As I mentioned in my last post, Phillip and I recently decided to expand our antique selling venture and rent a second space at the Depot Mall. We spent all day moving in, and after hours of lifting, hauling, loading, unloading, arranging, and organizing, finally left happy, proud, and completely[Read more]
This last weekend was a great one for us in terms of finding great things for our antique space, mostly due to an amazing estate sale we stumbled upon on Saturday. In light of the fact that we’re moving into our new space on May 1st, Phillip and I had[Read more]
At one of our local thrift stores the other day, I discovered a large box of vintage postcards that must have been someone’s collection at one time. They were just 50 cents each! There were so many great ones but I limited myself to these: I’m loving the graphics and[Read more]
Today I’m sharing the second Laurel dress I made for the Collete Patterns Laurel competition (you can check out my first dress here). This one is made with a thick coral pink cotton fabric that has a kind of a basket-like or crepe-like weave. I’m not sure exactly what you’d[Read more]
I’m so excited to finally share this project with you all. This is one of the two dresses I made for the Collete Patterns Laurel competition. I put a lot of work into the planning, sewing, and fitting of this dress and I’m really happy with how it turned[Read more]
Hello, welcome to this week’s Thrifty Thursday, where I share my thrifting finds from the week. After taking a break for a little while, I’m definitely back to thrifting regularly, because I have some exciting news…we’re getting another space!On Monday, Phillip and I signed up for second space in the[Read more]
Hi everyone! Here’s my latest installment of my thrift store finds. I haven’t been thrifting quite as much of late, because I’ve been sewing up a storm for the upcoming craft fair and my submission for the Collette Patterns Laurel contest. Here are some older finds that I somehow never[Read more]
Hello everyone! Last weekend I made a fun little pillow for my aqua chair. It’s the same pillow form I used at Christmas for my ornament hankie pillow, and I figured instead of packing it away I should just make some different covers for it that I can switch[Read more]
Hey friends! Welcome to my latest Thrifty Thursday post, where I share my thrift store finds for the week. I actually didn’t do too much thrifting this week, so most of these are my boyfriend Phillip’s finds. I’ve still been trying to cut back on my thrift store buying in[Read more]
I found this cool mid-century dresser at the Goodwill in Grover Beach last week for $30! Here it is in it’s new spot in our bedroom. It’s not the greatest quality (the handles are actually plastic), but it’s an improvement over the last one we had in there because it[Read more]