We are excited to offer new 16oz mason jar

soy wax candles in all of our

best selling scents!

These candles will burn over 

100 hours ifyou burn 1-2 hours at a time 

& be sure to trim your wick for 

the longest wax llife! 

All of our candles are made in small batches,

using high quality soy wax & frangrance oils.

Our candles burn smooth & clean, 

when the candle 

is done wash the jar out 

with hot water & soap to reuse. 

I just reworked the labels for 

our new mason jar candles &

they turned out sooo AMAZING! 

We will be updating our beer bottle candle

labels to kraft as well! 

Here is a link to our esty store.. 

thriftyfoxcreations.etsy.com

We also just added two new stockists!

I will announce who & where when 

the inventory is ready. Stay tuned! 

Happy Thursday friends! -Michelle 

Fall in LOVE with Handmade Urban Craft Fair!

SAVE THE DATE!!! February 3rd, 10-2

at Becket's, City Center court in historic

downtown Oshkosh!

Over 30 handmade vendors (including us), live music, 

photo booth fun ($5 ea), 

tickets for sale ($1 ea) for a chance to win

prizes from vendors & local businesses

all to benefit the Oskosh Area Humane Society!

   The show is free to attend, a portion

of our booth fees along with all proceeds

from photo's & tickets sold will be

donated to OAHS! 

We hope to see you there! 

Bazaar After Dark & Downtown Appleton Octoberfest this week!!!

We have a busy week ahead of us here at

Thrifty-Fox headquarters! 

This Wednesday from 5-10pm we will be

set up on Wisconsin ave in 

Appleton for the rescheduled 

Bazaar After Dark event!

If you haven't been, you should attend!

Live music, food trucks, local beer & over 

100 vendors!

If you can't make it down Wednesdsay we 

will be set up Saturday at 

Downtown Applpeton's Octoberfest 

from 9-6 on College ave!

We are not in our usual market space

but down by Lawrence University 

in the crafter area! :)

We are working like crazy to have

lots of new beer bottle candles &

Fall flannel snap scarves for you, as well

as flapper girl & rosie headbands.

See you this week Fox Valley friends! 

Thanks for buying handmade & shopping local! 

It's time to apply for the 8th annual Handmade for the Holidays Urban Craft Fair!

It's that time of year! It is time to apply for 

the 8th annual Handmade for the Holidays Urban Craft Fair!

Here is the info. on how to apply to the 8th annual Handmade for the Holidays Urban Craft Fair at becket's City Center court Saturday, November 18 from 10-3! :) Please keep in mind that I need to update our poster & page info. I will do that as soon as possible & questions can be directed to handmadefortheholidays@hotmail.com

Please read all of the info. carefully! If you have any questions please email me at handmadefortheholidays@hotmail.com

I am excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 8th annual Handmade for the Holidays Urban Craft Fair. The show date will be November 18th from 10-3 at Beckets city center court 2 Jackson st. downtown Oshkosh.

To apply simply email 3-4 photos of current work &/or a link to your website, business name, address & contact phone number.. There is not a printed version of the application, all applications are accepted through email. Please send to handmadefortheholidays@hotmail.com

Booth spaces are 8x5 & cost per booth is $85 There is a $10 application fee due with your application, payment can be mailed (email me for my address) or send $10 via paypal to daintydasies01@hotmail.com <--- spelled that way. If you are accepted the $10 will go towards your booth fee that is due in August. I will notify everyone early August & full payment will be due shortly after.

Handmade for the Holidays is a unique urban craft fair that hosts over 40 local crafters & artists in beautiful downtown Oshkosh at beckets on the river. We will have music & photos with Santa as well as 50 goody bags at the door for the first 50 shoppers.

Thank you for your support & making this show a success! I am excited to plan our 8th annual HFTH urban craft fair!

Thank you, Michelle (organizer/founder) & Courtney (Co-organizer)

Thank you to everyone who came out to

the downtown Appleton farmer's market 

Saturday! We appreciate your support!!! :)

We will be at Bazaar after Dark in downtown

Menasha this Thursday from 5-10pm 

(more details to come)! We are taking

next Saturday off from the market....

but we will be back the 29th, our

booth is moving to College ave. we will

be right in front of Brewed Awakening. 

We are excited for a change 

after being on Oneida st. for almost 

10 years! 

See you soon friends! 

So many new things to share!

We have been busy, busy as our summer

farmer's market season has begun! 

You can find us at 

the downtown Appleton farmer's market on

Saturday's from 8-12:30 weather permitting! 

