We are back from LA and on Cloud 9 from our experience. Melissa and I learned so much from this trip that we would have never have learned if we didn’t step out of our nest (Boston). We have a very loyal following in New England so this trip was kinda like momma bird pushing us out of the nest to see if we could fly on our own. We are super excited to apply what we learned to future swaps and continue to grow The Swapaholics. But enough with the blah blah…Some pictures for you:

Swap Location:

Swap Swag Bag:

Swap Lobby:

Swap line…a block long…um yay!

Swap Time:




Swap DJ:

Swap Hosts:

After Swap Celebrating:

Swap Press (Racked LA and LA Times)

To see all Swap photos or add your own from any Swap click here for our Flickr Group.

If we are Twitter friends you are probably sick of hearing me talk about the Worcester Swap. I just love our Swap location in the Canal District, the building is beyond beautiful. I asked Anne if she would do a quick little photo shoot with some of my blogger friends the day of the Swap, just to capture how much I love this building.  Jen and Julie posted their photos while Melissa and I were in LA, there was just a few more:

Finally getting around to posting the pictures from May’s Worcester Swap. Melissa and I have been crazy busy with Swap stuff which we are not complaining about. We recently signed on some super rad interns to help us and they pretty much rock and life, so it looks like we will keep on top of things now.
I will post the photos from the LA Swap this week. I just had to post these photos from Anne Ruthmann. She was kind enough to drive the hour cover our event and do a rad photo shoot after the swap with some blogger friends of mine. The whole day way super fun and you can see all the photos here.

P.s. Our swap volunteer’s are amazing!!

I have a lot to tell you about! Our first west coast Swap was pretty much amazing and I cant wait to show you the photos…but, I only have one more day here in LA. So it’s going to have to wait till Melissa are back on the east coast.

If you need your daily Swapaholics fill, my friend Jen from Jenloveskev is blogging about our last Worcester Swap today here and here.

I guess Hollywood really is where dreams are made…We’ve been here for 24 hours and landed a front page mention on Racked LA…and I was excited about the $5 Fendi bag I found earlier today…small potatos.

I was up all night packing for our Swapaholic trip to L.A.  I should probably do some research and see whats hip there in fashion this week. My suitcase is filled with vintage sun dresses and rompers. I’m super excited for our Swap and also for some sweet flea market trips. Melissa and I are staying in Beverly Hills…not to shabby for a “work trip”!

Did you LA girls get your tickets yet?

Remember this skirt?

It made its way in to one of  The Swapaholics clothes swaps and its new owner Jen is rocking it on her blog today:

Because we want to Swap Clothes with you! California Girls mark your calendars for our first West Coast Swap!

The Swapaholics & Bargain Babe are hosting the Frugal Fe$tival Summer Swap:
Saturday June 19th 2010
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
North Hollywood Performing Arts Center
11020 Magnolia Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601

$5 with a bag of like-new clothing, $10 without.
25 VIP tickets available for front-of-line privileges & other sweet perks
*Clothing drop-off from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
*Shop exclusive deals for swappers from neighboring businesses from 12 to 1 p.m., while we sort donations into a clothing “swaptique”
*Swap ’til you drop and groove to beats from DJ Cassette from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
*Free to the public after 2 p.m.!

Bookmark the official Frugal Fe$tival blog for updates and new sponsors, added daily between now and June 19th.

I hope you can join Somerville Local First on June 12th for Somerfun a FREE street festival. They will have over 50 participating organizations from Local Retailers and Artisans to Farmers, Nonprofits and Artists.

Throughtout the event, SomerFun will have a neighborhood wide scavenger hunt, farming demonstrations, multi-cultural youth group dance and music and the best part (or maybe the second best part… because there will be beer gardens)…this is a fundraiser for SLF, and its free and open to the public.

P.S. The new Swapaholics and Shoestring Magazine offices are located in Somerville. Which I couldn’t be more excited about, I love Davis Sq.