POV: Thrift with me for FALL in the midwest 𖥔🍁๋⭑🍂

[@KathleenIllustrated]

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[@meganmarshall1801]

You could crochet little flies and make the wicker frog into a tossing game.

[@manicmuffin]

Omg that's the best idea!!

[@rochelle2758]

That dress is the most substitute-teacher-in-1976 thing I have ever seen. I know of no higher compliment.

[@N0pleaseN0]

I'm from Ibusuki, Kagoshima prefecture!So happy for you to visit Southern Japan, I'm currently living abroad and I miss it very much... If you ever come all the way to Kagoshima, we have a lot of volcanic activity from Sakurajima volcano nearby so there are a lot of spa (onsen), and you can take sand baths in Ibusuki (you get buried in warm sand with just your face free, if you ever wondered what it's like being a burrowing mollusk) Sakurajima volcano is one of the most active volcanos in the world with daily ash eruptions, you can hike around the island, it is very interesting. Kagoshima is know for Satsuma pottery and Kiriko cut glass - there are classes you would enjoy a lot Our best foods are sweet potato (Satsuma imo), Shirokuma (shaved ice with condensed milk), citrus, giant radish (Sakurajima daikon) and black meat. I have my mother send me sweet potatoes all the way to France, they are THAT good... As for alcoholic beverages, we have shōchū (made from sweet potato or brown sugar) There is also Lake Ikeda, we have giant eels and (supposedly) a lake monster called Issie I hope you have a nice trip, people tend to favor Tokyo and Kyoto but Japan is more diverse than one might expect. I praised my home prefecture, but Hiroshima, Kumamoto and Okinawa are also great destinations ! I'm always so happy when people express interest for Southern Japan, thank you ┌⁠(･⁠ω⁠･)⁠┘

[@carmenandrews8484]

OMGthe dress made in Colombia with the green parrot is actually a Mola design from the Native Guna/Kuna group in Panamá!

[@amylamb1527]

Yesss!!

[@jeanneobbard]

I was trying to remember the name of this technique, I should have known some smart person in the comments would know it! ♥

[@KraftKloset]

Me who knew exactly what she meant when she said "very doodlebop" 😂

[@lisasoto3425]

I heard "very Doodle Bob" the first time, and I was like, that also feels correct xD

[@SicCeboo]

My brain gave me Lazy Town until I looked it up and remembered this completely different show. How did I forget that show, the shag, the energy, the body paint, the SETS!

[@skeingamepodcast5993]

I went thrifting yesterday. I used my Kathleen eyes and found the most amazing handmade dress that fits like it was MADE for me. I also found mint green Hush Puppies and the perfect kimono silk cover up.

[@winterlighthome]

I covet your mint green Hush Puppies. What a score!

[@LuneFromage]

I live in Japan and Naoshima (the art island) is absolutely one of my favorite places here! Rent an electric bike to get around the island and see all the museums/ houses converted into art. Miyajima (near Hiroshima) which as the floating tori gate is really cool too. If you're going to kyushu, yakushima is amazing and was the inspiration for Princess Mononoke. It's great if you like hiking, sea turtles, being near an active volcano, and really old trees! It is hard to get to, but if you'll be in that area I recommend it. Beppu in Oita Prefecture is known for their onsens! My good friend lived there and the videos there seem really cool. Miyazaki also looks gorgeous. Just a warning that lots of kids take their school trip to Okinawa/ the Ryukyu islands around November/ December, so maybe book some stuff in advance/ make sure that what you want to do isn't all booked up. Let me know if you'd like any more tips! :)

[@OKLynnie]

If you find a fly plushie... that frog basket would be very happy.

[@KJ-wh8fu]

😂 Spot on!

[@racingmackerel]

The background music in this video makes me so happy 😍 Louie Zong's "ghost choir" showing up on my algorithm pretty much signals the start of spooky season 👻👻👻

[@KathleenIllustrated]

[@jessicawessler1057]

The T-Rex head transplant...chef's kiss perfection!!!

