It’s time for the THIRD Thrift Store Swap! You know what that means… awesome thrift store transformations!

The best part about the third swap? It’s all about the Holiday’s!! You’ll find awesome Thrift Store Transformations and amazing Holiday transformations! Plus we’ve expanded the swap to 12 fabulous bloggers so we have 24 amazing projects for you!

Of course… I’m getting ahead of myself. I’m assuming that y’all know what the Thrift Store Swap is! For those of you who are new to the swap we’re a group of gals who love to re-purpose! Lyn over at Mid Michican Mom thought up the whole fabulous idea… it works like this: Gal A heads to her local thrift shop where she buys two items under $10… and then mails them to gal B! Gal B re-purposes her two items from Gal A and sends two more items to Gal C… it’s a giant circle!

It is so fun !!!! & Unique I got my item from Emily over @ Our House Now A Home.

When I first got my item I was like what in the world !! haha funny right? no that’s normally how it goes the person sending the thrift item normally has ideas but the receiver is usually stumped for a few days !

This was the item I received:

Now what did I do with that !! ?? Wow  see below and tell me what you think and if you would have had this item what you would have done.

Bring out all the craft supplies paint, beads, lace, ribbon, glue gun and everything else under my roof.

I got a cheap roll of lace that was not quite wide enough to fit in my loop. So I cut two pieces and just sprayed glued it together worked perfect… And then painted red.

I painted the wooden loop gold to give it a Christmas feel.

Added a few pearl beads to the ribbon so cute !

Make a few tassels to glue on for embellishment as well so easy just wrap around tie at top and cut bottom !! 

Woosh !!! Supplies galore right ??

After brainstorming and trying to figure out what I wanted to create I came up with….

A Christmas Dreamcatcher:

Y’all this was so fun and easy to make !!! And was almost relaxing !!! I have always wanted to make a dreamcatcher and I’m so glad I did !!!

Yay !!!! Mission complete !!! Do y’all like it ??

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Thanks so much for coming by !!! Means so much !

And now take a look at ALL the projects that the rest of my Thrift Store Swap Friends created below:

This is the most fun I have had with the most amazing people in a really long time. Not only do we get closer as blog friends everyday but we rock the Thrift Store Swap. Lyn @ Mid Michigan Mom came up with this unique idea !! And so far 10 of us have joined in !! What we do is each person goes to a thrift store and gets two items under $10 to send to another person for them to recreate and do a DIY project. 1/2 the fun is that that you have no idea what your getting it’s so neat !!! I sent my two items to Betsy @ Happily ever After, Etc. & I got mine from Lisa @ Five Kids A Dog & A Blog. 

I feel so lucky to be apart of this !!! & have been looking forward to it from day 1 !

What thrift items have ya’ll found and re-did?? Show me I love seeing them all !!

The Small Stuff Counts

Not Your Average Southern Belle.

At Home With Sweet Tea.

Mid Michigan Mom.

Happily Ever After, Etc.

Five Kids, A Dog & A Blog.

DIY Just CUZ.

Less House More Home.

The Fox & Bear Homestead.

YAY !!!! Look what I did below.

This is the 1st item I did !! OMG it turned out so good !! As you can see below I provided before pic, during the process pic and the final product. I have it sitting on the kitchen counter and change out the chalk message and cards from time to time. I painted it with a black chalk board spray paint and painted a wooden “C” silver. I took little craft clothes pins to hold the cards. It was so easy and it’s really neat ! It can even be used to write reminders on !! What do you think ?? Did I do good? What would you have done ?

See !!! I love it it’s something fun and different and was so cheap to create !!

Next up project #2. This one had me a little more stumped on what I should do. I had thought about making some type of jewelry holder but I did that recently with a tree branch. So I decided to make a cute item for my daughters room. I used white paint, hot glue, and cute fabric flowers. She was so excited !! I had a few more thought but what I did seem to please me. Let me know what you would have done with this item please.

The final turned out really good on this one to ! I just set it on top of her TV and I have had quite a few comments on it already !!

This Thrift store swap was so fun I’m already excited for the next one !! I hope you take time to visit them all and see what we all came up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by this project is extra special.