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Happy new year! Yeah, I know I'm a little late with that sentiment, but life gets in the way of blogging (especially when you have four blogs staring you in the face screaming UPDATE ME!). Anyhoo, hope you thrifty/crafty types are well, and let's hope 2012 is a screamer. In my concerted effort to a) not buy ANY more yarn/craft supplies/etc this year, and b) use what I already have on hand, I have

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Happy to share with you some of my favorite vintage goodies from my collection. Here are the ones currently in use around my home! Enjoy! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Me, that's who. I have the button. Too darn many buttons, in fact. So (sew?) when I'm in need of sprucin' up a project, I turn to buttons. Check out the latest photo frame I embellished with some of my vast collection. Lots of vintage cuties on there, some still with the ghost of sewing thread still stuck in. Remember - when all else fails, buttons (and glue) are your buddies. Share Bookmark this

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This unopened, vintage 1970s-80s Kmart oil filter: I wonder if it would still work in a modern auto? Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Found a bunch of interesting family photos recently that I'd forgot about. My plan is to scan some of them and share with you their vintage glory! I'm going to separate by black and white and then color. I'm in many of the color ones; my parents are in the B&Ws. The clothing. Oh, the clothing! Wait til you see what we wore in the 1970s....Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Okay, one poodle only, really. But we just like rhymin', especially when it comes to total thrift store kitsch. Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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....for a mere $5 each! Let's now take some dictation! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Dear more-than-fifty-years-old yarn, I really wanted to love you, but you let me down. You disappointed me, with your beyond-hope tangled skein of mustiness, and I tried - I really tried - to get my head around unwinding you into a nice, compact ball of vintageness before you betrayed me and totally screwed with my mind. Guess I will find another use for this tangled mess, whether it's stuffing

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Look at this awesome vintage clock. It's located on the wall in the rear of a local used furniture shop. It still runs well, but the shop owner, who has had the clock for about 25 years since he inherited the store, says the neon tubing surrounding the numbers no longer works. (He plans someday to get it repaired.) The huge clock (it's about 3 feet wide) is the only item in the store he would

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Today was the first day I went to the Gulfport Tuesday Fresh Market, which is silly considering I live only a few miles away. I'd been meaning to check out this runner-up cousin to St. Pete's wildly popular and much larger Saturday Morning Market, and I can at least tell you that Gulfport's is a) much more low-key and serene and b) attracts an "older" crowd - mostly retiree-age.There were lots of

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I was given a king-sized, crocheted vintage cotton bedspread by a friend. She said I could try to mend it (it has several holes and tears) or cut it up for scrap. I think it's too pretty to slice and dice, so I am attempting to mend it with heavy-duty embroidery thread. However, it's difficult to get any mending done when the cats decide to check the bedspread out. The have to sniff, and

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[Sorry for the crappy cellphone photo.]Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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I'm a fan of all things Edwardian and Victorian with just a squinch of steampunk and Gothic, so when I signed up to join my friend Christine's event called, mysteriously, The Tweed Ride (look it up), I knew that I had to kick my thrifty and crafty instincts into gear. (Yeah, I don't even own a bike, but I can remedy that in a heartbeat.) So anyway, using items I already had on hand, I crafted a

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Ye olde outdoor antiques show came to Gulfport today, and while I exercised great restraint (I only bought a circa 1910 glass salt shaker), I did manage to capture a few random shots of what was being offered. Feast your eyes, and click the pix to get a larger view! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Ever have days when you need a random envelope but can't find one? Don't feel like running to the drug store or big box office store to buy any? Do the green thing and craft your own out of vintage papergoods! I crafted this batch from a 1965 McCall's recipe index book that was, frankly, no good to me in its original form, since there were no actual recipes in it!Find a medium-sized envelope, and

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Got old sheet music laying around, as I did? Sheet music you'll never need or use, due to your lack of musical ability? Do as I did, and recycle that sheet music into confetti. Take a shaped hole puncher (I used a heart) and punch away! It takes a while, and your wrist might ache, but the effort is really cute. This sheet music confetti would make a great decoration at a wedding, a banquet, or a

