Make Me An Offer Monday!
Posted on: December 5, 2011It's that time again when you can haggle over prices in my online store! If you've had your eye on an item but want to scoop it up for a cheaper price then send me an e-mail and make an offer for it... Continue reading »
How it works………
1. E-mail leona@thrift-ola.com with the product name & the price you’d like to pay.
2. If I accept the offer, I’ll e-mail you back and change the price of the product to what you’d like to pay for the rest of the day – although you’ll have to quickly snap it up before someone else does.
3. If I don’t accept your offer, I’ll send you a counter offer and the haggle begins.
Make Me An Offer Monday starts NOW until midnight tonight. Go shop!
Thrift-ola Yard Sale
Posted on: November 23, 2011This Saturday 26th November I'm having my first ever Thrift-ola yard sale in my studio in Hackney Wick from 12 noon til 4pm... Continue reading »
Thrift-ola Yard Sale – This Saturday! Vittoria Wharf, 10 Stour Road, London E3 2NT
I run Thrift-ola from a small warehouse unit in Hackney Wick and have been thrifting a-go-go for the past few months to fill my online shoppe with all kinds of super fun second hand finds ready for Christmas! Not everything makes it onto the website though, reasons for this include items that don’t photograph very well, maybe they’re too large/heavy/awkward to post or I feel someone should really see it in person before buying. I’m also generally behind with uploading stock as I have just started freelancing for Vintage again and am co-ordinating & curating some really exciting events for 2012. Continue reading »
BOGOF Colour Pop Kitty Cat Erasers
Posted on: November 21, 2011New Feature! The Happy Monday offer........ Continue reading »
Original display box full of 1980s cat shaped erasers. Made in Japan.
Monday’s can be pretty grim, especially now we’ve well and truly waved goodbye to summer. So to get the week started with a smile I’m going to run a fun offer each and every Monday during the drab wintry months. For today only if you buy a colour pop kitty eraser then I’M GOING TO SEND YOU ANOTHER ONE FOR FREE. Hurrah!
From next week onwards I’ll send news of the Happy Monday offer out via this here blog, twitter and fb at 9am. Exciting!
Go shop colour pop kitties < here > Offer runs whilst stocks last : )
Tis The Season For A Spot Of Upcycling
Posted on: November 18, 2011Now the Winter nights are drawing in, it's time to crack open the craft cupboard and make stuff with all the funny little cute bits'n'bobs you've been thrifting... Continue reading »
I'm in the middle of upcycling a little kitchen chair...
When I’m out buying for Thrift-ola I also source bits and pieces for personal projects like collecting cute buttons to change the boring ones on my cardigans and I’m a fiend for buying sweet scraps of fabric “to make into things”. I’m a bad, bad crafter though and most of these items are scattered about my place making me feel guilty. So this afternoon I decided I’d just get on with it. I finally scrubbed clean a cute little kitchen chair that I rescued from being used as a foot stool by a painter/decorator. I then reupholstered the cushion using a scrap of the cutest cotton fabric I picked up at a jumble. Tomorrow I’m going to sand down the frame and varnish the wood. I’m not really doing things in the right order but at least I’ve started… and it was a fun few hours. Satisfaction guaranteed.
New Collection! The Thrift-ola Jewellery Box
Posted on: October 30, 2011From super fun to stylish, I aim to create a go-to collection for gals looking for truly individual and well made jewellery that suits your character and ignores any 'on trend' nonsense. Continue reading »
A pair of turquoise fan earrings and a wooden windmill giant pendant.
Until a few weeks ago, I hadn’t picked up a pair of jewellery tools or pinged a jump ring since I closed my beloved fun rocker jewellery label on Valentines day in 2010. Interestingly though Lady Luck Rules OK had evolved from my Portobello stall in 2001 where I sold vintage jewellery and so a decade later I’ve come full circle and doing the thing I love most seeking out odd little objects and magicking them into accessories. Above is a pair of earrings I’ve made from 1960s Christmas decorations and a gigantic pendant necklace I’ve made from a wooden souvenir knick-knack which to my absolute joy was the first thing to sell when I launched the collection on Friday night. Continue reading »
Hey there! My name is Leona and this is my online shop and blog where you can follow my thrifty adventures and snap up a vintage gem of two.
