How to Craft instant Vintage!

While Halloween themes are expensive and hard to find, antique and vintage postcards with Christmas themes are out there in abundance! You can pick up inexpensive, beautiful postcards in most antique stores and flea markets. These pictured have been turned into tree ornaments using vintage seam binding and Shiny Brite (a little harder to find) mini ornaments, and a hole punch, easy enough for even the craft-challenged individuals. The Christmas greetings on the backs add a little history to your holiday celebration, with charming old handwriting and hopes of peace and joy.

Vintage Fashion

I can still remember the first book I read that was set in the 1940's and contained many details about daily life. I was mystified by the single women who had jobs at the "Button Counter" or were "Ribbon Girls." But of course as everyone sewed their own clothes back then, such jobs were common place, and while I dislike sewing, I love vintage dress patterns, and have a passion for collaging them into journals. These gems hail from a later date, 1967 through 1970, and were a gift from a lovely etsy street teammate named Hope (many thanks Hope!) Her store is loaded with vintage goodies, so check it out sometime!
http://www.tripletrouble.etsy.com/

Turn Your Home into Store

...just for a day anyway! I hosted 19 vendors from my etsy.com "virtual community" to get together, shop from each other, and sell to others. It cost us nothing other than a little time advertising through email and putting up a few local signs, and it was very successful. Now is a great time to have a Holiday Boutique Open House!
Tip: since the weekends are becoming so busy with art shows this time of year, consider doing an afternoon into evening show on a week day.