Our booth is on Oneida st. just off of College ave.

We have been busy keeping all of 

the wonderful boutiques stocked 

that carry our candles &

my accessories as well

as working on new inventory! 

(photo of Blue Moon Emporium in downtown Appleton)

New Absolut candles! Many are citronella

scented, great for outdoors! 

New this summer, we have added 8oz candle tins....

as well as candles in kitschy owl jars in

all of our best selling scents! 

We recently restocked the Jameson candles in the
 large bottle! They will last you forever!!! 

I apologize for not keeping up on this site but

we just purchased Thrifty-fox.com & will have it pointed

here until our new site is ready! 

Thank you for supporting small business &

buying handmade! -Michelle & Bill 

The 7th annual Handmade for the Holidays Urban Craft Fair!

Please join us this Saturday for the 7th annual 

Handmade for the Holidays Urban 

Craft Fair at Becket's restaurant,

City Center Court from 10-3 

THIS Saturday!

We have almost 40 vendors, 

photo's with Santa from 10-12

with photographer Being Christine 

& of course the show is just

down the hall from Becket's

so grab a drink while you shop!

The first 50 adult shoppers will

receive a goody bag filled with swag from

our vendors & local businesses.

We will have a nice variety

of holiday beer bottle candles

but come early as our best labels

sell fast! 

See you Saturday!!! 

New stockists!

We are so excited to announce that

 our candles are now 

available at Red Door Mercantile

in downtown Neenah, Wi. ! 

We also just restocked Soiree' Deux

in Ripon, Wi.

You can find us at the downtown 

Appleton Farmer's market this 

Saturday from 8-12:30! 

Shop local, buy handmade! 

New Fall scents!

We know, we know there is still

plenty of summer left & believe me 

we want it to stick around for awhile! 

We did make the decision to 

discontinue citronella until next summer &

start introducing fall scents.

 ( We do have some still available

for sale but we will not be making more)

We did a small run

of apple pie scented candles & then 

realized we were unable to get that scent again... 

sooooo here it is, our newest fall

scent Apple-bourbon it has

a hint of apple mixed with maple &

it smells AMAZING! 

We are taking a break from

the downtown Appleton farmer's market this 

Saturday for a family reunion

but we will be back 

next Saturday with more

labels & new scents!

Thank you so much for supporting
small business & handmade! 

See you soon! 

 Michelle & Bill 

New large beer bottle candles!

We are excited to offer larger 

beer bottle candles! Most of the bottles 

shown were hand cut from 2

22 oz beer bottles 

& filled with soy wax!

I love the wig splitter coffee stout bottle

 & of course I scented it with a hazelnut 

coffee! It's sooo good & will burn for 

over 100 hours at minimum!

We also have a few large whiskey citronella

candles available

each Saturday at the downtown

 Appletonfarmer's market. 

Our booth is

on Oneida st. just off of College ave.

Come down early for our best selection! 

See you soon! -Michelle 

Happy Belated 4th of July!!!

Market vending season is in 

full swing for us! I have been so busy that I 

haven't had much time to blog.

Our teenagers had a little 4th 

of July friend gathering at our house since

we are blocks from the fireworks so I set 

up some snacks & added one of 

our new citronella candles in for decor. 

The Capitol Brewery U.S. pale

ale was the perfect bottle for the holiday

celebration!

We have been collecting some really

fun bottles! I think the three below

scream Summer time! :)

We are offering scented candles at the market 

as well as our new citronella 

scented candles! 

We have new bottles & scents every

Saturday at the downtown Appleton 

Farmer's market. We are off of Oneida st.

just off of College ave. 

See you soon! :) 

Father's day Six pack sale!

This Saturday in honor of 

Father's day (Sunday),

we are offering a six pack sale! 

Buy 6 candles for $50 (reg. $12 ea

or 2/$20. You can mix & match scents &

labels. Our booth is on Oneida st.

off of College ave in front of Bagelicious!

Our candles make the perfect gift for Dad's! 

See you Saturday friends! 

Farmer's market season!

We are so excited to be vending at the 

downtown Appleton farmer's market!

Our booth is on Oneida st. just off 

College ave., from 8-12:30.

We will be set up along with our

sister store dainty daisies. 

We have been busy, busy working on 

new citronella candles 

that are perfect for summer! 

Don't worry we will have a few

of our best selling scents as well &

our bottles are always changing thanks

to all of our friends that continue to

save them for us! :)

See you Saturday!

