November Thrift Polish Share

November would be a very quiet 'finding treasures' month without Church White Elephant Sales and Bazaars.

A 12" Replo Canada Snowblow Santa was my favourite find this month.

The oil painting below was found in a friend's garage and she gave it to me, makes a great background for the ice skates and Merry Christmas Sign.
 

My favorite Church Christmas Bazaar and White Elephant Sale was held the first Saturday of November this year. The ladies and gentlemen were so welcoming and one sweet lady announced to everyone - "I know her, she's a friend" and then later, sweetly, when my purchases were added up, asked me very nicely if I could 'round it up' - which I did.

The wooden truck (home built) was a treat to find. Toys always seem so happy.

Grouped the animals from the White Elephant Sale together for a photo op. I think the sheep had quite a bit to say but the mouse just laughed and ignored them. The foxes kept careful watch.

I once had this Christmas 78 record We Wish You a Merry Christmas when I was young and I loved playing it (and all the other great childrens 78's we had, on our portable record player). I found several 78's tied together and bought them without even looking at the records. Christmas plastic train characters add some frivolous fun.

The Size 4 Riedell Ice Skates were found at a school garage sale, I was so happy to find them - they always look great added to a large wreath.

My favorite thrift store gets great donations from the community and shares them out again at reasonable prices, always a pleasure to shop there. Evening photo -  by 4:20 it is night dark.

I may have overdone the photos of November finds, but the Church Bazaars are treasure troves. 

Silver coloured metal wall shelf, 4 candles holder in a tree form and a brides basket (as well as the amber blown glass decorated goblets) and a napkin holder were found at my 2nd favourite Church sale mid-month.

Stencil Project:
 
I found the two faux bird house feeders at the November 4th White Elephant Sale - and made a Merry Christmas Sign to go with them. 

I used the Cricut/software to make the stencil (it took a few tries to get things to the size to match the board). Read the picture below (see that red arrow) left to right and down then left again.

The letters 'e' and 'a' were 'sliced' when making the stencil on the Cricut and they need to be filled in. My tutorial for slicing is here.

I use a fine brush making multiple tiny dots to fill in the missing pieces of any letters that were sliced.

 

Next up was sanding the sign edges and any area that looked like they 'should' be sanded. Waxed the sign - clear first then dark - then polish.

I was so happy with my first sign that I made another. Painted the board ASCP Pure White and used CeCe Caldwell Beckley Coal for the stencil.

Thanks for visiting today.

Featured by:
Andrea at The Cottage Market Dec 8/17  
Linda at Coastal Charm Dec 11/17

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