Saturday, December 31, 2011

A Very Etsy Holiday

This holiday season, I both gave and received the vast majority of my gifts from Etsy. Link
First, the giving.
My sister wanted cloth napkins. I made her two whole treasuries (one of prettier napkins, one of goofier napkins) filled with napkins I thought she'd like and then she went searching through Etsy herself as well. She ended up emailing me a list of ones she liked, and from that I picked two that I thought might coordinate well together.

The first were JAQStudio's EcoFriendly Large Cloth Napkins (more of this pattern still available at her shop)
The second were SisterMade's Organic Eco Friendly Cloth Napkins in Sunrise (I got the last of these but their shop is filled with similarly wonderful items)

My brother wanted cufflinks for Hanukkah. What 22-year-old boy asks for cufflinks? He's been interning in Washington, DC and needs to look like an official person, so he wanted cufflinks. Who am I to judge? I also made him a treasury of options I thought he'd like, and he actually loved all of them. Fortunately he was able to rank a few favorites so I got him his top three:

1) Red and Grey Stone Cufflinks from LoudCufflinks (more like this available!)

2) Vintage Flag Like Cufflinks in Dark Metal from janieg

3) Foreign Coin Cufflinks from JessiesDoohikies (similar available)


I've tried many, many different handmade and over-the-counter soaps and lotions, and my hands-down favorite is still Mirasol Farm on Etsy. Well, now they do gift certificates, which knocked a number of my friends off my gifting list. I also got soaps, lip balms, foot salves, and lotions for several of my friends whose scent taste I thought I could at least guess.


Now, my presents! I also made a treasury of things I wanted for Hanukkah and sent it to people, which turned out to be the best idea I've ever had.
I got:
This awesome necklace from stavri

A Pleated Turquoise/Light Blue Cushion Cover from pillow1

and enough of my favorite laundry detergent (lavender rosemary scented from showertreatsoap) to last me until next Hanukkah!


It was a very happy holiday!

Did your gifting come from Etsy?

Monday, December 5, 2011

Head Over Heals for Etsy Treasury Making

I haven't posted in forever. So long it's been FIVEever.

I went to three estate sales on the northwest side of Chicago yesterday, got tons of stuff, and spent hardly anything. I'm pleased. I actually got another vintage camera in a leather case and a View-Master slide projector that's not as cute as the Junior Projector I sold a little while back but is still pretty darn awesome. I'm going to be busy listing things for awhile.

I made a treasury I'm fairly pleased with:

'Head Over Heals' by jillhannah

"For Her"An entry for the Vesties Team treasury challenge #46ALL Vesties!Join the fun here: http://vintageetsysociety.blogspot.com/p/team-treasury-challenge.html


Vintage Hat 1940s R...
$110.00

Vintage 50s wool ha...
$125.00

Swanky Vintage Hat
$48.00

Vintage Hat: Brown ...
$19.85

Antonio Miro Vintag...
$59.00

Cat Eye Glasses - V...
$68.00

Vintage 30's Bl...
$145.00

vintage horn rimmed...
$33.00

Vintage 1960s Red F...
$13.00

Givenchy Clip Earri...
$24.00

Vintage wings Sterl...
$19.00

Vintage 1960 s Ster...
$39.50

Vintage 1950s Red H...
$75.00

Vintage 80s Sexy Bl...
$35.00

Sale 1920s Edwardi...
$119.00

60's Two Tone S...
$22.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.