In the cabin at our vacation was a shelf of old books that just fascinated me. I read quite a few of them while we were there. Old books are so amazing; they are like little time capsules. I’m going to scout around for more old books for Texture because they are a treasure.
I organized the upstairs bathroom. Do you know we had over 300 books in there??? We all love to read, me especially, but it was ridiculous. I sent some of the books my kids don’t read anymore with my husband for his class (he’s a teacher) boxed up some for my bookstore, and organized the [...]
I got books from early 1900′s at an estate sale for pennies and decided to list a few on Amazon. Some are listed there for over $20!!! They are neat, a few have that clear tissue paper over the gilt-edged illustrations. You can check them out here. You don’t hardly see books like this anymore. [...]
We cleaned up the basement a few weeks ago and found lots of old books. Most have extensive water damage and are not salvageable, but a few can be saved. I’m not going to use them for Texture but it gave me the idea to start stocking up on inventory by buying used books at [...]
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