Treasure to Trash

I know, I know- it's supposed to be the other way around: trash to treasure. But in my case, things got a little turned around. I found this ridiculously rad ice bucket while thrifting the other day.

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It had (notice the use of past tense) an insulated metal lid with a big wooden ball knob. In my haste to get the lid cleansed of stickers and other guck, I decided to let it soak in soapy water for a bit while I accomplished a few other tasks.

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Fast forward an hour, I come back to the sink hoping to just quickly wipe the lid and be done. When I picked it up, however, it was oddly heavy. Like, full of water oddly heavy. Doh. Somehow water managed to seep into the space in the middle of the lid- and there was no way to get it out.

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I truly didn't love the lid anyway, but really, what is a person to do with a lidless ice bucket? I couldn't re-donate it- I love the pattern too much. Hmm. Think, think. Think more. Aha!

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I have been using an ugly old box as my desk trash can- mostly for paypal label scraps and small pieces of ribbon and fabric that I accumulate while wrapping packages. Goodbye ugly box, hello sweet new petite bucket de garbage!

Throwing In The Towel

I need ways to expedite listing in sosovintage. I have SO much inventory that I often get so overwhelmed with the task of taking photos and writing descriptions that I just...go shopping for more goodies instead. This must stop.

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Even my husband, normally exceedingly patient with my piles of *treasures*, rolled his eyes when I came home from thrifting the other day and said, "Woohoo, more stuff". He was not excited. And most of my "stuff" from THAT trip was in the car! Needless to say, it stayed there til he went to work the next day.

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So, my new plan is to try to photograph and list like items in clumps. I can stage the photos similarly, crop and edit without too much brain strain, and list them in the same format. Here's hoping this works!

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I decided to start with an easy project to bolster my motivation. These are just some of the vintage towels that will be coming to the shop soon!

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Pair of pink fleur de lis and faux weave St. Mary's bath towels

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Turquoise and avocado "Terri-down" by Martex bath towel
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Minty-jadite green roses Martex handtowel
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Avocado and white flowered Sears, Roebuck & Co. "Drylon" facecloth
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Fab, fab, fab untagged terry bath towel

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What do you think of my plan? Do you have any words of wisdom for me? Can you sympathize with my issue? Please leave a comment!