
Getting Creative
Creativity Brings it Home Little Red Hen's Creative staff brings the party home with their cool cutouts and custom candies! A party decorating conundrum: seen it, done it, been there… exactly how do you throw a party to call your own? Little Red Hen Creative is here to help! We are lucky to have some very talented and creative minds roaming the halls of Little Red Hen, and they LOVE a challenge. There isn’t a theme they...

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Bringing New Life To Vintage Furniture
Refurbishing vintage furniture has become one of the most popular tasks to work on for the staff members of Vintage Hen. "I love painting old things to look new," said Taryn H. of Vintage Hen. There’s something special about breathing new life into an old and forgotten piece of furniture, and with a little effort you can transform that eye-sore in the corner of the room into a gorgeous piece of art. The staff here...

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Retail With a Purpose!
You just might hear or see the phrase “Retail with a Purpose” when visiting one of the Little Red Hen shops here in Chico. Do you know why? LRH is more than a group of retail stores only selling goods and products to customers for a profit; we are actually a non-profit business with a goal of providing employment to adults with disabilities. So, when you spend your dollars with us you are shopping for...

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Oh, the Places a Picker Will Go! - Pickin' Along CA State Route One
With the temperatures here in Chico hitting triple digits early this year, our Vintage Hen picking team headed south in search of cool vintage treasures and possibly some cool coastal weather. We hit the road early on a Sunday morning to take advantage of each precious picking minute, hitting Vacaville just when the shops were opening their doors. Most of the smaller thrifts were closed, but Goodwill and Savers are always open and we scoured...

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- Tags: Antiques, Little Red Hen, picker trip, picker trip route one, Refurbished Furniture, Retail with a Purpose, Shopping Local, Travel, Vintage, Vintage Hen
Creative Customers: A Cameo Creation Collection
We love it when customers tell us how happy they are to have found items in our shop. We often receive great stories and photos, and it's so wonderful to ship some one an item that is perfectly unique for them and that they absolutely must have. Since we have so many items and we ship anywhere, every once in awhile we will get a message letting us know our item is being featured in...

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- Tags: Antiques, Cameo Creation, Chico, Happy Customers, Home Decor, Little Red Hen Vintage Hen, Non-profit, Retail with a Purpose, Shopping Local, Victorian, Vintage, Vintage Hen
Oh, The Places a Picker Will Go- Oregon Road Trip
We left sunny Chico at 8:00 A.M and began to head towards our final destination, Eugene Oregon. We made our first stop in Anderson, CA and tried our luck at an antique store called Marigold Antique and Collectibles. The manager’s name is Debbie. She was very nice and helpful with our questions. They had a big wall of Cuckoo clocks ad so much more to enjoy browsing through. The store was very organized and we...

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
It's that time of year when all of our locations start busting out their Christmas and seasonal treasures! We love the holiday season and all of our sweet Christmas collectibles at Vintage Hen. Upon setting up our seasonal displays, we realized how much of our holiday inventory we have sold over the year and decided that was the perfect excuse for another pickin' trip to find more! Gus, Natalie, and Darcie headed off to the Sacramento...

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- Tags: Christmas, Christmas Shopping, Event, Flea Markets, Holiday Shopping, Little Red Hen, Picking, Retail with a Purpose, Santa Claus, Vintage Hen