[@jacquelinejanewashere]

Rise of the Midwest thrift princess 💖

[@nicroach9785]

I had one of those frog baskets as a kid. I kept blankets in it, and sometimes convinced the cat into it. It was one of my favorite things. :D

[@singtotheradio9324]

She left the frog 😭😭😭😭

[@KathleenIllustrated]

it was a MISTAKE

[@Clips_phrases]

The frog 1on1 talk was hard to watch..

[@claredavis4026]

My grandma had that exact same frog !

[@NoOneWinsHere]

@@claredavis4026what does SHE keep in it??

[@violetbyers6818]

WHYYYYYYY

[@erinshear8026]

I thrifted my Halloween decor last year and found the cutest witch cat doorstopper that lives in my office at work now. I don't know why someone didn't want him anymore but he's my companion now until I die.

[@clairemotsinger7708]

I’m leaving for Japan in a few days! I’m going to get to see where my grandmother grew up in Kyoto, a little nervous, soooo excited!!!

[@janelte]

Have a lovely, lovely time. That's a very special trip to make.

[@scooterdooter7123]

I feel like a secret passageway should have opened when you placed the dino head

[@jamielozano6195]

been doing inktober stuff while watching your recent videos, doing art/crafts with kathleen on in the background is like making friendship bracelets with your bestie at a sleepover party for your 12th birthday. 10/10 would craft together again

[@AaronEdwards]

4:50 my grandma had that same frog! She would collect matchbooks from restaurants (in the 70s and 80s) and she used the frog to store said matchbooks. Now I have a sad that you left the frog. :(

[@carissakirksey6606]

At least you found Halloween. I went to four thrift shops yesterday & found mostly just a ton of Christmas! It absolutely hacks me off that Christmas keeps inching up earlier & earlier every year, shoving out my Halloween! Remember when you were able to go Halloween sale shopping on Nov 1st?

[@janicestewart8291]

I agree with you 100%

[@LizardBrick]

4:37 my jaw dropped! I love him! My great aunt has had one of him in beige since I can remember! I want one for my home one day, wow what a find!

[@KathleenIllustrated]

what does she put in him?!?!

[@LizardBrick]

@@KathleenIllustratedhe is a waste basket, so mostly paper. But one Christmas Eve her kitten was sitting in him (:

[@sapphicvampire8504]

I also found one in my local thrift he was,such a frog but i wouldnt have space in my dorm to have the frog:((

[@tinybunz2409]

11:29 yes I vary much am very cozy in my bed rn I'm so warm and snug like a burrito or like a worm I'm enjoying the videos vibes also you look like my therapist and I find comfort in that idk 😭😭

[@LizardBrick]

These videos are my favorite things to come home to after my college class c:

[@KathleenIllustrated]

welcome back!!!

[@missribbon]

I walked in completely drenched & shivering from getting caught in a huge sudden rainstorm, turned on my tv & here you were! Very warming 😜

[@KathleenIllustrated]

aw whaaat! pull up a chair & warm up my friend!

[@spiderside3892]

had my spookiest halloween moment at 4:06 because i have that exact paper cutter sitting next to me right now

[@KathleenIllustrated]

@@spiderside3892 dun ✂️ dun ✂️ DUNN

[@SamBeckmanxo]

You are such a gem!

[@KathleenIllustrated]

🤗 thanks for bein' here!

[@bunnycartoon]

Me, curled up snug as a bug in my bed watching this video: ".....how did she KNOW?!?!"

[@KathleenIllustrated]

SHE KNOWS

[@Tackleboys]

"sorry for criming you Kashi" 🤣

[@thisurldoesnotexist]

Haven't gotten to be a lil thrift goblin recently but over the weekend I fell into a wealth of hand-me-downs including the most perfect suit jacket

[@KathleenIllustrated]

aw fun!! glad you were able to get some goodies :)

[@sallamander3948]

I just came across your channel and I have watched a TON of your videos in the last couple days. I just have to tell you that you have really inspired me to make more of an effort to express myself with my style, so thank you!

[@Caligirl4703]

Yep curled up in bed w/ kidney stone pain …new videos make me happy!! U crack me up.

