About Lillie's Five-and-Dime: Hi! Our little store grew out of our tiny card business, five-and-dime posts. We started by selling notecards that we had created as a project for the non-com website, www.yumfuji.com, and/or as homemade valentines sent to friends on 14th of Feb. 2002. Then, we started making coin purses and other sewn items. Both the cards and the sewn items show off our love for retro-stylings and use our collection of found photos, 1950s textbooks, new/old fabric, and vintage ribbons/buttons. Some of our collection winds up in the vintage sections of the site. So, stay tuned for new old stuff and new new stuff including knit goods, recycled thrift finds, and silk screen/silk screen-like products.

About Lillie: The Lillie of "Lillie's Five-and-Dime" is and isn't Lillian Lovich. It is in that she's the one that designs/makes everything [including the website]. And it isn't because the store is named after her grandmother- her middle name was Lillian/Lillie. When Lillian, i.e., the one that makes the stuff, isn't making the stuff, she's prolly wishing she could buy a farm/house where she can raise champion chickens.

1 April - 12 May 2009: Shop is closed...We are in Paris, France! Visit our trip blog.
14 Feb 2009: Happy 7th Anniversary to Us! We feel lucky!
8-9 Nov 2008: We are a vendor at Handmade Arcade in Pittsburgh, PA.
18-19 Oct 2008: We are a vendor at Maker Faire in Austin, Texas.
14 Sept 2008: We are a vendor at Crafty Wonderland in Portland, Oregon.
14 Feb 2008: Happy 6th Anniversary to Us! Ready to start school.
14 Feb 2007: Happy 5th Anniversary to Us! Is this the one where you give paper?
15 Sept 2006: Baltimore lost its charm. We've relocated back to New Orleans, LA for a bit.
3 Sept 2006: The new "heart" nola page is up and ready to show you how you can help in the New Orleans recovery
29 August 2006: Two hand-screened silkscreen prints: Marsh and Two Birds are now available (on the 1st anniversary of Hurricane Katrina)! 100% the proceeds from the sales of these prints will be donated to American Wetlands, an organization helping rebuild the coastal wetlands in Louisiana.
1 July 2006: We've moved to Baltimore, MD (This is our 3rd move in 1 year! (Thanks Katrina)).
14 Feb 2006: Happy 4th Anniversary to Us! More cupcakes for everyone!
18 Nov 2005: Woweeeee! We are featured in the everywhere edition of dailycandy.com. How sweet! (btw- we sold out of the sailor coin purse 2 hours after the article was emailed out)
2 Nov 2005: We're up and running and back in Washington DC. Yep, we know what it means to miss New Orleans.
Sept-Oct 2005: We are temporarily closed because of Hurricane Katrina. [We're in Louisiana and from New Orleans.] Help rebuild New Orleans: Habitat
May 2005: We're moving back home to New Orleans...might be a delay in any orders during this month!
1 - 7 Apr 2005: No foolin'...According to the Washington Citypaper, we're the "craftiest bastard of the week."
14 Feb 2005: Happy 3rd Anniversary to Us! Cupcakes for everyone!
Aug 2004: Changed name/site from "five-and-dime posts" to "Lillie's Five-and-Dime."
14 Feb 2004: Happy 2nd Anniversary to Us! Maybe we should send ourselves a [five-and-dime posts] card!
Oct 2003:We make a new best friend in Anjali Pathak [the crafting genius "happy lucky me"]. She wanted some of our cards for her holiday greetings. We agreed and offered a craft trade over cash 'cause exchanging handmade goodies is way better than greenbacks. Viva la [crafty] revolution!!!
Summer 2003: We get a huge shoutout in the form of a plug in Bust magazine. They loved us so much that they put us in their summer 2003 issue [the one with Cher on the cover.] See pics.

Please email us (at fiveanddime@yumfuji.com ) with questions, comments or just plain ole "hello"s. Our snail address locates us in New Orleans, LA. If you'd like to send us something via snail mail, email us for our exact address.