Thrift Tuesday and the Sequinned Jacket
13 May 2008 5 Comments
in Thrifting, Vintage Shopping Tags: flickr, magnolias, mother's day, optimising
Hope all the mothers had a wonderful day on Sunday. This past week I decided to delete my earlier blog entries as the photos had disappeared anyway and I didn’t have many posts on how I made the various quilts and those seemed somewhat outdated now. Also through my flickr use I am more aware of which quilts have been viewed the most and which quilts/throws non sewers find most interesting.
This week CJ taught me how to optimise my photos and I have actually remembered how to do it …..and retrieve them as well… poor CJ almost lost it when I asked where do I go to get them now? Always making things harder for myself than I have to! I am a good problem solver on the computer though…just keep trying until I get it right!!! Well apart from the emoticon thing and the google reader thing and the etsy thing and the uploading my own photos to WordPress thing…well its good for CJ to feel needed and that he has more knowledge than his mum!
I have also decided not to commit myself to a particular day or flickr group for thrifting and it might also have something to do with the person who runs that particular flickr group not being exactly cordial over the banning and photo links etc …but mostly because I do not want to feel that I have to go out thrift shopping especially for a certain day…the people who were waiting on my thrifting posts, and can you believe it there were, will see by the rss feeder anyway when I have done a relevant post.
Over the past week I found a gorgeous black sequined chinese style jacket by Maggie Shepherd [as new] for $8 which I promptly sold to a friend and a violet strappy top for $3 which she also bought. A gorgeous little hand painted glass candle holder for $2 and Jason Magnolia coasters for $8 [as new] and some assorted haberdashery items for $11…. everything cost $32 ..all in all a good hall and not just for me! I should have taken photos of the whole lot together and can’t now as my friend is probably wearing them in England as we speak. Will try to work out how to do the photo thing myself soon but do not want to overload my brain and in the process lose the ability to optimise. Whew, am sweating thinking about it!
May 14, 2008 @ 07:04:48
Darn right we wait for posts! But I don’t bother with the reader, i like typing in the address and just stalking you! Mwuahhahahahaha!
So you are partly responsible for my stats? Okay thanks! And I was right …three times as many as usual after this thrift post…all that linking before I got banned must have paid off.
May 14, 2008 @ 07:58:19
You did well! I haven’t been out thrifting in a while as I have too much material!
Mmm I too really do not need more fabric but I compromised by not buying new or even can you believe it not buying remnants from Spotlight…and they are cheaper than charity shops!
May 15, 2008 @ 11:30:05
Ooh, you are such a good shopper! I am chomping at the bit to get out there..someday I’ll be shopping again! Love the baby quilt fabric. It’s so much fun!!!
Have been amazed how much money I have saved not going into the charity shop at the end of our road on the way to the shop each day. It only saves you money if you actually need it and I was getting stuff just in case. Although most people I know seem to be asking me to look out for things for them now so I am on the hunt for them! That fabric was too pretty to sit in the garage and am almost finished now.
May 16, 2008 @ 19:49:21
You were quick off the mark, I hadn’t even got to “blog visiting” yet today. Though I did have a quick glance at this post through the week (sneaky at work).
You ARE a good shopper, I am always terribly impressed with your finds. I too, tend to just come along having typed in the address. I do have google reader, which I thought would be a fabulous idea, but the novelty has worn off and I find I comment less when I use it. Also, it has become one more demand on my time, which is already stretched.
Look forward to your next missive.
I type in the address and get frustrated if people who normally update haven’t…there is the possibility of new comments I guess. That is why I like the RSS feeder …you can click on to see if there is a new post title….but some people have that turned off without even knowing. My last missive is an e-story come e-photobook on flickr….look at me with multi media presentation and I couldn’t send an email unassisted this time last year!!! Someone in the business community has suggested I get the story printed in hard copy!!!!!!!
May 18, 2008 @ 06:00:04
Life should be a pressure-free as possible, good movement on the flickr group.
And that baby quilt is GORGEOUS! =D
Don’t know how I missed this Stina, sorry! What is your new baby in the family going to be…boy or girl and hows things?