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Green With Indie Vintage: Thomasina Jewelry and Vintage Finds

Posted on June 03rd, 2010 in shops | Author: Courtney Chesley

Our next featured Green With Indie vintage vendor is Thomasina Jewelry and Vintage Finds. Her vintage dress scores are to-die-for! Dig in and get to know Dana from Thomasina, and be sure to stop by her booth this Saturday.

Q: Tell our lovely readers a bit about yourself. Is buying and selling vintage your full-time gig or a hobby? How and when did you get started in this business?
My love of vintage is about as old as I am. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of my sisters and I dressing up in my mom’s 1950′s and 1960′s prom and bridesmaid dresses and doing our own version of a fashion show. My most favorite items were a satin cinnamon colored formal (which I still have) and one clear Lucite heel whose mate was long gone but I unevenly wore that shoe all the time!

I’ve been in the vintage business for about 6 years now. I started off just selling personal items from my own wardrobe on Ebay. Then I moved to Florida in 2005, which is one of my most favorite states to find vintage, and my online Etsy shop, Thomasina Jewelry and Vintage Finds, opened shortly after. Having lived in St. Louis for almost a year now, I currently split my time selling vintage online in my Etsy shop and working for The Vintage Haberdashery in Tower Grove South.

Q: Are there any items you’ve regretted selling and wish you would have kept for yourself?
Regrets? Oh yeah! I often have seller’s remorse. The two items that stick out most are a 1960′s cream lace long sleeve mini dress that was just a wee bit too small and a pair of 1970′s slouchy Frye boots that were way too narrow for my wide feet. My rule is, if it doesn’t fit me well, I must sell it, but it sure was difficult to put those packages in the mail!

Q: Pick one and tell us about it: Weirdest, most valuable, or most satisfying find?
Discovering a black Victorian mourning jacket at a yard sale in Florida (for 5 bucks!) was probably my most exciting yet painful vintage find. Without considering how tiny people were back then, I immediately tried it on, got stuck in it, and somehow pulled a muscle in my shoulder while trying to get it off. It caused such serious pain that I couldn’t drive for nearly one week! The mourning jacket/torture device will be making an appearance at Green With Indie so come check it out, if you dare….