Picking. Picking as in finding things for a way low price.
My super power is Second Hand Picking.
Got this on a cross country trip where everything I could fit in a good size box was $1.00. Not one dollar for each piece, but $1.00 for the entire box of stuff!
My #1 Back Up Super Power is Making Things/Art/Decor out of old stuff.
Like my belt art above.
My #2 Back up Super Power is the ability to fix things up.
I buy low, fix it up, and then eventually sell it for a handful more.
This the Vintage Homecrest set was all just my Super Picking Power. The price was so low, I got it even though at the time I did not have room for it. I made room for it!
Until I had to sell that too.
We move a lot. I use my Picking Powers to furnish yet another new place. Shine it Up, Fix It, Use it and then Sell it. I could make a living off of it, but we move too much.
Ok, Some things I just pick because I think they are cool. I usually sell sooner or later before a move like at a yard sale, or the sometime Antique Fairs, or I have even been known to rent a booth in Antique Malls.
We do have a home, so some stuff does get to live there, but this nice leather suitcase did not because we have enough vintage suitcases there.
This would be one of my projects that I did not get to do. I also do projects to sell. Take a look see at a previous blog post about my Upcylced Bars: https://ourownbigworld.com/2018/11/28/a-bit-bar-cart-crazy/
All this one needed was paint. I even already paid my nieces to sand them!
This was part of my set up at an Antique Market. I love stuff and glad I am not attached it all. All above sold, even those funky Clown Shoes!
These two I saved from selling and they now have a FURever home in our Gnomad Pad.
In our last place, this was my work room, a game room and where most of the stuff for sale lived. It has all moved on now, living a 3rd, 4th or 5th life.
The only Picking I do now is from the beach.
Where we live, doesn’t have much for my Super 2nd Hand Picking Powers…so I am Relying on My Other Back Up Super Powers to Turn things like these into other stuff.
If I figure it out, I will share with you.
Until then, thanks for visiting.
And just so you know, I get to pick a lot back where my Gnomade Pad is when we visit. So if you are looking for that something special, ask me and I will keep an eye out for it for you!
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