Serving Up the Holidays on a Dime: Candle Giveaway!

SERVING UP THE HOLIDAYS ON A DIME

Part one of a holiday series featuring Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift!

Would you believe that the place setting above is entirely secondhand and thrifted for about 11 dollars? Well, it is! The table, also for sale at the thrift store, is one of many pieces of discounted new furniture that you can purchase at Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift in Grand Haven. I put together this spread in moments with items I collected around the store, and you can do it, too! I honestly can not justify ONE reason to buy new holiday decor when you have so many wonderful, inexpensive options at your fingertips secondhand!

If you look closely in the picture, you'll notice a gold pillar candle that is part of the free giveaway in this blog! Details below!

As you can see, I was inspired by golds, cranberries and browns for my Thanksgiving place settings. However, there are so many great color schemes and ideas to be inspired by! You can recreate any look you like using thrifted items. Check out the Pinterest board I've created for more ideas:

Table Settings Ideas to Thrift on Pinterest by Thrift Trick

These fun decorations were hanging out on the shelves, as well! :)

Virtually any glassware you could hope to find or use for a center piece or serving can be found on the shelves at Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift.

Will you be baking some home made bread for the holidays? Make it super easy with one of the many bread machines you can find in great shape!

What about non-traditional meal ideas? Have you considered doing something different for your holiday meal? How about:

Asian Cuisine: I found these items on the shelves at Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift on the cheap!

Check out these ideas for Asian cuisine for your Thanksgiving meal:

AsianThanksgiving Recipes

15 Asian-American Thanksgiving Dishes

Fondue: Also on the shelves was this adorable Fondue set!

Check out these ideas for a fondue Thanksgiving!

Yummy Fondue Ideas from the Modcloth blog
Cheddar and Hard Cider Fondue Dip Recipe

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Why support Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift?

The answer is EASY.

Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift store is a non-profit funding source for Holland Rescue Misson. Holland Rescue Mission offers many services to homeless men, women and children of the Lakeshore area in Michigan, such as housing, food, daycare needs and more. Instead of wasting money on new items this year, give second-hand a try, and support the Holland Rescue Mission all while saving yourself money! Make sure to take note of the white board that lists all of the daily specials and discounts in store, and ask for a "punch" card that can earn you free items! LRMT also regularly publishes coupons in your local papers with inserts, so keep an eye out for those as well!

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AND NOW...FOR THE FUN AND EASY GIVEAWAY!!

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This blog is part of a sponsored series through Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift!
Check back with me over the next month for more holiday coverage, ideas and giveaways!

 Lakeshore Rescue Mission Thrift
1015 Beacon, Grand Haven, MI 49417
  (616) 604-0267
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Thrifty Thanksgiving

Today I went thrifting in my usual places. WHAT an awesome day to be out. I scored so hard! All of the pictures you see below are treasures from my day. Not pictured are a black pleated nylon skirt, a professional curling iron (been hunting for one of those forever!), and a few other items, which added up to the total below.

TOTAL SPENT: $26.00

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This necklace was interesting. I really like the white chain. Clearly a stone fell out of the middle but I think I like it this way better! I have quite a few little trinkets that could fit inside....hmmm.....It was 99 cents.

This butterfly piece is actually a scarf clip! I actually think I may wear it in my hair. The gold bracelets were kind of tarnished and neat looking. Total cost on all three were $3.00.

Another neat piece, little cheapie...99 cents.

This little ceramic pitcher was so cute. I have a beautiful red dish set for Thanksgiving but no gravy boat! I think it will work well. 99 cents.

Christmas music from 1932. The book is in perfect shape and it looks so adorable on my piano with Christmas knick-knacks. $1.99

These neat little ceramic beads were in a bucket for 79 cents each. (The other two posted below were the same). All of them are about 2-3 inches long and a couple inches wide. I have jewelry plans for them!

I KNOW, I know! How awesome is this duck handbag? SERIOUSLY??? It matched the outfit I had on today. I can not wait to put something together with this. ONE DOLLAR.

Cute little pair of wedge-y red loafers. Excellent shape, like new. $3.

Leopard print ballet slippers. Brand new vintage from JC Penney's. All tags were still on! 99 cents.

These crazy sexy three inch red suede hills are BRAND new from Nine West. They were obviously never worn and had the original department store sticker on them; impeccable shape. $3.00.