Kentucky Derby Special

To celebrate the weekend of the Kentucky Derby - and to celebrate Bodemeister - who is the favorite - and from my favorite farm AUDLEY FARM - just west of here in Berryville, VA.

For my blog followers - I just wanted to let you know that I am having a Kentucky Derby Special in both my Handmade shop, and my Vintage shop, this weekend.  If you are 'in' either of my shops today through Sunday at midnight - you can search 'Derby'.  You'll find equestrian items that I am offering at a 15% savings.  You can message me before purchase and I'll adjust the price OR I'll refund your account after purchase!

In my vintage shop on Etsy - Missing Heirloom

And the winner is!!!

Too cute leather cowboy boots

I have a number of Walter Farley books available...and other 'horsey' items

and in my handmade shop - bittersweetdesign

some fun cowboy boot earrings

any of the "Pin the Tail on my Donkey" Cards

Raising a glass to Bodemeister - let's hope he wins on Sunday!!

Until then,

ride tall in the saddle, Liz

MOO Cards and Stickers

I just took advantage of an offer by the company MOO www.moo.com the other day. 
 Through an Etsy and MOO combined promotion you could get a set of 50 free business cards.  The only catch - Etsy and Moo's branding is on there as well.  But no big deal! 
 Okay the other catch - is that I also bought 2 different sizes of stickers.

But really there is no catch!  These are fabulous!!  You can upload any amount of your own fabulous photographs and have them made into:

Business Cards!  Fabulous! The paper is sustainably sourced and has a smooth matte laminate finish.  And printed on both sides  :)

Stickers - these round ones measure 1.5"  I think I chose about 15 images for these...I purchased a set of 104.

These measure 7/8" - I purchased one book that holds 90 stickers. I will use these for 'branding'.  I will probably make magnets with these and include them with my Etsy sales on bittersweetdesign and MissingHeirloom.


The cost - I thought very reasonable at about $30.00.  I received them in about a weeks time.  I am a very happy customer.

Etsy sales for the week

From Missing Heirloom: 
These are the coolest canvas storage bags.  They have such a great 'industrial' look!  I think they are from a bath house at the beach.  But they could also be from a hotel, I suppose.  They hang on a wooden hanger, and have a number stamped on them.  The 'bag' itself was meant to hold a pair of shoes, and some clothing - either inside or over the 'bag' on the hanger itself.

Aren't they the greatest?  I have a number of them - I'll just have to make sure and save one for myself!


For the kitchen - this set of 1970s wood canisters 

and a little jewelry (I did say little) - some sweet, tiny earrings!

From Bittersweet Design Studio - a 12" Patriotic Ribbon wreath -  custom made and sent off to Hawaii - to be displayed on a door to welcome home a soldier returning from Afghanistan!

Now -- if I can just follow the directions to be able to post some of the recent treasuries I have made and been featured in - you'll see those...

Off to Paris, France this Autumn

The sweet size 4 coat was found at a yard sale outside of Gettysburg, PA last summer.

 The barrettes are vintage mid 1970s - and were mine in high school. 

How cute are these?
This is what some fashionable little girl will be wearing in Paris, France this fall.  I just shipped them off last week.  Very exciting!

Here are the goods!

This stash is destined for Missing Heirloom and Bittersweet Design online.  Look for it SOON!

This group has yet to be sorted!

I'll be pricing these goodies for the Purcellville Town Wide Tag Sale to be held on October 8 and 9.  Coming soon!!!

Jewelry organization

These peg racks originally occupied another wall in the room.  Since I was giving up some drawer space (remember - 2 dressers into 1) I needed to reorganize - as well as down size - my costume and vintage jewelry collection.  Of course everything is in ROY G BIV order.  You know Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet?

So where are the down sized goodies going?  To Missing Heirloom for the vintage, Bittersweet Design, for the handmade, - some of these perhaps as early as today! (check the side bars on the right for the two shops), and the Purcellville Town Wide Tag Sale for the newer items.  

2 peg racks - already owned, hold my beaded necklaces.  2 wrought iron bird and vine wall decor pieces (purchased at It's Bazaar, Purcellville, VA) have enough tendrils, etc... to hang bracelets and other necklaces.  

I had a handmade primitive wall box that held my bangles - but they were overflowing.  Time for another solution.  I did have a mish mosh collection of Transferware on my dresser - but the pieces didn't work the way I needed them too, and the many colors were too busy.  I edited the grouping down to 3 vintage Milk Glass pieces to hold the bangles - again organized - ROY G BIV.  I kept 3 smaller Transferware pieces - (all in various red patterns) - a lidless sugar bowl for a votive candle holder, a heart dish - given to me by a dear friend Patty, and a pin dish.  The 2 smaller pieces will be a good temporary place for 'catch alls'.    

 More later!