Beek of the Week: Birdie Yarn Wreath

Yarn Wreath with Bird (on sale right now), one of spools of beautiful yarn wreaths
available at The Little Prints. Adorned with the most dainty of trimmings:
Vintage lace, a button, and my favorite, a bird!

Anyone can take old junk and make it new again, but not many can revamp vintage into modern with such adorable style and adaptability as The Little Prints on Etsy. Such a fantastic variety - from pin cushions to wall art to bracelets - all sharing a common style and the common thread of sustainability. And I love anything green :)

Oh Deer!

More deer than you can shake an antler at!

Jewelry and Craft Display ~ under $30!

I've seriously thinking about putting some items in a local shop, so I've really been keeping my eye out for some inexpensive and creative ways to display my items. A lot of it is definitely luck, but one must always keep their eyes open and jump at any opportunity to grab the coveted. Such is my experience nearly plowing over some young children in a thrift shop the other weekend to posses a beautiful dress form for how much? $40!
So here are a few items that I've bought, and some I've not (yet), but maybe we can get the creative juices flowing and come up with an amazingly beautiful little cubby at that local artisan market you've been eyeing up.

My new favorite online shop, Elizabeth's Embellishments, carries a huge variety of
shabby chic jewelry displays, or check out this vintage ring, bracelet and earring card
catch-all from Jen's Closet on Etsy.





The perfect catch-all for rings and brooches is definitely a vintage ceramic egg tray, like this one from Cats Vintage Shoppe. Drape jewelry over opened drawers of a jewelry box, like this one from Urban Outfitters, or down a vintage pedestal dish like this one from Shabby Urban Cottage for an elegant look. Table mirrors with swirlies and sticky-outies, like this one from Elizabeth's Embellishments, kill two birds with one stone - customers can try on necklaces and check themselves out at the same time.

Items that have a little bit of height to them, like lacey cake trays or frames enclosed with mesh, can not only hold single earrings, but either purchase or make your own 'S' hooks (with heavy-guage wire) and they can easily hold your very own earring cards. Splendid!

Any other ideas that you guys have to share, I would LOVE to hear!

Beak of the Week: Anything Artquirk

I don't know how I missed this sale ALL MONTH ('til Tuesday), but in honor of this intricately-detailed artist's 500th sale, all of Artquirk's dainty illustration are half price! Love these line drawing because they sort of take me away into these overseas cityscapes (well for us in the US anway) where I, one day, hope to stroll through the local produce markets on the way back to my summer cottage. Hey, a gal can dream, can't she?

Flowers in Greece; Laundry Day ; Strangled Lamp Post

New Items!

L to R: Peculiar Petals rest upon the prettiest vintage button; Queen Anne's Lace earrings add a little bit of garden to the seamstress in you; A Scoop of Strawberry earrings, actually,make it two scoops, please; Three Gals Nest Necklace warms the heart with a trio of delighful eggs!

Happy Shopping!

Beak of the Week: A Bird Birdhouse

The Modern Silhouette Birdhouse, by William Dohman, will make quite a nice home for a few of your feathered friends. Available in a quad of colors and two different styles (modern & rustic), these natural beauties are truely bird-worthy.

NEW ~ Beak of the Week

With such a growing number of wonderful Etsy shops out there, run by completely unique, talented artists and collectors, I've decided that I'm going to highlight an item (preferrably on SALE) every stinkin' week! On what day of the week will the bird's feather fall? If I told you, I'd have to peck you. With that said, check back often &/or follow me on Twitter.

This week's pick is this adorable notecard set, by Memory Collector. For just a couple bird bucks, you get a set of 10. Yes, that's right, a set of 10 for $2! Also check out her delightful jewelry and ambrosial knits.

Happy Shopping!

Junker's Delight!

Over at our destash shop, Sugar Plum Tree, we have been stocking up like mad! I can honestly say that this is just a beginning. Much more stuff to come, we promise!

Here are some samples of what we've recently uploaded:

Clockwise from top left: Sparkling Sweet Blueberry Nest, $2.50; Grape Soda Drops, 85¢; Daisy Dollop Wafers, $1.75; Malt Shakes Beads, $1.00

Show your support – if there's something you like, heart it. You don't have to buy, you bunch of sillies! But if you do, you won't spend much dough!

Happy Shopping!

Allow me to introduce the sweetest, rush-inducing, most sugar-coated destash shop on Etsy!

Sugar Plum Tree (sugarplumtree.etsy.com) was scantily created in May '08 as a collaborative destash project by both me (spooldesign.etsy.com) and Red Heart 13 (redheart13.etsy.com). We wanted to get rid of this evermounting pile of 'junk' we've collected over the years not only as an Etsy sellers and craftspeople, but as whole-hearted junk collectors in general. I use the term 'junk' loosely because I dearly treasure the bits and pieces I have stashed about the apartment.
Up until just recently, we really haven't kept up with it, but as a new year's resolution, we are desparately trying to rid ourselves of some of our collection to make room for new mess. Well, in reality, its just 'new' old mess. Antiques are the sh*#!
Just as a little sampling, I'd like to give you a few temptations of what's in the shop at the moment, what's been there and what is up-and-coming:



Thanks everyone for your support in getting our little sweetiepie up and running!

A Snippet of my Recent Acquisitions

I have a ton of favorite items, some that I've bought, and the rest that I plan to buy on Etsy. Just to keep the list short, I'll only share my acquisitions. Well, the ones that have nice photos. Sorry, I'm a Graphic Designer. I'm obsessed with photo touch-ups. :)



Clockwise from top left:
Tiny White Frosting Roses, by Tigerlilly Shop
Eco friendly dryer sachets, by ReFabulous
Floral Print Dress, from a shop that no longer exists :(
Owl Beads, by Jivah
Love Bird Earrings, by luxedeluxe
German Dresden Foil Wings, from Caramelos
Faceted Labradorite Studs, by phoebestreasure

Ha ha now this is just a snippet - I have 4 stinkin' pages of buys! I think I have a problem. Is it just me?