Category Archives: thrifting is good

neighborly love

how fabulous are these dolls?! my neighbor is having a yard sale and i got to preview it this morning. i insisted on paying her for these (and some other things i picked up) and she insisted i take them as a gift. don’t you just love good neighbors? i found a whole bunch of [...]
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collections :: vintage cameras

a few of my favorite vintage cameras for you on this fine friday afternoon. these have been found in thrift shops, junk shops, and affordable antique malls. the most i’ve spent on one is $10 (the polaroid 80a) and usually i pick them up for around $5- though sometimes you can scrounge around in the [...]
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i love a good yard sale

especially a mid week one. i walked in, and the lamp caught my eye immediately. didn’t even think it was for sale but lucky me, it was! i am a sucker for these 50s fiberglass shades and this one with the stars? i melt. also, i have always wanted a starburst wall clock for the [...]
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a lucky find

it’s bag sale week at a thrift shop i don’t hit up too regularly, but after my haul on monday, maybe i should add it to my regular rotation. fill a bag for $5. can’t beat that with a stick. i haven’t done a lot of sewing in the last 2 years- so i don’t [...]
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prepare yourselves

ok ladies. today is a good day. just brought home a huge haul of vintage- like, abnormally huge-a-licious- and i will work quickly to get it all prepped and added to the shop asap. i rarely keep stuff for myself anymore, but i couldn’t resist these two treasures. finding the red shoes was like a [...]
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thrifting is good :: vintage kids books

dotty and i hit the thrifts this week and this is one of the treasures we brought home. a 1967 book entitled wonderfully made, one of a series of 6 books published by the board of parish education of the lutheran church. other books in the series: i wonder, i wonder (which i also have, [...]
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thrifting is good :: the pop in

i love it when even just ‘popping in’ to one of my regular spots turns out some excellent finds. dotty and i made a trip to one of my favorite smaller shops this morning- one that happens to be sans carts. as we were getting out of the car, i realized that i forgot the [...]
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a favorite spot

spent a good 2 hours in this place today. we've just started a 5 day weekend. what better way to kick it off!
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thrifting is good :: *eartha kitsch*’s absolutely perfect day

i was clicking through my flickr friends recent uploads the other day when i came across this most amazing story. and let me tell you, i have not laughed so hard in i don't know how long. we're talking about that kind of laugh where you're laughing so hard, you're just teetering on your emotions [...]
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thrifting is good :: kid stuff

last weekend i popped into this junk shop that i go to every so often (the kind where the more you buy, the cheaper it gets) and i hit the motherload in the vintage wooden puzzle department. kinda couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the stack. i have a love for wooden puzzles, so [...]
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