Helllooooo Esty!

I am so excited to tell you all that last night I listed a handful of products onto our etsy shop! I am very excited about this all finally coming together!! The plan has changed so many times, but now we are finally online through etsy.

As a first time etsy seller, the experience has been surprisingly easy. I thought there was going to be a lot of hoops to jump through in order to list something through your shop, but I was presently surprised. The only difficulties I did face was linking my shop with my facebook page, however I seemed to have figured it out... I think?!

One of the best things about etsy is the shop statistics which you can view to gain insights into the number of visitors to different products, your shop in general and different traffic sources. I am sure this info will become very useful once the store develops a little more and hopefully can gain repeat customers.

Below are the things that are currently for sale in my etsy shop. I will be listing more items throughout the rest of the week. I'm not sure if it's just me, but I can really sense that 2012 is going to be a fantastic year!!

Beautiful White & Gold Vintage Small Doctor's Bag



Stunning Vintage Navy Quilted Handbag



Stunning Vintage Gold Chain Belt



Cute Green Vintage Raffia Style Bag



Vintage Grey Oversized Clutch Bag with Snakeskin Detail



 

 

Vintage Silver Leather Belt with Gold Clasp

Vintage White Weaved Clutch / Handbag

Selling Online

I am so excited for 2012!! The last week has been very busy as I have been going through all of the things for our online shop in preparation to start selling. I have set up my little office which I will photograph all of my products, answer buyer questions and package all of my items to send to wonderful customers.

As I have been addicted to vintage since I was in high school I have always dreamed of one day selling my wares and spreading the joy that comes with vintage items. I understand that it's not for everyone, but it is something that I truly love.

I will be selling my items online through etsy. I have never purchased or sold anything through this website but I am looking forward to joining their community of sellers and who knows where all this might lead to? I will start of selling small items like handbags, belts, earrings, shoes, sunglasses. Once I get hang of selling these items and how etsy works, I will start to sell clothing, and boy do I have a lot of wonderful clothing pieces to sell. At the moment, I am photographing lots of items and will hopefully have these listed by the end of this week.

I thought I would share some photos of my office that I have set up. The desk and 2 bookcases are all from IKEA. The cute chair was built by my great grandfather and I am currently seeking a cute checkered cushion. The pretty painting is called the "weeping rose" and is by Tretchikoff. It was given to me by a colleague at work. It is such a stunning picture, I absolutely love it so much. I love the colours and I often find myself wondering about the meaning of it. My other items include a cute cath kidston tray which was a gift from my mum and the various nick nacks which I have placed on this tray are all thrifted finds. I particularly love the pin cushion which is made from a teacup. It is absolutely adorable. I recently picked up the peach coloured shell from a thrift store and purchased the eiffel tower book ends from target last year. I was given the magnetic white board for christmas and it is from Typo and I have had the cute cupcake and cake magnets for a while which now have the perfect new home. My macaroon tins are from spotlight.

 

Turquoise & White

I love the colour combination of turquoise and white, it is so fresh, crisp and lively! We recently purchased a new desk to place in our home office which has a glass top and silver trestle legs. I think I am going to purchase a replica white leather eames chair, and a neautral coloured sofa bed and cover it with beautiful turquoise cushions.

Check out my inspiration

Our New Desk - Available at Domayne

Pretty China set for a Vintage Queen

What Vintage Queen doesn't love beautiful vintage china? This vintage queen definitely does! I love collecting old english china plates, sandwich sets, cake stands and everything else in between. When people discover my love for vintage china they always ask me how I display it. I love to have vintage china all around the house. I like grouping plates on the wall, using cake stands to store jewellery and sandwich plates to rest perfume bottles and other precious valuables. Some of my favourite brands to collect would be Royal Albert, Foley and of course the gorgeous Shelley.

Here are some of my favourite photos and also some photos from my place. Enjoy xo

Cake Stand of Trios

Every woman's dream display - a whole bookcase to display your china

Tea cup Candle

Royal Albert cake Stand with jewellery

Trio of Plates on my wall

Vintage Aprons

I absolutely love vintage aprons! They are one of the things that I love to collect (I think I have about 30 in my collection).  I find that the best place to find these are op shops and at church sales. It is great fun wearing them; however I am always so careful not to get them dirty. I love all the different varieties and styles that you can find. Some might be cute gingham with hand embroidery and others might be bright 70’s flower power. None the less I believe there is something out there for everyone, no matter what your taste is. My favourite apron would have to be one that my mother made when she was young. It is very simple blue gingham with a little cross stitch work but I cherish it so much. I know my nan has a few in her cupboards so hopefully I might be able to add these to my collection someday.

You will be able to find vintage aprons in our online store as well as vintage tea towels and vintage tablecloths when we launch in July.