I popped into Heavenly Threads once while I was living in Midcoast Maine for several weeks and it was a total success. They only allow a set number of people into the two-story shop at a time. This means one has to queue in the front yard in order to get in but as it's a church thrift shop in gorgeous, peaceful, and quaint Camden, ME, one's line mates might become immediate thrifting buddies, as was the case with me. Time passes quickly when one is sharing banana bread recipes and wondering when the first frost will hit. Inside the shop, it's up to each person to maintain six feet or more feet of distance apart, per shop rules. Some folks wore gloves, everyone wore masks, it felt safe. And because there is so much lovely stuff to look at, it wasn't that difficult staying put in any given area, having a proper browse, whilst waiting for the next rack, shelf or display case to be clear. There seemed to be an unspoken choreography at play with folks just getting when to stay put and when to move. All of this takes time so please don't come for this shopping experience if you're in a rush. Like: why are you thrifting anyway? Thrifters know that at least 50% of the pleasure of hunting is the slow pace. I found a gorgeous, hand knit, variegated spruce green wool sweater (think deep dark fir run through with bits of turquoise, dark brown, pops of crimson, ecru and pale grey) that I swear-to-gods just took off to hand wash today, after wearing it several times a week for five weeks. It's become my blankie, my superpower, and sweater-shaped best friend. And when I was walking around in Maine, I looked like a spritely moving shrub. Cost: $10.00. I also found two excellent macrame wall hangings--70s-style or actually from the seventies. Mid-century freaks, FYI, this spot is for you as I paid $4.00 per piece. My newly found thrifting pals let me know that they shop at Heavenly Threads on the regular and then resale in their vintage stall down the way at 10 Mechanic street. They told me that the macrame pieces I found would make hipster summer folks mental. That just made me feel very good inside :D Just before I cashed out with one of the very sweet elder lady volunteers, I happened upon a number of lovely black and white mounted photographs and a strange little original lithograph. Acquired 8 works, 6 bucks. The hours are a bit odd, Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-3pm. Obviously, Saturday is the busiest day. It's worth it to make the trip over if you can, not just for the thrifting but for the gentle company of low-key Midcoast ME fellow thrifters and super nice staff. read more

Vast and filled with a wonderful assortment of vintage and antique items of every description at reasonable prices. A find.

Heavenly Threads is an untapped goldmine! One of my favorite vintage stores in Midcoast Maine, Heavenly Threads has provided me with many pieces over the past couple years. Just to name a few- some black t-strap character shoes in mint condition, a lord and taylor limited edition peach button up blouse, adorable vintage green coat with mink trim, and many more. I even spied a white fox fur coat there one year but I couldn't bring myself to a) pay $150 for it and b) wear fox fur around on a daily basis and still like myself. The ladies (and some husbands) at Heavenly Threads are members of the church that's next door, and they volunteer their time in the shop. All the proceeds the shop makes go towards the Church. The members donate their one of a kind vintage to sell in the shop. It's an all around adorable set up, really. The only thing I don't like about Heavenly Threads is that they aren't open on random days once in awhile, when I plan on going there - and I can't search through their amazing finds for the short time that I'm home in the Midcoast. read more

Visiting Camden for several days now. This store is currently open from 12-3. I love to pop in to stores like these and look for vintage treasures. Those hours are hard to catch on vacation as it is smack in the middle of the day. However, today we managed to get there. There was a small line of people, probably four people in front of us. All socially distancing. Suddenly a women opened the door, she let all the people in front of us in and when we reached the top of the steps, the store keeper closed the door in my face! I understand there are limits to the amount of people etc.. but I think it might have been appropriate to greet us, say something. Anything at all rather then just shutting the door in.my.face. Needless to say I didn't wait a moment longer. We left. I read that she stresses about closing time and it was 2:35. Was that it? But say something. Explain your procedure, say hello and thanks for your patience... not a word. Not cool. read more

This appears to be a nice and tidy thrift store. It's charming from outside. I was a little put off as I was walking towards the door and a woman was very quick to tell me that they were closing in "15 minutes sharp". I decided to go have a quick look anyway. Everything appeared clean and well displayed. There were no bad odors. There were several rooms of treasures. There were clothes, shoes, dishes, glassware, and home decor items. I didn't see any large size ladies clothes. I would like to have had a little longer than 15 minutes to shop. I was surprised that they closed at 4:00pm. It does look like a good place to find treasures. read more

I went to a few thrift shops while I was in the mid-coast Maine area and this one wasn't my favorite, but it was still a quaint little thrift shop. They have lots of clothes, some kick-knacks and random things, but not much variety. There wasn't much past XL sizes but they had some good stuff and the clothing was organized very well on all the racks. The clothes were pretty affordable, and if you take the time to look through them you'll find something good! We stayed within walking distance of this store which was nice so I got to take my time looking through the stuff. Not my favorite thrift store, and not really worth going way out of your way for, but definitely worth taking a look at if you're in the area! The women I met who worked there were also really sweet. :) read more