60. glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. trasform some garbage.
62. write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
64. physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. what were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. do nothing.
71. write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. create an image using dots.
73. do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
75. create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. draw the sun.
77. create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
80. write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
86. write an entry in code.
87. make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. divise an entry using “layers”.
93. write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. list 10 of your habits.
95. illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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100.