Show and Tell Saturday

If you would like to guest post for Show & Tell Saturday I would LOVE to have you! You don't have to have a blog just write up something in a word document, attach a few pictures and email it to me!

For this week's Show & Tell Saturday here is my friend Jess!

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About a week or two ago Robin gave me this boppy pillow that she found at a garage sale for $1 dollar.

After looking at it we realized that there was a pattern for making your own boppy cover on the back of the packaging! I was planning on making a cover for the boppy anyway and already had the fabric. I got a great deal on some minky from an online fabric store called Fabric.com The site can be a little overwhelming to navigate if you don't know exactly what you want but it has great prices and promotions to help you get the most for your dollar.

First I laid out the fabric and cut out the pattern on the back of plastic which was covering the boppy pillow.

Step 2: I folded the fabric where the pattern showed and pinned the pattern to the fabric.

Step 3: Once pinned, we cut out the fabric. We then repeated step two so we will have 2 sides for our cover.

I wanted to be able to take my boppy cover off and wash it so I looked up how to sew in a hidden zipper and found this tutorial from Sew Serendipity.

Step 4: After measureing where I wanted my zipper I followed the tutorial step by step to make my cover removable.  

It was pretty simple. It was only a matter of pinning

and then sewing.

You can hardly tell its there and now I will be able to keep my boppy clean!

Step 5: Once the zipper is sewn in, then you pin the two pieces together and sew starting on one side of the zipper finishing at the other, make sure you leave it a little unzipped so you can flip it right side out when you are finished.

Step 6: When your finished sewing, flip your boppy inside out and stuff your pillow in!

Step 7: Admire your amazing work! Ha Ha

 

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Jess! This is so cute. I love the giraffe print you chose and you did an awesome job at putting it together! Thank you so much for posting about it today! 

Red, White & YOU

I will be linkning up to this follow-fest today! Come join in and meet some new and amazing bloggers!

If your visiting from there here is what Garage Sales R Us is about. I love to show you how to save money by garage saleing. Each week I take you with me. You get to see what I buy and some of the other amazing deals I see. You also get to see what I do with the things I buy. 

Here are some of my favorite projects 

 For my white and burlap reapholstered chair click HERE

For my DIY Farmhouse Table Click HERE

For my DIY chandelier click HERE

For the mod podge and yellow tufted headboard dresser set click HERE

For the Mint and Gold stenciled bed set click HERE

I also love to show readers how dressing your family can be inexpensive in my Fashion on a Dime series. I have created a simple formula to help you analyze how much your spending on each outfit called Dress Per Wear Factor. Read about it and find out how to calculate it HERE. Since I buy all my families clothes from second hand stores and garage sales I am able to keep my Dress Per Wear Factor to a few dollars per outfit! 

The total cost of the outfit with the teal pants is $19 with a DPWF of $1.90! Click HERE to see where I bought it!

The total cost of the outfit with the red skinnies is $17.50 with a $1.75 DPWF! Click HERE to see where I bought it!

I hope you all will stick around and check out some of the other things we post about here on Garage Sales R Us. Be sure to check out what my kids wear under my Kids Corner tab, updates to our home under Renovation Station and have your hubbies check out our This is a Man's World tab so they can see that garage saleing is not just for the women!

June 30th 2012

For some reason there weren't that many garage sales out there this week. This happens sometimes. Don't give up. It's just not your week. If your religious about going every Saturday I promise you will find some great things! If you feel like getting out there just is not worth your time examine the area your garage saleing in. Is it an area that is filled with established families or is it an area with young families who are still in school and probably don't have a great quality of things to sell? If it is head to a different area. I actually don't even garage sale in the town I live in! I head out to the surrounding areas to some of the more established homes. 

Here is what I found this week.

I bought two pair of Nike tennis shoes and one pair of Pediped shoes for $2.50! two pairs of shoes on the outside will need some cleaning but the one in the middle is practically brand new!

I bought this spool of lace for $1 dollar. 

 I bought with cute black winter coat for Jaysa for $1.

I will make a cover for this pillow that I bought for .50 cents. 

Ok this vest spoke to me as I walked by. I am not sure what I can do with it now but I hope I can make it look cute in a Fashion on a Dime! If not, oh well, I only paid .50 cents for it!

I also hit a garage sale that had so many silk flower I felt like I was shopping in the floral department of Michaels except with WAY better prices.

