If they is one thing I will never say no to, its going to a flea market. I just live for them. Everything about browsing, to getting knee deep in someone else junk is so much fun. It's the equivalent to snooping and going through a treasure chest. And every time, I always find something that calls to me and begs me to go home with me. Which isn't such a hard thing to do really.

Whenever I go to a flea market, I always make sure I have set list in mind for things I know I would rather find second hand. Vinyls are always at the top of the list. I could never stomach playing full price for anything much less a record from the 70's. So when I found that an older gentleman was selling part of his collection of Jazz and Motown, I couldn't resist. I picked up a couple of Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. I also found this Barbra Streisand with her singing in French, I knew I would love the hell out of it.    

Another music media I have just started on collecting are cassettes. And I have a huge love for 40's swing. And that thought it was the coolest thing to see 40's music in cassette form. 

As I was walking around, I happened to see this huge booth. It had everything you could imagine there, and everything was 25 cents. And I happen to be a huge believer in certain items calling to you. It just so happened to be this tarot card deck from the 70's. The cards and imagery are so beautiful. After some research from when I brought them home, the cards are reflective of the second wave of feminism. A huge majority of the cards contain women of all different cultures and colors. I know that some of the cards also contain some controversy, so it advised to remind that this deck was the time period of the 70's and not reflective on societal and cultural change now. But the essence of the deck is woman empowerment and progressiveness. and I love that there was artwork and objects that showcased spirituality and creative expression of the era.  

By then I had spend a good hour at the flea market and I was ready to head home with my finds. But I saw these babies. They are two metal framed hanging pictures. Everything from the framing to the image inside are beautiful. For the longest time I always wanted Dutch Still Art but could never find the right pieces. These i believe are just prints cast in a glass frame, but I still find myself appreciation the imagery and the flowers. I was thinking of incorporating them in a mixed art wall.

Last but not least, I picked up a few more things. There was a wonderful old woman would was practically selling her whole house. And she had such beautiful pottery. So I picked up a few bud vases, which are shown because they are currently in use. But I also picked up this New Orleans Coffee Cup. For as long as I could remember, I have always wanted to go to New Orleans. And I thought was a lovely reminder and inventive to go with a fun vintage coffee cup.

I hope you all enjoyed my finds and a little bit about them. I will always be an advocate of checking out thrift stores and flea markets for unique and relatively fair prices items for your home or your collections. Because you never know what your going to find unless you look and keep an open mind.

So my question to you guys;

do you flea market shop and if so what was the best item you got for your buck? 

let me know in the comments below (:

I think sometimes its ok to take a break from the internet. I just so happened to take a break at a time where I wrote a blog post about NOT taking a break. lol But that's life. Stuff happens and a lot things aren't in your control. SO sadly, my blog did take the back burner for a while.

I want to say thank you for those who hung in there. It has practically been non existent on here. So your probably reading this and thinking, " I didn't even know I follow this page, blog, account." and I cannot blame ya. If you feel a little resentment on the other hand... well that's weird. but something we should totally get coffee and talk about around some pastries. or over a highly extremely worded DM that may or may not refer to some Office references. or like civilized humans forget you ever knew me and start new. like right now. at this exact moment in time while your reading this.

lets totally do that. and I promise to not take a leave of absence any time soon and bring the content I promised to bring the first time around. because it's better late than never right?

checking in, yours truly, catch ya on the flip side, ya guuuurl,

Jacqueline


ohhhh. and it took a surprisingly long time to find the right gif for this post btw.
John Wick was totally a go to though

Book Synopsis:

 No one knows what really happened on the beach where Roxanne Cole’s body was found, but her boyfriend, Cage, took off that night and hasn’t been seen since. Until now. One year—almost to the day—from Ro’s death, when he knocks on the door of Blue Gate Manor and asks where she is.

Cage has no memory of the past twelve months. According to him, Ro was alive only the day before. Ro’s sister Mae wouldn’t believe him, except that something’s not right. Nothing’s been right in the house since Ro died.

And then Mae finds the little green book. The one hidden in Ro’s room. It’s filled with secrets—dangerous secrets—about her family, and about Ro. And if what it says is true, then maybe, just maybe, Ro isn’t lost forever.

And maybe there are secrets better left to the dead.

It had all the right things. 

It had a little romance, a lot of suspense and magic all wrapped into one.

I started this month basically trying to coordinate on how this years blogging will be like. It included idea's, scheduling and content I know I want to produce & keep bringing you guys. 

From what I can review from last year I missed the mark on a lot of things that make this blog work. Of course I can take the blame for that, because I publish all the content. And I missed the mark because the content I did produce was majorly book related. Firstly, yay for me huh? I got my book mojo going on and had a really great year with reading. But that I gained from that, I also decreased my cruelty free content and the main niche of this blog, Distant and Local favorites. I didn't do a lot of traveling last year so my distant favorites were also lacking.

But what I've deciphered to all my missed marks for last year, I've coordinated into this year blog goals. So I've complied on what will be featured this year below.

Distant And Local Favorites:

Which means keep your eye on local places, products and content. And if I can find distant products, cool too.

Distant and Local Bookish Mentions:

Again, my bad. I didn't really do this last year. Where I talk about the locations in which books I'm currently reading are. 

Cruelty Free Favorites:

I talked about this last year too, that I didn't really execute properly. It includes narrowing down my cruelty free favorites (i.e favorite body washes, favorites foundations, etc.)

Design In-look:

ya'll girl got her inspo back. so I'll be sharing an in-look of all the design I'm also going to be doing. I thought that might interest some of you guys.

More Bookish Content:

I don't think this once is going to be that hard to do, since I did so well last year.

In overview, I think all my goals are pretty realistic for this blog and are going to be pretty fun to accomplish. They are also going to bring this blog back to what it's all about; sharing my love for all things distant and local.

So what are some of your goals for this year? are they blog related ? lets talk about them down below (:

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Thanks for checking out my Fall Fav's! What are some of yours this season? Have you tried any of these, and if you would, are you getting the free sample too? Let's talk about it in the comments below (: