Second Hand Rose

My habitual fossicking in op shops, at garage sales and the new style thrift stores has earned me the nickname of "Second Hand Rose". My favourite things to collect are vintage fabric, old buttons, retro stationery and greeting cards. I visit around 5 or 6 op shops a week. A few of my friends also have this affliction.I've been op shopping since high school (25 years ago) and share my finds with friends and family.

Schoolgirl Shamus

My online friends know I had a childhood fascination with Trixie Belden - the schoolgirl shamus.
Today I printed and read a copy of James Keeline's paper on the book series and was really interested to find out about the various authors; Julie Campbell - the original author and Kathryn Kenny - a pseudonym for many others. The series runs to 39 titles and has inspired online forums and even a yearly camp which follows a theme from one of the books. This year's camp will be held around Niagara Falls.
Trixie is a freckle faced tomboy who with her brothers and friends creates a semi secret club - the Bob Whites of the Glen. The club does good deeds for individuals and organizations. In each book there is some kind of mystery that Trixie and her best friend Honey solve.
There are various editions and I am slowly rebuilding my collection because I did a Bob White thing and donated my original copies to my primary school library.

Welcome to my world!

Greetings,
This is my first attempt at blogging so bear with me. I have been inspired reading other blogs from my online friends and especially the craft blogs that have proliferated in the past few years.
I am delighted to be learning how to blog and create web pages so a big thumbs up to my ever patient teacher, Margie and all my fellow bloggers in class.
I hope to share my interests and attitudes and pick up a few readers along the way.
Enjoy!

secondhandrose