Okay, I decided that rather than just trying to shoehorn in all the posts about my Etsy vintage shop into this blog, I should start a new blog just for the shop! I hope to make it a celebration of all things vintage, not just a repetitive listing of everything we put in our shop...so please, go check it out here!
(Oh, and, btw...I also did list some new items in the shop, too!)
Monday, November 9, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
'Roid Week, Day Four
~~The Lost Garden~~
This shot overexposed a bit because I was shooting in direct sunlight, but I really love the way the overexposure gives the shot a washed out, dreamy look. Yay for Polaroids!
Perfect purses
Curse you, Morelle! Curse you and your wonderful, gorgeous, perfect leather purses!
Morelle's winter line is being posted, and they are just amazing. Rich, saturated colors...my favorites are the cobalt blue and the forest green, though the burnt red is up there, too!...and two new styles, the Patchwork and Patchwork Mini, both of which look like perfect everyday bags. And having purchased from Morelle before, I know that the workmanship and leather are absolutely top-notch and truly luxe.
Oh, dear. My poor credit card might not survive this...
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Poor, neglected little brooch!
For some reason, one of the items posted in our Etsy vintage shop has exactly ZERO views. I don't understand it! It's a lovely vintage brooch...petal pink enamel, rhinestone, chain, and a pink pearl drop. Very feminine, very delicate, very lovely! I feel sad for the poor thing, getting no attention. Perhaps those who run across this blog post might consider clicking the link and giving the poor pink brooch some love?
'Roid Week, Days 2 and 3
A bit late uploading these, but here are my 'Roid Week shots from Tuesday and Wednesday!
Tuesday: Hello!
Wednesday: In the Stacks
Wednesday: In the Stacks
New hobby
Once upon a time, many years ago, my aunt tried to teach me to cross-stitch. Under her tutelage, I successfully stitched several flowers and leaves and part of a word on the pattern she'd provided me with...and then our vacation was over, I returned to my daily life, and the pattern and the cross-stitching was all forgotten. I never got rid of that pattern and those childish stitches, though. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I always intended to pick it up again and embroider my way to a lovely, and finished, sampler.
Well, recently, I decided that now was the time. I've always wished I knew how to knit, or crochet, or embroider...but my mother had been the sort who rejected that kind of craft as old-fashioned and so never learned and couldn't teach me, and I just have never been able to find the time/money to take classes. But embroidery, now...that seemed like something I could learn myself a bit more easily. Having seen people mention the book Embroidered Effects by Jenny Hart recently, I investigated the author and ended up purchasing her Stitch-It Kit. And boy, am I glad I did! The instructions for basic stitches were easy to understand, even for a complete amateur like myself, and the patterns are fun and cute! After successfully completing a tea towel with embroidery of a tea pot and tea cup, I turned my eyes back towards that long-neglected cross-stitch pattern my aunt picked out for me so many years ago.
After picking out all the stitches I'd completed as a child (due to the fact that I don't have floss in those exact colors anymore!) I began anew. I WILL finish that darned thing! And it's very pleasant, really, to have something productive to do with my hands while I sit on the couch in the evening watching NCIS with my husband. This could be a hobby that lasts me, I think! It's no wonder women have done this for so many years, in so many cultures. It is soothing, simple, but creative and productive as well.
^My current work in progress^
Oh, and, I also checked out Embroidered Effects from the library...I think I might have to purchase it, too! Very informative and engagingly written.
Well, recently, I decided that now was the time. I've always wished I knew how to knit, or crochet, or embroider...but my mother had been the sort who rejected that kind of craft as old-fashioned and so never learned and couldn't teach me, and I just have never been able to find the time/money to take classes. But embroidery, now...that seemed like something I could learn myself a bit more easily. Having seen people mention the book Embroidered Effects by Jenny Hart recently, I investigated the author and ended up purchasing her Stitch-It Kit. And boy, am I glad I did! The instructions for basic stitches were easy to understand, even for a complete amateur like myself, and the patterns are fun and cute! After successfully completing a tea towel with embroidery of a tea pot and tea cup, I turned my eyes back towards that long-neglected cross-stitch pattern my aunt picked out for me so many years ago.
After picking out all the stitches I'd completed as a child (due to the fact that I don't have floss in those exact colors anymore!) I began anew. I WILL finish that darned thing! And it's very pleasant, really, to have something productive to do with my hands while I sit on the couch in the evening watching NCIS with my husband. This could be a hobby that lasts me, I think! It's no wonder women have done this for so many years, in so many cultures. It is soothing, simple, but creative and productive as well.
^My current work in progress^Oh, and, I also checked out Embroidered Effects from the library...I think I might have to purchase it, too! Very informative and engagingly written.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Polaroid Love
Polaroid love is a deep and abiding love, I've found. Most Pola shooters are at least slightly on the obsessive side when it comes to the cameras and the film. Many name their cameras. Many have more than one Pola camera. Personally, I have two that I shoot with: a One Step 600 and a Pronto B. The Pronto B shoots SX-70 film and I use the Artistic TZ from Polapremium in it, with unpredictable and therefore very fun results.
But what I have yet to find is the holy grail of Pola shooting...a working SX-70. (I have a broken one that sits around looking pretty, but I want to SHOOT with one, too!) There are several different models of SX-70, but what I really lust for is one of the folding models with the leather inserts on the case. There are brown leather and black leather models and I don't really care which...as long as it works! I'm adding that to my must-find list, but in the meantime and in honor of 'Roid Week on Flickr, here's a lovely mosaic of my favorite shots of Sx-70s and their partners in crime!
But what I have yet to find is the holy grail of Pola shooting...a working SX-70. (I have a broken one that sits around looking pretty, but I want to SHOOT with one, too!) There are several different models of SX-70, but what I really lust for is one of the folding models with the leather inserts on the case. There are brown leather and black leather models and I don't really care which...as long as it works! I'm adding that to my must-find list, but in the meantime and in honor of 'Roid Week on Flickr, here's a lovely mosaic of my favorite shots of Sx-70s and their partners in crime!
1. polaroid, 2. Day 127: Shooting me, shooting myself, 3. come hither, 4. Untitled, 5. Me and Bear, 6. Day 120: So Sexy, 7. Polaroid SX-70 Love ♥, 8. Broken SX-70, 9. SX-70_creamy_SX-70_model, 10. SX-70 is my co-pilot, 11. SX-70, 12. So I got an SX-70
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