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i save beautiful things.

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I thrift a lot & i like to think that i have a pretty good eye

but when it comes to old pottery ill admit that 9 out of 10 times im totally wrong

which makes that one time so much better 😍

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an old drawer i found and hung up. for all the tiny lovely things i find in life.

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i spotted this gorgeous pair from across the goodwill, had to square off with two other treasure hunters who saw them too

but victory was mine. 😍

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because today was the best day ever 😍

never mind my alexa, homegirl is cray

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found this old guy today at one of the more *FRUITFUL* goodwill stores (yep im hilarious) that i frequent.

$4.99 for realz.

titled “branch of grapefruit” by artist “O.F. Amsden” as indicated by the gallery tag. a quick internet search yielded nothing so ill have to dive deeper when i have some time.

it is absolutely beat to shit. and while the frame is literally falling apart, it is all original.

and in my deeply inexpert opinion, it is very very old. my fav kind of thing

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one of my fav ongoing projects ever.

long ago i found a lovely dressmakers’ mannequin circa 1900 at an estate sale... i think i bought it for $25 dollars.

she was rusty, dirty & broken. but she just needed a little TLC & a lot of rainbow ❤️

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found this stunning 150-year-old piece of paper today. just the most fabulous, hand-colored fashion plate ive ever found

which someone id like to kill not only wrote on in pen, but also hot-glued to a cheap frame. i fume even as i type this

but alas. ill save you my love

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better late than never!

happy birthday ‘merica

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my dancing lovers

with unbelievably no broken fingers

*be still my heart*

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nearly brought down a shelf at goodwill when i spotted this foxy lady way up high

by otto mueller. old original wood & velvet frame. gallery tag on the back titles it as “staying nude”

which she does, in my living room all day every day.

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some of my prettiest girls

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once upon a time i found this cheeky little number in its original box. happiness oui oui

*shh its not for fingers*

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SIDEBAR can i just take a sec to talk about laura ingalls’ husband tho

not only was almanzo wilder the finest piece of ass in the entire midwest, the continental united states & possibly the world during victorian times as evidenced here

but even better:

in late 1880, when he was just 23– during the most vicious winter ever recorded in US history— he fearlessly risked his life on the open prairies of dakota territory amidst sub-degree temperatures & raging winter storms on a batshit insane hail-mary mission that had zero probability of success, unbelievably beating the odds... first by locating a food source only to top that by outmaneuvering a blizzard & escaping certain death by a matter of mere minutes

ultimately saving laura ingalls, her whole family, and her entire town from death by starvation during the last leg of a never-ending blizzard that lasted for 7 uninterrupted months

and she *still* played him off his best friend & made him wait 3 years before she let him hit it. like damn girl holy shit

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im fine this is fine

everything here all good & normal & totally sane

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ill never forget the day i met the love of my life, sitting next to a dumpster... ive never worked so hard to get something home alone & that includes a man.

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bought this little watercolor on paper- in a crushed broken frame at goodwill- for 99 cents. i dont know anything about the artist but its among my very favorite things on earth.

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today i found this gorgeous thing in a junky thrift store near dallas.