The Thrift Gift. . .A New Tradition

Hello my friends, hope you all had a very wonderful Christmas!

 

Hard to believe that it has come and gone and soon we'll be staring '2016' smack dab right in the face.

 

Looking forward to starting a New Year and wishing you a year full of happiness, health, and fun!

 

Before I start to embrace it I wanted to share a new family tradition with you.

 

I actually started this last year with the grands.  Everyone thought it was so fun, so this year I included the adults.

 

All year long I shop for the perfect 'thrift gift' for each member of the family.  Actually I forgot hubby this year, but won't forget next year. :)

This is our oldest daughters family.  Jason works construction and  as you can see by his cheesy grin, was quite pleased with his die cast digger!  Jordyn is wanting to redecorate her bedroom and wants to incorporate maps.  The stoneware aqua bowl will be a pretty catch all holder and the flower frog can hold pencils on Nicholes work desk.

 

Our oldest son, Lonnie is a surveyor and loves to hunt.  He got a vintage surveying tri-pod and old binoculars.  His wife Tracy has quite the collection of clocks.  This one had never been taken

 out of the box.

Braxton loves action type figures.  I found these three small knights all together on a thrift shelf.  I'm certain some kid had been having fun with them.  Darth Vader is actually his ornament for this year.

Because the knights were so small, he also received this vintage gun cleaning kit.  He hunts with his father.

 

 

 

Riley is a big 'Star Wars' fan and received a bag full of Pez Star Wars dispensers. 

Paityn will have hours of fun changing the bands on this watch.

 

Our grandson, Kade is engaged to Ashley.  Also an outdoorsman, he received a vintage compass and she got two Christmas mugs.

 

Our daughter Karrah has a yellow and blue kitchen with a lemon theme.  She had spied these large S&P shakers at our home during a meal and loved them.  They were a thrift find, so I passed them on to her.  Jayson is a mechanic and the Harley Davidson glasses have auto parts on them.  Little Saydee loves pink and tea parties!

 

Taylor wants to decorate her room in shades of aqua and salmon.  How perfect is this butterfly art work?

 

 

Our youngest son, Dalan hosts a poker party after Christmas every year with his friends from high school.  Won't they be impressed with this poker set?

Jack and Will love cars!  Will was too busy playing to show his, but he got an entire case full of matchbox cars.  Jack got a box with three Tonka trucks and a motorcycle.

 

Somehow I missed getting a photo of Samantha's thrift gift, but baby Evan got a Beatrix Potter teething ring.  Also, never been used.  Thank goodness!  lol!  Looks like he is anxious to chomp down on it.

 

A couple rules about the 'thrift gift':

 

1.  It may not necessarily be useful.

2.    Grandma won't be offended if they decide to redonate it. 

 

It's more about the fun than the gift!

 

It's hard to get great photos in our basement at night, but I hope you enjoyed sharing in our new family tradition!

 

hugs,

Jann