I'm Kaylah. thrifting queen. 
like listening to my mom and dad's records from when they were young!
(uhhh, also, I might be addicted to making GIFs...)
A few weeks ago my mom and I ventured up in the attic (which actually means she sent me up with a flash light in that scary, completely dark, spiderwebs thicker than anything you've ever seen filled place) to get her and my dad's old records.A lot of them have pretty damaged sleeves but everything we've cleaned up works like a charm. They have a lot more clicks and pops than our new records but it's so charming. I love listening to them and imagine my parents listing to them a long time ago.
Hope you're having an awesome day! Today I'm finishing up the owl update for Circus Bear Vintage. It'll go live tomorrow morning. I'm beyond excited. There are so many owl goodies! It's taking all my might to not just post everything today.
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cute GIF :) I learned how to do them 3 weeks ago (and I did one for new year wishes). It's really fun! Yours are very poetic :)
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So exciting! I inherited my Dad's old collection in high school, and they're my prized possessions.
ReplyDeleteMy mom and dad have an amazing record collection (they actually have that record to^^) I remember growing up with my dad putting on his favorite records on the weekends....They've kind of wandered in to the cellar in to a little shelf were they are collecting dust...I always get some of them out and listen to them while I'm there for a visit. Both of my parents prefer silence now a days....but they still love their records....at least they don't want to give them away because they say there are so many memories stuck to those albums....I just loved it when my dad said that. (I don't know how many times I've begged them to give me some of those records^^)
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Melanie
I have old records from my mother's collection and I totally agree, it's amazing to listen to them. It's like a total different world.
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ReplyDeleteHouses of the Holy! I love that album! My folks still play their records, so I struggle to sneak them when I visit, but the Hubs and I have a HUGE vinyl collection anyhoo :) I guess thats what you get for having two muso's in the same house haha
ReplyDeleteI recently rescued my great grandma's Stereophonic record player, refurnished it and got it going again. It sounds amazing! I love it so very much!
Loving that rad GIF too, Kaylah!
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I am addicted to making GIFs too!!!! It's so much fun. A moving picture is way better than a regular one. Haha. I love your spinning record!! I do the same thing when I listen to records. It's like I'm in a different time and place. I definitely get caught up in the romance of vinyl. :)
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw the record playing, I imagined myself listening to old tunes I had used to listen to when I was a little girl. Brings back memories, both within your realm and mine.
ReplyDeleteI love making gifs too! And I love your blog!
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radmegan
Love the gif! It's so neat!
ReplyDeleteI love old record players and items my family used before. It's got tons of memories and like you said, listening to them and imagining your parents doing the same years before. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome, one of the main reasons I want to get a new record player is due to my mom & dad's collection.
ReplyDeleteHave you heard anything negative about the other Crosby player, the mini portable one? I believe you posted it on your wish list for Christmas. I was going to order it this weekend!
Tynee, there were mixed reviews on amazon, but I always take reviews from strangers with a grain of salt. I chose this one over that one because I wanted something larger, it's been nothing but great so I can't imagine the mini one being anything different! :)
ReplyDeleteWe love records in our house .... Here's a post I did about how to clean them if you find yourself with some super dusty vinyl:
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have fun!
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Love the awesome GIF! I got lucky one time at a garage sale, and a man was getting rid of all his old records. He had sooo many good classic records (I'm talking Beatles, The Doors, Led Zep) and they were in excellent condition. I was speechless, he was only selling them for .25 each so of course I snatched up all the good ones. Hehe. I bought a Vinyl to MP3 converter JUST to hear those pops and clicks..I love it!
ReplyDeleteOne other thing I wanted to mention...you posted about some Sally Hanson nail stickers a while back...well I was shopping at Michael's and they had the exact same thing, except they were $1.99 each! I bought because it was just too good to pass up, and they were AWESOME! They didn't come off for days, until I had to actually file them off myself. Just a little FYI! Also I found some at Dollar General by my house for $3..I haven't tried them yet, but hoping they're just as good!
That is awesome :D
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- Misty
http://misfit-diaries.blogspot.com
You make really cool GIFs,Kaylah. And that album is really good. I love me some LZ. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish my house had an attic! I bet its fun imagining what your parents were like.
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I have that EXACT record player! I found it for 50% off at Target about a year or so ago. Since then my boyfriend and I have been scouring thrift stores and finding a lot of great albums. Glad you're enjoying yours too!
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ReplyDeleteThe trip to the scary attic was worth it! Love the GIF and that album is epic. Of course. ;)
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cortnie
ooh now this makes me want to put on records. i have a stash of 45's that belonged to my dad and his family, singles of old soul + rock n roll songs. they're one of the items i'd grab if our apartment ever caught fire!!
ReplyDeleteMy mum had an awesome record collection, but unfortunately they all got stolen when she got broken into years ago. I don't have a record player now, but I plan to have one someday.
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That is seriously awesome! Excited for you. Keep up the good work, little lady!
ReplyDeleteOh, that's so special! We just got a record player this year, and I simply love it. And I agree, the crackles and pops make it so much more charming and special, somehow.
ReplyDeletewonderful! we got my dad a digital record player for his birthday a couple of years ago which was great since we had so many records in our attic as well!
ReplyDeleteawesome! when i was a kid i loved listening to my parents' grease and shirley temple albums.=)
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It's so fun listening to my mom's records with her. She remembers where all of the skips and pops are.
ReplyDeleteHouses of the Holy is my favorite record ever...I own that exact record. You have no idea how happy I was to see it in that GIF!
ReplyDeleteI love digging through my mom's boxes of records! She has so many. I need to buy a record player so I can enjoy them too!
ReplyDeleteMy parents have such a great record collection. My dad actually got a new record player a couple years back, and I ended up taking it for myself and locking it up in my room. Records are just so much more fun than listening to an ipod I think
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There is nothing better than listening to your rents' vinyl.
ReplyDeleteI've even found love notes in some of their sleeves.
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You are such a doll! Im so glad I found this blog, love it!
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Love that gif so much!
ReplyDeleteI have most of my parents old record collection,a few bands I still love today my dad introduced me to as a kid, like the Runaways!
The record player I use still today is my mums little portable HMV from when she was a teenager! It still works like a dream <3
Dear Kaylah,
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog (and I really love it!) for a while and never wrote any comment, but I had to say... Oh my god you like Led Zeppelin! T'is my favorite band!! Really like your tastes ;)
So fun! I've noticed your gifs lately and love them! I need to figure out how to do that myself. It's a really cool effect!
ReplyDeletestunning gif, love it
ReplyDeleteLove it! I find it really interesting to experience things my parents and grandparents did when they were young. One year I made my grandparents books for christmas that asked them lots of questions about their life. Some of the questions were; what was their favourite song, what was the first song they bought and what was 'their song'. I downloaded them all and it was wonderful to listn to them. :)
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