frokost (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kickthis) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} thriftwhore,@ 2008-10-07 16:42:00 |
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salt and pepper shakers, those magnets/life lessons, fabric, clothes, tacky things, pins, vintage cameras, me iposing, etc.
i think there are 42 pictures.
everything thrifted from:
central/western mass (my parents live here):
salvation armies in leominster, gardner, hadley
rietta flea market in hubbardston
upscale consignment store in leominster
consignment store in winchendon
yard sales in phillipston, athol, gardner, baldwinville, who knows
eastern mass (i live here):
yard sales in brookline
maybe some urban renewals in there
raynham flea market
maine (my parents have a beach cottage here):
goodwill in biddeford
junk shops on main street in biddeford (there are two)
of course, yard sales
new mexico (my best friend lives here):
albuquerque/rio rancho area goodwills
flea market in albuquerque
these are all salt and pepper shakers
little frog and mushroom $2
little ship with smokestack salt and pepper shakers $2
dressed turkey and platter $2
living turkey couple $2
mouse and cheese $3
old man on the mountain $2 (oh god my favorite) franconia notch i love you
oranges $3
other stuff
where's waldo sheets, what is waldo doing with that mermaid $3ea fitted/flat
see a wallet i made out of these for a friend here and here
sleepy sheep sheets, i love these $4ea fitted/flat
rad vintage samsonite suitcase i used to visit my friend in new mexico $4
(southwest lost my suitcase but when i described it to the lady at the baggage claim she said they would find it immediately, and they did, unfort it was in chicago?)
silk scarves/handkerchiefs, there are more, they live in a bucket $1-$5
here is one on me
chucks and vans, asics and otomix wrestling shoes, i don't wrestle (at least not while wearing shoes) but these just look rad on my feets $4-$8
wool skinny tie that says made in scotland, i use it for dressing up if you know what i mean $1
christmas tree, one strand of lights and tinsel included, it was perfect for my first christmas in my own apartment, i even wrapped up little presents for the fish and droogs and put them under it 25 cents
quartz crystal necklace, came on a black cord but i changed it to a longer red cord so it hangs exactly where i want it to $6
shorts, sweater, bag thrifted $3, $5, $2 respectively
globe thrifted, no idea how much, maybe $3? little brass mouse/90% of books/horsehead bookends thrifted, oktomat/fisheye/link action figure not thrifted
better shot of mouse $3
yellow alarm clock i bought in new mexico, keeps new mexico time next to my bed $2
handmade zorro rug, big spend for me but my dad bought it for me for my twenty-first birthday (i love zorro) $20 (a bunch of those sneakers also thrifted)
my nikon n50 sits on a tiny tripod $25 sample picture some tool and his gti nontool and his sxe tattoo (slightly nsfw, my favorite acronym everrr) and one more when you sleep (if you see this kid tell him i miss him)
i rock the original nes $3
canada dry vintage plastic bottlecap tray (my hand for size comparison was free) $2
some of a big bag of vintage pins i got for $4.25, i like the niagara falls and the conway scenic railway best
history flashcards from 1921, i live right off boylston street so i had to have these (also i have been practicing the dawes convention, etc.) $1
states' rights ftw!
this bike wants to be made into a fixie if i ever stop unintentionally being a dick to those who can assist me in this endeavour $15
alphabet magnets to describe the important things in life on my fridge 10 cents
red vest $3
i have about a million t-shirts. here are some in action in links because these are more me and less shirt
maybe next i will make a big t-shirt post and take little iphotos while iposing
my halloween costume, i'm going as link from zelda. green shirt thrifted (i cut a men's xlarge into a tunic), boots thrifted, belt thrifted, and the shirt i made the brown glove-things from was also thrifted, i just thrifted a cream turtleneck and another green shirt to make a sock hat, too total cost so far minus tights: $14
i have a weakness for vintage cameras, the people who work at cvs must be concerned about me because either i am the world's worst photographer or i just got a new vintage camera and lights leaks/sticky shutters/etc. are making me look like i am taking drunk pictures at ten in the morning
70s canon canonet $10 sample picture big jugs
60s kodak pony $16 (i had to get it, it's called the PONY) sample picture boston skyline my rasta moped
50s kodak fiesta $3
70s ricoh and minolta minimatic $1 each
minolta x370 curse your broken capacitor it is in surgery right now $10
70s minolta 7s, this is my best rangefinder, or at least it was but the pony might be gaining now that its sticky shutter is unsticking $8 sample picture wet footprints on dock boston sand and gravel
three polaroids, two sx-70s and a spectra ii $1 each sample polaroids in above picture of my bookcase
my store candy display which displays something just as sweet - more of my cameras! $8 the super baldina, yashica-a, and argus were free from a guy on okcupid who saw i liked vintage cameras and just gave them to me - finally a box camera - score!!!
i think that is all for now.