[@raspberryitalia3464]

I went Halloween decoration shopping at my local thrift stores for the first time this year because of your inspiration, and omg it was an absolute gold mine! My friend took me to Michael's the following weekend, and it paled in comparison lol

[@PortobelloPink]

Loving the Louis Zong music 👻 🎃

[@katej3437]

Those specific types of frames bring me back to childhood. My dad used them a lot and I looove them, just hard to move with them without breaking the glass

[@KathleenIllustrated]

aw! glad they have some nostalgia attached to 'em!

[@cheriemicallef3210]

Immediately adding “Foxy” to my daily vocab.. 🖤✨👄

[@darabissonnette6818]

I went to okinawa 10 years ago and it's like a beautiful paradise! I've literally never seen the sky sooo blue, it's kinda surreal. The Kokusai dori indoor flea market in Naha is huge (there's also a fish market somewhere in there), and the Gyokusendo cave is beautiful and the Churaumi aquarium is really really nice. 10/10 would recommend making your way there 🫶

[@lauramayer4896]

It's so nice to see you again! And last week I saw not one but two ice cream makers at my thrift store, and thought of you. (Heartland Humane Society Thrift Shop in Corvallis, OR, where I volunteer.) During my shift I told two delightful young shoppers about your channel, and one of them said "Kathleen Illustrated? I've heard of her."😘

[@au_barb]

I never could have left that frog! 😭 I've been trying not to thrift much, but one of the best thing i found recently was a pair of perfectly worn in, perfectly oversized denim Liberty overalls. I've been searching for overalls for 3 years so that made me happy. I also finally found not one but two long plaid midi skirts, also absolute perfection.

[@shaynannigans]

This was such a nice video to watch during my lunch break. And hey I'm going to Japan next year at some point - so will happily watch where you are going for ideas since I haven't decided yet!!

[@moonymilquetoast]

noOo the frog was the perfect halloweeny nod to over the garden wall.. kathleen & gus in thrifted greg & wirt fits and a to scale wicker frog, it writes itself!

[@rendioactive.sludge]

currently watching this as a construct a base of a fully recycled jellyfish for my agriculture project for FFA, while waiting out hurricane milton. fair to say this was pretty entertaining thank you kathleen for this weeks serotonin boost 😭🖤

[@smalliesxd]

The Louie Zong music 🥹

[@renbdesigns]

Over the Garden Wall thrift store vibes

[@dormant_informant]

Just in time for the 10th anniversary!

[@nicolaaahhh]

@@dormant_informant WHAT??? 10TH ANNIVERSARY??!?!?!?!? *face palm* I'm old...

[@vincentbriggs1780]

I just got a box of old sewing stuff from the free junk pile at an estate sale, and am now watching your backlog while sorting some VERY grimy buttons, which is making for a lovely afternoon! I have found a few mother of pearl ones, and two huge wooden buttons with the statue of liberty embossed on them. There's also a big piece of tatted lace, and a sports ticket and a luggage tag from the 80's. (I washed the button grime off my hands before leaving this comment)

[@KittySheep]

I never ever would have parted with the frog!

[@stacytblue]

So happy that you picked up the foxy dress! I loved it! Can't wait to see you style it. I thought you picked up that fabulous green coverlet, but it wasn't in your haul... 🤔. Hoping you picked it up, and we get to see what you come up for it. Love you, Stinky. 💚

[@KathleenIllustrated]

heh yeahhhh i forgot to include it! I'm thinking we'll make pants with it

[@stacytblue]

@@KathleenIllustrated Oh! Pants would be SO cool... 💚

[@Lizette-g3t]

Thanks Kathleen, you made my day easier

[@khristianrachelle2941]

obsessed with the dress and vase you bought

[@k1tkat-kate]

A Kathleen ~ F A L L ~ thrifting video on my birthday is truly the best gift! Sorry for the delay everyone; she was saving the upload especially for me ☺ Sincerely, a fellow Kathleen 🍁

[@LuKen]

I live in Southern Japan (Nagasaki) and it's beautiful! Not enough people make their way to this area of Japan, so I hope you enjoy it!

[@quenepacrossing4675]

love all the ghost duo music used throughout the video

[@lindalou7344]

Thank god you got that dress. It’s stunning and I thought you put it back and was going to message you immediately to say run back and snag it.

[@iliveinletters_]

I'm pretty sure that vase is a cursed prince or something. Set him free!!!

