Posts tagged as "Thrifting"

Posted by Jettica on 26th January 2010
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Pretty finds from Etsy

I bought something from Etsy yesterday (it’s a secret) and it had refuelled my love for all things handmade and vintage. Gold and Silver Whale hair accessory by WeeGardens – $17 (£10.50) Love this little hair accessory. I have no idea how to put these in but I would learn. I want whales in my [...]

Posted by Jettica on 7th October 2009
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My Closet

Our house is a three bedroom terrace but the third bedroom can hardly be called that at all so we have a two bedroom terrace with a dressing room! Now, this is a rented house other wise I would’ve properly done this room over to make it more manageable, prettier and with more space. God [...]

Posted by Jettica on 6th October 2009
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Spotting Good Quality Garments

With the thrifting trip approaching and little knowledge of what I should be looking for I thought I’d do some research into spotting the good items. I could go into any thrift store and look for pieces whether they be vintage or not but I don’t want to find myself buying crap not matter how [...]

Posted by Jettica on 5th October 2009
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Adding to the plan and a rant…

So, as most of you will know (because I’ve been going on and on about it) I’m going thrifting on Saturday. My original plan was to look for specific pieces mainly costume jewellery and vintage dresses. However, I’m now toying with the idea of buying pieces for resale on Etsy. I’m certainly not thinking about [...]

Posted by Jettica on 5th October 2009
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Thrifting: What I’m hoping / looking for

Designer Jewellery: I always feel like people in charity shops don’t know what they are doing, they can’t tell the designer pieces from the crap. You hear stories of people picking up expensive vintage pieces for a couple of quid in charity shops. I don’t think this happens all too often and I think charity [...]

Posted by Jettica on 5th October 2009
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The Weekend

I went to the gorgeous Jupe at the weekend (www.jupe.org.uk) I was greeted with a glass of Champagne then worked my way through every rail (which is difficult with a glass in your hand) I had to restrain myself from buying everything in the store. It’s a seriously colourful, beautiful place. I ended up buying [...]