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The whole Chinese chest!

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Solid wood chest. Left in a dusty place and a bit grimy unfortunately but washes up nice. 30$... yeah you read right... 30$SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The whole Chinese chest!", url: "http://www.hopelesslyentangledstringpuppet.org/2008/06/20/the-whole-chinese-chest/" });

Mysterious Thrifty Find

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Obviously it is Chinese. I can tell you it is solid wood and I am currently cleaning it. I doubt it is very old but it is probably worth between 400-600. I saw a similar item on Ruby Lane for 12,500... I won't hold my breath. I will post a ...

Jon Paskowitz on The Colbert Report

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

I've had relatives and former employers who took their kids to Africa for a few years (in 1977 and 1989) and couldn't imagine how cool it would travel as a child. I came close, my father worked in the defense department for Canadian and US projects and it took him ...

Helping others feels way better than a spa day!

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

I am not writing much here but I am making things move. I seem inspired by the sun that is coming out and the flowers that are sprouting all over the garden. This week I did a bit of whistle blowing in one of the world's largest corporations using information for ...

Vintage Knitting Blog

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

I have acquired so many vintage knitting books that I thought I would post them on a new blog. http://vintage-knitting.turn-style.com/ I already have too many blogs but it would be quasi-impossible to put hundreds of vintage knitting posts in here and categorize them perfectly. This is the personal journal with the impossible ...

Cheeky Vintage Knits

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I have been busy with webmastering requests in the past few weeks. I started am still tweaking my website. This weekend I got a bit distracted and created a few new blogs. I have become a quick WordPress installer! I created a new blog about Vintage Knitting. I didn't want to ...