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Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Monday, March 24, 2014
photo share: antique store excursion
Some of you may remember me briefly mentioning my winter antique store photo taking excursion last month. If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen a few of these photos already. I've been taking my time editing this huge set so that I can enjoy all of the individual items. I'm sharing a sampling of my favorites today. Enjoy.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Friday Feature: vintage cameras
I mentioned in my birthday wish list post last month that since I've gotten more serious about my photography, I've been drawn to old cameras and camera related items. I've been favoriting a number of these items on Etsy and thought that it would be fun to share a few today. Enjoy.
Wood Photo Blocks - Vintage Cameras - Home Decor - Wall Art - Whimsical Decor, Office Decor, for the photography, under 100 - Shutterbug by TraceyCapone
7 Camera Magnets / perfect for the fridge / also fits magnabilities 1122 by PipingHotPapers
Pillow Cover, Colorful Camera Vintage Brown Pillow, Retro, Decoration 16 x 16 or 18 x 18 by Andrekart
Camera iPhone 5 case, Brownie, Gadget cover, black, white, cool gift for photographers by Raceytay
Vintage Camera Print Retro Decor Limited Edition 100 Blue - 8 x 10 Screen Print Canvas Wall Hanging - Indie Housewares by MoxieMadness
Vintage reflex camera print - on Upcycled Vintage Dictionary page by naturapicta
TLR camera, screen printed glasses, set of 4 pint glasses by vital
Wood Photo Blocks - Vintage Cameras - Home Decor - Wall Art - Whimsical Decor, Office Decor, for the photography, under 100 - Shutterbug by TraceyCapone
7 Camera Magnets / perfect for the fridge / also fits magnabilities 1122 by PipingHotPapers
Pillow Cover, Colorful Camera Vintage Brown Pillow, Retro, Decoration 16 x 16 or 18 x 18 by Andrekart
Camera iPhone 5 case, Brownie, Gadget cover, black, white, cool gift for photographers by Raceytay
Vintage Camera Print Retro Decor Limited Edition 100 Blue - 8 x 10 Screen Print Canvas Wall Hanging - Indie Housewares by MoxieMadness
Vintage reflex camera print - on Upcycled Vintage Dictionary page by naturapicta
TLR camera, screen printed glasses, set of 4 pint glasses by vital
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
"What's Old is New Again" Art Beads design partners piece
Typically I complete my Art Beads pieces about three weeks after the themes are announced. I got the initial e-mail for the spring theme at the very end of March and didn't complete my piece until this past Sunday. The size for one of my bead sets was mislabeled on the Art Beads site. It took a couple weeks to get a new set of something similar in the right size. I've also been busy with custom orders (no complaints there!) and all of the moving and graduation stuff. But I finished it and am really happy with the result.
The theme for the Art Beads design partners is "What's Old is New Again." We were supposed to use any old or vintage inspired components with or without new components to create a brand new piece. I didn't have any initial idea for the theme. I started browsing the suggested site categories and came across these patina daggers in the glass beads category. I'm sure that it's no surprise that I was immediately drawn to them. I've been eying some similar ones in Shannon's shop for a while, but hadn't bought any yet. This was the perfect opportunity to use them. The whole set with orange, lime, turquoise, and purple reminded me of the 70's, which fit perfectly for this theme, so I decided to go with it.
Once I was set on the patinas, I hunted through my own bead stash for cube and seed beads in coordinating colors. I supplied all of these myself, although three of the cube bead sets were ones that I'd purchased from Art Beads on my own. You can see my sneak peak post about this here. I filled in the patina daggers with orange, lime, and transparent green daggers. I love the dagger beads on Art Beads, but as I've posted about here before, it's cheaper to buy them in bulk elsewhere. Usually I get a few unusual designs from Art Beads and fill them in with bulk solid colors.
This is the first dagger bracelet that I've made with side fringe. I used coordinating orange and lime pressed Czech glass beads, along with the seed beads, with the same technique that I use for my other skinny fringed/embellished bracelets. If you want links for the specific Czech glass that I used in this piece, let me know.
Art Beads has several awesome triangle clasps in their clasp category. I choose this one because it was vintage inspired and has the circles on it, which mirror the ones on the patinas. Normally I would have used a button from my own collection, but we need two product categories for our pieces, so this was a perfect way to make that happen.
I decided to name the piece after That '70s Show. I thought that this would be appropriate as I grew up in the 80's and got my inspiration for this retro color combination from my own generation's pop culture.
I love the way the colors came together in this piece. I also love the side fringe. I think that the size and shape of the beads that I chose worked really well as a little border. I may experiment with similar fringe in the future.
It's available here. I collected some new green daggers in the process of making this bracelet so I'm planning an all green dagger bracelet in the future. That's the only dagger piece that I have in the works right now, but as always I'm open to other suggestions.
