Late last year, I decided that I wanted to sell costume brooches on Etsy after getting my vintage reselling sea…
After publishing a piece about cleaning vintage brass a few weeks ago, I wanted to take a step back and…
Polishing off the patina on brass is somewhat controversial—a patina can look unpleasantly grody, but sometimes the buildup is desirable…
The vintage costume brooch is a small luxury like lipstick, affordable and accessible even when it’s high end. It’s incredibly…
Now that spring is in full swing, I find myself, yet again, entranced by the indoor plant section at The…
You’d think there wouldn’t be much going on in a city named after lard, but Manteca knows how to put…
As a singleton over the last few years, I haven’t given Valentine’s Day much thought. But lately, I’ve been finding…
Not to brag, but I’ve been shopping secondhand since my time in the womb. When my mom was pregnant with…
This holiday season, I’ve been cutting down boxes as much as I’ve been clickety-clacking away on a laptop writing articles.…
As the patron saint of germaphobes, it’s kind of a miracle that I more or less exclusively own a secondhand…
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