Rashon Carraway: i love thrifting day

i was asked to speak at haven 2012 on last year. i am so glad i accepted. it was an amazing blog conference. amazing i tell ya.

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now i speak at a number of engagements on a weekly basis. however talking about the love of design with a twist of thrift is certainly new to me, but easy at the same time.

i gave quite a few tips and even some secrets that i told that group not to share, with anyone. i believed they shared it with everyone they came in contact with. lol

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i did my best to make it as entertaining and informative as possible. lol. tey did a lot of laughing at my corny jokes. lol.

this was the very first time i used my ipad for a presentation and it is so much easier than a laptop. the first day i didn't orient my pages correctly and the auto-lock kept popping up. however, by the second day i was ready for visuals.

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what an amazing group of women (and men...lol)

so i have absolutely no photos of my own. i brought my camera, but it remained in my suitcase the entire time (way ta go carraway). so i am using pictures from attendees and anyone else who doesn't mind me sharing.

did you attending my thrifting 101 session at haven 2012?
do you have a few photos of the thrifting 101 session? want to share them?

well go ahead!!!

photo sharing

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i love thrifting day is one day out of the year when thrifters all over the world celebrate the art of thrifting. it is a time to meet new friends, connect with old ones and share the love a a good find.

#ilovethrifting (hashtag) day is july 7th, 2012. it takes place all over the world.

being an official host for #ilovethrifting day is exciting and will take a little planning on the part of the host.

a typical day for an #ilovethrifting day host goes a little like this.

9am : meet and greet and breakfast (a sponsoring location would be great)
10am: visit the first store
11:15: visit second store
noon: lunch
1pm: final store and sharing finds.

last year a number of thrift stores offered discounts to those wearing official #ilovethrifting t-shirts. many of them have agreed to do it again.

last year we had an awesome time and you can read our recap HERE.

shirts are still available for a LIMITED time so that they can be shipped out. go HERE to purchase in time for the big day. all official hosts, with groups of more than 50 people in official t-shirts will be sent a different t-shirt for the event.

i am also going to throw a party to the group that has the largest official count of thrifters (over 50 people). yup you heard right, i will be depending on the host to campaign for their group.

groups can be from your church, sorority and even your neighborhood.

i will give more information this week.

#ilovethrifting day!!!!!