The Op-Shop Show-Off Jan 8th 2013

lets talk presents. specifically op-shopped presents. secondhand present giving-is it ok? is it something you do?

our family are op-shopping enthusiasts through the generations (the mother-in-law even volunteers at our local salvation army shop) and so we make a point of giving each other an op-shopped present for christmas, and we are in no way adverse to them at any other gift-giving time of year either!

most of my friends and family will have at some point received an op-shopped gift from me, though they may not always have known it. some just can't see the amazing, cool, just-what-they-wanted gift for their secondhand phobia and i have a compulsion to covert them (by stealth if need be!).

anyways, here's what we gave-and-got this christmas :-

for me from him, a couple of sweet wee kokeshi's for the sweet wee kokeshi collection. 

especially welcome after i decided over a year ago to collect them after these finds and subsequently hadn't found a single one. maybe Julia linking her kokeshi finds a couple of weeks brought some kokeshi finding luck to these parts!

for him from me a national trust 'his lordship' mug. turned into a tourist by the
stately homes on our last trip to the england he coveted these impossible to adequately photograph mugs at the time.

for her this beautiful children's book which explains wabi sabi (as discovered here). 
a pleasant surprise to find out that Fishpond, the NZ online bookseller do secondhand ($5 and free post vs RRP about $40 new, is my kind of second hand bargain!).

are you an Op-Shop Show-Off?

it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for op-shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off day, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life.

tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.


How to link up?
1.   post your blog post. 

2.   link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over
      and peruse or post in the linky too

3.   scroll down to the end of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off 
      post, then click on the linky tool invite and follow the simple instructions.

4.   don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up

5..  grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the
     code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in 
     blogger and save)