Thanks so much to everybody who turned up at the Surplus Sale on Sunday. I’m gathering things for the next sale and I photographed my collection of vintage greeting cards today. It is mostly 1970’s, some older and it is spectacular. And huge – more than two and a half pounds.
I got this collection 5 or 6 years ago at the park slope flea-market – it was part of someones estate. This lady was a pioneer – she was scrapbooking before it was invented – some of the cards are very carefully cut -I guess to be part of a collage or gift tags or maybe new cards populated with mismatched characters ( I love that idea).
The vase has glitter on it. So good.
Happy daylight savings time! It was a magnificent spring like day in Brooklyn. I spent a lot of it taking last minute photos for tonight’s sale. I’m featuring mostly textiles this weekend ( next weekend is paper) and here are a couple more previews of what will be available at the surplus sale tonight at 9PM (EST).
I’m spending a little bit of each day photographing things for my surplus shop sale and a little bit of each night editing and writing descriptions. I plan to have weekly updates (until I run out of stuff) beginning this Sunday ( 3/10) evening – it’s my favorite day of the year- the beginning of daylight savings time, sunset at 6:45 PM ! I don’t even mind losing the hour of sleep.
All the photos above are of tattered antique dress parts – you can see all the preview photos I’ve taken so far here. This afternoon I’m going to sort through this box of bits and pieces – vintage millinery mostly.
I’ve been photographing more things for the upcoming studio sale – a virtual stoop sale of some of my treasures, experiments and supplies. After considiering lots of options I’ve decided to host this sale on etsy – I’m setting up a shop for that purpose here. I’ll give you more info as I figure things out but I’ll begin listing things for sale at the end of next week and will be posting more previews here this week and next. As always you can join my mailing list updates.
I’m beginning with textiles – lace and gowns mostly. It hurts to let them go but I’ve used what I can use. They are undone, tattered beauties- sometimes in pieces.
I’m also sorting through tangles of lace and dress parts and creating little collections – there’s some interesting stuff.
I’m getting organized and making space, mental and physical. A great letting go has begun. One of the results of this effort will be my first ever online studio sale – a sort of a virtual stoop sale. I’m digging through deep and not so deep storage every night and unearthing experiments, treasures, supplies, samples and props. I think the sale is about 2 weeks away and I’ll keep you posted on the where and the when here or you can join my mailing list here. Today I’ll share a little of what I’ve come up with so far.
Some ruined but wonderful, frothy antique gowns. There will be lots of antique lace too.
I have a little collection of ring pillows made from antique gowns and petticoats available at BHLDN now (ps – their spring collection is lovely) – some of the samples and experiments I made along the way will be part of my studio sale.
Horses! My cardboard horses- some of the original signed and numbered group of 100.
I love these – they were part of a holiday window I made ages ago.
And a caged bird on a little nest of lace. It’s one of the very first birds I made.
The vase has glitter on it. So good.
