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  • Fall Vintage Shop Hop

    by Brigid McAlpin
    For the past several years, we have been participating in Vintage Shop Hop the first weekend of March. Vintage Shop Hop is an event which brings ...

  • Go Cubs Go

    by Brigid McAlpin
    You're probably wondering what the Cubs have to do with jewelry. For me, they go hand in hand. Here is a photo of my Cubs Die-Hard Cub Fan Club car...

  • Native American Treasures

    by Brigid McAlpin
    Mother and I have a great love for Native American jewelry. For me, it began when Mother brought amazing pieces back from a wonderful store in Sc...

  • Happy Birthday Rachel!

    by Brigid McAlpin
    My sister Rachel celebrated a milestone birthday yesterday! She was born on Father's Day that year, just three minutes after midnight. Rachel is ...

  • Sparkle Plenty

    by Brigid McAlpin
    Just got some new sparklers in this week! The resource that I purchased these from has a gemologist review everything so it has been professional...

  • "Get Me Out Of It" Sale

    by Brigid McAlpin
    If you attend our estate sales and have met Saralee, you know she is quite a character. We met Saralee when we had our second store in Mount Pros...

  • Thank You & Summer Plans

    by Brigid McAlpin
    I have taken a break from the blog these past two Sundays due to our Spring pop-up sales Mother's Day and Village-Wide Garage Sale weekends. Than...

  • Spring Pop-Up Sales

    by Brigid McAlpin
    We are excited to announce our Spring 2019 pop-up sales for Mother's Day weekend May 9-12 and the weekend after, May 16-19 which will be held in ...

  • Pet Portraits

    by Brigid McAlpin
    I knew I wanted to use "the girls" as advertisting for our pop-up sales and I found the perfect way to do so one day when I was watching Pickler ...

  • Margot & Vivi

    by Brigid McAlpin
    Kuochun decided that he would be ready for a new puppy in Spring 2018. For months, he searched online trying to find a female Miniature Schnauzer p...

  • Ruby

    by Brigid McAlpin
    The early 2000s was a time of big change in my life. I got divorced in 2001 and moved from Vernon Hills to Mount Prospect. A year later, I lost m...

  • For The Love Of Schnauzers

    by Brigid McAlpin
    I have only had one breed of dog my entire life, Miniature Schnauzers. When my parents thought my sister and I were old enough for a dog they dec...