A Work and Play Weekend

       Weekends start on Friday for me because I have no Friday classes, however I did have work Friday and Saturday.  

       I work at Re-Threads Boutique in Setauket, New York - a consignment store.  Consignment is a resale store in which consigners bring in clothing and accessories they would like to sell, and they earn 50% of the profit.  Re-Threads has been closed this month for renovation and we will be re-opening on February 29th, next Wednesday!  I am quite excited because I love my job!  I have a great boss, Nancy, and we get so many interesting items from consigners; it's never a dull moment at work!  We've been taking in new consignment, and we've had some interesting things come in already.  Currently, we are stocking up for a gown/evening wear promotional sale for prom and wedding season.  

      Visit http://re-threadsboutique.com/, and like us: https://www.facebook.com/ReThreadsBoutique

     Besides work, I spent the past two evenings with Amanda, Alyssa, and Sophia.  Friday we had dinner at school, and then went to Selden Thrift, where I bought Italian leather shoes to wear with my vintage dresses!  Sophia picked up a pair of shoes as well.

    After work and studying, Saturday night I picked up the girls once again, and we hung out at my house.  Alyssa has been dying to make and eat homemade peanut butter cups, so we enjoyed both the creation and consumptions of this dessert!  It's been a really fun weekend so far.  These girls are great friends and so fun to be with. :)

    Tomorrow I will be studying a lot more, however, I will be taking a break to do a sewing project that I've been eager to accomplish for a while now!  I am shortening a late 60s/ early 70s gown I bought at Re-Threads last year.  I will be sharing this project as a blog post quite soon!

   Goodnight!
   ~M. Margaret

Ah, Typewriters!

When I saw the Etsy Blog post today "Long Live the Typewriter" I dropped everything to read it.  I have always been fascinated with typewriters, ever since I would play for hours with my sister on my grandmother's electrical one in her apartment.  In 4th grade, I would type letters back and forth to my best friend once my parents found one they had in our basement.  When I was 11 I wanted one of the black, classic manual typewriters, and finally came across one in 12th grade at my church's garage sale.  I took this Royal home, and clean it up, bought a new ribbon, and sits prominently on my desk!

That's when I obtained another one, almost instantly, because Nancy (my to-be boss at the time) told me that I could have the one that was hidden away in a house she was helping to clean out.  This Remington typewriter has been doused in soapy water by my grandfather, and still needs some work, but is still beautiful.

Then, while at Juniata, my former college in PA, my mom and I came across my pink Royal portable typewriter in a thrift shop on my birthday!  It was meant to be, since I actually had wanted a typewriter at school with me!

During this past summer, Nancy came into the consignment shop and said to me "Was it you or your sister who collects typewriters?"  I gleefully said it was me and she told me she had a surprise for me.  She opened the typewriter case, and gave me my third Royal, the twin boy to my pink royal.

I personally think that everyone should have a typewriter.  They are great to type out anything :)

Here's the Etsy blog post I'm referring to: http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/long-live-the-typewriter/?ref=fp_blog_title

Something New...

     Today is my last day of dog/house-sitting for my neighbor.  I will be missing Beast, my canine ward, but now I will have time to work on my new blog!  This is something new for me, which I am quite excited about!

I've been having a great time with Beast, and I think he enjoyed meeting a new friend or family member every day!


So, welcome to my new endeavor, where I will update with current craft projects, what I am doing at my favorite job (I work at Re-Threads Boutique, the best consignment store, located in East Setauket, New York,) my estate sale/thrift store/yard sale finds, and anything else I'd like to share with you guys!


Can't wait to create posts, and share ideas with my future followers!
~m. margaret