Hello. I'm Vanessa, the one-woman team behind Thrift Core. Thrifting, frugality, and creativity are as natural as breathing for me.

With Thrift Core I strive to inspire, educate, and unite a community of thrifters, interior-design lovers, crafters, vintage collectors, and creatives of all kinds. In short, Thrift Core is all about thrifting, creating, and saving money.

About Vanessa

I'm a 24-year-old workaholic and artsy-type. By day, I'm a web marketer and copywriter (Vanwrites.com). I've created countless websites since 1998 and my work has been published by the Fox News Network, WJXT Channel 4, CNN, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, Advantage Business Journal Magazine, and The Washington Post, but I see this all as just the beginning.

[Learn more about my Geeky ways here: Seven Things About Me]

Also, I have a quirky sense of humor. My love of robots, cephalopods, and cartoons knows no bounds.

Hobbies and Side Projects

I maintain a booth at Southern Crossing Antique Mall. I craft, draw, garden, and take pictures.

[From out community garden. I love growing food: Read more]

I love to assist local causes (like making the website for the Argyle Area Community Garden) and I write for local art magazines like Mesh Magazine and blogs like Papernstitch and Krrb. I'm always working on an art project of some kind on the side.

Passions

Art/Design, Thrift/Frugality, Copywriting, Webdesign, Blogging, Interior Design, Mid Century Modern, Kitsch, Animation, Anime, Manga, Comic Books, Video Games, Marine Biology, Ecology, Horror Genre, Burlesque, Film Noir, B Movies, World History/Culture, Kawaii Japanese Aesthetic

[Art Collection in My Living Room: Read More]

Art Style

Expressive, colorful, kitsch, eclectic. It's hard for me to appreciate art that's sterile and average, I love anything playful and unique. I'm a sucker for Japanese and nautical bits.

I Thrift For…

   

[See this haul in detail here]

Household essentials, all things mod, unique art, outlandish kitsch items, useful books and records, bits to resell in my antique store booth, anything affordable that demands my attention.

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Feel free to contact me if you have additional questions- or if you just want to be friends. You can chat with me on Twitter and Facebook. I also have an FAQ with information you may find useful.

I am very passionate about this blog and enjoy working on it immensely. It involves all of my passions: art, thrifting, web marketing, writing, photography, vintage, and design. I hope you enjoy reading it!