Get creative on a budget

What can I say, I love to shop! Especially when I can get things at a super cheap price and it looks like I spent a ton of money on it makes me SUPER happy! Okay, maybe I am a little overjoyed about my purchase, but I could not help but to share this awesome find. This makes me a little happy because in Italy, demijohns (will have to post pics of those) are all the rage with the Americans here and any type of vase that you can find that is a bit different. This is the best time to shop, after the holidays. Everything is priced so low as stores are trying to rid themselves of the inventory and for us it can be a goldmine of savings $$.

For those that like to decorate and change things up often (like I do), finding sales is always an added bonus. While I was exploring the store the other day, I came across these beautiful hand blown amber vases from Spain and immediately wanted all of them, but then I thought (my husband will go through the roof). After giving it much thought (a couple of minutes), I went for it and got a size of each.

More than excited about my purchase and the awesome price after I checked the sticker again, the next question was, where are they going to go? Considering we are only living in our space for a short time, I did not want to clutter the place up but they had to go somewhere.

I found a perfect little spot for them which is right by the terrace door. It adds so much rich color to the room and I could not wait to tell my husband about the great deal that I got. He was not as thrilled as I was but I got a great deal and absolutely love how they look in my living room.

Shopping on a budget is not always a bad thing. It's amazing how you can spend so little and with just a little work can give something a different look. Everything in the photo cost me about $20, that's right....$20 bucks! The flowers I found in the Christmas area of the store...however, they are not too seasonal where I can't use them after Christmas.

My great find of hand blown amber vases from Spain...great buy!

Also, do not pass up shopping at thrift stores either. You will be amazed at what you can find and at such a steal of a price. I even come across brand new items. I will post a few pics later of my thrift store finds. Happy shopping!

With a little added pop of color (forgot I had these in storage :-)