refashionista

Name: Melissa Dimock
Age: 33
Zodiac Signs: Aquarius, Dragon
Hometown: Ottawa
Neighbourhood: Hintonburg
Occupation: Wife, Mother, Superhero, Part-time Salesgirl

Current Goal: I am trying to figure out what’s underneath once the labels are stripped away–I hope to discover myself by reigniting my creativity.

Thrift-Gift Ideas: Don’t construe this as a ‘Greed List’, because it isn’t. What it is, is a list of thrift-gift ideas for close friends and family who admit to being at a loss when gifting to me.

Rather than feed into rampant consumerism I prefer previously loved gifts. If you would really like to surprise me with a ‘little something’ sometime, here are some items I’m hankering after or for which I possess a particular fondness:

• vintage Pyrex serving dishes and mixing bowls
• Royal Albert ‘Silver Birch‘, ‘Foxglove‘, and ‘Blossomtime‘ odds and sods
• interesting old serving ware:  serving spoons and pickle forks, in particular
• older/vintage hardcover books:  I collect vintage children’s literature, but also enjoy classic Victorian and Gothic literature. The Five Little Peppers, Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, LM Mongomery, etc are particular faves. Right now I’m looking for an older edition of Pinnochio to read to #1. Thomas Hardy is always a hit with me. I am also a HUGE fan of vintage and antique cookbooks.
• glass flower “frogs” — I have a decent collection going now
• vintage clothing patterns — particularly 1940’s and earlier
• any of Gregory Maguire’s revisionist children’s stories: I haven’t read any, but am now fully hooked onto the musical ‘Wicked‘ and have been told that the book(s) is much better.
• I also like custom-made mix CDs (so high school of me, I know) and handmade gifts.

Pretty much all of these things can be found at a local thrift shop — to make it even more wonderful, I like to hear about what a great deal the ‘thrifted’ gift was!