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^^^ THINGS I FOUND (at the thrift store) ^^^ Thrifting, Frugality, Upcycling and Green Living Tips for the Modern Thrifter
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We’ve Moved!

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 y...

05 may 11

Shunning the (Dusty) Digital Shelf.

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 e...

19 apr 11

Thinking Spring? Wrong.

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, sh...

28 mar 11

Things I Wish I Knew More About

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 ...

25 mar 11 2 people like this

Design Inspiration II: All That Futura Bold

More delicious visual nuggets I’ve spotted in the past couple months. So bold – Futura Bold. For all of my fellow design & advertising homies out there. Enjoy. LIKE THIS BLOG? Become ...

23 mar 11

Belts of Spanish Leather

Some hand-tooled leather belts & wallets I’ve recently picked up. True beauties. These things last generations and only build character with age. I especially like the ones that are painted...

17 mar 11

New Format Ahead

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 ...

16 mar 11

The Early Bird vs. If It’s Meant To Be…

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. Does the early bird truly get the worm...

07 mar 11

How To Clean Your Thrift Finds

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...

26 feb 11

More Design Inspiration

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...

26 jan 11

Mom’s Finds

HEY PALS, I’M BAAAACK! The holidays usually take a rough toll on my blog posting frequency, but fret no more – for here’s a few sparkly fresh batches of THINGS I FOUND (at the thrif...

23 jan 11

Design Inspiration On A Snowy Day

The designer in me is always spotting vintage graphic gems in the thrift stores. On a snowy hibernation day like this, when i’m glued to my computer designing stuff they come in handy. They can...

12 dec 10

ReadyMade Magazine Gets It

Another great and quick article about thrifting your holiday gifts on ReadyMade Online, check it out here. I should note that ReadyMade is one of the 2 print subscriptions I still militantly swear by...

09 dec 10

Bargaining at a Thrift Store

AUDIBLE GASP! That’s right folks, I haggled (at the thrift store). It should also be noted that I also really love saying the word haggled. Having opposed most forms of haggling at thrift store...

03 dec 10

Will You Take the Pledge?

SO IT’S BLACK FRIDAY AGAIN. The busiest shopping day of the year. A day that annually, makes me a little queasy. I could go on a long Adbusters-esque, anti-consumerism rant right here, but I&...

26 nov 10

TIS THE SEASON.

This post is going to piss off a lot of my fellow e-sellers and thrift buddies, but I’ll let you all in on a little (reminder) secret – because I’m feeling so giving this year. Reme...

24 nov 10

How To Donate To A Thrift Store

HERE’S THE DEAL. While doing this year’s Fall cleaning, I amassed a huge box of stuff I didn’t need (and that I felt was worthy enough to donate) and let someone else enjoy. I figur...

08 nov 10

How To Thrift Vintage Picture Frames

This is a topic I’ve been asked about a lot recently. A lot of folks requesting that I hunt them down some vintage frames for various projects. Most of them decorative, some for artwork, and so...

22 oct 10

What Are the Best Days To Shop At Thrift Stores?

A highly requested topic for sure. To start, I’d like to say that I hope I don’t offend anyone with my rough synopsis. To clarify even further, my synopsis is merely a thoughtful opinion ...

12 oct 10

The Great Mailbox Poll: From Sad Ass to Bad Ass!

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28 sep 10

Falling Into Place

Just wanted to drop a quick post to show you all the sweet audio candy I’ve scored this past month. (This is just the compact discs!) This entire stack of goodness ran me under $6 total, or abo...

28 sep 10

Sad Ass Mailbox

So I needed a new mailbox. Having no clue how much mailboxes cost I started looking online at Home Depot, Lowe’s and Menard’s websites. My research divulged that for an average metal mail...

12 sep 10

Oh Baby.

Now that summer has loosened it’s sweaty, sticky grip, I gassed up the Volvo and I went to the thrift stores. It felt good hitting the old spots and found some rad stuff too. SETTLE DOWN FOLKS...

07 sep 10

Thrifted Paintball Camouflage.

A couple of weekends ago I attended a bachelor party for a friend of mine. The plan was a day of paintball and then camping. The best man informed me that he had already went out and bought a full &#...

24 aug 10

Top 10 Things To Look For In A Thrift Store

OH MAN. This topic was a long time coming. I’ve had tons of requests to do a post like this for some time. So here they are. My top 10 categories I hunt for (and you should too) when I’m ...

04 aug 10

Plight of the Beanie Babies

Jess (the mediocre bowler) Berg comes at us with an article on a very fuzzy topic: BEANIE BABIES. Can’t say I ever collected them myself, nor really understood the hype about them. All I know i...

08 jul 10

Gifts for the Thrift Gods

So according to the great “Without Dash” thrift blog, it’s Declutter Week. Which is exactly what I’ve been focusing on intensely for the past week or so. It feels really good ...

17 jun 10

Thrift iPhone Wallpaper

This was simply worth a quick post of its own. Gal named Elsa (I like that name) made a really sweet iPhone wallpaper design for her blog, for free. Download that shit and spread it. I’m rockin...

12 jun 10

Trivet Pursuit with Ben Franklin and Berggren.

Hot Summer, hot finds, hot plate holders folks. Check it out: Picked out a few random wall hangings for $2.99 each. A tacky elk in the forest looking one, and a Ben Franklin (B-Frankz or Frankie Hund...

08 jun 10

Summer means T-shirt Upcycling with some help from Threadbanger

This post was conjured up by my lovely girlfriend. She got a brand new sewing machine as one of her college graduation gifts. She can sew and mod stuff like none other. So look forward to more “...

20 may 10

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