Latest Vintage Finds

    I'm on the hunt! I've been going to garage sales and I've already shared with you the loot I pilfered from my grandma's house. I'm looking for all things household vintage to be turned into non-traditional centerpieces.  Yesterday I decided to expand my Craigslist search and look through some other categories. I stumbled upon a listing for an antique shop that is going out of business less than a mile from my house! Score! Not for them, but for me!  It was time to go pickin'. I love these guys and they have taught me much about picking.

                                                      Image Via www.tvrage.com
    The plaza that it's in is not the best so I made Mr. Betty join me on this shopping trip. Sure enough the place is being packed up as we walk in. The owner told us that everything was 50% off and he maybe able to do even better than that. This shop was way bigger inside than it looked from the street. There were tons of shelves with tons of crap vintage stuff on them. It's one of those places that has so much going on you can't even focus. It's kind of like when I shop at Forever 21, the place is so packed with all different things that I have hard time finding anything I like, let alone the right size. Who's with me on that?

    So we looked around and came across a few cool things. I came to the conclusion that I'm totally spoiled by paying cheap garage sale prices. There were things in that shop I wouldn't pay more than 2 dollars for and they had a price tag of 30. My darling fiance found both of the items that we purchased. One being a fake old phone and the other an old record player. Once we picked out our stuff it was time to make a deal. Here's where my picking skills came in handy.

                                                             Personal Photo

Rule #1 - Let them say how much they think it's worth. I said "let's make a deal, what do you want for the fake old phone?"

Rule#2 - Point out imperfections. I called it a fake old phone.

Rule#3 - Bundle to get the best price. After he told me how much he wanted for the phone I asked him "what about if I take the ratty record player too?" I then got both for the price he had quoted for just the phone.

       Now don't go to someone's garage or estate sale and call their belongings ratty or fake. I only used those words because this was a store and I knew the guy had no feelings for these objects. At someone's home you're better off pointing out a scratch or something similar but you might as well just bundle instead.

             Anyone else hunting for wedding decor? Any garage sale tips?