Tips and tricks on how to thrift for different items, plus reviews of thrift stores in Northern California, particularly thrift stores in the Bay Area and the Central Valley.
The first time I laid eyes on a Limoges piece at a thrift store, I knew I was looking at…
When I first embarked on my vintage reselling journey, I found myself drawn towards classic porcelain pieces. The thing was,…
Did you know that Christmas tree brooches are a thing? Like a thing with serious collectors. When I first started…
When I first set out to sell vintage costume jewelry, I gravitated towards brooches. I liked the singularity of brooches,…
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…
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