Disclosure - I received my ArtBead's products free of charge through their blogging program. I am honestly reviewing their products and have not been paid for my endorsement as it pertains to the products I received.
The theme for the Art Beads design partners is "What's Old is New Again." We were supposed to use any old or vintage inspired components with or without new components to create a brand new piece. I didn't have any initial idea for the theme. I started browsing the suggested site categories and came across these patina daggers in the glass beads category. I'm sure that it's no surprise that I was immediately drawn to them. I've been eying some similar ones in Shannon's shop for a while, but hadn't bought any yet. This was the perfect opportunity to use them. The whole set with orange, lime, turquoise, and purple reminded me of the 70's, which fit perfectly for this theme, so I decided to go with it.
Once I was set on the patinas, I hunted through my own bead stash for cube and seed beads in coordinating colors. I supplied all of these myself, although three of the cube bead sets were ones that I'd purchased from Art Beads on my own. You can see my sneak peak post about this here. I filled in the patina daggers with orange, lime, and transparent green daggers. I love the dagger beads on Art Beads, but as I've posted about here before, it's cheaper to buy them in bulk elsewhere. Usually I get a few unusual designs from Art Beads and fill them in with bulk solid colors.
This is the first dagger bracelet that I've made with side fringe. I used coordinating orange and lime pressed Czech glass beads, along with the seed beads, with the same technique that I use for my other skinny fringed/embellished bracelets. If you want links for the specific Czech glass that I used in this piece, let me know.
Art Beads has several awesome triangle clasps in their clasp category. I choose this one because it was vintage inspired and has the circles on it, which mirror the ones on the patinas. Normally I would have used a button from my own collection, but we need two product categories for our pieces, so this was a perfect way to make that happen.
I decided to name the piece after That '70s Show. I thought that this would be appropriate as I grew up in the 80's and got my inspiration for this retro color combination from my own generation's pop culture.
I love the way the colors came together in this piece. I also love the side fringe. I think that the size and shape of the beads that I chose worked really well as a little border. I may experiment with similar fringe in the future.
It's available here. I collected some new green daggers in the process of making this bracelet so I'm planning an all green dagger bracelet in the future. That's the only dagger piece that I have in the works right now, but as always I'm open to other suggestions.
Disclosure - I received my ArtBead's products free of charge through their blogging program. I am honestly reviewing their products and have not been paid for my endorsement as it pertains to the products I received.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter (and weekend happenings)
Happy Easter everyone! I hope that you've been able to relax and spend time with family and/or friends today. I have. :)
I've also gotten a lot accomplished with making jewelry, taking pictures, etc. No sales but otherwise no complaints for the weekend. I made fourteen vintage button stud earrings, retook pictures of four older pieces, took pictures of five new pieces, made progress on two cuffs, and started another pair of earrings. I still have a lot of photo editing work ahead of me before any of my new or reworked listings will be ready, but taking all of the pictures was still a big accomplishment. Here's a picture of the vintage button studs in progress.
My in-laws gave me a ton of vintage button cards for Christmas. I sorted through all of them this weekend and picked out one pair from each color/style: fourteen in all! There are a couple smaller (less than 1/2") buttons as well that I didn't use for earrings. I'm very pleased with the results. More details on these to come.
I applied for the Iowa Arts Festival a while back and found out this week that I'm on the alternate list. They'll let me know if a spot opens up by mid May. There are a huge number of applicants for it so I'm glad to be considered at all. It's still a little let down of course that I didn't make the first cut, but that's okay. At a friend's urging, I've been looking into the North Liberty and Iowa City Farmers' Markets, both of which have booths available for crafts. I sent an e-mail to the North Liberty contact today and will send my registration form to the Iowa City office tomorrow. We'll see what happens!
I've also gotten a lot accomplished with making jewelry, taking pictures, etc. No sales but otherwise no complaints for the weekend. I made fourteen vintage button stud earrings, retook pictures of four older pieces, took pictures of five new pieces, made progress on two cuffs, and started another pair of earrings. I still have a lot of photo editing work ahead of me before any of my new or reworked listings will be ready, but taking all of the pictures was still a big accomplishment. Here's a picture of the vintage button studs in progress.
My in-laws gave me a ton of vintage button cards for Christmas. I sorted through all of them this weekend and picked out one pair from each color/style: fourteen in all! There are a couple smaller (less than 1/2") buttons as well that I didn't use for earrings. I'm very pleased with the results. More details on these to come.I applied for the Iowa Arts Festival a while back and found out this week that I'm on the alternate list. They'll let me know if a spot opens up by mid May. There are a huge number of applicants for it so I'm glad to be considered at all. It's still a little let down of course that I didn't make the first cut, but that's okay. At a friend's urging, I've been looking into the North Liberty and Iowa City Farmers' Markets, both of which have booths available for crafts. I sent an e-mail to the North Liberty contact today and will send my registration form to the Iowa City office tomorrow. We'll see what happens!
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