The Thrift Gods Were With Me!

As I’ve been sorting through and reorganizing my inventory I decided it was time to do a Christmas in July sale. I’ve selected some nice items and have highlighted a few here. 

Monday morning. It’s my usual post office run, neighborhood thrift store browse and grocery shopping stop. It’s a predictable routine. But this Monday when I walked in the thrift store there were two full “new merch” carts stacked with items that hadn’t hit the shelves yet. 

As August wound down I found myself thrifting more just to give my spirit a boost! Maybe you’ve done that too. I wasn’t buying a lot, but I was looking. And blessed be in the last few days I’ve found some fabulous signed items for a snip reminding me why I love this biz.

Antiquing with a Friend

With a little effort the reselling biz can provide supplemental income, but I wouldn’t count on it to support me.

This week a dear friend visited from the east coast and she was totally into thrifting and antiquing so naturally this trip had to involve a bit of both. But I’ll admit we struck out at the thrift stores. Neither of us found anything to buy. Granted all four stores were small and three were bougie with higher prices, but not finding one thing was astounding.

My Latest Artist Obsession

• Cleaning and restoring items
• Online platform fees (typically 8% and up)
• Antique booth and flea market stall fees
• Software (accounting, listing, photography, etc.) fees
• Storage (buying bins, shelves, space, etc.) costs
• Shipping material (mailers, bubble wrap, boxes, etc) costs

Another American blog, Sammy D Vintage is not only inspiring but a really informative vintage blog. I look to the blog for advice on caring for fashion and how to wear it in an accessible way. I found this site when she shared a 1990s vintage fashion blog written by moi, and I have avidly followed it ever since. With posts like 21 Reasons to wear 1940s vintage – what’s not to love?