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Giant "Quo Vadis" painting hanging up in the book room of St Bart's thrift shop.Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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More happy recipients of my Pay it Forward crafting/handmade meme....look at these faces! Ang just had surgery (minor), so I sent her a crocheted wrap/wide scarf to snuggle up to. Look how coquettish she is! Almost expect her to break out into a belly dance (well, maybe after she's healed a bit)Carolyn, an old high school buddy and fellow Thespian, models a knitted lightweight mohair scarf. She

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Boopsie, model par excellence for Cottontail Vintage, suffered humiliating injuries last week when she fell out of the back of a Jeep and onto the pavement after a photo shoot. Needless to say, the scrapes and cuts were confined only to the most embarrassing regions of her body. Fear not; Boopsie is convalescing and will soon return to showing off the very best in vintage for your shopping

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Somehow, I got sucked into a meme on Facebook called "Pay It Forward," and the theme concentrated on making and giving handmade gifts in 2011 to the first five people that signed up under your pay it forward status. The catch is, the people that want to receive things from you also have to make items, as well. Well, I posted the meme on my Facebook account, and I got nine takers! I guess I'm

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If you have sensitive skin and find that traditional store-bought face/body scrubs are too harsh, then go natural. Make your own gentle skin scrub using barley. When ingested, barley has amazing preventive properties for your body - vitamins B2 and B6 and magnesium are present; and, taken as a soup, makes a wonderful fat flush. But dry barley, ground finely into almost a powder, makes a nice,

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Okay. I know I've been a bad, bad blogger. But I haven't been neglecting you thrifty people - just the blog. And for good reason (I'll keep it short): my 77 year-old dad has had some health crises; and, being the only child, I have had to handle everything - Daddy's finances, car, cat, house, bills, you name it. It's soul-draining and exhausting. But the good thing is, after a few false scares,

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Well, not new, but new to me. Since I moved out to the beach, I'm discovering lots of little, funky, offbeat places (as only a small beach community can have). This thrift (excuse me, resale) shop, called Friendships, is tucked away in a corner of a strip surrounded by a barber shop (with the coolest vintage striped pole!) and a dive bar. It's run by a local church (not sure which one) and has

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Project Cozy Mission Statement:To unite our community in an effort to create and provide hand-crafted wearables, such as scarves, hats, and gloves, with emphasis on conserving the dignity of the homeless population of St. Petersburg, Florida.Project Cozy is a charity group that has been established to distribute warm and cozy hand-knit or hand-crocheted items to those in need in our community.

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A spur-of-the-moment jaunt to the thrift (to drop stuff off, not buy) resulted in a $2 mini-score consisting of: vintage size 3 circular knitting needles (which I did not already own! wow!); a 1989 Simplicity Knitting magazine (with gag-worthy sweaters - okay, maybe there are one or two that are tolerable); a July 1965 Workbasket and Home Arts Magazine (with typically Sixties WTF? recipes, such

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Just in time for Christmas, I found a mix & match box of vintage Shiny Brites and generic "Made in Japan" glass ornaments (in an equally generic box). Of unknown vintage, they all possess different characteristics - except that of "extremely cool." They look adorable hanging from my faux palm tree. $2 at Goodwill. Score! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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No, the Thriftgoddess is not dead, she's just been moving house. Seen this week in the thrift: Seventies-era Sears Cooking Pouches - y'know, the kind that you can seal your leftover peas in using your handy faux wood-panel, wall-mounted Sears sealer. These gadgets died a quick death in the Eighties, but have recently made a comeback, as seen on late-night infomercial TV. Share Bookmark this on

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If you knit, crochet, sew, or embroider, don't throw away those tiny bits and bobs of thread, yarn, or fabric. Do like I do, and save them - you can stuff amigurumi, or pincushions, or like the example below, little knitted pillows with the scraps. This thrifty tip brought to you by the Thriftgoddess!....squeezing pennies daily since 1997.And sorry for being so lax on blog-posting: I am in a

