Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Time Machine

Well, my Etsy site has travelled back in time to the 1920's and 1930's today. I've been reorganizing my craft room/studio during my downtime between jobs. This involves going through several boxes, containers, and an old trunk that is purportedly from my grandparent's Model-T.

All of this brought me several smiles as I found two of my dad's baby outfits, my grandmother's 1920's Flapper Coat, and several pairs of her slippers.  I decided it would be better to let these items see the light of day and go on to new homes that will appreciate them.

Somewhere I still have to find my dad's old Navy Peacoat set that is similiar to this adorable Kute Kiddies toddler coat set.
My grandmother was a bit of a rebel when she was younger, much to my delight. Her flapper coat reminded me of all of her clothes that I should to a Hollywood Prop Master after her passing. One of her dresses showed up on Boardwalk Empire, much to my surprise. My husband actually caught it first, and I did lots of rewinds to make sure it was the one we thought it was. My grandmother would have been tickled pink to know her dress made it into a cable series.

Her pretty Flapper Coat was in the bottom of the trunk I mentioned earlier. I had forgotten about the detailed stitching that is so evocative of the Art Deco architecture.

 I'm not sure what kind of fur that is, but I'm thinking Coyote or Raccoon based on the coloring. It's most definitely not Rabbit...it's not soft at all.

To check out the rest of my time-machine items, visit my Etsy shop.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

I'm so excited!

I got a really nice feedback from one of the buyers of my smaller tote bags, the ones sized for tablets, and I sold the Vintage Singer Sewing machine from my Etsy site. Yay!

I'm most excited about the machine. Happy that it's finding a new home, and happy that I'll have a smidge more room in my craft room. I still have over a dozen vintage machines in various phases of my checking them over before determining if they're usable or decorative.

And to top that off, I've apparently landed a new joh (just waiting on the formal offer letter) working with a few friends and on a part of technology that I really enjoy. Great day all around.

For those that pay attention to this blog, you can use the discount code of PYRBLOG to receive 20% off any item on my Etsy shop, just because I'm in a great mood.