[@sugarapplesweet]

Took me a moment to realize where I had heard the little song while you were thrifting. The two animated ghosts that sing together! Very cute~

[@sschachtschabel5633]

When I went to Japan I bought a goshuincho at a temple, which is a little accordion booklet that you can fill with goshuin. That is a page of calligraphy and stamps, that you can get from about every temple and shrine in Japan, for a couple of hundred yen. They make amazing souvenirs as some are real works of art. One of the goshuin I collected had a little green frog spirit painted in it. So, not necessarily a specific recommendation on where to visit in Japan, but what to get as souvenir! (Besides of course thrifted things 🥰)

[@sj-el4lu]

Thanks for a new hanging-out-at-the-thrift-store vid! I've missed them quite a lot.

[@alexandragorbatenko4768]

18:13 omg! So cute! It would be cool to use both the white paper and the cork board but just trim the paper a bit❤

[@chloe41120]

6:40 That lil clown witch looks straight out of the children's classic TV show Big Comfy Couch. I want it!!

[@morph3e8]

The Halloween pillow ??? Obsessed

[@blissgirl9052]

Thrifted candles absolutely slap! As a witch and goblin, I live for candles and dude -- they be so expensive! So thrift them! Also have I mentioned that one, I missed you and two your music is always fun and catchy. My tip-tapping foot approves!

[@KathleenIllustrated]

yesss! Idk the last time I bought a candle new???? Especially taper candles 🤤 and thank you! All thanks to Louie Zong on bandcamp 🎤✨

[@aquietkerfuffle7343]

That’s the exact lint shaver that we had in my house growing up and it’s so fun to use !

[@janicestewart8291]

My Mom and me loved going to The Ohio Thrift Store down on South High at the strip mall. A few years after she passed away, I went back in that same store to see the prices were way higher on used clothing and the housewares. My Mom loved finding wooden pieces and brass items. I do miss thrifting in Columbus. German Village was my old stomping grounds, I'm now 65, and while most of the village looks the same, it too, got very expensive to live there. I'm 3 hours away now, and live in the woods.

[@KathleenIllustrated]

ahh my fav thrift is the salvation army on south high!

[@janicestewart8291]

​Ohhh, Yeah, I know that thrift store too. There used to be a couple good thrift stores on Parsons Ave that were close to the Shottensteins that used to be there years ago and they were fun to go to. The items they put out were nice and the prices were great. I love your channel and the great stuff you come up with.

[@daaesviolin]

The DAISY DUCK HAT! I had a brain blast memory of having one of those when I went to Disneyland in the 90s. I was equal parts irked and fascinated by the eyelashes 😂

[@lulubellz]

I'm a simple girl, kathleen uploads and i watch ✨️

[@izzycope884]

I love mic'ed up at the thrift store! I would love to see you decorate for Halloween or Halloween crafting if you feel so inclined 💓

[@PandoraSummer-d9v]

For sure, I look at candles in thrifshops shelves. At the beginning of the year, I found an XL Anthropologie candle for $6.99 at the Goodwill, which I have been burning since. It is currently sold for $188.00 plus tax.

[@MinasMagic]

The Daisy Duck hat!!! 😲I had one of those as a kid. 😍It devastatingly didn't survive storage. 😭😭😭 I adored that hat! 🥰

[@afondmemory]

So glad you got the dress!!! It’s drop dead

[@lucille_2010]

11:37 this is, in fact, how it feels to watch a kathleen video after work

[@KathleenIllustrated]

👯

[@susanma4899]

I loved the plexiglas vase! I'm so glad you got it.

[@gh0stb0n3r]

12:24 is giving "Paul Bearer goes golfing in the 1920s" 😂 Also, glad to hear the Louis Zong (I think!) music 😊

[@upgrade101]

I collect vintage [silk scarf print] bomber jackets, I audibly gasped when I saw the Escada-esque gold filigree jacket! 😍😍😍

[@shananigans0117]

I am indeed cozy up on my couch while watching this

[@BaeAmore]

Definitely like the wood, or a coloured background for the frames :3

[@itziarsagastiberri2017]

I love that vase! I'm so jealous

[@megandesouza5934]

Oh god…I used to have that Daisy Duck hat as a child and the eyelashes also deeply disturbed me. Also, cannot believe you passed on that incredible Ken Burns-esque blue and green skeleton!

