Happy Vintage Bla...
Happy Vintage Black Friday FINALE!! ... yes, it's over well, almost ... there's still a boatload of prizes to give out... This little blog party has really gone beyond my initial thought of "wouldn't it be fun to host something ... how about ..." I hesitated at first, who would play along? Won't I look foolish if nobody signs up? Well, I fixed that... the very first person I signed up was my VeryBestFriend, Beth from Gypsy Fish Studios ... heck if I was going down

Go ahead laugh un...
Go ahead laugh until your sides hurt, seriously ... have a good whole hearted chuckle at my first attempt at 'Vintage Christmas Monday' ... is this the saddest, sorriest, most miserable Santa you have ever seen? Answer honestly, you won't hurt my feelings ... that's exactly how I felt when I spied him at the bottom of a long forgotten box of Christmas ornaments at a flea market last year ... all covered up by the 'pretties', fancy and sparkling balls in pink, aqua, silver and so on ... I'll admit I bought the pretties too, but this guy was so homely he had to rescued as well ... speaking of rescued, I also rescued him from the jaws of my new puppy that Christmas, g

Yes, I've resorte...
Yes, I've resorted to creating my own vintage black furniture for Vintage Black Friday {the girl is getting desperate!} ... okay, it WAS already vintage, I only helped with the black portion ... here's a little before and after show ... let's go ...

Shop talk, happen...
Shop talk, happenings and big, big, pre-holiday sales ... here's the latest scoop on what's been going on behind the scenes at the Gypsy Brocante. First off ... for this weekend ONLY, ALL listings in the brocante will be 50% off, yes 50% off!! Whatever is left after this weekend will be deleted off the Etsy site and website to go to it's new home here ... my new 'space' ... more on this later ... if you are interested in a piece of jewelry, please drop me a 'convo' [BEFORE making purchase

Who knew I had a ...
Who knew I had a black hat collection? ... not me, that's for sure! ... this seems to be how all of my so called collections begin ... unknowingly ... Happy VBF to all my VBFers!! ... I'm going to be the first to admit black is becoming a bigger challenge than I imagined ... was that me back in the first post bragging I had enough black to last forever?? ... maybe I should have just rationed a little more carefully ... another challenge with black ... photographing it, and I've heard this from more than one participant ... it's difficult to get a great phot