shopping with my sis

last sat i spent the day trying to help my sister decorate her new house. we didn't get as much done as planned, as usual, but we did hit up some wonderful shops! one was this warehouse type fabric store (PA fabric outlet). they buy all of the inventory from stores going out of business so they have a little (or a LOT of everything).
zippers anyone?

rows and rows of fabric (and my sister)...

and spools of everything and anything you can imagine.


we then went next store to an antique shop (antique marketplace of lemoyne) and i couldn't pass up an amazing deal on a 8 place-setting set of silver-plated silver wear. i haven't decided whether or not it will be mine or in my shop. they had lots and lots of other awesome stuff too.
these tables were sweet.

and so was this little collection.

sorry the quality of the pictures is pretty terrible. i only had my iphone with me.

what the heck is etsy?

by now you know that i have an etsy shop, brandeye, but what is etsy you may be wondering? well it is a website where you can buy and sell all sorts of wonderful things. the three main categories are handmade, vintage and supplies. within these categories is just about anything you can think of. vintage clothing, vintage housewares (my favorite), handmade jewelry and clothing and sweets and bath products and cards and knitted things and art and photography and... i could go on and on and on.

start at the etsy homepage and just browse around.
if you know what you are looking for, use the search box and scroll down to the correct category: handmade (with 2 different search options), supplies, vintage, all, sellers and materials. then enter the search term (i.e. silver jewelry, vintage milk glass, organic soap. and voila, items show up. the search takes some getting used to and could certainly be improved upon.

you can also look through gift guides, or categories, or even by location (find local sellers!). it's a pretty neat site, it just takes some browsing around to get used to. you can start here on the buyers page.

here are some items i love at the moment:

amethyst and sterling link bracelet, from stamp, located in brooklyn. i love the little bit of understated bling in the amethyst (my birthstone.)


this constellation wing back chair from spruce home, located in austin. their furniture is divine and exactly what i could create if i had the ability to upholster!


the science geek in me loves these organica note cards from LandMdesignworks, located in california.


and the clothing from sarahseven makes me want to dress up and hang out in a warehouse for no apparent reason.


what are your favorite etsy finds?

moz (not our dog)

morrissey was in town sunday night, so of course we went to see him.(morrissey happens to be where we got our dog's name, moz is his nickname. if you are a fan i'm sure you figured that out by now!)
it was a great night. we started off having a delicious dinner at mercato with dave's family and friends (happy birthday brian), then headed to the concert at the academy of music. the place is unbelievable. and also happens to be where dave and i had our graduation from college. the tickets said that they wouldn't allow cameras, so i left mine at home. well i should have brought it, because they didn't check at all. i did have my wonderful, handy iphone however and it lit up bright enough at one point to get a pic of the venue and enormous chandelier. i looked like it is about the size of our house.
we were too far away for me to get a good picture of morrissey, but trust me, he ruled.

spring is on it's way

i guess it is actually technically spring, but it sure doesn't feel like it. i bought some daffodils at the grocery store yesterday and they are starting to peak through. i always think of them as the epitome of spring.

and i thought i may have killed this beautiful orchid by over watering it (i had it soaking for about an hour and it should have been 10 min, i forgot about it). but it is still alive and looks beautiful.

but i won't tell you about or show you the flower that my parents got me for my birthday. it's only been about 2 weeks, but it is on it's last leg. i tried.

modern, but girly pink floral quilt

since it successfully made it through the wash (yeah!), the quilt is finished and is now in my etsy shop. all of the profit from this sale will go to the cora paige benefit to build a playground. as listed before, you can read about her story here.




you can see the item at the brandeye etsy shop.

a quilt for a cause

today i am making a quilt for cora's playground project, you should read about it here. all of the profit from it's sale will go to help build a playground in her honor. i will finish up the quilt monday, then wash it (fingers crossed it makes it through the wash!) and hopefully it will be in my shop by tuesday. i'll let you know when it's posted.
here it is in process. the size is sort of odd, because i just made it with what fabrics i had laying around.

and since my friend alyssa said i need more pictures of myself, here i am quilting it.

entertaining with vintage

last night we had some friends over and i used some of the lovely vintage items in my shop. i used the depression glass vintage compote, amber depression glass bowl, and the milk glass divided dish.

i heart vintage

i added a couple new items to the brandeye etsy shop. i'm sure you're sick of hearing it by now, but too bad. that's what i'm here for. i have 5 years to get out of my day job or i will self destruct!


and this lovely lamp that i picked up at zerns this weekend is looking fabulous in my living room.

you see that plant on the table? can you believe that it is at least 7 years old? it is by far the longest living plant that i have ever had and look how pathetic it is. i love it, but jeez, it should be about 10 times that size by now! it was a housewarming gift from our friend brendan who gave it to us when dave and i first moved in together (we were shackin up as my dad liked to call it). we moved to a apartment "complex" in a crappy town, levittown. sorry anyone who may live there, but be honest with yourself, it is a pretty crappy town!