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Stars Customer Collections: Laurie

By Jen | Published: September 26, 2012

Today with talking with Stars Antiques customer, Laurie. She has been collecting pictures of ladies and their amazing fashion for 20 years! Some rooms in her home display them floor to ceiling! Amazing! How did you get into vintage? I have been fond of the Victorian era, collecting pictures and watching old movies. The one [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Amriel

By Jen | Published: September 14, 2012

Meet Amriel. She is another wonderful Stars Antiques customer that we’re visiting with! Amriel has an amazing collection of vintage Barbie dolls. We love Barbie when she had cat-eye eyeliner and a good high ponytail! How did you get into vintage? Let’s see I decided I wanted to live life like a girl growing up [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Bren

By Jen | Published: September 13, 2012

Today we’re visiting with Stars Antiques customer, Bren. She and her family have an extensive vintage and collectible toys collection! Her Gumby collection is fantastic! Make sure to check out Bren’s Lost & Found Vintage Toys blog! How did you get into vintage? I guess I am vintage–LOL! Also, I grew up in a household [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Cheryl Frampton

By Jen | Published: September 7, 2012

Today we’re visiting with another one of our truly inspiring Stars Antiques customers, Cheryl Frampton, about her personal collections. Cheryl originally hails from England, but now lives here in Portland. We love the story about her family’s shop across from Windsor Castle and her genuine love of old things. “It is good to go with [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Sarah Ivy

By Jen | Published: September 5, 2012

Today we’re talking with another one of our amazing Stars Antiques customers. Sarah is giving us a little tour of her fun Portland home. She has a lovely collection of kitchenware. We love those pops of color from her Catherine Holm, Fire King and Pyrex pieces–so cheerful! We also love that she has a “gnome [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Jo Dee Post

By Jen | Published: September 5, 2012

Jo Dee is another great Stars Antiques customer. She sent us a link to her online shop where she takes vintage baskets–many that she finds at Stars, of course–and adds her special touch of beading to jazz them up. What a neat idea! How did you get into vintage? I have always loved vintage for [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Jen Cavanagh

By Jen | Published: August 28, 2012

Today we’re talking to another one of our fab customers, Jen Cavanagh, and getting a peek inside her home. We love how she has brilliantly repurposed these beautiful architectural salvage pieces she found at Stars. Thanks, Jen! “I’m not even sure what these are, but they hang in my dining room and I am IN [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Donna & Wayne

By Jen | Published: August 27, 2012

We’re really excited to be talking to more of our amazing Stars Antiques customers about their personal collections. Today we’re speaking with Donna about her beautiful collections and love of treasure hunting that she shares with her husband, Wayne. They come to Stars about once a month and leave with their arms full of bags [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Marilyn & James

By Jen | Published: August 22, 2012

Today we’re kicking off a new series, Stars Customer Collections, and are very happy to be talking with some our amazing Stars customers about their personal collections. It’s so fun to see where some of the wonderful things from our shops go and we’re elated to find out what good homes they’ve ended up in! [...]

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Stars Haggle Sale: Haggle with Darwin!

By Jen | Published: January 16, 2012

Thanks to everyone who came down for Days 1 & 2 of our gigantic Stars Antiques 3 Day Haggle Sale! It’s the last day of the sale and you know how deranged vintage dealers can get this close to the finish line. It will be worth your wile to approach the dealers during their exhausted [...]

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