Don’t worry be happy because I am bringing a whole new collection to the Bondurant Vintage and Maker Market this Sunday! Grab your moms and daughters and come shop for some unique and one of a kind gifts or treats for yourself!
It’s Cinco de Mayo and it’s beautiful out!
Come see me on the river @captroys sip and thrift!
Cinco de Mayo market prep has commenced!
Weekend recap….
SATURDAY Des Moines for another awesome market @upcycleddsm and @bigacaibowls
SUNDAY Iowa City for family time ❤️ and amazing Thai food @ Blue Elephant
It’s rainy and wet here on my homestead! I just keep telling myself April showers bring May flowers. Fashion has definitely been functional. Found the vintage American Fields chore coat of my dreams, it’s chick approved but unfortunately a little to big for me so it’s going to be coming with me to Vol. 3 of the DSM Vintage clothing market on April 13th. It’s working season on the homestead so think all things work wear.
I know I am totally dating myself but who else actually remembers this commercial on TV ❤️
#vintagefashion #nostalgia #tootsiepop
I feel ya buddy!!!
Anyone else feeling this way?!?!?
Living in a 100 year old farmhouse and managing a homestead with animals in this weather is no joke!
Just hang in there and don’t give up!
Sunshine is around the corner!
Still going to find time to get out of this rural Iowa snow drift and bring you guys some lovely vintage to get you ready for Valentine’s Day!
If you need something one of a kind to wear for your hot date, to spice things up afterward, or to give as a gift this Valentines come see me next weekend in Valley Junction @upcycleddsm.
We survived snowpocalypse!
Over 13 inches in Ottumwa
Tons of trees and power lines down
Electricity out
But a few of the animals are loving it this morning ❤️❄️🫏🐐
Ringing in the new year at work.
I have been a nurse for 25 years and I keep thinking I am ready to hang my hat up and just sell vintage but it is so scary to walk away from something you have done for so long! I have been lucky to work on an as needed basis with no minimum work requirement for the last couple years but recently I was faced with the decision to walk away completely or make a commitment. And as much as I thought I could just walk away, when it was actually time, I couldn’t do it 😳
As frustrating as the healthcare system is, I still do enjoy caring for people and I just have to remind myself that’s why I am here 🤞
Any one who has retired from their life long career, what made it easier?
Santa is coming, Santa is coming!
That’s right, Santa is going to be at the Picker Knows this weekend for the Des Moines Vintage Clothing Market.
Come shop local and get one of a kind unique gifts for all those on your holiday shopping list this Saturday from 10-4.
Hope to see you there!
My baby is 10 today 😭
We had the best chill weekend per her request. We are always so busy, hardly ever home, and constantly working on a project of some sort. So for her birthday this year she wanted to stay home and do nothing so that is exactly what we did. She made an amazing chocolate devils food cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting cake from scratch all by herself, we played with paint balls in the beautiful weather, built legos, watched movies, had a spa day and ordered in all her favorite foods. She loved all her presents especially the Winnie the Pooh bibs I was able to find @kismetvintageco! She wore them to school today for her birthday outfit. Thank you for helping me make her big double digit birthday a success!
So there is this place down here in southern Iowa, technically in Ollie, Iowa on Hwy 78. Blink and you might miss it. They call it “Old Fort Smith” and every fall #blessingssoupkitchen, the one and only amazing local soup kitchen here in Ottumwa has its annual fund raiser selling mums and pumpkins on a good will donation basis. That’s right, there is just a $$$ box and a book where you write down what you took and what you paid.
And every year I am just amazed with all the hidden treasures left inside these old buildings off the highway, in the middle of no where. My kids think it’s spooky. Perfect place to go get pumpkins 🎃