WELCOME!

     Welcome to the blog page for TheVintageVixenShop! I started this blog to hopefully connect with others who share my love for all things vintage. This includes collectors, treasure hunters, and other resellers as well. This will be a place for me to share information, showcase new items from the shop, and document and share my favorite finds from my own treasure hunting!

    I opened my Etsy store in March of 2019 after first selling on some other smaller platforms. TheVintageVixenShop had small beginnings and a limited inventory of really great things that I unfortunately knew very little about. Attempting to create my listings only emphasized how much I had to learn. I had acquired a large and diverse number of collections from a home clean-out and although I knew some of these things had to be somewhat rare or valuable by the look of them, I didn't really even know what they were. I couldn't get past the title because I had no idea what to call anything!

    I dove into my research head first, starting with antique glass bottles of all shapes, sizes, and colors. I was fascinated by the history of each and every bottle! I was in awe of the glassmaking processes and all the how's and why's behind a bottle's color or design. I have always enjoyed learning about history and realizing just how old some of these bottles were amazed me! Many of these fragile glass bottles had survived for hundreds of years already! The concept was nearly impossible to even imagine. I held in my hands, the same medicine or remedy bottle that a worried mother had measured cough syrup from for her crying toddler, nearly 200 years before! Incredible!

    I learned as much as I could about all kinds of bottles from the "quack" medicines of the 1800s to Ball mason jars! Eventually, my interests and knowledge expanded to include not just antique bottles, but also vintage glassware and other treasures from days gone by. I am by no means an expert and I still have so much more to learn and discover. I am however an avid collector and vintage enthusiast and I am so excited to discover the history behind each item I find. I hope you can maybe learn a little something from me and I can't wait to learn from all of you!

Please visit https://TheVintageVixenShop.Etsy.com to view available listings.