Sometimes, you find awesome stuff when you're thrifting at Goodwill. Other times, you wonder what employees were thinking when they slapped a price tag on leftover Chinese to-go containers. It's the ebb and flow of thrift shopping...or something like that. Have you ever come across some...
Though she received a BFA in painting from MSU in 1988, Goodman considers herself an outsider artist, generally preferring to organize art shows in places where “people who weren’t looking for art” will be exposed to it. With musical influences rooted in folk and jazz, she became interest...
When I moved to Chicago at age 20, I found more spaces like that. Bars, book stores, adult stores, cafes, all places I knew I could be myself without worry of insults or items being thrown at me. I say it like that because that wasn’t my experience in high school or at home, ...
Cleanliness. A good spa will be clean inside and out including in places a client would not readily be looking like in the washroom or under treatment tables. If you see spills, dust, chemicals, towels, wraps, or any other disorderly mess chances are that the location you picked is not ...
in How To, Looking FLY on a Dime, shopping, Thrift by LookingFly 262 Comments Two weeks ago I posted what may have just been my most commented on {via the blog and Facebook}, shared, liked and tweeted post. When I posed the question, “Are Thrift Store Prices Becoming Too Expensive?
SayFarewellto Fast Fashion andHelloto Savings We all have that one friend who stays up on the trends – buys the latest kicks, sports the hottest new fashion. I am not that girl. I love a good thrift shop, I enjoy diving into those enormous bins at Goodwill where you can purchase fa...
For items that hold more value, such as electronics or vintage pieces, online marketplaces like eBay or Facebook Marketplace can connect you with buyers who are eager to give your items new homes. Donate or sell any usable items that no longer serve a purpose in your life, and you'll ...
I made the strings for the bag out of the lining fabric, which gave me my first chance to use the Loop-Turner I'd recently thrifted. Threading the drawstring through the top of the bag was tricky, but the Loop-Turner came in handy here too. I hand-stitched the ends of the tie ...
Thompson came up with the open-air, 4 x 4 turbine boxy car that changed the automotive industry. It was a sports utility vehicle known as the Ford Bronco. Look at Thompson’s life and the places he lived, worked, was educated and served. You may find your ancestors in his art classes...
And as my forties take a bow, I find I have the courage to change. Only, I turn back to the form that fit me best all along… It’s where I find true joy. In the quiet and reservedness. And here in the shadows, I’ve begun tending to vacant and dormant places. The inner ...