Redeemed Relics

There’s just something about antiquing that’s therapeutic! Whenever I have a bad or stressful day, I get into my car, drive with the windows down, and enter my nearest antique mall or thrift shop. I will scour the aisles and feel my stress melt away. It’s like the walls themselves have healing properties. Now, I am no psychologist, but I believe we feel this way because antique stores feel like home. In one place, we’re transported back to a time of beautiful painted art, used teapots, tearing hymns, and original photographs. We are back home, and yet in the past. And perhaps, that’s where we find the thing that most matters: the stories that lead and keep us.

Those dreams just might be found at Booth 1991! 🍂

Something that can be found at nearly any thrift store for free are church hymnals, but have we ever thought about the sacredness of these books? For generations, people held these hymnals in their hands. They traced the words, followed the notes, and sang to the Lord these prayers. Hymnals can remind us of grandmothers who have since passed on, childhood churches, and wooden pews that were uncomfortable but homely. Therefore, hymnals have been one of our favorite things to transform. Haley has made these beautiful flowers from the pages of hymns. Now, instead of sitting in dusty back rooms or stored away in boxes, these mementos of a time before digital words-on-a-screen can be sitting in your house, reminding you of special people and special times.
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Come visit Flea Hag, Booth 1991 for more! 🤍

& there’s always something special to be found 🔎