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Happy Halloween! What are you afraid of most on this holiday (please, no political references or stories about your mother-in-law)? I have a pretty strong stomach, but I have to say, mannequins kind of weird me out. There was the episode of Doctor Who where Rose was in the basement of the department store she worked in after hours, and the basement was full of mannequins that suddenly, evilly,

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Back to my scary tree.... I made little Halloween pom-poms to hang on it. I would have made more except I ran out of orange yarn! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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(This is some of the goods all piled up!)Project Cozy is at it again for 2010! This year, we chose to benefit an elementary school in Virginia. The kids there are underprivileged and low-income, so we adopted this project through one of my Ravelry groups. I put a call out to my knit night girls, and boy, did they deliver. Scarves and hats aplenty! Warm and woolly stuff just perfectly suited for

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Our fellow vintage blogger over at The Vintage Treasure Hunter shared a brief find in the form of these Bailey's Irish Cream coffee cups. I've only got one, given to me by a friend, but I didn't know that there was a set! I'll now keep an eye out for others at the thrift store. They aren't vintage, but they are pretty cute, nonetheless.In mine, I store smal knitting notions like stitch markers

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Golly, I love Halloween, for various reasons. I love the goofy costumes people get up to, the array of candy, and the general gothiness of the whole holiday. This year, I managed to find the perfect branch out in the yard to display my tiny papier mache bats and newest acquisition, Edgar, my Raven. (Just ignore my cute little vintage panda in the background; he wasn't meant to be part of the

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I love these little vintage playing cards I bought on Etsy. Since they have a kitten with her knitting on them, they are completely perfect for me. I've turned them into gift tags with the addition of a little extra yarn, and some colorful card paper to cover the reverse side. Soooo cute! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Just in time for Thanksgiving: The Pissed-off Pilgrim, or Peeved Puritan. Any way you look at it, she doesn't seem too happy. Her Mini-Me clings to her supplicantly, begging forgiveness for peeing in the last batch of maize, or scaring off the only known turkey in all of New England. Trust me, you don't want this mad maiden running after you with her cornhusk broom, ere she beat your misbehaving,

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A vintage set of cute Florida souvenir metal coasters, the kind you'd find in every Stuckey's in Florida or in the tacky tourist centers! Share Bookmark this on Delicious

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Oh October, you cannot arrive quickly enough. If retailers are having their way with us, Halloween is technically already here. Even the thrift shops are getting (have been, actually) in the swing of things: And I'm so glad to see that the big box retailers have gone slightly, well, Goth this holiday amidst the myriad of cute, smiling, purple pumpkins and kitschy witches: to wit, black roses,

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Yes, this skirt definitely takes the 'ugly' cake, in my opinion. You may well argue that there are uglier, more hideous skirts out there in the thrifting world; but at the time I spied this on the "retro" rack at Thrift City USA in beautiful downtown Pinellas Park*, my eyes watered, my throat constricted, and a hideous horse laugh emanated from my mouth. Yes, this was a damn horrible skirt. (PS:

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It's so nice to have you home, where you belong. Another footnote in the "lack of self-control" manual from this week: I returned to St Vince's (which has become quite the cute little boutique de thrift, mind you, since their recent renovation) and scooped up two of the little vintage dolls that I'd photographed a few days earlier. Why? I don't really like dolls. But these sweet little sweeties

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My thrifting adventures this week took me back to good old St Vincent's Church shop in Gulfport as I dropped off a bag of donations. I reminded myself "look, but don't touch" before entering the shop, as I am trying to practice self-control. Maybe I need to practice more, because I ended up with these vintage (and retro - right, Angela?) knitting & crochet pattern books, 25 a pop. This beauty is

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What do you do with a ton of vintage fabric, some vintage kitchen linens, and acres of rick rack and edging, when you're not the most creative person in the world? You make pillows. You make pillows from inherited flowery fabric and 40 year-old lace trim. You front the pillow with a linen tea towel, which in this case just happens to be from 1990, the year #2 son was born. Even better, there are

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Arf! Arf! Bedroom slippers for the woman who can't be apart from her pooches. Size 7-8.Share

