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We’ve Moved! 6 May 2011 | 02:43 am
YEAH, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT. We’ve moved to our own hosting setup and left the warm embrace of the WordPress servers. So if your bookmarks are set to have the “.wordpress” in the url you’ll only be seein...
Shunning the (Dusty) Digital Shelf. 20 Apr 2011 | 02:42 am
We’re pumped to announce the second of two major announcements coming to the THINGS I FOUND brand. We’ve started our own online store. Do you like any particular object that we’ve ever posted? It’s ...
Thinking Spring? Wrong. 29 Mar 2011 | 09:16 am
SPRING IS HERE in the upper Midwest (or so we’re told)… So if you’re a reseller like me, you know that Spring means pushing things like t-shirts, snarky beer cozies and frisbees, shorts, vintage sung...
Things I Wish I Knew More About 26 Mar 2011 | 02:29 am
We can’t be good at everything, but we can sure try. There’s money to be made in every niche of a thrift store. I’m not advocating becoming an expert on a ton of stuff, but knowing the basics of each ...
Design Inspiration II 23 Mar 2011 | 02:32 pm
More delicious visual nuggets I’ve spotted in my thrift outings the past couple months. So bold , so bright. For all of my fellow design & advertising homies out there. Enjoy. LIKE THIS BLOG? Become ...
Heirloom Leather 17 Mar 2011 | 02:54 pm
Some tooled leather belts & wallets I’ve picked up in the past couple months. Most are genuine American leather. True beauties. These things last generations and only build character with age. I espec...
New Format Ahead 17 Mar 2011 | 02:19 am
I’m proud to announce the first of two major announcements coming to the THINGS I FOUND brand. We’re tweaking our format. Now, don’t worry, the blog will still be the blog. It will showcase all of t...
The Early Bird vs. If It’s Meant To Be… 8 Mar 2011 | 11:09 am
After hitting my usual thrift spots this weekend I was driving home and I wondered which old standby was a more pertinent quote – in regards to thrifting. A) Does the early bird truly get the worm? ...
How To Clean Your Thrift Finds 27 Feb 2011 | 09:33 am
I’ve been working on this post for quite some time now. I’ll probably be adding to it in the future when other item quandaries come about. It’s a helpful aggregation of insider tips and hints about ho...
More Design Inspiration 26 Jan 2011 | 04:31 pm
Another quick post about some more design inpired snapshots I’ve peeped while out and about. Maybe it’s just my personal preference, but I love that no-frills, bold-as-heck packaging from the 60′s & 7...
