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no hi everyone this is my mom hi do you
want me to say your name no no okay this
is Mom
today we thought we would bring you a
video on thrift shopping tips and um
because we went thrift shopping today um
and we basically um you guys have been
asking me for a video on thrift shopping
and tips for thrift shopping for a long
time and this is the person who
basically taught me all of the good
stuff I know about thrift shopping um
all of my tips and tricks um yeah I like
a bar I learned I learned them from Mom
pretty
much I was thrifting before it was on
Trend or on
flake so we're going to share with you
some thrift shopping tips and then we're
going to show you what we got today
which was a lot of stuff there are a lot
of bags piled up there a good haul it
was a good haul all right so tip number
one for finding good things at thrift
stores go somewhere that is rual and
preferably in an industrial area this is
the place where you went okay we're at
um we're at Blue M's cancer he up shop
um it is kind of out of the way it's in
a town called Kumba which isn't a tiny
town but it's still fairly rural it's
really far from the any major city
centers yeah and it's in an industrial
area in an industrial area it's kind of
like a a warehouse like they have like a
whole sorting area um these kind of op
shops are the ones where you find the
best stuff definitely so try to avoid
places that say retro or vintage they're
probably um curated stuff ated stuff
they probably found all of that stuff at
these op shops to start with but they'll
be very expensive they'll be a good 20
times more expensive than thrift shops
what's their name of those
people what
people the ones that come to your yard
sales really early and trying hle they
have a
name and the benefits of finding
somewhere that is not like in the middle
of a city is that it's not going to be
picked over um by you know inner city
hipsters um and also there's just a They
Don't Really um in real Lop shops they
don't often know the value of things so
often you find them you'll often find um
brand brand name stuff for you know1 or2
okay tip two is to wear clothes that are
easy to take on and off so I followed
this tip this morning but Mom didn't
exctly I li up shoes um probably just an
easy dress to just like a dress which is
really easy to take on a mouk like this
a slip on shoes really good idea
sometimes when you go to these kind of
big Warehouse op shops thrift Thrift
Stores um they won't even have changing
room so it's good to wear something that
isn't bulky so you can maybe even try
clothes on over the top of what you're
wearing um often skirts are good so that
you can you know kind of put pants on
underneath and then take your skirt off
yeah yeah tip three before you actually
even head out go through your your
cupboards your closets your wardrobes
your drawers your boxes cuz you always
got stuff you can take and then you're
justified in getting a whole bunch right
like we took four bags yeah came home
with five but anyway but at least you
know you got rid of some stuff it's good
to recyc definely yeah yeah and it's a
good cause MH tip four choose your
thrift shopping partner wisely if you're
going to the thrift shop with someone
make sure that they don't have the exact
same style as you because you will fight
over everything if you have someone who
knows your style but has a slightly
different style or is a different size
it's really good cuz they'll find things
which suit you and you'll find things
which suit them but you won't be
fighting over things yeah definitely
except for that cushion we fought over
and I'm having it and don't go up
shopping with someone that's going to
get bored after 2 minutes you need to
set aside a good couple of hours yeah um
you need to go with someone who
appreciates secondhand clothing yeah if
they're going to go in and say this
place smells it's disgusting it's
disgusting as far as I'm aware no one
ever died from wearing secondhand
clothing tip five look in every section
if you wear feminine clothing don't just
limit yourself to the women's section
look in the men's section look in the
costume section look in like lingerie
and like night dresses section
also look in the kids section I've often
found that boys um shirts and sweaters
make some really cute cropped tops and
cro jumpers so we particularly like the
random section where you might find some
CFT stuff some old tights yeah PA of
shoes thrift shops I'm going to keep
calling it thrift shop or op shop
because you actually it's actually
called op shop in Australia it's
actually Opportunity Shop do you know
that yeah oh good
anyway Thrift Shop op shop same thing
I'm going to keep using both the terms
um but yeah they often have a random
section um which is a really good to go
through because you can often strike
gold in those sections yeah and it and
it won't cost much either they often
just want you to take a whole bag this
is a random selection of
books used to watch
him he was cool he looks really cool he
was very passionate dip six ignore
labels yeah sizes especially ignore
sizes yeah um if you are normally a size
eight and you find something which is a
size 12 try it on like if it looks like
it's going to fit you try it on like
things could have shrunk in the wash
they can also be vintage sizes they can
also be sizes from other countries which
are different to your own country so
just ignore labels completely so tip
number seven if you know how to S
then Mom doesn't think she does even
though she does if you know how to sew
then you can pretty much just get
anything that you like if you find
something with a cute print but it's way
too big um you know you can make it fit
you see my style pile videos yeah if you
are a crafter buy your craft materials
at thrift shops it's so much cheaper
than spot spot
craft Spotlight lincraft um Joann's any
of those expensive craft stores um I
found this whole Craft section at this
op shop we went to there's a lot of
weird stuff too like found this baby
dollhead and some interesting patterns
there's a lot of half finished projects
yeah I've actually got a lot of those
myself I found this box of zippers and I
just basically picked them all up and I
was in an anake shop the other day and
they had ridiculous prices on on any
vintage mhm sewing items wooden cotton
spools especially something that country
thrift shops are really good for
Fabrics so I actually did find quite a
this op shop had a lot of fabrics but
you can often find really good Fabrics
in the bed sheet section absolutely and
they're incredibly cheap and especially
if you are learning how to sew um get
bed sheets to practice on yeah and
you're not spending heaps of money on
nice
fabric tip 10 before I go into a thrift
shop I have an idea of the things that
I'm always looking for like I
particularly like Tartan fabric hounds
tooth yeah um it's really you like today
you wanted to find a pair of black pants
and a black skirt so it's really good to
