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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 12:02:25 PM
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I really love the chabby chic.....
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
"Despite the gardener's best intentions, Nature will improvise. ~Michael P. Garafalo
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
1175 Posts
Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
1175 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 12:03:36 PM
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I haven't found any here.. just getting really familiar with all of the thrift stores. I have my eye on a couple along in the hwy in carson city that I would love to visit. In California in downtown Jackson there were several antique stores that I used to visit. got several goodies there.
Blessings, Debra
"Your life is an occasion, Rise to it." Mr Magorium..
http://myvintagehome.com
http://woolieacres.net
http://modernmanna.org
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
1175 Posts
Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
1175 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 12:06:11 PM
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I am very eclectic.. I love shabby chic, I love victorian, I love a great deal of prim stuff. Thank goodness my livingroom set is in darker country colors- I can decorate that room prim.. My room will be in a large loft- with my craft room-so I will be doing it shabby chic/victorian. the kitchen will be done in all kinds of vintage kitchen items- like my vintage pyrex but with some pink and vintage green thrown in..
Blessings, Debra
"Your life is an occasion, Rise to it." Mr Magorium..
http://myvintagehome.com
http://woolieacres.net
http://modernmanna.org
The best Christian health and nutrition site on the internet. Keep checking because we are updating the site over the next couple of months.. Major changes will be happening. |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 12:06:33 PM
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I don't think that I could ever chose just one. I love them all!!  I can always find something from every era that I "need" to have.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
http://justacitychick.blogspot.com/
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
and make a brand new end.
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 1:13:17 PM
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I usually just buy what I really like, and know will fit in my house someplace. Of course I would would to shop at Miss Wilma's!!
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
1175 Posts
Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
1175 Posts |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 1:16:45 PM
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Well, I love Wilma's shop for sure, and can always find something I want (but not necessarily afford--not because she's high, but because I'm po'). I like Shirley Turner's Eclectic Antiques in Newport, Kentucky, where it's a mix of everything, but she has great kitchen items.
I like antique malls sometimes, but I sortof "glaze over" after a while and I cease to actually "see" what's there.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 2:38:27 PM
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I found a neat place to shop where all the venders go to one place, it's a town located in Oregon. The town is Sumpter, Oregon and on Memorial Day , 4th of July and Labor day weekends, the antique venders all go there to sell their wares. I do pretty well picking up stuff I have to have.
Kim |
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bushelnpeck
True Blue Farmgirl
262 Posts
Debbie
Sparks
Nv
USA
262 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 3:01:55 PM
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We have a few thrift shops around here, my favorite is the goodwill store,I go home with a treasure usually for very few bucks. Antique stores are becoming hard to find and when you do, you never know if it will be there the next time you go.I have a couple that I have been going to for years and just the other day I went down the street and no more stores!! I guess the the city fathers here are worrried they won't get there share so they are imposing fees upon, also they are worried that someone will bring in stolen property and so it goes...Mostly I go to CA. and have several favorites that we check out whenever we get over the mountain. You that live in the midwest and the east have a true advantage, when our forefathers came west alot of the good stuff got left in the desert or along the way because it meant the difference between survival and death, If you came here you would be totally surprised, in a bad way...Debbie
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 4:27:29 PM
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I tend to like the ones that have a nice mix of things, because when I go in a really spiffy shop I'm kind of intimidated by all the incredibly expensive items, many of them breakable. It is such fun to look around at all the things people had, have, or make. I love all the old kitchen stuff, quilts, pillows, just about anything. I love looking at the pictures of your store Miss Wilma, you have such an incredible assortment of treasure. And your pillows are the best!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 4:32:30 PM
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I could go into any antique shop and find something I like. :D Even if it's not necessarily my taste, I usually find something interesting or beautiful about a piece. I have some good antique shopping around my area. Hopewell has some really nice consignment shops, as well as antique shops and antique centers. A little further, there's Lambertville with many shops with all kinds of great (expensive) pieces and collectibles. Across the bridge in Lambertville, there's New Hope and Bucks County, PA with great shopping and antiques...not to mention wonderful stone houses from the 18th century. It's all gooood......
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 6:59:57 PM
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I like an assortment to but it does have to be very old, I learned a long time ago its better to pay a good price for something valuable than buy a lot of things cheap., I am not crazy about malls, even though I sometimes find a bargain here and there,I have found that malls that advertise good have a fast turn over in merchandis in which means I will frequent it more because there is always something new, I much prefer to buy estates or have my own pickers.I am not much on furniture past 1860, There are some good primitives but you can bet if its good it will have a price on it, I dont know a lot about dishes but when it comes to furniture or textiles I can stand with any dealor. I do sell some later things because everybody dont like what I like, so I think a General line store is more to my taste, One thing I hate is to go into an ANTIQUES SHOP and it look like a giant yard sale. We have several malls around here that are pathetic, then there is a shop in Campbellsville Sapps Antiques that I do a lot of buying, Pricey but if I am looking for something I want the best. Does this make sense or not
Farm Girl #96
http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 7:19:34 PM
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Sometimes I am not really clear, I sell quilts from 40. 00 to 2500.00 Now the 40ty dollar quilt might be all we can afford but looking at it buisness wise the 2500.00 quilt will be the first to sell, then again there is such a thing as overpricing, the main thing is study what you really like compare prices and be happy with what you buy. Another thing when a shop owner is trying to push something off on you --- Run from it
Farm Girl #96
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http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
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