Vintage At The Marketplace

I really love vintage items.  Anything old just speaks of home, and family, and love.  There is so much to learn from our history, but many of us today just want to rush rush rush, and we miss so much until it's gone.  So, on this throwback Thursday, I took a stroll down memory lane at 

Scott's Marketplace.

I have a "thing" for cameos.  They are so fragile, yet so romantic and beautiful.

I have many cameo pieces in my collection, and I may just need to add this

Vintage Inspired Cameo bracelet

I found in the shop of 

Nonpareil.

I am a firm believer that things of beauty should be used and enjoyed, not kept "safely" in a box on a closet shelf.  I regularly use many of my own vintage glassware pieces at parties and even just for everyday dinners.  

But when it comes to this Culver Glass Company Bar ware / Coctail set, you may want to keep it for those very special occasions.  Because it's not easy to find complete sets of most anything vintage today.  

The Winding Garden is offering this set,

plus a lot more wonderful items.

Check them out.

Ha!  My son loved Pee Wee Herman...and so this pick is for him.

The Pee Wee Herman Talking Doll comes with Chairy puppet, and when you pull the string, he talks. hahaha.  Now I have that goofy laugh stuck in my head.

I found Pee Wee at Joan Brandenburg Designs.

My mother LOVED Tom Jones.  I remember the big console we had with a record player, and an 8 track player.  It was all black plastic and I thought we were really cool.  She had a few Bill Cosby records also.  I still enjoy the sound of vinyl.

This packet of 6 Vintage Records are available at

S&B Bargains and Antiques.

And those are my picks for this week.

How do you feel about vintage?

Be blessed,

Debbi

What's New With My Facebook Friends

I do enjoy the social media aspect of on-line retail, I have made some good friends, and found some awesome items.  Here's some posts from my facebook friends....

Wick and bandit is an amazing place where you can find these cute little guys.....you can see them all on her facebook page.

Greg Olsen is one of my new very favorite artists....his talent just leaves me speechless, and that's not an easy thing.  If you enjoy surrounding yourself with inspirations to your faith, check out his website, and his facebook page.

Wow!  Just Wow!  I love this Book Art by Messie Jessie.  This was shared by Fashion Wire.

So, how are you with your social media?  Are you everywhere, or do you concentrate on just a few place?

Be blessed,

Debbi

Where, or where, to sell my vintage?

Amanda and I have had a shop on Etsy for a few years now, but it's getting time to move on.  There have been too many changes there and it is moving away from the wonderful handmade venue that is was at first.  And now for the vintage sellers there, I'm hearing the same complaints of getting lost in the resellers and new searches and front pages.  If you have been following my blog, y'all know that we are starting to sell our handmade items on Handmade Artists, for 3 main reasons.

1.)  IT'S ONLY HANDMADE!!!

2.)  They promote ME and MY SHOP like crazy.  Yes, I have to work at it, but every item I list is tweeted and they have several sites that I am able to post my items for even more views.  Which is good for my SEO links too.

3.)  The customer support is out of this world!  And the camaraderie and support from the other artists is awesome.

Now, with that being said, I went on a search for a site to sell my vintage items.  Since I am a flea market fanatic, and love estate sales and auctions, I have way too much stuff for my little house.  So I did a Google search for "vintage items for sale on line" and the top result was Junkables.com.  I like the look of this site, a large front page with lots of items to scroll through, 42 sections to make your specific shopping easy, and an easy to use search link.  On the front page you'll see a link to their blog, and a chat page to connect with other vintage lovers.  So, let's see what items I can find...

The first section I checked out was music, since I have tons (and I mean A LOT)  of albums.  What a great collection of music memorabilia.  There were not just albums, but sheet music, instruments, and collectibles.  I got a kick out of this album by Tiny Tim.  I remember watching him the first time he appeared on the Tonight Show.  So funny!

You'll find Tiny Tim and much more Rose's Shop.

Next was the toy section...I had a pair of these metal roller skates!  You adjust them to fit your feet with a nut and bolt in the middle, and then head down hill hoping that the leather straps don't break. hahaha.  It was so much fun.  Falling was easy on these, but what is childhood without a few bumps and scrapes.  We actually used to skate in our dining room when the weather was bad.  I found these in the shop of Trish Harritt Antiques. 

Now I'm off to test their search option...I'm in the mood for Fisher Price, since I tend to collect those items for myself.  I found this great play doctor bag, complete with all the needed tools for any budding doctor (or nurse).  It looks like it's in great shape, and is very reasonable priced.  I found this in the shop of Nothing New Antiques.

I had to register as a member to be able to contact any of these shops, or to purchase any items, but that's not unusual for most selling venues.  The registration was easy, and over the next few days I'll be checking out the selling option here.  If any of you have ever bought, or sold, on this site, please share your thoughts here for the rest of us.  And until then...Happy Days to everyone.

Be blessed,

Debbi

what's new Friday finds...

I have been having the most unproductive month....I think my muse and my time keeper ran away together.  I don't seem to have time to create, and when I make time, my mind goes blank.  So for inspiration, I did some searching on HandmadeArtists.com and Etsy.com for new listings.  Look what I found on Etsy...



Now how cute is this Crochet Wolf by REcreationsyarn? His name is Timber and he is 9.5" tall.

Then there's this amazing roving combed fiber by TheCritterRanch.  I could just see this finished as a beautiful soft scarf, I can feel my creative juices starting to drip.  How about this original modern abstract art piece from ModernHouseArt.  These flowers are painted with a pallet knife instead of a brush which makes them just pop off the canvas.  I love it!

Now we're off to my newest favorite place...HandmadeArtists.com.

 

I find these Mustache Mens Cuff Links by Baronyka to be a hoot!  My Chuck shaved his mustache off last month, and everyone bugged him, so now he's growing it back.  Yeah for me. :0)

The Red Butterfly Pendant is made of acrylic and can also be found in the shop of Baronyka.

Now, there is a story behind these Ice Skate Baby Booties by IKnitQuiltSew.  This is a new original pattern that Sandi created, and when it came time to attach the blades, she shared it with us in the forum, and it was fun to see all the different ideas, which is why I love the HandmadeArtist Forum, what a great family.  So, I feel that we all should get credit for the skates!  Ok, not really, but aren't they adorable???  And you don't have to have a shop on the site to join the forum, come and check us out.   Now it's your turn, what new items have you created this week?  Share it with a comment.  And I'll hopefully see you all tomorrow.

Be blessed,

Debbi