go with kind of an idea of you don't
want to get stuck on wanting something
specifically cuz you come out
disappointed cuz you generally won't
find it I'm still looking for Tartan
pants yeah so go to the fish store with
something in mind but you know don't
just be like I have to find that cuz
you'll just walk out with nothing which
will save you money but it's not as much
fun no so another really good tip is
when you're going through kind of just
make a maybe pile if you see something
that you kind of like you kind of not
sure on it just don't decide then just
grab it off put it in your maybe pile
and then at the end go through
everything this is a maybe
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this way you'll end up you know buying
stuff that you never would have thought
of getting for yourself um it's actually
a really good way to kind of discover
your own style if you're trying on
things that you know you you weren't so
sure about you tried it on you're like
oh wow that looks amazing that's really
cool while it's really good to find
things and it's great that they're cheap
you have to also try and not just buy
everything no no don't just buy enj so
much it's better to come home with the
things you really like than just a whole
pile of stuff that's going to go back
the next trip yeah oh especially shoes
oh I can't even tell you the number of
times that I have gotten shoes that have
just been you know just a tiny bit too
small or a tiny bit too big and I've
been like well you know they are doc Mar
and they're so cheap and I just took a
pair today that were Spanish and they
were leather and they had the cutest
little cutouts but they were so
uncomfortable and that's probably why
they ended up there in the first place
and no matter how many times I wore them
they they never got better so I gave
them up
today yeah and then someone else will
buy them and do the same thing like yes
I got these really cool shoes oh no
they're really
uncomfortable another good tip that you
brought up was to bring a big bag with
you yeah so we didn't do this no but we
thought when we were there man it would
be good if we had like a really big like
Ikea bag right now yeah you can drag it
around too so if things get heavy you
can just drag
it we were finding it hard to put all
our stuff somewhere where other people
weren't going to try and Ste rumage
through it but also your stuff got
really dirty from being on the floor the
floor yeah and I think the one last tip
that I wanted to mention um was make
sure that you try things on like it's
really tempting not to try things on but
it's really important to do that because
you might think oh this is really cute
it's only $2 I'll just get it without
trying it on if you'd actually you know
you go home and then you'll be like this
is really unflattering yeah and I've
come home with things so excited and
nothing's fit and it's really
disappointing so yeah and probably that
goes the same in reverse that some
things that look completely unflattering
actually end up looking really nice yeah
always try things up yeah don't
disregard anything yeah so we're
actually going to show you some of the
stuff we got today uh we got five as we
mentioned five massive bags of things um
but we'll show you our favorite things
that we got yeah so um something that
actually took up the bulk of um our bags
which is why we ended up with so many
bags uh pillows we found a lot of really
cute pillows
today and Mom wants them but I they're
mine they're
mine so this got um this this is so cute
can I have it for this craft room no
it's for my craft
room anyway this um really pretty is
that cross stitch cross stitch pillar
handmade I can crosstitch pill I'm going
to make one you should make one then
okay good well it's mine then I got this
cute G one and this orange one cuz I've
got a bunch of orange cushions on my
couch um and then we got we found a
bunch of these um because oh mom got I
got double oven mitts are we looking for
those ages anyway look at the lovely
suncloud we got these Fabrics so that we
could um make cushion covers I'm going
to make cushion
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covers and curtains oh apparently yeah
kitchen okay this was an amazing score
this is a whole bunch of ribed Jersey
um ried Jersey material that's kind of
being cut into small little sections
which would be really good for binding I
love making t-shirts and I love doing
contrasting binding and this is a whole
bag of the stuff um so this is
definitely going to go to good use and
it was a buck these are all the zippers
I got right they pair of socks but these
are all the zippers I got zippers in
Spotlight in Spotlight zippers are
anywhere from 50 Cent to $150 wow um and
I think I got this whole bunch there's
more there's more I got all of these the
woman just kind of looked at them and
was like a dollar I think she was
getting a bit overwhelmed with it all
yeah she just want to get rid of you
yeah so I got all of these for like a
this is a cool bag strap actually it was
20 cents um what's so some other things
you got uh I got this really nice Timber
platter that was marked $45 $45 and you
got it for1 yeah and my whole hole was
only 32 yeah yeah handcrafted Beautiful
by m God of Gada m godber is a great
name I know and it's red cedar it's
beautiful I'm going to have that as my
fruit bowl so renovating my kitchen at
the moment if there's anyone out there
with some tips and I really like bowls
and plates that have a floral
Edge if anyone has this set and they
don't want it
anymore can't just I've also got blue
ones you can't just use the first video
you to solicit things from my audience I
also got all of this fabric um most of
it is Jazzy fabric there's a Croy there
and we got um this fabric to make isn't
this nice this was a dollar this was bed
sheets no so we put on some clothes that
we got at thrift shop that we wanted to
show you we just got changed okay I'll
go first um this is a really cute scarf
that I found um I think it's a really
nice color I'm looking forward to being
able to wear it in winter um and this
cardigan so
snuggly it's so soft and I also found
well actually mom mom found this mom
found this um it's a little bit big but
I might be able to resize it it's
sparkly I don't know if you can see the
Sparkles but it's a cute high neck top
which I love and um this cute denim
skirt yeah anyway so I thought that I
would get myself some work clothes so
I'd look like a lady who goes to work
well you do go to work because I
aming that like you're fooling
people so I work in a fairly corporate
environment and um so I love this blouse
plus it doesn't need iring yeah nice
yeah and um but the best thing is the
skirt is the skirt it's amazing okay so
thank you for watching our video on
thrift shopping tips I hope you enjoyed
this and learn some stuff and if you do
use any of these tips on your next
thrift shopping Adventure let us know
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