snickerdoodles: swap vintage...

Vintage is such a lovely term for charming old stuff. It sounds so much better than used. I am a big fan of anything with a past, especially when it comes at a delicate price.

Since it's eco-Friday and wanted to share a fun eco-friendly find for anyone who loves vintage items like moi...it's a new site called Swap Vintage. How fun is that?

I discovered it on a another page I enjoy visiting when I need to procrastinate a tad, called

Vintage Indie. Today Vintage Indie interviewed Swap Vintage regarding their project:

Swap Vintageis a unique online community set up specifically for members to be able to swap vintage items (20 years old or older) with one another - while it has a lot of the features of a regular social network, the main focus is to facilitate trading of items.

Why did you start Swap Vintage?

I knew that trading was a growing trend, especially in this bad economy. I also knew that most vintage collectors inevitably have items that they don't particularly want or need anymore - either their taste or decorating style has changed, or they picked up a box lot at a sale or auction to get that one certain thing and they don't know what to do with the rest, or they have duplicate items in their collections, etc.

Also, if you are a seller, you often have items that never sold, or that weren't quite good enough to be listed to begin with, but are still good things. Instead of selling these unwanted treasures at a yard sale or giving them to charity, Swap Vintage allows folks to use them to get items they really do want, or need for their collections. It's a win win situation!

I also have categories on the site for artists and crafters who use vintage supplies in their work - there is a popular term - destashing - which means to purge your studio of supplies you've been hanging onto but you won't ever use. Swapping is a great way to destash and get new supplies at the same time!

I was horrified last time I dropped off some boxes of donations at the Salvation Army store, as the dumpster outside was overflowing with stuff they couldn't sell. I would hate to destash my home and wonder if it all was going to the big blue dumpster. Finding a loving home for things I need to part with makes my day...I can't wait to get involved with the nifty folks at Swap Vintage!

Happy Weekend friends...enjoy the sweltering summer weather!