-Michelle 

Gettin' ready for market season!

We are busy preparing for the upcoming

farmer's market season!

We have so many new to us labels.. thanks

to so many of our amazing friends

& their friends that 

have been saving their beer bottles for us! 

We made our first batch of

Citronella for summer &

it was a HUGE hit

at The Paine Gardens art show last

weekend! Thank you to 

everyone that came out 

& bought candles! It was such a beautiful day!

 We will definitely have more ready for the market. 

Meanwhile... I just re stocked 

Blue Moon Emporium 

on College ave in downtown Appleton with 

so many great labels & scents!

Be sure to save the date, the downtown

Appleton Farmer's market starts June 18th

from 8-12:30. We haven't received our

 booth assignment yet but

we have been on Oneida st. the last 

8 years! :) We will update that as soon

as we receive it. 

See you soon!!! -Michelle 

Cat scratcher DIY!

We recently adopted our

 sweet kitty from the Humane society 

& I was surprised to learn that

they love cardboard. 

I had been shopping around a bit

for a scratcher for her & they were either

cheaply made or

expensive.

I remembered that we had some corrugated 

cardboard in the garage & a shallow 

box (as I save them for shipping out 

my inventory). 

I cut the cardboard strips the width of the 

box & removed the flaps. It took

quite a few strips 

to fill the box so that it was 

packed in there tightly. 

I hot glued some scrap fabric on 

the edges of the box to 

make it not look like a box

full of cardboard. Lol!

She instantly started scratching on it!

She LOVES it.. 

She sleeps on it, plays on it

& most importantly scratches on it. 

All for free! :) 

Trampoline DIY

We bought our trampoline used

on Craigslist & it is in great condition 

minus the spring padding. It was dry rotted &

torn. It just didn't look good!

We bought it last Fall so I have been

scouring Pinterest for 

ideas, ways to make it 

look better & for a new cover!

The covers can be expensive so I knew 

I could DIY something.

I came across the pool noodle idea, 

it was affordable & so easy to do!

I used 14 pool noodles (from the dollar store),

cut them to size with scissors,

slit the bottom & wrapped each spring. 

It only took me about a 1/2 hour to complete.

It looks so much better now!

You could also get creative & use 

multiple colors. I decided to go with 

just green as my local dollar store

didn't have too many colors 

to choose from. 

Enjoy! -Michelle 

Thrifty sun room make over with faux succulents & thrifty finds!

We gave our breezeway a simple 

makeover the other day! 

It had been painted a 

bright blue & white

 (not a pretty bright blue either).

I was lucky & found a brand new 

can of bright white

paint in our basement (never opened)!

I touched up the white wood work & paneling

as well as covered all of the ugly blue! 

I was at the thrift store the other day &

picked up the plant stand for $6 as well as the

vintage blue planter for $1. I have had the 

vintage deer planter for a long time

but I finally found the perfect home for it!

We are thinking about planting an 

herb in it. 

I have been looking for a 

welcome mat for some 

time & have had no luck unless

 I wanted to spend a fortune on one 

(they are so expensive)! 

I stopped by Family Dollar

& I honestly don't always care

for that store but I found a welcome

mat for $5 & the two plastic succulents

for $1 each!!! I took 

them out of their original containers 

& added them to the planter with

real dirt to make them look real!

It works! I love them & to be honest 

I don't have

much of a green thumb! ;) 

This summer will be a test! The kids

& I want to start a garden! I will blog about 

that later! 

All in all our little make over was

under $30 including the mid century

chairs that I found for $5 a piece

that are not shown in the pic. 

Enjoy! -Michelle 

The Spring Crafty fair!

We (Thrifty-fox) will be selling our candles 

along side our other business

dainty daisies on Sunday April 10th in 

Madison at the Goodman Center. 

We are excited to share with you new scents, 

new labels & more! We hope to 

see you there!!! 

-Michelle & Bill 

Happy Easter!!!

Our candles make great Easter 

basket stuffers for the beer lover

in your life!

We have a great selection of 

labels & scents.

. 

Head on over to our etsy shop..,

thriftyfoxcreations.etsy.com 

Happy Easter!!! -Michelle & Bill 

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Happy St Paddy's day everyone!!! 

Our Guinness (Mocha scented)

candles are 17% off 

in our etsy shop today only!

Please use coupon code IRISH at checkout.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/268601253/beer-bottle-soy-wax-candle-guinness?ref=shop_home_active_5

We hope the luck of the irish

finds you today! ;)

-Michelle & Bill