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Ah, I love online book swap sites. Sometimes you end up getting a dud (a book you anticipated reading, but it turns out to be incredibly boring) and then sometimes, you get unexpected cuteness in your mailbox. Look what I received today: Yes, it's "Quick Tricks in Crochet," copyright 1950 by the J&P Coats/ Clarks folks. Sixteen pages of fifties crochet goodness. Domestic bliss! To wit: hanger

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As far as weekends go, it was kind of nondescript. But all was not lost. I did manage to finish a domino pendant with a Victorian theme that I'd been working on. I'm keeping this one. All I did was add a bit of black lacy ribbon through the bail, and tie it in the back, and Bob's yer uncle: On the thrifting front, I made a small score. Now, please let it be known I am not a huge Hello Kitty

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About 6 months ago I came across two baggies of vintage fabric squares (all cut with pinking shears) at a local thrift store. There were about 200 of these little squares, and for 50 cents per bag, it was a steal. The fabrics are mostly darker colors but are comprised of really neat retro textures and patterns. Here'a a pic of some of my favorites out of the bunch: As with most things that I find

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Ok! A few weeks ago, I gave you a sneak peek of my new project - the Bed, Bath & Beyond cutlery tray that I got for 10 cents at the UCC Lakewood Rummage Sale. What does one do with said tray, you ask? Why... paint and paper it, and flip it on its side and turn it into a knickknack display! (Click the pix to see details.)Y'see, I had so many little whimsies and knickknacks just sitting around the

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I wrote last week about the huge crafting bounty that my high school pal gave me that had once belonged to his elderly neighbor, Thelma. Yep, that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg. Lets check out what was in the giant bag of fabric, shall we?I had to get around to sorting out what I would keep and what I would donate. Much of it is 1960s and 1970s polyester fabric. There was fabric in there

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Oh my stars, I love vintage canisters! Everyone at Goodwill stopped what they were doing when they heard me SQUEEEEEEEE when I spied these two side by side on the shelf. Of course, I grabbed them (the canisters, not the people) immediately and told them both, in no uncertain terms, that they were coming home with me. They are Kreamer Ware, plastic-topped, possibly 1950s. In decent, but not

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I never really understood the "Christmas in July" concept until yesterday, when Santa, through ESP, told me to hit the Metro Thrift Store. I guess Santa knew I'd find some goodies there, and he was right. As I am officially lacking sufficient space to store my Christmas swag, I had to keep it lean. (It's been a long time since I owned my own vintage Christmas retail store, and....What? You didn't

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Folks, I've hit the crafting/sewing motherlode. An old high school friend, who I reconnected with this week during our high school reunion, gifted me a Jeep trunk's worth of fabric, sewing notions, and patterns that his elderly neighbor was wanting to throw away. My pal, knowing my love for anything vintage and/or crafting, rescued the coolest stuff I've seen in a long time. There's so much stuff

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See this box thing? It's a silverware or cutlery tray. Got it at a recent church bazaar. I paid ten cents for it. Look what it cost originally: I'm not using it for silverware. Or cutlery. I'm painting it - actually, just finished the first coat. My cats sat next to me and watched intently. In fact, a little green paint got on the tortoiseshell's fur. Good thing it's only acrylic. Stay tuned to

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Don't know why, but I'm really getting into garlands lately. I keep finding things to make them out of and reasons to make them. Here is one I made today using up random scrapbook flowers I had just sitting around.I also made a crocheted stars garland for my friend, who's redecorating her pad. Her bedroom colors are brown and light blue. How cool it was to have the right yarn in my stash!

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I really must stop taking on so many knitting and crochet projects at one time. It's crazy! This basket contains at least 5 WIPs. Is there some kind of "holics" group for this problem? Help!

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...coming very soon to a craft table near me.

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My newest acquisition. I'm so excited. This Dork can add it to my England book collection and feed my Victorian whims at the same time. It was originally published in 1838 and describes in detail each stop on the railway line from London to Liverpool. Swoooon! Thank you to the wonderful Bookmooch pal who sent it to me via Royal Mail from Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Now that I've repaired my old Beatles bracelet that I made many moons ago (and had left to rot in a box marked Broken Jewelry), I decided it was high time to construct another new bracelet (in between all the other pieces of jewelry that I make for sale). Ah, but guess what the theme will be when I finally finish with it? Surprised? Stay tuned to see how it comes out!