[@mariedebournoux2614]

the frog is a potato or oignon basket ! It was amazing ...

[@TheRupertmcgee]

Oh nostalgia! I used to have that daisy duck hat when I was a kid, and a matching minnie! I have no idea if we still have it somewhere. I feel like it broke down and got tossed out, but who knows.

[@rachel_was_here]

Funny to hear you call those frames vintage but I do remember getting that style 20+ years ago. I didn't think them fancy or unique because they were common at the dollar store.

[@KathleenIllustrated]

ha! love it.

[@laevanda7548]

Fun fact they are still very common here in Italy!

[@MiscellaneousMatilda]

Soo excited for more Japan content!

[@vernieplummer5148]

I loved you and your froggy baby walking down the aisle lol.

[@lilgorgo]

Had fun hangin out! Hai frens

[@KathleenIllustrated]

hi!!!!!

[@kathykuck101]

Yes I am cuddled up right now watching how did you know

[@dinosauerful]

The frog is for magazines!! So cute! I have one i neutral wood! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@AllisonKozik]

I am SCREAMING over those primary color candlesticks……if you’re going back and they’re still there I will sooooooo figure out a way to buy those through you

[@saxamachick]

Hey, I always say quality is better than quantity! That dress and vase are fire!

[@Mimulus2717]

I found a great black wreath with purple and silver glitter spiders and orange skeleton heads for 99 cents. Plus a string of small battry operated pumpkin lights the cashier thru in for free.

[@iSharShar]

I can't believe you found a vintage Daisy visor. I remember getting one of those as a kid from Disney World in the 80s.

[@cheriebrittin7627]

Wicker frog is everything! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@showandtellmeg]

I absolutely had that Daisy Duck hat from the late 80s/early 90s Magic Kingdom. I wore that for YEARS.

[@christinetassone3156]

I went in 1990 and never got the duck hat. That's one of those IYKYK items.

[@artapothecary53]

I had that Daphne Duck hat as a child and I forgot it existed! I never wore it either. It weirded me out a bit even as a kid 🥲

[@sj-el4lu]

I'll be in Japan this fall/winter, too!!! But since it's my first time there, it will be in the big hotspots - I'm sure we'll be return visitors to explore the further reaches like you in future years. 💗

[@xingcat]

Oh, that frog! I just love that frog!!

[@charlesstewart6191]

Doodle Bop, Well, they were a children's television show and touring troupe. Quite Brightly & boldly oloured as I recall.

[@emilylouisebush]

I lived near Fukuoka for a year and I think Kyushu is my favourite island in Japan (not biased at all)! I recommend going to Ohori Park in Fukuoka and Dazaifu Tenmangu just outside Fukuoka (and I recommend trying umegae mochi there, which is the local specialty). If you're going to the south of the island I recommend visiting Obi Castle Town.

[@AussieERS]

That black leather bomber jacket with the blue lining omg I've been looking for one like it for soooo long 🥺😭

[@christinamann3640]

I’ve seen an artist paint over thrift store paintings to add his own spin ie this pastoral scene needs a dragon in it. What paintings could you alter to give it a spooky vibe?

[@SnickerFoodle]

Okay! I like the demin fit with the just washed hair~ looks so Shelley Duvall!

[@cewaugh2565]

As always, love the cozy vibes of your videos! I did want to caution you about those clip frames though, if you want that artwork to be around for the long-term it would be best to move them into something with an acid free backing, and matt. A shadow box could also work. Clip frames can trap moisture, and the mdf backing will likely cause discolouration over time. the frames are cheap and cheerful, but there is a downside. Do with that info what you will, hope you are enjoying fall!🍁

[@KathleenIllustrated]

that’s super helpful!!! Thank you 💕

[@sacrefrenchie2132]

the sad little no that spontaneously came out of me when you put the frog back...and the quiet little yay when you said you're going back to Japan. Why does your style match Naoshima vibes? Super excited!

[@KathleenIllustrated]

i'm so psyched!!! also i think of froggy DAILY