It began snowing again on Saturday morning, so I decided to head into Spokane for a little vintage shopping. You've heard me say before that one of my favorite times to visit the local vintage shops is around any holiday season because there are a lot of unique seasonal finds to be had. It can be kind of tricky timing around the Christmas season though because a lot of shops will wait to really stock their full holiday collections until their annual in-store open house holiday party. This is becoming a lot more common in our city, and maybe throughout the U.S.?
What the shopkeeper will usually do is close their store for a full day to bring in all of their holiday vintage pieces and get the store looking really Christmasey. Then that evening, they'll open up for a big holiday open house to start the Christmas shopping season. It's worth calling around to your local shops to find out if they do this so you can make sure to take part!
All of the shops I visited were still in full Autumn mode, which was nice because I'm trying really hard to hold on to Thanksgiving before my heart settles into the Christmas season. (It's so hard to not start filling my house with Christmas when the snow is coming down so hard!)
I found the sweetest, most simple Sunday paintings at my first stop, Rare and Retro. They ranged in price from FREE to $2:
I also picked up this great plaid trunk that I'll use on my porch at Christmastime:
And this jolly red basket from Paint in my Hair that I'll use during the holidays too:
The shops I visited were Rare and Retro, Paint in my Hair, Tossed and Found, Boulevard Mercantile, Lucky Vintage & Pretty Things, and Chosen Vintage.
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Between posts on my website, and all year long, I'm preparing for The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair. You can read alI about it here. I also document my life on Instagram. You can follow along with me there.
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