{Much like the adorable young lady doing her homework in this 1944 Life magazine shot, I’ve recently been pondering something. Image source.}
The hamster in the wheel has been actively spinning lately, for you see, throughout the course of my profuse - and nearly always joyfully fun – online searches related to all manner of vintage topics, I regularly spot items that I think are a great deal (killer bargain!) or that are too unique not to warrant a second glance, yet which I may not have a spot for in a forthcoming post.
Due to the fact that the vast majority of vintage items for sale from online shops, etsy, eBay, and the like are often for only one item at a time (by that I mean a seller rarely has seven of the same mint condition swing dances going for $40 a pop), if a listing sells before I have a chance to weave it into one of my posts, it may mean my readers never got a chance to contemplate adding vintage item X to their own treasured collections (or simply viewing it for the sake of inspiration).
Beyond that point, many vintage garments and pieces I encounter are things that I know my readers would love, and when such items are going for reasonable (to flat out steal-of-a-deal) prices, I feel all the more as though I want to share them with you!
This has led me to an idea that I wanted to run by you, my wonderful readers – with a smidgen of related info tossed in first...
I’ve had the immense pleasure of actively blogging about my love of, and fascination with, vintage since April of this year and have enjoyed every moment of it. I certainly don’t plan to stop any time soon (goodness, no! I’ve got scads of ideas just waiting to transform into future posts), but I’ve realized over the months, that due to my health (I duke it out daily with several severe chronic illnesses), I’m not always able to post a hefty sized article, or sometimes any sized article at all, on a daily basis (much as I wish I could!).
When I first began this blog (true to my usual “push myself way too hard” nature) I posted almost every day, but lately I’ve been finding that around 4 posts a week has become the norm. I don’t mind this and don’t feel like I “have” post every day (no one should when they blog for the sake of pleasure, if your blog feels like a job or school assignment you’re bound to resent or lose interest in it over time), but it would be nice to ensure that if I’ve having a spell where I can’t get out as many “longer” posts as I’d like, I can (hopefully) ensure that new content is still going up on the site.
Ok, before I bore you to sleep by rattling on, what I’m getting at – and the thought I mentioned in the first paragraph – is the idea of doing a once daily (or thereabouts) small post featuring one vintage item (be it a beautiful silk hat, great pair of satin evening shoes, 1930s winter coat, etc) that's selling for a reasonable price that I’ve come across and which I think might really interest my readers (a “Daily Vintage Deal”).
I would still post 3, 4, 5+ (when I can) other posts (including my weekly staples like: “Five for Friday”, “Saturday Snapshots”, and “Pretty Link Roundup”), but by introducing this post I would be able to share even more vintage goodness with all of you, especially on those days when it might otherwise be impossible for me to churn out a longer post.
What do you gals and guys think? Do you like the idea of a short daily post here on Chronically Vintage featuring a vintage bargain? (Anything from the 30s, 40s, and 50s, be it clothing, home decor, books, art, records, etc would be fair game to appear in the Daily Deals post.)
I’m been toying with this idea for a little while now. I like it a lot, but wanted to get your opinion before launching an ongoing type of daily post. If you’d prefer to have Chronically Vintage continue on exactly as it has been lately, just let me know, I welcome all thoughts either way and truly appreciate your feedback.
Tons of thanks, everyone!
