Raid
your local car boot sale or charity shop for vintage frames, which you can spruce up with a lick of paint and fill with a personal touches such as a memorable photo or message.
I love
our local car boot sale on a Sunday morning — you get to chat to all the regulars, and we've made some good friends.
Not exact matches
I would sell at
local car -
boot sales and even made enough one time to buy a bright red pair of Doctor Martens that I had been wanting.
Grab yourself a bargain - look at eBay, ads in the
local newspaper, or
car boot / yard
sales.
The rest is spread very unevenly as follows: 25 % in second - hand and
car -
boot sale locations (Ravenbooks features here and I suspect in 2010 will feature even more) which is made up almost exclusively of out of print and pre-2000 books, the last 5 % or so gets spent fairly randomly everywhere from good independents, to
local shops with self published titles and random online direct purchases and ebooks (I'm still primary print and suspect I will always be so, despite a belief and passion for digital text).
They organise and attend
local events including fayres,
car boot sales, quiz and bingo nights, coffee mornings and much more...
I look out for high - street bargains, and I've found some great - value second - hand stuff on eBay, at
car -
boot sales and in our
local recycling centre as well.
Check out
local car -
boot sales and eBay for affordable secondhand examples and paint in a contrasting colour to your units for added interest.
Bag yourself an old wooden crate by trawling your
local car -
boot sale, salvage yard or
local vintage shop.