Getting Supplies for the Winter – Thrift Style

This week our homeschool literature was the book Frederick by Leo Lionni. (I teach kindergarten, ok? 😂) In the story, Frederick the field mouse does not gather physical food supplies like his family and they pester him for seemingly sitting idle but he explains that he is gathering:  “…sun rays for the cold dark winter days.” 🌞 “…colors… For the …

Rainbow vases on a shelf.

Spring Refresh the Thrifter’s Way: What to Donate vs. What to Keep

Spring is the season when many of us start opening closets and asking the question: what stays and what goes? As someone who has thrifted most of my life and built a home around secondhand, I’ve learned that spring cleaning doesn’t have to be stressful. In fact, I started referring to it as a spring refresh rather than spring cleaning or …