St. Petersburg, Florida — Brooklyn Karasack loves to thrift and sew. She thrifts in her hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida, and then uses her grandmother’s sewing machine to whip up her fantastical creations.
“This is probably $3 or something like that,” Karasack told CBS News, referring to an old pillowcase she turned into a tote bag as an example of her work.
Her creativity has paid off. The 28-year-old, who works as an auditor during the day, has more than 800,000 online followers, who watch her take her thrift store finds on her social accounts and turn the old items into new ideas…