One year and 280 Facebook Friends later, The Secondhand Rosies celebrated in style at the first annual “High Tea/Rag Shakin’ Clothing Swap” on a day full of spring magic and sunshine.
First to arrive was “Rosebud” Pamela draped in fur and eager to use her artistic talents to arrange the retro tea cups provided by Miss Match Rentals. Chai tea simmered on the stove, and soon the room was abuzz with ladies arriving with baskets, buckets, carts, and armloads of clothing to sort for the swap.
Yes, next time we will have music as a backdrop to the sorting process.
Rosie W., wearing a “Queen Mother” hat that obscured her vision, jumped on a table top close to 3pm to get the crowd ready for the rag shakin’ countdown. Armed with a large, retro metal platter with “Kaffee Klatch” imprints, and a heavy soup ladle, Rosie W. opened the swap to the sounds of platter beating, and the cry “Let the rag shakin’ begin!”
Arms and elbows askew, the crowd dove into the clothing piles with gusto, only coming up for air after the first five minutes of serious “shakin”, and soon our guests had each squirreled away a personal stash of goodies that promised to be replenished several more times over the course of the day.
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Beautiful silver haired “Rosebuds”, and college girls with shaved heads and piercings, our event showcased diversity and artistic flair with every guest who arrived. Geographic diversity too, as new connections were made between ladies from Ashe, Watauga, AND Avery County. Damsels of thrifting and style they are!
First to arrive was “Rosebud” Pamela draped in fur and eager to use her artistic talents to arrange the retro tea cups provided by Miss Match Rentals. Chai tea simmered on the stove, and soon the room was abuzz with ladies arriving with baskets, buckets, carts, and armloads of clothing to sort for the swap.
Yes, next time we will have music as a backdrop to the sorting process.
Rosie W., wearing a “Queen Mother” hat that obscured her vision, jumped on a table top close to 3pm to get the crowd ready for the rag shakin’ countdown. Armed with a large, retro metal platter with “Kaffee Klatch” imprints, and a heavy soup ladle, Rosie W. opened the swap to the sounds of platter beating, and the cry “Let the rag shakin’ begin!”
Arms and elbows askew, the crowd dove into the clothing piles with gusto, only coming up for air after the first five minutes of serious “shakin”, and soon our guests had each squirreled away a personal stash of goodies that promised to be replenished several more times over the course of the day.
.
Beautiful silver haired “Rosebuds”, and college girls with shaved heads and piercings, our event showcased diversity and artistic flair with every guest who arrived. Geographic diversity too, as new connections were made between ladies from Ashe, Watauga, AND Avery County. Damsels of thrifting and style they are!
The energy in the room was amazing. A FREE event that so many women enjoyed. In these times of a tight economic reality, this hit the spot. The price was right and the clothes were quality. Digging, sorting, grabbing, the smell of chai tea wafting through the air, the texture of the boiled wool jacket, the real leather purse, the corduroy blazer, and vintage polyester dress, our long buried senses emerged under the weight of the heavy winter. We were all so engaged and thrilled to have this taste of the hunt at our hands. Like crocuses that bloom in the snow, the "rosebud community" showed its deep desire to survive the doldrums of our mountain winter and embrace the coming of spring and the yard sale season.
Happy Hunting and thanks for coming--we will be hosting our next swap in late fall. Hope to see you there!
The Secondhand Rosies
Rosie W, Rosie P. & baby Hank
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