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Short and sweet trip to the thrift today: Almost bought another vintage tablecloth but decided against it since it was round. Had my hand on a glass canister stacking set - but wracked my brain trying to figure what I'd keep in them (chocolate? garlic? sugar?). May go back next time and get it if it's there. Wound up simply with this adorable duck planter, and two cookbooks: 1976's Tempting Tuna

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Okay, I promise this is the last time I mention how my beautiful Spooky won a spot in Yarnmarket's Fabulous Felines yarn lineup. Yarnmarket solicited pics and stories of our beloved kitties, so they could in turn develop and dye a special line of yarn based on our cats. Spooky won round Two, and I couldn't be prouder. Here's a pic of the yarn skein I received in the mail, gratis, from Yarnmarket:

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...of invention, yes, but also inspiration. When I saw this ceramic kitty candle holder in the thrift for $1.00, the first thing that popped into my head was not candles, but... a yarn bowl. Or, a yarn container. If you knit, you know what I mean by yarn bowl. Usually hand-crafted, they are beautiful but pricey. This little devil, with his cutout eyes and grin, is the perfect container for my

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See in the thrift: a cool vintage set of orange juice pitcher and matching little glasses. That I exercised restraint over and didn't buy. Wise or not?

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(Do you promise not to tell?)

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Why? Why would you a) want this, b) give this to someone or c) give it to the thrift store in the event someone would want to buy it to give to someone else? Answer: C, precisely. It's a octogenarian nightmare in ceramic.(Note the duck in a bonnet who has turned away in horror - or embarrassment for even being on the same shelf with this thing.)

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When I thrift, I never know what I'll find. (That's the fun part.) Sometimes I find nothing. Many times I find stuff that makes me giddy. Oftentimes, however, it's the simple things that are the best. This week I came across some unfolded vintage gift wrap paper for 15c each - check out the psychedelic designs! Very 1960s. The colors in the pink and blue make me swoon! The animals are so cute and

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Okay. I confess to collecting a lot of things. Luckily my collection of vintage knitting and crochet books is (as of yet) still small. I can easily tuck all that I own into one neat 3 ring binder. Each time I hit a thrift, I seek out these kitschy cuties, not necessarily for the patterns, but for the photos, advertisements, and the accompanying text. I especially love the ones from the 1950s.

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This collection of...well, not-quite fashionable sweaters was found at Thrift City USA in the "Retro" section. Click on each photo to see a larger version and feast your eyes...if you dare.

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It was hard for me to contain my inner squee when I saw these vintage cuties sitting in a plastic tub full of McDonalds toys, Beanie Babies, rubber ducks, and the like. Of course you know that I scooped them up, brought them home, cleaned them, and showed them off to my friends. I had these exact darlings when I was, oh, 4 through 8 or so, and loved them then as I am (re)loving them now. They're

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We've heard of the 'apple a day' adage...but this slightly sinister-looking bunny in a blue dress is seemingly imploring us to switch up our thinking and join the veggie side. This (carrot?)cutting board with its cutesy saying caught our eye at the PARC Thrift Store.

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One squee-worthy find that I usually see in thrift stores is yarn. But what especially gets an extra squee from me is - yes, you guessed right - vintage yarn. It's not so much the yarn itself that interests me - oftentimes it's ugly, a bizarre color, or just not suited for my needs - but the labels wrapping the yarn. I take specific fascination with labels from stores gone by, reminding me of

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Magazine rack, that is. Twenty-five cents scored me this cool late 1950s mag rack, oh-so-suitable for storing today's magazines. Gee, Wally!

