Gourd Collection

I recently purchased this amazing pitcher from West Elm's Gourd collection. It is a perfect addition to my white ceramics/porcelain pieces. I love to mix older, collectible vintage pieces with new modern ones. Its a streamlined look because they are all white and the various shapes compliment each other. Not only is this a great addition to my collection but is also on sale for about $10!

Happy Camper

Ahh one of my gorgeous, happy customers, Jess from Shiny Shiny, bought this fantastic Evan Piccone full wool skirt in my etsy shop. It is a beautiful skirt & looks fabulous on her!

Christmas Already

I finished decorating the house last weekend, except for the tree since it will surely be dried out by Christmas. We always get a small tree (3' or so) so it won't be too much of a task to decorate.

The perfect finishing touch to decorating is filling my house with some Christmas tunes. So it was mandatory that I get 'A Very She & Him Christmas'...and on vinyl. I love Zooey's classic voice, so perfect for the classic Christmas songs ("I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Baby It's Cold Outside", etc.). The album cover art is great, red vinyl, and a little bonus Christmas card from Matt & Zooey. Cute! And I threw in some soul from Otis Redding (also mandatory for my vinyl collection). Opening these, it felt like Christmas already!

Yesterday, I received one of my "Black Friday" purchases. (Yes, I can't help but do the 'one for you, one for me' deal. Yikes!) It is the most darling little dress with vintage label "Nancy of California". Great details like yellow rid-rack, brass heart shaped faux buttons, and embroidered ribbon at the sleeves and near hem for a folk-y look.

Dress - MoonShine Junkyard, Tights - UrbanOutfitters, Shoes - Forever21

Omni Ware

3 pieces united at last

I'm quite proud of my recent purchases on etsy and addition to my tea sets collection. I have several shelves which I have various 'white ware' pieces, tea sets, and an occasional piece with a pop of color.

I was browsing etsy and found a cute sugar bowl and creamer set. I just love the design which is sort of a white swirl that wraps around each piece. I also discovered the matching pitcher on etsy from a different seller. I was just so delighted to make a set and this awesome design!
I do not know too much about it and it could be quite common. It has a great mid-century modern design but really not sure of year. (I did a quick search and got 60s-80s ?). There is an ever so slight variation in color in all of them; however, my camera made it appear as the sugar bowl is way off...not sure why. My intentions were to use the sugar bowl and creamer for everyday so just happy to have an extra piece in the set.
Omni Ware, Robert Steven Witkoff, Japan
The pitcher was purchased from linea72
The sugar bowl and creamer from TheVintageCabin

Unsold Ebay

I am rather sick of seeing my eBay autions being in so many Watch lists and ending up not without even one bid, even when the auctions start at 'giving it away' prices. Not to mention, having to pay the fees on all those unsold items.

I typically use eBay for my more modern (un-vintage) clothing and accessories as my vintage goes straight to Etsy.

However, due to my issues with eBay, I've decided to open up shop on BigCartel.
I never have any luck at Buffalo Exchange or the like and it is just so disappointing to see some truly great clothes hauled off to the Salvation Army. Most of these are things that do not fit, I hardly ever wore, and are just taking up much needed space in my ever expanding closet.

I do hope you'll take a peek.

http://modellemodern.bigcartel.com/

Know of any other places to peddle your goods? Are just as frustrated as me?
Please leave me a comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts.