Guest Sarah Sain (@sarahsain) is a treasure hunter, a lover of vintage and thrifted finds, and all about keeping it real! She joined host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) on the Get Thrifty Podcast to discuss interior design, home remodels, slow fashion, and finding your own personal style!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Incorporating vintage and thrifted pieces into her home remodeling and interior design business.
• Sharing her personal style online.
• Loving her 3-3-3 thrifted fashion videos.
• How her grandmother inspired and taught her how to decorate for the seasons.
• Secrets to thrifting in South Carolina.
• How thrifting for fashion helped her find herself and her own personal style.
• Ideas for thrifted styling and gifts.
• Why you should "shop with your hands."
• All about the High Point Furniture Market in North Carolina.
• Thrifted Christmas gifts.

Making a house a home…room by room…with power tools and thrifted treasures! Such a fun episode with guest Courtney of @heart.and.home.crew on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast. Join Courtney and host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) for tips, tricks, and inspiration!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

•    As one of seven siblings, she grew up thrifting!
•    DIYing her Century, Victorian-style home…room by room.
•    Sourcing at small, local thrift stores.
•    Her passion for giving back to the community.
•    Creating her lifestyle brand and thrift hauls. 
•    Taking thrifting finds and turning them into something completely new.

Alberta Rose @albertarose believes in creating community and in creating a true connection with your clothing. She does this through thrifting, promoting sustainable and slow fashion, and her career as a content creator and personal stylish. Tune in to her inspiring conversation with host Maggie Scivicque @PodcastWithMaggie on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast.

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• How her new career as a content creator and personal stylist has changed her life.
• Working to promote sustainable and slow fashion.
• Creating a connection to your clothing and a relationship to fashion.
• The power in knowing what you like and how you want to express yourself with your style.
• Exposing thrifting to a younger audience.
• The shift in consumer habits.
• How clothes say a lot about us.
• How she works with her clients and helps them express the visions they have for their wardrobes.
• Celebrating "pops of color!" in her own personal style.
• How our clothes put us in community.
• What gets her heart pumping when she goes to a thrift store.

Every year @thrift_con hosts over 1,000 small business vendors in major cities across the U.S…and host Maggie Scivicque got to talk to the three founders! Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast and learn how Brian @revbafrederick, Mars, and Ken are bringing the love of secondhand to the nation!

Whether it's vintage glass and brass or antique candy dishes, for Katrina @evylenavintage thrifting is all about joy, telling stories, and sharing memories. Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and learn about her Etsy store and how she became her family's defacto historian by saving vintage items!

It's all about celebrating creativity, crafting, and thrifting with guest Sadie Fox Metter @sadiefoxstudio. From high-end couture to street fashion, from creating costumes for theater productions to selling online and refashioning, this is an information-packed episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast. And be sure to read Sadie's articles in Sew News and Sew Daily.

Hilary @whiteblushhome is this week's guest and it's an episode perfect for anyone thinking of getting into online reselling! Listen in as she and host Maggie Scivicque talk about creating engaging videos, reels, and live sales on your social platforms.

If you love Pyrex, this is the episode for you! Join host Maggie Scivicque and her guest Nate @myvintageis1976 on the Get Thrifty Podcast for this master class is the history of the iconic brand. As he says, he is "swimming in the deep end of the pool when it comes to my love of Pyrex!" Tune in and get his tips on collecting Pyrex's different designs and patterns through the decades.

Since she was young, Natasha, founder of @the_barbie_girls_project, Barbie has been an inspirational presence in her life. Today, she leads an incredible social enterprise that is all about empowering girls around the world. Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and learn about Natasha's mission and how you can be a part of it!

Kristin House @boeskehousevintage is a collector of eclectic vintage – from milk glass to mid-century glass to vintage advertising to kitsch to farmhouse to ephemera – and is our guest on the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque. Listen in and hear her strategies for collecting, how she collaborates with other resellers, and all about What Not and how it works.

Are you into '90s and Y2K fashion (think of the styles you loved from movies like Freaky Friday and Cinderella Story!)? Then you'll love this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast! Tune in and get the inside scoop on thrifting the latest style trends with host Maggie Scivicque and her guest Maddie Salerno @maddiesalerno.

Did you know that furniture is the number one least recycled item, accounting for 10 million tons of household waste? Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and her guest Ben Spilger from @junkluggerscolorado as they discuss the importance of recycling, repurposing, and keeping millions of tons of unwanted materials out of landfills.

Thrifting is all about self-expression; from how you decorate your home to the clothes you wear. Thrifting was also part of fashion diva Carla Delgado @ccjd2012's journey to acceptance and confidence, as well as a way to teach her young daughter about healthy self-esteem! Listen in to this empowering conversation with Carla and host Maggie Scivicque on the Get Thrifty Podcast and be inspired to celebrate YOU! Listen here.

How the funny, charming, and inspirational Marco of @eyespyantiques became an online thrifting celebrity due to some tuna and Jello on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast. Host Maggie Scivicque and Marco share laughs and tips on boosting your social engagement! Don't miss this amazing conversation!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Tuna + Jello = online success!
• His style of "theatrical camp!"
• Finding beauty in the ugly and the unique.
• Celebrating the unconventional.
• Tips for sourcing from estate sales.
• Connecting to others through special treasures.
• Tips for boosting your social engagement.

If you are thinking of launching an online reselling business, this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast is for you! Join host Maggie Scivicque and her guest Brandy Parrino @midmod.nomad as they discuss best practices for getting started, the importance of welcoming feedback and creating relationships, setting expectations, and why you should never "treat your business as a business."

If you love vintage glass – Pilgrim, L.E. Smith, Viking, Blenko – you MUST tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with guest Grace Law @midmodboco and host Maggie Scivicque! It's a master class in collecting vintage glass.

Vera shares with our listeners her passion for home décor, her devotion to celebrating charm, beauty, and romance, and her desire to empower women as they express themselves through THEIR love of design, home décor, and thrifting.

Celebrate a love of thrift, mixing and matching vintage glassware, and collecting Pyrex and 1950s kitchen décor with guest Madeline @madthriftscollection on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque. Rare finds and special gifts are Madeline's passion. Tune in and learn how she gets creative with presents for every occasion that she finds at thrift stores!!

"Junk jaunts" are Mindy's @junkwonderful specialty. It's all about the thrill of the hunt! Tune in to this fun and engaging episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and learn Mindy's thrifting tips for home and holiday décor and collecting, as well as her upcycling visions. Her best advice is all about celebrating your own personal style and taste: "Just go for it! Head in to the thrift store with the attitude (that you are going to find) what you love." Tune in here!

Did you know that it takes 10,000 liters of water to make just one pair of jeans? Mind boggling, right?! That's why our guest, designer and artist Emi @earthyemii is so passionate about thrifted and upcycled fashion! Tune in to this thought provoking and inspiring episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and listen in as she and Emi talk about slow fashion.

Do you know the difference between antique, vintage, and retro? Marisa @twothriftydames does!! Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and be in-the-know!! And learn how Marisa sells her vintage finds and upcycled pieces on Instagram, Depop, Poshmark, and Marketplace, and as part of her online business.

You might recognize Andrea Woodley Dratch @andreadratch from her family's TV commercials…but did you know that she is very often wearing a dress or a jacket that she has thrifted from arc? It's true! Andrea is a lover of vintage, thrift, and of celebrating what is unique and special about YOU! Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and hear all about how this vibrant actress, writer, and model thrifts for her photoshoot and acting roles.

Expressing individuality through fashion has become a big part of people's lives, and guest Amber of @lewce.reworks is leading the trend with her one-of-a-kind custom upcycled items! Join her and host Maggie Scivicque @PodcastWithMaggie on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast to learn more!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Upcycling to create a more sustainable future.
• How the music scene inspires her fashion creations.
• Celebrating individuality, self-expression, and confidence.
• How she started selling her one-of-a-kind fashion creations.
• Where she gets her inspiration.
• All about the Depop community.
• Why there is nothing better than when someone says they love an outfit, and she can say, "Thanks, I made it!"
• How thrifting allows designers creative control and freedom.

Shopping at a flea market is a fun combination of a great product mix, entertainment…and turkey legs and pickles!! On this edition of the Get Thrifty Podcast, join host Maggie Scivicque and her guest Rob Sieban CEO and owner of @milehighfleamarket as he shares with our listeners how flea market shopping has become a uniquely local and family-focused experience.

Helping resellers that want to scale but don't want to be tied down to shipping and fulfillment with Dave and Laurie of @eblissresellersolutions on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque. Tune in and hear all about their process for helping resellers and about the upcoming Denver Meet Up Group. Be sure to check out their website www.eblissreseller.com and YouTube channel @eBLISS Reseller to learn more!

From comic books to toys, guest @shanemontroy is a collector extraordinaire! From his first G-Man book that he received as a child to his amazing collection of Transformer action figures, he is passionate about thrifting for hard-to-find gems!! Tune in and hear how he has turned his "self-perpetuating addiction" into a career on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque.

Neil Abramson and his wife, owners of @cutiepatuties in Massachusetts, have been thrifting and consigning since the '90s. Tune in to this fun episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque to hear his optimism for the future and how he builds trust with his customers and the people that consign items at his stores.