I was only charged .10 cents a stem! I filled up a box of all the flowers I thought I would be able to use at my brother's reception and as bows. I got a total of 76 stems and paid them $8 dollars for the box.

I know it doesnt look like 76 stems but believe me I packed that box as full as I could.

These gerber daisy's are $2 dollars a piece at Michaels! I got them for .10 cents a piece! GREAT DEAL

I also bought an old swing for $3 dollars. Now don't laugh I know it's probably as old as I am but...

This smile made it all worth it!

Here is my favorite thing I bought Saturday. 

 I LOVE this white tufted double headboard! The guy I bought it from was a Parade of Homes contractor and had this in one of this homes. It didn't sell when the house sold so he was left to try to get rid of it on his own. He paid $450 for it. I bought it from him for $75!!! I can not wait to find some other furniture piece to go with it and redo it! I am thinking white and gray.

DEAL OF THE DAY

Deal of the Day is something I have been slacking on. It's just so hard to pick sometimes! This weeks Deal of the Day would be these Nike shoes I bought for Paisley for $1 dollar!!!

 She looks so cute in them too!

OTHER AWESOME DEALS

This is a queen bedroom set that had two matching night stands and a table that goes at the end of the bed.

The seller only wanted $100 for the whole set!

These little girl's shoes were so cute! They were only $1

 Here are lots and lots for Barbies and Brats dolls for $1a piece.

Here is a cute corderio jacket with gold buttons for $1

This red formal kids dress was only $3! I would have snatched that up if it was Jaysa's size!

This pack N Play had all the accesories needed for a newborn. It came with the raised bed the changing station and the holders on the side for diapers wipes and creams. They only wanted $50 for this!

I am so sad about this one. I have been wanting a trampoline for our back yard. This one sold for $175

 These baby beanies were only $2 dollars a piece and looked like they had never been worn.

This Stainless Steel fridge was $200

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Fashion on a Dime

Here is my latest Fashion on a Dime. I hate spending ridiculous amounts of money on clothes, which is why I buy most of my clothes and my families clothes at garage sales and second hand stores! I will be breaking down each piece of my outfit to let you know what I paid and where I bought it!

Financial stats for this outfit are:

White t-shirt- $2.50 at Savers

Teal and knit vest- .50 at a garage sale!

True Religion capris- $7 dollars at a garage sale!!! (When I bought these the zipper was broken on them so I took them into my alterations lady who fixed them for $15) The total amount I spent on my True Religion jean capris was $22.

White and brown flats- $4 dollars at Deseret Industries (just like a Good Will)

Brown leather bracelet- .50 cents at a garage sale

Pearl bracelet- $5.00 off Ebay

My total outfit cost is $34.50! My DPWF (Dress Per Wear Factor) is $3.50!

Click here to see what Dress Per Wear Factor is!

Buying clothes for your family doesn't have to break the bank! I hope I can inspire you to get out there and start thrifting and garage saleing to see what you can find! 

I am linking to:

The Pleated Poppy

Red White & You

Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope you all have a fun and safe holiday. I will be linkning up to this follow-fest today! Come join in and meet some new and amazing bloggers!

If your visiting from there here is what Garage Sales R Us is about. I love to show you how to save money by garage saleing. Each week I take you with me. You get to see what I buy and some of the other amazing deals I see. You also get to see what I do with the things I buy. 

Here are some of my favorite projects 

 For my white and burlap reapholstered chair click HERE

For my DIY Farmhouse Table Click HERE

For my DIY chandelier click HERE

For the mod podge and yellow tufted headboard dresser set click HERE

For the Mint and Gold stenciled bed set click HERE

I also love to show readers how dressing your family can be inexpensive in my Fashion on a Dime series. I have created a simple formula to help you analyze how much your spending on each outfit called Dress Per Wear Factor. Read about it and find out how to calculate it HERE. Since I buy all my families clothes from second hand stores and garage sales I am able to keep my Dress Per Wear Factor to a few dollars per outfit! 

The total cost of the outfit with the teal pants is $19 with a DPWF of $1.90! Click HERE to see where I bought it!

The total cost of the outfit with the red skinnies is $17.50 with a $1.75 DPWF! Click HERE to see where I bought it!

I hope you all will stick around and check out some of the other things we post about here on Garage Sales R Us. Be sure to check out what my kids wear under my Kids Corner tab, updates to our home under Renovation Station and have your hubbies check out our This is a Man's World tab so they can see that garage saleing is not just for the women!