A New Blog About Old Things

This past summer, I decided to expand upon my obsession for vintage and love of yard sales and open up a shop on etsy.  I soon realized what an incredible community etsy is, and what a wonderful opportunity I had to connect with all of the other vintage lovers out there, and decided to start blogging about my treasure hunting, research, and etsy shop owner experiences!

About Me


I'm a Washington, DC urbanite from the suburbs of Philadelphia.  I grew up with a great love for history and old things, and a passion for learning about how others lived through the items they used.

I owe much of my love of vintage to my family.  I was so fortunate to have loving grandmothers with impeccable taste, and developed a good eye and an appreciation for preserving beautiful things from the past from them.  In fact, I have a stunning black ombre bedroom set from my grandmother and grandfather from the 30's- 40's that they used for their whole lives, and it's one of my most treasured possessions.

For years, my family and I have gone "junkin" in Pennsylvania and down the shore in Jersey, and I learned all of my garage sale wisdom from them.  Now, they all have a hand in helping the shop succeed.  Dad is head of merchandising (aka thrift store fanatic), Mom is shipping guru, sister is style maven and ultimate truth-teller (aka- "that is ugly, don't buy it"), and Pop-pop is resident electrician/Mr. Fixit.  Even boyfriend, formerly heavy-box-carrier, has recently come on board as book keeper.

A Taste for Vintage

My etsy shop officially opened on June 1, 2010.  I made my first sale as soon as I listed my first item ( I actually thought I'd done it wrong because it didn't show up in my shop, but someone had bought it right away!)  The 4 short months since then have been a huge learning experience about etsy, vintage, marketing, money, organization, collecting, and everything in between.

I haven't honed in on a specific style, genre, or time period yet, but I find myself gravitating strongly towards glassware, which you can see in my shop.  For now, I'm just going to focus on beautiful, interesting, unique vintage items, regardless of what they are.

So far, I'm having a great time with this new venture, and I'm excited to expand it into the blogosphere!