Friday, January 11, 2013

Serendipity

Dolores

Dolores has been looking a little sullen lately.  (But then again, for those of you who have met my mannequin before-it’s hard to tell.  She always seems a bit grim.)  Her complaint?  I haven’t blogged about my shop on Etsy for quite some time.

Recently though, I came across a couple of “lucky find” tidbits that I want to share.

 

First off, this is my shop banner…

 

And these are the vintage red anchor nail head studs I found!

red anchors

They are perfect!

I’ve been adding them to the front of my zip pouches, like this…

zip pouch

 

And then-my shop title:

Handmade Handbags for Girls in Every Port

I found an old linen postcard with this inquisitive sailor on it, scanned the image to my computer and had a set of notecards made. Now I can write letters in style, no matter what port the recipient happens to be in. (I wonder what answer the sailor got to his question?  I think we can imagine…)

cards

Maybe I should send my first notecard to Dolores.  It just might give her something to smile about.

Have a great weekend, my dear readers!

11 comments:

  1. Valerie! Valerie! Valerie! I love this post. I am so dumb!!!! You have an ESTY shop? DOH! I am heading there right now.

    Did you know we have 12 inches of snow? Yup.

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  2. It's ok Renae! I'm not very good at tooting my own horn:)

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  3. And 12 inches of snow! I should send you those LL Bean boots of mine:)
    Stay warm!

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  4. It IS time for you to mention your Etsy shop. No wonder Dolores is looking peeved.

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  5. I love Dolores and her anchor earrings :) So cool.

    Those anchor nail head studs are so neat! Looks really great on your zip pouch. Heading over to check out your Etsy shop now :) Have a great weekend, Valerie!

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  6. I love the postcards. What a cool idea!

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  7. Oh I love those note cards and the anchor pins are the perfect addition. You are very clever. B

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  8. Thanks you guys! xx Dolores is grinning from ear to ear right now!!

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  9. Maybe you should put Delores to work going door to door handing out your great cards advertising your Etsy shop. Those anchors ARE so perfect for you. I bet that made your day!

    Aloha & have a great weekend.

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  10. How perfectly charming, Valerie! Always been a fan of your barkcloth creations...and those notecards are darling!!! I'd put one up on the fridge :-)

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  11. Delores definitely looks like she could use some mail! Love the anchors. Very cute. Like a little trade mark .. and your banner is first rate!

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