Treasures--Lost and Found

I have a treasure to share with you today!

For me, this is a new treasure--though I can tell it has a history and has been around awhile.

Last week I was shopping in my favorite thrift store. Not only do I like purchasing things from this store, but the money they bring in goes right back into serving our local community--a definite win-win situation in my book! Anyway, I was browsing around and out of the corner of my eye I saw an employee putting something out on the shelf.



My heart skipped a beat, because it looked like--a quilt! I quickly turned to her and asked her "Was that a quilt?" It was. Oh, be still my heart. It was beautiful. I stood there admiring it. It was only a baby blanket size--too bad, because I really had no use for a baby blanket. Twin blanket yes. Baby blanket no. But it was SO pretty. It is FILLED with tiny hand quilting. As I held it in my hands I couldn't help think of the mother or grandmother, or perhaps an aunt, who lovingly spent hours making this quilt for some special baby girl. I wondered whose it was. What happened to the girl--she must be grown up by now. How did something this precious to family history end up in a thrift store being sold for $4.00?


I could not put it down and leave it there. Though I did not know it's story, I valued the love that went into it. So for now, it will grace the wall in my living room. I know it's too small for the large wall, but that's o.k. with me. I know the clips in this picture are just clips I borrowed from hubby's tool chest--but they can be replaced later with something more decorative. Every time I look at it, I feel some of the love that went into it. Every piece was carefully cut. Every piece was hand quilted. With Love.

Smile!

Here is a picture of another of my thrift store treasures. Also found these last week-- they are a salt and pepper shaker set. We don't use pepper, so for us they are a "salt and salt" set! I don't usually buy knick knacks, because I don't like to dust them and I have two cats who will knock things over and break them (Well, one cat is good and the other one is the bad one!). But these kitties just made me smile and Alison loved them as well so I decided to buy them. They ARE useful, and they came from the thrift store where the money goes for a good cause........

One of our cats is black, and the other one is orange, though both of them are males. So we have named this little set "Mrs. Felix and Mrs. Pumpkin"!

Little Bookworm

We have a little Bookworm that lives in our house. I went to our local thrift store this week, and came home with this stack of really nice books for only $3.00. Two are lengthy nature books that have information on two different animals in each book. The other four are spiritual books based on principles found in the book Steps to Christ.
I was thrilled to be able to get them to help supply our homeschool library. And when we are all finished with them, we can always donate them back and they can bless another child! (In addition the money this paticular thrift store takes in goes to help people in our community with food and utilities when they are having trouble making ends meet, so I like helping for that cause as well!) I remember one of my favorite campmeeting memories was when my mom would go to the big book sale, and bring back a wagon-load of missionary books (I am not exaggerating here!). They would keep me busy for a while, but I always finished them up and couldn't wait for the next campmeeting to get more! One can never have too many books, or too many friends! (Though when moving, I do advise keeping the friends and letting SOME of the books go! ;) )