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March 25, 2008

Writing stories of love and loss in black and white

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There are stories to be found anywhere and everywhere time leaves its photographic footprints behind. Last Friday, after two FANTASTIC days at work, I hit up a corner junk shop in the mid-century downtown Las Vegas where I had found this awesomeness a few months ago, but not before stopping at The Attic, a vintage shop where prices are jacked up but the clothing is pretty fun, and spotting a little table with a stack of old photographs. I looked through all of them, writing stories with chalk on the walls of my brain. This marvelous lady above caught my attention, her clear blue eyes drew me into her face, mostly into her life, for a good few minutes.


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At the Thrift Store (I believe this was its name, that's what the awning had written on) I scored triple the amount of photographs for only $0.25 each! And everything was on sale!


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They might be sisters, maybe cousins, maybe long-time friends, but they are united in a beauty we will never see again.


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Not content with just paper ephemera (also picked up plenty of paper stuff, which I shall photograph tomorrow when I'm not hurrying to feed myself), I just had to give a new home to these whimsy Cafe au Lait cups/mugs (any one know the correct term?). How fantastic are they!!

Oh thrifting, I heart you. Sure, I love buying for cute underwear at Forever 21, or super expensive professional camera equipment at Amazon, or pretty much anything at Target, but there is something that makes your heart flutter when you come across that "great find", that can hardly be described. I know all you fellow thrifters feel the same way. And you probably express it more eloquently. So... what do you love about "thrifting"?

Posted by starmagn at March 25, 2008 02:52 AM

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Love those mug/cups! I'm struck by how happy all those people looked in the photos!

Posted by: angeljoy at March 25, 2008 07:46 AM

I have a very hard time resisting old photos and was delighted to find out my boyfriend is the exact same way when we hit up a flea market together for the very first time. Those mugs are an amazing find as well.

Posted by: ambika at April 2, 2008 01:59 PM

I love looking at old photographs. Women were SO lovely back then. I also love those mugs! So beautiful!

I think what I love about thrifting is the surprise of it, never knowing what treasures you might stumble upon. I also love how you can find things that you, or anyone else, can't just walk into any old store to get. The uniqueness of it all. :)

Posted by: Heather at April 7, 2008 02:26 PM

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