Hello everyone! My name is Mallory, and I've been thrifting and going to estate sales as long as I can remember. I worked at a Goodwill in high school and college, and it really expanded my knowledge and reinforced my passion for second hand treasures, and I am excited to share some of my adventures with you.

August brings one of the busiest picking weekends for me. Three of my favorite sales happen to occur around the third weekend of August every year.

I start with Cranberry Community UP Church's Closet Classic on Thursday. To enter Thursday's "pre-sale", you pay $5 and donate one canned item for a local food bank. I normally don't like to pay pre-sale fees, but I usually find so much at this sale that it is worth it to me. This sale is huge; it is two floors, indoors, with everything from collectibles, books and furniture, to lots of clothes and accessories. The sale is very well organized and they often restock each day. This sale is two weekends - on the second weekend, all items are half off Friday, with a bag sale on Saturday.

Friday is time for Divine Grace Parish Festival and their massive White Elephant sale (pictured here). The festival is held at the St. Ferdinand Church in Cranberry on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are three huge tents housing furniture, holiday items, toys, collectibles, jewelry and more. The festival also offers food, games, and live music, so you can easily spend hours here. I often go back a second or even third time, because you never know what will be uncovered as the sale goes on!

On Saturday, I head to Amish country for the Route 208 "15 Miles
of Treasures" sale that spans from New Bedford to Volant. You can drive along the beautiful countryside, stopping at sales along the route. You can also stop in New Wilmington or Volant to park your car and stroll through the town. This sale is popular, and can get picked over fast, but I love traveling backroads and discovering new places, so that is more than enough reason for me to make the trip each year.

Here's more information on each of the sales I mentioned above:

Cranberry Community UP Church's Closet Classic: http://ccupc.org/closet-classic-clothing-ministry/

Divine Grace Parish Festival: https://www.butlereagle.com/20220811/parish-family-festival-back-after-two-years-2/

15 Miles of Treasures: http://www.livenewwilmington.com/15-miles-of-treasures-yard-sale-aug-13th/

Mallory's instragram is Secondhandchic_pgh and you can follow her here https://bit.ly/3QvcwWi , between blog posts.  She also makes some of her finds available for sale, check out those offerings on https://linktr.ee/Secondhandchic    ~ PittsburghEstateSales.com