When I started my business online four years ago, I had no idea how many wonderful people I would meet. There is the occasional difficult customer, but for the most part I have met kind, generous and unique individuals that have added to my joy and motivation for running my business online. Cindy, is one of those people...she recently contacted me because she had some vintage books that she was getting rid of and thought that I may be able to use them. A few days later, this amazing assortment of children's books appeared in my P.O. Box and my mind is spinning with ideas of what to do with them. Here is where you come in...
This is something I have been thinking about for a long time...if you have an item that is intact and in good condition, should you take it apart for a different use? For example, a vintage dress is in great condition but you don't like the bodice style, so you make it into a skirt. Or, in this case, a vintage book...maybe I want to take it apart and frame some of the pages. I was thinking that if you could do it without any waste, then it should be fine. In the case of the dress, if you make a skirt and then just throw the bodice away, that would be unfortunate. Or in the case of the book, what do you do with the pages that you don't like and the cover? My other thought was that vintage items have a certain value and when you alter them, they lose that value and may not be sellable when you are done with them in their new use. These are the things that go on in my head as I work to be a good steward of my resources, if you have any thoughts, I would love to hear!
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