Michelle's Variety Shop

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Michelle's Variety Shop

I’m Michelle, and this is where Handmade Meets Hand-Me-Downs. I find hidden treasures and create new favorites from my home to yours.

Proudly a one-person business (with help from the boys 🐾🐾). Vinyl Decals, Handmade birds toys, Pendant Necklaces are made by me right here in Ohio. A couple attics full of Vintage Books, plus lots more.

06/18/2026

Hattie Jo made a new friend at work the other day.

This is Lint, a sweet little kitten who stopped by for a visit. Isn’t she adorable? 🐱❤️

06/17/2026

The boys and I came across these giant catsear poofs this morning.

I think they’d be a lot harder to blow apart than a regular dandelion. Then again, maybe I just don’t have the lung power I had when I was 10! 🤣

Do you still make wishes when you find one, or do you just keep walking these days? ✨

06/15/2026

Spent my lunch break getting orders ready to ship. Mission accomplished.

The downside? I came home to a little mess.

06/14/2026

Guess since they are appropriately dressed for flag day, it's a good day for Hattie Jo (middle goose) to introduce Dominic (donkey) and Della (right goose).

Della left the city in a pickup truck, determined to make some dreams come true. Ask where she came from and she'll tell you she was born north of somewhere and south of someplace else.

She has a number imprinted on her base, some whisper it is an old case number tied to an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a seed bank and several missing packets of heirloom sunflower seeds. Della has never confirmed the story. She has never denied it either.

There is another detail Della never speaks of.

When she first arrived, her head wasn't attached.

Someone, somewhere along the road, carefully put her back together again. The faint scar around her neck remains, not as a mark of damage, but as proof that some things are worth mending.

When word of Della's arrival spread, Hattie Jo came home from the Post Office to see for herself.

Hattie Jo has a scar of her own.

She understood.

No questions were asked.

A few days later, Dominic arrived.

He came in the back of a pickup truck, delivered by kind strangers on an afternoon when they were on their way to say goodbye to someone they loved. Between grief and remembrance, they paused in a funeral home parking lot and placed Dominic into waiting hands.

Life has a way of sharing the same road with sorrow and joy.

Dominic carried a touch of Italy with him. Around Christmastime, if the wind is just right, some swear they can hear him humming an old tune about a little donkey who carried hope, luck, and holiday cheer.

His arrival seemed ordinary enough.

Until he saw Della.

The stage was set when the lights went out.

There was death in Tucson town.

Della studied him for a long moment.

"You took your time," she said.

Dominic flicked one long ear.

"I had business in Tucson," he replied.

Neither offered another explanation.

Perhaps they were strangers brought together by coincidence at the end of a gravel driveway.

Perhaps they had crossed paths years before in a small café down Tucson way, where a little cowboy tune drifted through the evening air.

Perhaps they recognized in one another the quiet understanding shared by those who have traveled long roads, collected a few scars, and discovered that being repaired does not lessen your story. It deepens it.

Now they stand watch at the end of the driveway.

Della, keeper of secrets.

Dominic, carrying old songs from Italy and dust from distant roads.

Hattie Jo, who knows that broken things can be made whole again.

And if the three of them know more than they're willing to say, they seem content to let the mystery remain.

After all, not every story needs explaining.

Some stories arrive in pickup trucks.

Some bear old scars.

And some simply find their way home.

06/13/2026

Every sunrise offers a glimmer of hope. Have a great day!!!

06/10/2026

Restocked my booth yesterday at Aisle 1, Booth 13a.

06/07/2026

This morning I was sorting through some boxes, to get inventory to take to the antique booth, that are from a dear friend who passed away several years ago. While going through her baking dishes, I found this graham cracker pie crust with an expiration date of December 8, 2016.

It made me laugh because I can just picture her buying it, putting it away for “later,” and then wondering where it went. “I know I bought a pie crust…”

Ten years later, mystery solved. ❤️

05/31/2026

Been working on lots of Dad items the last couple of weeks. Here’s a golf bag tag tee holder on the laser this afternoon.

05/28/2026

Never too early to start getting ready for Christmas. 🎄

I keep a bag of ornament twine in my car so if I’m stuck waiting somewhere, I can get a little work done. This afternoon my husband even helped knot ornaments while we waited at one of his appointments.

We actually ran out of twine before the appointment was over, so now I need to restock my “waiting room work bag” before the next round of appointments. 😂

05/25/2026

Just packed up three batches of this gorgeous brown Huacaya raw alpaca fiber, and it’s officially heading to Kansas! 📦🦙

That means I can officially check all 50 states off the list for the year! 🎉🗺️ I am super excited and incredibly grateful for everybody who has supported my small business.

You really never know what I’m going to ship out next with my variety shop, but hitting this milestone so early in the year is the best feeling. Thank you all so much! ❤️✨

Address

Elmore, OH
43416

Website

http://Www.michellesvarietyshop.com/

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