Vintage straw hat with orange ribbon band. My fingers are poking thru the gaping damaged crown.

Monday snuck past me again and now it's Tuesday. I’ve had mixed results with my Monday mending & fixing projects. Of course visiting my...

I began writing this blog post yesterday, the 2nd; today’s the 3rd day of the new year. Mending Monday seeped into Tuesday- that’s how...

I recently found 4 antique dresses including a rare Edwardian silk dressing gown. Here's details about this lovely dress.

Spring has really sprung here in the Portland area- our fruit trees are in full bloom, buzzing with the Mason bees my husband lovingly...

I haven’t blogged in awhile… sorry. I keep overthinking the process. But today as I was rearranging & sorting stuff to prep for listing...

This week I made a cat bed using the popular IKEA doll bed hack instead of doing my usual Monday mending. IKEA is one of my favorite...

Dating not-so-old but still vintage bandanas is a bitch! Bandannas (or anything else) need to be at least 20 years old to be genuine...

It’s Monday again- WOW time does fly! Setting aside one day a week to do mending and/or making and writing a blog post about it is both a...

It’s another rainy Monday. After the l-o-n-g dry spell this summer I’m still enjoying the rain. The dry cracked ground is soaking it up...

Three vintage Oshkosh bandannas As a frequent shopper I’m often out & about, here & there looking high & low for vintage & antique...

Vintage Planters For My Home After reading back over my rather sparse posts over the years that I’ve been blogging I’ve decided to try to...

As a dedicated vintage rag picker (I love saying that lol!) I spend a LOT OF TIME looking for inventory for my stores. One of my favorite...

Yes, you read that title correctly. It is indeed a splendid dark blue trunk-down elephant bandana that someone turned into an slightly...

Antique Martha Washington bandana Ok, I was going to keep this antique Martha Washington bandana (who wouldn’t?) but my scarf, bandana...

It was a lovely day… no, not really. It’s sunny but super-cold for Portland Oregon; it’s a mere 18 degrees outside  and not supposed to...

Last Saturday was perfect. The weather was a combo of bright sunshine coupled with clouds & rain… classic weather in Portland, Oregon. My...

Vintage Printed Feedsack Underwear I recently was ridiculously excited to find one of the items from my geeky “vintage clothing bucket...

Odd title? Well, I’m sitting here drinking my morning cuppa coffee (the first of many) and a blue jay swooped past my window. While the...

Friday is the day I wander, searching high & low for treasures to sell and keep. As I’m out and about, I see things that amuse me and...