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My friend C, who I hadn't been in touch with for years, finally found me again after a facebook reunion and a dry spell. Went to her pad for a casual wine-tasting last Sunday and I discovered that she, too, has an appreciation for unique vintage goodies. Here are two of her best finds, according to her, and I have to agree. The camera tripod had been $10, but it was missing a critical piece, and

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Look at the sweet stuff I won in a contest over at that hip chick's web site, One Gal's Trash. One Gal and the Thriftgoddess are often mind-melded when it comes to a) being frugal, b) being crafty, and c) loving adorable vintage things. (Especially C, methinks). One Gal (Pam) has adooooorable vintage finds on her site, and I encourage you to bop over and follow her blogas I do. Plus, she has a

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If you know me or have been reading my blog for sometime, you know the Thriftgoddess is a yarnaholic. That being said, I was kind of happy last Saturday when I went to the thrift store at Lakewood United Church of Christ and found, among the jumbled items, these two practically new skeins of Bernat yarn. They were in a plastic Ziploc bag, with instructions on learning to knit, a yarn needle, and

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This is my sweetheart, Mimi. She's a long-haired tortie. Mimi is famous around these parts for her sweet 'tortitude,' her almost-always frightened expression, and her ability to knock things off desks and counters, accidentally. She loves being brushed and scritchy-scratched behind her ears. Mimi was found in the parking lot of our local Wal-Mart, and after we fixed and fattened her up, has been

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Girves Brown Derby restaurant glasses from the 1970s. This chain was the place to go for prime rib and salad. Whilst the chain is defunct, Disney has now licensed the restaurant for use in its California theme park. Check out the menu - and the insane prices!http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/media/wdw_nextgen/CoreCatalog/WaltDisneyWorld/en_us/Media/InternetMediaType/Dining/HollywoodBrownDerby/

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Forenza, from The Limited. No self-respecting well-dressed, young and hip woman in the 1980s would not be seen in the trendy Forenza clothing line(except that this particular shirt is not a good example of the usual attractiveness of the Forenza output).UPDATE: Forenza is back! The Limited decided last autumn to re-introduce the line toits customers. We'll have to hit the mall (as distasteful as

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Off the beaten path: New downtown Loveland store blends kitschy, cool for a different experienceBy Shelley WidhalmLoveland Reporter-HeraldTwo weeks ago when Malissa Hein opened the doors to new business Hip and Trendy’s, she felt like she was letting people into her home.In a sense, she was right.Malissa and her husband Matt Hein, both 38, decided to design a store concept based on their love of

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Well, one of. This terrifying tot is certainly at the top of that list with her ohmigod the Titanic is sinking and there are no more f'in lifeboats expression. I passed her in the shop and, after composing myself for a second, snapped a shot that will haunt you (and me) for the rest of your life. Do me a favor and send me your (scary, weird, frightening, ugly) thrift store doll finds to [

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Read about London Fog's history here at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fog_(company)

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There are some pitfalls in selecting vintage clothes, because styles appear, disappear and then re-appear. If you want authentic 1930s, 1940s, or 1950s clothes, here are a few tips:Fabric care instructions began to appear in the 1960sZip codes were introduced in 1963. (look at addresses on labels)The Union Label: The Amalgamated Suit Workers' Union (ASWU) had a very distinctive label that

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Why is this poor, little African-American Raggedy Andy doll stuffed inside a cabinet with some junky handbags? It looks as though he's trying to escape albeit with a smile.

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1. It's fun to hunt. This is a ridiculous analogy, but think of yourself as a lion on an episode of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. You're on the prowl for an antelope. If you can't find the antelope in one grassy savanna, you go on to the next one. The same holds true for thrifting. (Although you may go back to the den hungry one night.)2. Thrifting gets you out of the house. Don't know what

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...check out the brand new goodies in the Cottontail Vintage shop!new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5465, 'shop','gallery',3,2).renderIframe();

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Did you get your free toothpaste sample from Burt's Bees? I did! It's yummy!

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Getting Etsy orders ready for shipping. I love my "new" job!

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My knit night buddy Jen gave me a bunch of (well, 15) spice jars of variable sizes that she said she had no plans to use. Would I, she asked me through Ravelry, be able to put them to good use? Would I! As much as I love to cook...I have tons of herbs, spices, salts & peppers sitting around just waiting for a snazzy new home. Jars before, all freshly-cleaned and dried and awaiting their new

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