Hi everyone! We have been getting so many wonderful consignments lately and with many of them, there are stories. Some of them are sad and some are happy and all of them have to do with passing it on. It's hard to get rid of stuff....so often, an item reminds you of something...it could be the rock that you found when you were 10 and decoupaged a picture of you on it (I actually did this!), or it could be the painting that you bought on the streets of Florence when you took a vacation there. It could be the aluminum vase that your mom used to put flowers in, or the set of china from your wedding so long ago. Yes, it's hard to get rid of stuff but think about where it goes once it leaves you and smile.....here's one story:
The other day I had a little girl (around 9 years old) come into the store with her mom. She was looking for a jewelry box. I'm sure you are picturing a jewelry box right now like I pictured one...kind of like the one I had as a little girl with a wind up ballerina. Anyway, we didn't really have a jewelry box that I thought she might like but then I showed her this beautiful carved wood jewelry box with a drawer, brass accents, an asian motif. It had been the consignor's Grandmother's and she was ready to pass it on. It is now in the bedroom of a darling little girl...a present from her Grandmother (that's who paid for it) to her granddaughter....things can't get much better than that.
That jewelry box will store many treasures over the years for this little girl...she will grow into a beautiful young woman and the box's contents may change....from best friend necklaces to diamond earrings. And she will remember shopping in a consignment store for a jewelry box and thank the person who passed it on.....
Here are some things that people are passing it on...I hope that you come into Clutter and give them a new home...
