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I come from a long line of packrats. Neat ones, though; not hoarders. We took good care of our things, because they had value to us. 95% of the items I sell here at Vintage Orphanage on Etsy have belonged to myself, my mother, one of my sisters, or my grandma exclusively. I do occasional thrifting for fun, but our combined collections are expansive enough to keep me busy for years to come!

Grandma passed away in 2008, at 96 years young. My parents have recently retired and are gradually letting go of decades worth of all sorts of things! As for me, I went through a phase of collecting nostalgia, but never truly had the space to properly display most of it. So we're all kind of letting go at a snail's pace. Many of the items you'll find in my shop have memories attached to them for me or someone else in my family. But the beauty of memories is that our heads can store them in a much more compact manner than we can store the physical reminders. So we appreciate these items for the history they have with us, and we enjoy knowing that someone else will create a new history with them, and appreciate them just as we have over the years!


So that's it. I do it all, in whatever spare time I have between my day job and life in general. I choose it, sort it, clean it, re-share its memories with my family, then I research it, describe it, box it, weigh it, store it, rejoice over its new owner-to-be when it is sold, ship it, and share with my family the good news of its new home and its happy new owner. :)