Thrifty Finds and a Treasure Hunt

Fabric and paint are two of my best friends! Add to that a great thrift find to be repurposed and I'm so happy!!

Having moved to Sicily with just the clothes in our suitcases and living in a furnished apartment has left my creativity itching to do something.....

In the last week I've come across some thrifty finds! It's such an adrenaline rush to find a bargain!! Yes, I'm the one at a yard sale that flies down the street at Nascar speeds because I need to find "the bargain" before someone else does!
Some of you understand....others just shake their heads and that's ok.


I love these beautiful fabrics. The group on the left is Waverly.


This sweet, vintage clock really wanted to come home with me.....how could I say no? He even coordinates with the fabric!


This set of white porcelain dishes is beautiful and I found them at a thrift store here in Sicily. 36 pieces made in Italy. 12 each of dinner plates, luncheon plates and bowls.


I framed some pictures I've taken here in Sicily and have a project in mind for them over the buffet using some fabric. I'll show you when I'm done. I'll include a better picture of the dishes.



The girls are home from Germany and had a wonderful time! Heather's going to do a guest blog here in a few days and share pictures of their trip with you.

Sunday we went treasure hunting. The proper term is geocaching. In basic terms it's treasure hunting worldwide using a GPS. Anyone can hide a cache anywhere in the world. We're new to this so I'm not going to try to explain how it works instead here's a great website that explains it all if you're interested http://www.geocaching.com/
We looked up Sicily to see if there were any caches here and we found a lot for Sicily. Mostly on the other side of the island. There were 2 in San Vito Lo Capo and that's only an hour away so we headed over there.



This is the road we took off the main road in San Vito Lo Capo.


Halfway down a dirt road we walked down. We parked the car because the first half of the road was pretty steep and we weren't sure what we were getting into.


This pretty iris was only about 2" tall. They were all over.


The views were awesome. The pictures aren't great because it was very hazy and the lighting that time of day isn't good for clear pictures but it gives you an idea :)


This is the area the cache was in but we need to get a different GPS that will pinpoint the exact location. DJ's on that big rock in the middle of the picture.


Driving back toward San Vito Lo Capo. It's very beautiful in that area.


We didn't find the treasure but what a great way to get out as a family and see new things! Really the treasure is in spending time together!! :)