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A Consignment Shop in your Pocket

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Fifi's Amelia Island has an app!One of my personal favorite consignment shops on the Resale Shop Directory is Fifi’s Amelia Island, on that beautiful northeast Florida island near Jacksonville and St. Mary’s, Georgia.

There’s nothing like shopping in the old Florida wooden cottage that’s home to Fifi’s and meeting the cheerful owner Jessica. It’s a perfect addition to a day in Fernandina Beach, the quaint village on the island, or a visit to Amelia Island Plantation, the four-star resort just south of Fifi’s. Alas, not all of us are lucky enough to visit the beautiful island they call home…

but now you can carry Fifi’s around in your pocket with their newest addition…

Fifi’s has an app for Google and Apple phones where you can see what’s new, find the shop, check out their social media, learn about special events and even

shop wherever and whenever you like!

Get the Fifi’s app for your phone.

Does your favorite consignment, resale or thrift store have an app? Tell us about it in the comments!

 

Oh, that’s why they’re called ginger jars.

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I always wondered why they’re called ginger jars. After all, who uses THAT much ginger?

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A ginger jar is a Chinese porcelain jar with a wide mouth, a domed lid and a bulging, spherical body. Although the Chinese traditionally used the jars to store a variety of goods, the jars acquired the name “ginger jars” because they often contained ginger when they were exported to the West.

Historically, ginger jars held provisions, including not just ginger but salt, oils and other spices. In the West, ginger jars are mostly decorative rather than functional.  Read more

Ginger jars look great almost anywhere. HowToConsign tells you why they are called that....The different colors and motifs on ginger jars have traditional meanings. For example, white jars were wedding gifts and and yellow jars were intended as the most valued gifts, often to the Emperor. Here’s a good synopsis.

Now I know, and now I have a resale mission: using a collection of ginger jars as a canister set on my kitchen counter. Or maybe I’ll look for one to turn into a lamp.

If you love ginger jars too, go find some you love at your favorite consignment, resale or thrift shop!

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Get inspired by the shapes and materials you can find in ginger jars.

But I need something new to wear RIGHT NOW!

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Now comes the REAL dog days of August.

You’re loving the new fall fashions you’re seeing at your favorite resale shop, but you need something “new” to wear tonight or tomorrow, and it’s still HOT. If you have combed the shop for something summer-y, but the clearance racks are pretty well barren…

… check the scarf racks.

Did you know that you can turn scarves into pretty, floaty, summer-y fashions? Watch this talented lady and soon you will be saying,

“aw, it’s just a little something I whipped up…”

 

It’s time for Fall Fashions!

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Yes, we know it’s not even Labor Day, but NOW is the best time to start your fall fashion shopping at your favorite consignment, resale or thrift shop. Why?

Because the best stuff comes in early in the season!

Let the fall shopping begin! NOW is the time to start thinking about your fall wardrobe, and here’s an infographic to get you started (Click to read The Ultimate Fashion Basics):

 

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