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February 14, 2022 Sentimental Stuff

Flea Market Etiquette Faux Pas and a Mini Haul

It didn’t occur to me to ask. Other vendors have never objected and in fact, most seem flattered. Here’s the

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February 11, 2022 Sentimental Stuff

Time to Source Further Afield…

After nine years, my beloved neighborhood thrift store (just a mile from my house) is no longer my “honey hole.”

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February 7, 2022 Sentimental Stuff

Best Day I’ve Had in a Long Time!

Lately life has not had many fun moments and I have felt bogged down in serious stuff. So when my

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December 12, 2021 Sentimental Stuff

Christmas Dreaming & Flea Market Finds

I love this time of year–these few weeks before Christmas with all the anticipation and beauty and wonder of Christ’s

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November 14, 2021 Sentimental Stuff

An Emotional November

Earlier this month I finally boarded a plane and flew to see my 90-year-old father and my youngest brother who

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October 10, 2021 Sentimental Stuff

Termite Woes and Flea Market Joy

As we prepared our house and garage to be tented for termites (a tedious process) my “stressometer” jumped into the

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September 12, 2021 Sentimental Stuff

Flea Market Adrenaline

Holy smokes. Finally (finally, finally) a flea market opened up near me, the first in 18 months. It’s a small

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February 11, 2020 Sentimental Stuff

Jewelry, Italian Ceramics and a Shoe Quilt!

First a thank you to three of my local blog readers (Jane, Wanda and Rosalie) who saw items they wanted

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January 13, 2020 Sentimental Stuff

Tough Sourcing, Slow Selling

While I don’t need to buy more inventory right now, I still have been doing a little sourcing. Well, you

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December 16, 2019 Sentimental Stuff

The Siren Call of Good Stuff

By intent, I hadn’t bought much this month. I’d been focusing more on selling or jettisoning inventory. (My twenty-something daughter

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