On this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast, learn how DU's Center for Sustainability @sustainableDU took a nondescript dorm room and turned it into a popular on-campus thrift store for students and how the Center is tapping into Gen Z and its love of sustainability and slow fashion. Listen in to host Maggie Scivicque's conversation with the Center's director, Emily Schosid, and student and thrift store manager Kayla Fatemi-Badi.

Listen in to host Maggie Scivicque's fun and informative conversation on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with reseller extraordinaire, Dina Younis @dinadays. Dina has thrifting in her DNA and is all about helping our listeners tap into their creativity, save money, and keep clothing out of landfills. Listen in here and get tips on starting your own reselling business and on her 12 Months of Thrifting!

A clever way to look at thrifting: walk into a store like you're walking into a friend's home!! Good advice from Erick Martinez @erickm2468, arc's Senior Vice President of Store Operations. On this episode, he talks about seasonality, holidays, finding treasures, how customers have changed, and thrift's evolving demographic.

She may only be 9 years old, but budding fashion designer @kaiaraedesigns is all about secondhand and making amazing outfits and hair pieces from thrifted items. Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque as Kaia and her mom walk our listeners through her creative process!!

Rolling with the punches and building an online reselling business on Poshmark, Mercardi, and eBay with guest Maggie Weber of @refashionedhippie and host Maggie Scivicque @PodcastWithMaggie on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast.

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• All about her two books, including The Clothing Resellers Handbook.
• The environmental aspect of reselling and thrifting.
• Waging a war against fast fashion.
• Staying true to her personality to build her social following.
• Advice for getting a reselling career started.
• The importance of building a supportive community.
• There are lots of ways to donate gently used luggage to organizations in your community that then give them to fosters kids. For instance, in Denver, Colorado, it's Paradise Baggage Company, and in Charlotte, North Carolina, it's Suitcases of Hope. Nationally there's Comfort Cases, that helps children throughout the country.

Parties are awesome, but boy they can create a lot of waste! Check out our guest Yelitza's page, @picnic4allseasons, and take a look at how she creates a WOW! effect for her lavish -- but zero-waste -- parties and picnics with items she finds at thrift stores!! And listen to her inspiring conversation with host Maggie Scivicque on this edition of the Get Thrifty Podcast.

Hannah @theoutfitrepeater is on a mission to encourage other fashion lovers to not only shop thrift, but to shop from their own closets!! She also shares with Get Thrifty listeners some of her amazing thrifted finds from her favorite decades, including Swatch watches, Trapper Keepers, a Michael Jackson Thriller jacket, and Billy Joel albums on cassette tapes!! Tune in here!

"I like to be in tune with the 'Thrift Gods' and the 'Thrift Universe.' If it's meant for me, it will be there when I get back."

Hey Allie was born by what one would call a happy accident. While at her corporate job in commercial real estate, Allie was dreaming up a way to jump back into her creative outlet. Naturally she was searching available domain names that could have a zippy little ring to them. Hey Allie was available and the rest is history! She started her first thrift shop fashion blog, "Three Dollar Fashion" at her dinner table when she was just 14 because she wanted to combine her love of writing and thrifting (which was NOT trendy when she was in high school). Her style is without a doubt "Minnie Mouse goes to a decades themed NYE party." In other words, she loves polka dots, color, sparkle, and unique vintage pieces! In her free time Allie is either thrifting or creating something. Making jewelry, drawing, painting, sewing, or even photographing weddings!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Fast fashion, the importance of sustainable shopping, and the problem of over consumption.
• Doing your part to keep clothing out of landfills by thrifting and avoiding fast fashion.
• The secrets of thrift hauling.
• @heyallie.xo shares her reselling secrets.
• @heyallie.xo talks about buying and selling on Posh Mark, threadUp, Etsy, and other reselling and shopping platforms.
• Self-expression and finding joy in your wardrobe.
• She has thrifting date nights with her husband.

"Every day I prove that you can shop thrift if you wear plus-size."

Paula (most people call her P) is a 44-years young, wife, mother of two sons, avid thrifter, and owner of Thriftin' With P! Thriftin' With P was born out of her love for thrifting and for her passion for letting all women of all sizes know they thrift!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• You can indeed find plus-sized clothing in thrift stores that is trendy.
• The treasures you can find when shopping for plus-sized clothing at thrift stores.
• Bring your imagination…and your patience…when thrifting.
• Retail vs. thrift.
• Giving clothes a second life by shopping thrifting.
• Explains how she creates style boxes for her clients.

"Everything that is made in this world was made for a specific person and a specific person will pay for it."

