Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Club Show & Sale, part one

These gals look pretty happy don' t they?Anita, left, is with the Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Club and she's at the April 24, 2010 TVCJ Club Show & Sale at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens in Toronto.With her is my new pal and fashion friend Genny, and both are wearing gloves bought at the sale - Anita was selling; Genny was buying.This post is previewing some of the neat items available at the sale, and subsequent posts will be more...

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Vintage hat from Poland

My last name is Polish - did you know?The editorial team at work had a 'field trip' last Friday on the rooftop of The Pilot in Yorkville last Friday - a fun morale-boosting event, let me tell you! - and our editor asked us to wear a 'crazy hat.'Lacking a crazy hat I donned a glam one - a feathered felt hat I thrifted at Goodwill for $4.99 that says "Made in Poland" inside.I wuv it. In between the beer and the laughs, my hat was unofficially voted...

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El Toro leather tote, $2.99

I love bags. Big bags. The bigger, the better.I couldn't get over it when I saw this red leather tote in my local thrift store, Stretch Thrift, for a whopping $2.99.Sure it was beat up as hell - that was exactly the point.I could just see some hunky Demi-God of a mannie lugging this baby all over the world. What scents and remnants of stories must be lurking in its semi-musty depths?I couldn't believe it was $2.99.The leather tag says "El Toro S.A....

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2010 Toronto Bottle Show and Sale

Well all I can say is, who thought a vintage bottle sale would be so darn interesting - even sexy?When Rob Campbell of the Toronto blog Dumpdiggers invited me to the 2010 Four Seasons Bottle Collectors Club Show and Sale, a.k.a. the Toronto Bottle Show, last Sunday, April 18, 2010, I was skeptical:Who was this Dumpdigger guy (below left, in the green), and why the heck would I, Kelly Gadzala, a.k.a. the Grunge Queen chic-is-cheap gal, want to troll...

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Costume jewellery a la Value Village

Vintage Costume Jewellery Sale tomorrow! If you're in the big smoke check out Leaside Memorial Community Gardens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and parking and vintage costume bling from over 20 dealers - bring cash!We've generated some great awareness about the sale out there in the blog-o-sphere and Twitter land, including a shout out from Toronto style blogger extrordinaire Geekigirl and a shout out the other day by Toronto Life.com's The...

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Spring streamlining

I'll give you a break from the bling and show you my mini-re-org in my pad, inspired by my recent lamp acquisitions - to those who have requested more decorating posts, thanks for your patience.As you know from last week's post, I found this silver mirrored glass lamp and shade for $10 at a big sale at my fave lighting store in TO, Consumers Lighting & Lamps.I decided to relocate the 'library' (ie: old brass retractable bookends with books in...

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More 1970s bling

This is becoming unofficial vintage costume jewellery week.Here's an urban-esque shot of me wearing my latest vintage costume jewelery acquisition, picked up at the 7th annual estate sale of Toronto vintage shops Gadabout and Eclectisaurus.I bought this 1960s-70s? necklace from dealer Angela McCool.It isn't signed but I just love it; it's a real statement piece necklace and it has purple glass beads and faceted pieces.Here's a closer look.There are...

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Become your own vintage costume jewellery hunter

Got your eye on granny's brooch?Sold all your gold at those trendy home parties an have some cash to burn?Itching to create a spring style statement that will transcend the accessory du jour and pack a powerful fashion punch?Then you simply must check out the Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Club Show & Sale this Saturday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, William Lea Room (free admission and parking;...

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Church sale pals & booty

This is my garage sale bud and general friend Matthew. He's sitting in the foyer of a church in Riverdale on Saturday, anticipating the opening of its semi-annual rummage sale.Matt and I go back a few years. We've trolled garage sales together. We've hauled a Kroehler loveseat down the sidewalk together, booty from a garage sale a few years ago. We're bosom junking buds, and we always have a hoot when we garage sale together.Vital: we don't compete....

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