I’m a girl who just dies for a lovely vintage dress. And when I’m looking for the best of ‘em, I’m usually headed straight to 13bees on Etsy. Megan from 13bees has such great taste, and while her shop certainly isn’t limited to dresses, there sure are a lot of them! And if you’ve got [...]
Archive for May, 2010
It’s that time of year when yards are covered in you neighbors’ unwanted Thighmasters and costume jewelry. We’re on the verge of summer and kicking off yard/garage sale season with the enthusiasm of Chuck Norris. We were very aware of the hardcore yard/garage sale-ing folks within our Vintage Addict community, so we polled them for [...]
We have a winner! We received bucketloads of entries for the Pineapplemint Vintage Giveaway, but there can only be one winner! Thank you to everyone who entered and especially to Pineapplemint Vintage! And the winner is…
Ahh thriftin’ memories… I can still recall the very first time I went thrifting with my mother. It was a tiny little shop on the west side of town called “Kid’s Closet” (long gone, now). A combination consignment shop + thrift shop, this place was run by June- a woman I would come to see [...]
[photo courtesy of Kaiser Tia] We take inspiration from the world around us. I usually fall first for the color palette of my favorite vintage finds. Using the color palette generator from Big Huge Labs (c/o Colourlovers, one of my favorite sites), I’ve pulled a gorgeous palette from this piece of vintage fabric- which now [...]


