National Blog Posting Month

Introduce yourself...

Hi there...introduce your self to the group if you are so inclined. Even share you story about the find of a lifetime. If you include a link to your blog you may get a little linky love from some fellow thrifters.

I'll start:

I'm Amanda...my blog is www.plummblog.etsy.com

My biggest thrift score yet is a set of four mid-century modern danish teak chairs found at the thrift store for $12. I found them online where they sold for $1,600. Needless to say I was pretty thrilled....and since we are total mid century modern fanatics we'll be hanging on to these.

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Permalink Reply by Katie on November 5, 2007 at 7:18pm: I love to see this snazzy group- great idea! I just took photos today of my thrifting finds to blog about sometime during the week. I like to find vintage crafting supplies and can't really pinpoint a big score like that those chairs- what a score!- but I have found a great little table loom, several nice wool blankets, tons of rick rack (why to I keep buying it?!) and other little trims and sewing notions. I keep hoping to find a drum carder for $20.00 somewhere, but that hasn't happened yet.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by amanda on November 5, 2007 at 9:46pm: Hey Katie...thanks for the intro.

I hear you on the rick rack...it is irresistible. Especially when you find it in a new and more exciting color! Vintage patterns and crafting supplies are impossible to pass up along with, for me, vintage linens. Good luck in finding your Drum Carder....

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Permalink Reply by Notsocrafty on November 7, 2007 at 4:56pm: Hello, my name is Kristi and my blog is www.notsocrafty.com.

I love to thrift lately I've been having a lot of luck with finding unique pots and planters for my new hobby gardening. I am always on the look out for cool retro clothes and old school toys. But they've been hard to come by lately.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kelly on November 7, 2007 at 8:32pm: Amanda, thats a GREAT deal. Wow. Yeah...I don't have any amazing thrifting experience...just lots of good ones that add up to a love for all things thrift. :)

I'm Kelly and I love thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales, and craigslist. :) I have a category on my blog for things I've found thrifting if you want to check them out! :)

Kelly
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Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 8, 2007 at 12:57pm: I'm DaveX. I write about experimental music, but my curbshopping crops up from time to time in the blog as well. Lately, I've had a few posts about a jukebox I scored for FREE during a city-wide cleanup. It's a pretty good story: http://startlingmoniker.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/mahnewfavoritething/

I'm pretty lucky about finding cool stuff for free. In the past, I've gotten a working rider lawn mower, a record cutter, a couple sewing tables (and machines), a new chaise lounge, a huge roll of brand-new carpet, restaurant booths, a dishwasher, the large executive chair I'm currently sitting in (which I had to assemble, as it was tossed out UNOPENED), more furniture than you'd suspect, and a huge variety of musical stuff.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by amanda on November 8, 2007 at 1:11pm: DaveX...

I just read the jukebox story.....that is flippin amazing! I think you may posses the coolest thrift story yet. My mental image of you and your wife wrangling that beast onto the car was enough to make me laugh out loud!

Thanks for sharing!

~Amanda

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Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 8, 2007 at 1:18pm: Yeah, you should have seen the ride home. Dark, cold, trying my best to balance this huge thing on the trunk... This is usually the stuff Darwin awards are made of, haha.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Granny Sue on November 10, 2007 at 11:39am: I've been a recycler for years. Not the plastic-bags-and-put-it-at-the-curb kind, but the kind that lives it every day. Used clothes, used furniture, shopping at Goodwill and thrift shops and yard sales because I choose to, gardening and canning and, for 16 years or so, living without electricity.

I've had lots of finds over the years, so it would be hard to pick one. But I recently wrote about one on my blog--a cool old roaster. I wrote about it on my blog just this week. I love people who understand this love for cool old stuff and don't need to impress with what they can buy. Great idea for a group!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 10, 2007 at 11:42am: So do you blog from the library, then? Or do you mean you're using solar, etc, instead of an outside electrical company?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Granny Sue on November 11, 2007 at 6:41am: Oops, I didn't write that very clearly! We lived without electricity between 1974-1990. I started college with my oldest son in1987, and it got too difficult to do homework, work etc without power.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 11, 2007 at 7:10am: It's okay. We all experience a little mental brown-out from time to time, LOL; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Cheap Chick on November 13, 2007 at 9:01am: Hi there! I'm Erin, a.k.a. The Cheap Chick, and my blog is http://cheapbutnoteasy.blogspot.com.

My biggest score was probably the cashmere sweater I got two years ago. It was a lovely heather gray v-neck that went with everything I owned. And I got it for $16.50, which I thought was pretty good. $12 for $1,600 chairs though, DANG girl, you rock!!!

I keep hoping I'll find a working piano by the side of the road...; ▶ Reply to This