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Thanks! My Mum is an artist, so she may have the right colour paint for me at her place. Hmmm, paint opens up a whole new world of rehabbing for me...

angelaira said:
I used the same extra virgin olive oil that was hanging out in my kitchen, I got it at Cost Plus world Market when they were having one of their great olive oil deals... I think it took a couple of days for it to fade after I applied it to the tan bag, and the navy blue one never really had much of a color change from it, which is sad because I wanted it to get darker!
And for paint I use acrylic craft paint or acrylic artists paint (in the tube), depends on how thick I need to apply it.
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angelaira said:
And in a whole year of going there I have previously found one Brighton purse, and one fabric purse by some designer my sister likes... I gave it to her as a christmas gift and she loves it and carries it daily... figures I can't remember the name. Anyway, to find this many all in one day, is just almost too much for my poor brain to handle!!
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Good for you! I'm so jealous...those bags are gorgeous!
 
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4213jen said:
Thanks! My Mum is an artist, so she may have the right colour paint for me at her place. Hmmm, paint opens up a whole new world of rehabbing for me...
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When Angel rehabbed the cream bag it inspired me to try one. You can generally get them pretty cheap on Ebay. Jimi is beautiful. I am laughing about the sibling rivalry he shares. My cousin has 2 parrots, one similar to yours, and a blue parrot. I have always wanted a cockatoo, but the Chows want no parts of one, my girl would make cockatoo stew...
 
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Sol dislikes Jimi as much he dislikes her. She would love to eat him, but knows she is not allowed. He is too smart for her anyhow.

chowlover2 said:
When Angel rehabbed the cream bag it inspired me to try one. You can generally get them pretty cheap on Ebay. Jimi is beautiful. I am laughing about the sibling rivalry he shares. My cousin has 2 parrots, one similar to yours, and a blue parrot. I have always wanted a cockatoo, but the Chows want no parts of one, my girl would make cockatoo stew...
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Jimi - he is 3 in June. Sol just turned 2 in April. Jimi came along after I lost my cat at 16 years old. My husband had been saying for years that there would be no more cats in our house. I grew up with cockatoos, and had had a few smaller parrots, so we decided to get a parrot. I wanted one who would be more social than cockies - they tend to be 'one person birds'. We picked Jimi when he was just a spikey little chick with no proper feathers and he came home at 4 months old. Eclectus take a long time to wean onto proper foods from baby bird formula. He is great fun, if moody at times, and so incredibly smart. One day I could hear the dog barking, but I looked at her and her mouth wasn't moving. It was Jimi, then when I saw him he cracked up laughing in my voice! At the moment he is singing along to a cd I have playing.

Sol came along as a rescue puppy after I lost my shepherd at 12 years old. I really wanted a dog for us all, especially for my daughter. They bring a different kind of companionship into the house. I can't imagine not having animals in my life

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Who was home first, Sol or Jimi?
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Rarity said:
Good for you! I'm so jealous...those bags are gorgeous!
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Oh, Thank you!! My sister is getting the Willis, she called me tonight asking me about a bag to wear with a business suit, and since I happen to have two Willis bags I sent her a picture and told her she could have it for what I paid plus shipping and she would need a strap...

It was funny, because this is the month that I spent my entire budget in the first three days, on purses, a water distiller, and clothes for my husband, and tailoring for him... so I was on a ban as of today... and then this happened. He was laughing at me as I was finding them because he has been there with me before while I found nothing, and so he was shocked too, especially since he had agreed to pay for anything good I might find...
 
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4213jen said:
Jimi - he is 3 in June. Sol just turned 2 in April. Jimi came along after I lost my cat at 16 years old. My husband had been saying for years that there would be no more cats in our house. I grew up with cockatoos, and had had a few smaller parrots, so we decided to get a parrot. I wanted one who would be more social than cockies - they tend to be 'one person birds'. We picked Jimi when he was just a spikey little chick with no proper feathers and he came home at 4 months old. Eclectus take a long time to wean onto proper foods from baby bird formula. He is great fun, if moody at times, and so incredibly smart. One day I could hear the dog barking, but I looked at her and her mouth wasn't moving. It was Jimi, then when I saw him he cracked up laughing in my voice! At the moment he is singing along to a cd I have playing.

Sol came along as a rescue puppy after I lost my shepherd at 12 years old. I really wanted a dog for us all, especially for my daughter. They bring a different kind of companionship into the house. I can't imagine not having animals in my life
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Jimi sounds like so much fun! I love the idea of him barking and trying to get the dog in troublw-:DIt's so funny how I pick the same traits in animals, no matter the species. Chows are very much 1 owner dogs. I gave my first bag a dip tonight, I'm giving it to a friend for Mother's Day. Oddly enough, she rarely carries a handbag. This is the basic zip top clutch with detachable shoulder strap. Anyway, bag came and I was sad, she looked good, and I was just thinking some conditioner. I sniffed her tonight, and there was a faint smell of perfume, so into the sink she went. Have rinsed twice already, and the water is sooooo brown. I'm actually kind of happy, I feel a sense of accomplishment already. It's an original NYC bag, and the leather is still wonderful after all these years.
 
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angelaira said:
Oh, Thank you!! My sister is getting the Willis, she called me tonight asking me about a bag to wear with a business suit, and since I happen to have two Willis bags I sent her a picture and told her she could have it for what I paid plus shipping and she would need a strap...

It was funny, because this is the month that I spent my entire budget in the first three days, on purses, a water distiller, and clothes for my husband, and tailoring for him... so I was on a ban as of today... and then this happened. He was laughing at me as I was finding them because he has been there with me before while I found nothing, and so he was shocked too, especially since he had agreed to pay for anything good I might find...
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Lucky you. My husband just tonight put a big smackdown/ban on my thrift shop outings until I sell some of what I have....grrr..... he's so short sighted...:rolleyes:
 
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Jessi319 said:
Lucky you. My husband just tonight put a big smackdown/ban on my thrift shop outings until I sell some of what I have....grrr..... he's so short sighted...:rolleyes:
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You are not the only one... I have completely filled my two shelves for purses, and the rack I hid behind the door, plus one of the drawers my husband wasn't using... yep, I am out of space and money... and my husband heard me call my purses a "collection" last night, and well, it wasn't started as a collection, I was just going to buy some and refurbish them and sell them on e-bay for fun, and because I was bored. But now I can't decide which ones to keep and which ones to sell... I promised him that next week I would start selling a few... I have a Tignanello I can definitely sell, and possibly a few Coach ones that I know I won't ever carry... I guess that is a start... and the good news is whatever money I get from selling them I get to reinvest in whatever purses I want! And obviously he isn't very strict about banning me, he actually takes joy in whatever brings me joy, so he pretty much enables me more than anything else, lol!

So, I am rehabbing the Dooney Norfolk... it was a little more involved than a Coach bag would be. I also had them all authenticated by BeenBurned, and I got a Norfolk, an Equestrian, and a Hobo, all authentic. I am definitely having an amazingly lucky purse streak lately...
 
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I have a coach suede bag, that I had gotten when I was about 13[My aunt had gotten it for me at the outlet] it's a really small bag. Anyways it's got some discoloration on the bottom. Probably from using it so much. Is there any way to get rid of it?

I really would like to try and get it looking nice again, so I can maybe pass it down to my future kids or something.
 
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