The leaves are changing and so is your wardrobe. Here are a few of my favorite fall trends that can easily be incorporated into your closet. High on my radar is this season’s need for utilitarian style. It is rugged and easily translates into a fall color palette. Army green and deep oranges are key to adding this trend to your …
Custom Candy Cauldron for Halloween
Other than Christmas, holiday decorating doesn’t really occur in our house. Not because I don’t want to. Check out my Pinterest boards — I have plenty of ideas for cute Valentines garland, and Easter egg wreaths. But the holidays always creep up on me and I am left doing things like handing out …
A Gem of a Find at Goodwill for Entry Table Update
I paid a visit this month to the Goodwill’s store in Cuyahoga Falls. It’s smaller than the store on Waterloo, but the shelves were packed full, which meant I got to do what I love to do most, dig! I’ve learned sometimes even when you dig, you don’t see everything on the first pass through so it’s my rule of …
Into the Green with Great Finds at Goodwill
Hi Everyone! I just want to jump right in and say my last Goodwill trip to the store in Cuyahoga Falls on State Road was ground breaking. I immediately went into the house wears section (because my kids always make a mad dash to the toys, right next to house wears) and found a vintage Vanity Fair English Gentleman print …
Vintage Fashions Online
From costume to themed parties, fashion shows or styles just reappearing after a couple decades, vintage fashion seems to always make a comeback. Many people collect vintage fashions and Goodwill Akron even has its own collection, which is partially displayed at its signature Fall Fundraiser, Taste of Vintage. Some of these vintage items have sold very well on www.shopgoodwill.com as …
This Back-to-School Season, Remember the Three Rs
Before students can get back to their desks and pick up the traditional three Rs — reading, writing and arithmetic — there’s one end-of-summer hurdle to get out of the way: back-to-school shopping! Parents, before you run in horror, hide your car keys and tear up your checkbooks, you should know that the back-to-school shopping season doesn’t have to be …
Turn Something Old into Something New – a Planter
I’ve got an easy one for you this month. It requires no paint, no glue, no scissors… …Just a few containers from Goodwill… and some flowers and soil! We’re makin’ planters! This Pfaltzgraff ceramic bundt dish was $8 from Goodwill of Akron. Exactly what I needed for …
Comparing Pricing on Fashion Finds
Greetings Everyone! As we are nearing the end of July… (Can you believe it?), I am already starting to think about fall and back-to-school fashion. I’m sure that makes some of you crazy hearing the word fall, but after working years in retail, the back-to-school mind set usually starts for me in August. I have always been a sucker for …
Works of Art
Whether it’s an abstract sculpture, impressionist painting or indigenous objects, there is a style of art for every collector and admirer. Amazing works of art are donated to Goodwill agencies across the country each day. Most have little value. However, there are those treasure finds or, better yet, rare pieces that make their way through our doors. The website www.shopgoodwill.com …
Fourth of July Fashion Recap
The fourth is always a forgotten favorite for me. Every year it creeps right up and BOOM (your que to imagine fireworks) … it’s time to pull out the red white and blue! I usually have an array of things to choose from, but I thought I would keep it simple this year and incorporate a few classics that I found …