Stories From A Mature Entrepreneur

Monday, April 30, 2012

Last weekend of April and the thrift finds were fun.

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My favorite find of the weekend were these vintage nursery curtains and valances. I was with my daughter and she quickly scanned the line...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Favorite thrift finds this weekend.

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My favorites of the weekend, but not the only finds are these two loving owls music box and an unusual cheese cutting board that folds lik...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Reclaiming usable fabric.

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I have spent a great deal of my life putting used or well loved items to use in my own life and am  changing the world one person (me) at...
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Thursday, April 05, 2012

This weeks thrift shopping.

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In my travels this week to different thrift stores my intent was to just drop off donations, but the temptation to look at new merchandise ...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

This weekend's thrift finds.

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This weekend I spent about one hour thrifting. I'm finding that I have plenty to work with as far as listing items on my store, but I h...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Thrift finds for the past week.

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What a wonderful week thrifting. It's becoming so natural and relaxing and the finds are just falling into place. Even setting a thrifti...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

My favorite thrift find of the weekend.

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I had a wonderful weekend thrifting. I found many items, but my favorite brought back childhood memories. I always knit with the small versi...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

I've got an awesome new fan page on Facebook, Come "like" me!!

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Check out my new fan page on facebook: The Craft Zone 

Like me on my new Facebook Fan Page

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I just started a new Facebook fan page. I hope you will all take a minute to click "like". I've linked it here: The Craft Zo...
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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Strictly Fabric Thrifting

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This latest thrifting adventure was strictly fabric. Downsizing has made it a little more difficult to store larger items. Fabric can be fol...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Thrift finds on a calm February weekend.

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For the northeast this has been a strangely mild winter. The new word is sprinter. Yesterday we had some snow early but it quickly went away...
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Monday, February 06, 2012

Blogging my thrift finds and enjoying afternoon tea.

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Trying to stay dedicated to building my store is harder than I want it to be. Coming home from work tired and aching doesn't help, but...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Back to work. Etsy store weekly listings.

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This is the collection for this week. Hopefully I can get my eight items to list on my store from them. My goal is eight items listed a wee...

Flowers for Winter

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First try ever at forcing an Amaryllis bulb. It's 28 inches tall and reaching for the light. It needed a little help but it flowered ...
Monday, January 02, 2012

Next listing. First for 2012

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Getting ready to take pictures to edit so that I can list this next group of items on my etsy store. Need to stay disciplined and on goal fo...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

2011 rough year, but I still have items to list on Etsy.

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I can see that the next few months at work are going to be hard. They are already asking people to cut hours for the next two months. Like ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

New Beginnings

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To every new start comes major changes and in the last several months it seems as though there have been just too many changes. As things b...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Robbins Make My Home Theirs Too. Part Two

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The heat has been unbearable this summer, but we have air conditioning. What do these baby Robbin's have? This has been exciting and int...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

It's time to stop and smell the flowers.

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How can anyone not stop to look at the miracle of a flower? They are bright with color and just spread happiness. I could just spend hours l...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Finished Chair

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Okay so the ninety nine cent chair is now worth so much more, but even the expense of fixing something up in exchange for comfort is worth t...
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Rochester, New York, United States
My life is a constant collection of small miracles that add up to the greatest feelings of joy any one can experience. The sun shines and smiles for me and with all the mountains I have climbed and the peaks I have conquered I know I can do anything. Life is glorious.
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