Liam is a 13-year-old junior high student and the youngest guest we have ever had on the show. He is an expert in the art of sleight of hand, a future magician, an antiques aficionado, and an entrepreneurial thrift enthusiast with an eye for "unicorns" and special finds!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Antiquing and thrifting for the perfect "unicorns" to add to his collection.
• His reselling strategies.
• For teenagers, it's cool to thrift!
• How thrifting becomes part of a sustainable lifecycle.
• His entrepreneurial vision for reselling.
• He shares his favorite unicorn thrifted finds.

"There are no rules!! Why limit yourself to one Christmas theme!"

Diana Janiga @deardianaaa focuses on décor, DIY, deals, discounts and dollar stores. She has always had a passion for fun and colorful home décor and DIY naturally fell into her pocket of passions. Because, as she says, you can't have DIY without shopping frugally at thrift stores and discount stores!!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• She shares her holiday thrifting stories.
• Holiday gift ideas!
• How she celebrates the many styles of Christmas!
• Why she always goes to a thrift store first when she's out shopping.
• The joy of giving life to an item a second, a third, and maybe even a fourth time around!
• The many uses of baskets found at thrift stores.

"When I thrift, I look for things with a vision!"

Dana has been thrifting since she was in college. She's always loved thrifting because "you can find the most unique items from a thrift store." Her favorite thing to do with thrifted items is to turn them into a decor or DIY piece that is modern and on-trend. She loves a good conversation starter, and even better when she can tell her friends, "Oh, I thrifted that!"

While Dana thrifts, works on interior design, and DIYs as a hobby, she also works full time as an HR manager in Denver.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Taking something and turning it into something special.
• How she curates her look on her Instagram page.
• Thrifting for Christmas.
• DIYing your holidays.
• Getting competitive with White Elephant gifts.
• Christmas décor trends for 2021.

"The best Christmas Sweaters I have seen are so bad they're good."

Connie is a sewist who focuses on sustainable living with #refashions and #memade garments. In addition to sewing and thrifting, she spends her time as a software engineer, musician, and vocal coach. 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Taking Ugly Christmas Sweaters to the next level.
• How she taught herself how to sew.
• How her love of fast fashion, sewing, sustainability, and thrifting became her passion.
• Shares how she approaches recreating a piece of fashion from a thrifted item.
• Friendly thrifting with your friends and thrifting around the country.
• How a simple question, "What if I only let myself buy clothes from the thrift store," became her passion.

Matt Bettencourt (@retrotoyenvy) has a knack for selling ANYTHING! He is a teacher and master of the reselling game. Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) to learn some amazing insider tips about timing, audience engagement, and more!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• His tricks for buying and selling ANYTHING!
• What to look for when thrifting to make money!
• Why it's important to use ALL social platforms.
• His love of selling vintage toys.
• Reselling made fun and entertaining.
• Teaching others to make money.
• The importance of being authentically you!
• Thrifting in New England.
• Thrift etiquette.

"The smaller the town, the better the pickings!"

Marion is a Texas native and Colorado transplant who loves all things vintage. She is an avid traveler, thrifter, and reseller. She loves giving treasures from the thrift store a new home, and she specializes in mid-century glassware, vintage kitchen items, and home decor.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Her passion for giving thrifted items a new life.
• How her passion for thrifting became her fulltime job.
• How she creates her "unboxing" events on Instagram.
• Shopping for pristine vintage Pyrex.

"I ask myself, 'Can I envision five ways I can wear this?' before I leave the store with (an item)."

Robin is the inspiration behind the Instagram page, @franniepantz. A lover of fashion and of thrift, Robin has always had an enthusiasm for dressing up. But she is also passionate about the environmental and mental impact of shopping. Last year, in fact, she committed herself to the "nothing new" movement and did not buy a single new item of clothing for the entirety of 2019. As a mother of four and a professional in the legal field, she prefers to navigate the thrift stores for both basics that can be remixed for a professional wardrobe and trendy pieces that add an element of personality to her outfits.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Learn how this mom of four went an entire year without buying a single new item of clothing!!!
• Shares her method for deciding what clothes to keep and what to donate.
• How a truly secondhand lifestyle includes embracing a thrifty mindset.

"Be brave and donate, because what you give out comes back to you."

Janet is a natural-born thrifter, conceptual artist, and psychic!! She loves decorating her home with thirfted items, and helping others do the same! And most of all, she loves helping other manifest their true selves in order to find joy and happiness!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

• Manifest and visualize what you want before you head out thrifting.
• The quality of items that can be found at thrift stores.
• Rules of thrifting for home décor.
• Rules for purging, clearing out, donating, and "getting ready for the new."
• Her simple thrifting philosophy: "If you see it, get it!!"
• Her thrifting strategies for works her way through a thrift store to find what she needs.