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The Find: Today’s Arrival
I usually reserve this section for inspiration and snippets from my book The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details, but today a very special arrival made its way to my door.
It was a big box brimming with copies of my beautiful book. As I shred off the tape and pulled back the cardboard flaps, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.
The arrival was just the boost of self confidence I asked for today. Having put my heart and soul into this project, I sometimes felt like I was on a solitary mission. It was a goal I happily pursued. Hey, I quit a big magazine job to do all this, but …
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The Object of My Desire: Duly Noted.
I almost passed up these greeting cards from Historic Williamsburg — the one in Virginia, NOT Brooklyn! The stationery wasn’t something I was looking for when I was poking around at the Brooklyn Flea Pop-Up Market the other day, but having dug through old pieces of car logos and mis-matched cufflinks, I was about to give up and go home until I landed on this set of whimsical stationery that was still in their boxes and completely useable.
One set features authentic settings of people gathered, either in the middle of a chore or enjoying a meal, all in period outfits, of course. And then there’s another box of authentic recipes to re-create over a wood-burning fireplace and a cast-iron kettle. Clearly the person who …
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Sublime Sundays: Have a Loopy Day!
Worlds of Fun opened yesterday!!
As the weather warms, I always think of my all-time favorite job in the 1980s as a photographer at this MidWest theme park. Unfortunately, the exotic Orient Express — the largest steel roller coaster of its time — is gone, but the park is still there.
I still remember the whoosh of the air brakes as the rollercoaster cars zoomed into the station, and the distant squeals I could hear all the way across the park as guests hit that very first drop and then a second round as they entered the first full-on loop. I love this picture on the left, because this was what I always hoped to find at the entry…no one waiting in line.
But on …
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Saturday Surprises: Caught on Video!
Watch footage old and new, plus and minus the ‘stache and Starr Jones with extra poundage.
Click on the link, and it’ll download.
The Elegant Thrifter from Housing Works on Vimeo.Always Frugal, Always Fabulous….and a free video from The Elegant Thrifter.
