Defiant, Persistent Spring!

This has possibly been one of the most brutal winters in several decades in the US. In fact, even as I write this, the air outside my window is below freezing, and there is snow on the ground. My area usually gets rain in March, and lots of wind, so what is with this weather?

Nevertheless, spring is coming! The robins are back in my neighborhood, the crocuses have sprouted, and I keep seeing flocks of geese flying north again. I am so ready for those warmer temperatures and greener landscapes!

I've been restocking my stores this week with bright and pastel colors, for those desperate for some sunshine and flowers. I know how you feel!

I listed this beautiful floral chiffon scarf a few weeks ago. It has already been favorited by 25 people on Etsy and pinned a few times on Pinterest--good signs I won't have it for long!

I recently acquired several solid colored chiffon scarves in spring colors. Chiffon is breezy for the warmer temps, and transitions well into the summer and fall. This light olive green scarf is very long and rectangular, with opaque stripes and sheer panels that virtually disappear against your skin! Makes me think of erin go bragh and St. Patrick's Day, as well.

This little  Royal Grafton demitasse cup and saucer will brighten your day! Could you believe it dates to the late 1950s? I love that orange color on the cup.

If you're still not cheered, maybe the little boy on this plaque can manage it (or his little mouse and bird friends).

Or perhaps the little boy on this plaque can brighten up your nursery room, when the spring rain comes.

This little duck figurine will put you in a good mood about spring rain, as well.

 With spring rains comes Easter, and new baby animals! I have some real wild bunnies living in my back yard, but this pink lead crystal one is pretty cute, too.

Of course, all of this spring talk makes me think of Bambi. Isn't this all-white Art Deco doe and fawn statue pretty? It is from Gallery Originals, which as it turns out, is a limited-edition division of Avon products.

If all of this spring talk has got you hankering for some green leaves and flowers, you could consider growing some, indoors, in a planter like this gorgeous Hull pheasant planter!


Well, that's enough for today. I need to get back to listing some more springtime beauties...after all, I hear another snowstorm is moving into my area today...

Spring is Coming Soon!

My year kicked off with some bad news on the home front, which explains my long silence here on the blog. To fill in my blog readers, back in January, my dog suddenly fell ill and had to be put down due to a type of canine cancer called hemangio sarcoma.  Obviously, it's going to take some time to recover from that. I still miss him a lot.

Now spring is slowly starting to show itself in my part of the country, and it's bringing new beginnings along with it.  I think I need that.

I've been stocking my stores with brightly-colored vintage, and some of it is selling as fast as I can list it.  I've been doing some "spring cleaning" around here, as well.  That means lowering prices where I can, reassessing shipping costs, and even reconsidering which items are in which stores.  Now is a good time to snag some fun stuff!

Get this one here

Two of my stores (Artfire and Etsy) have taken on a decidedly kid-friendly, brightly colored retro feel, which I think I intend to develop throughout the year.  I really hope to get back into crafting new animals for you all, as well as listing new vintage regularly.

Currently, I've got a lot of new children's patterns up on Artfire, such as this one, which makes sleeping clothes for toddler size 1.  It's from the 70s (and so are most of my other patterns).

Find it here

I've also stocked things like this little Enesco duck figurine over in my Etsy store.

Really, I'm going for all the color I can get over there, getting ready for the Easter season and summer, after that. I hope you'll come and see what I've got.  I'm trying to shift my Etsy store to offerings exclusively from the 40s through the 70s, to go along with the theme of my pom pom poodles and other animals. It's looking great already!

Hope to hear from you soon.  It's going to be a bright year. I just know it.

Spring into Spring!

On Artfire, you are allowed to put together collections of just your items, for promotional purposes.  I thought that, since I have over 160 items for sale in my Artfire studio right now, it might be good to put together a spring-themed collection.  These, and many more, are all available for sale right now.  All the images are hyperlinked, so if you click on them, you can go read the listing, check out price and shipping options, and more.

By the way, I have noticed that I have fans in quite a few countries, but I have only a few countries listed in my shipping rates.  I think I need to spend some time calculating some more rates.  If you want something displayed here, don't hesitate to contact me, either in the private contact link in my studio, or here in the comments section of my blog.  I can look into rates, country import rules (some things are not allowed in to certain countries), etc.

If you want anything in time for Easter, act quickly.  If you are not from the United States, it may already be too late to ship something in time for that holiday.  U.S. customers have a little while longer, but for heavier items, I don't recommend waiting too long either.  Parcel post is the cheapest rate I can quote you, and it can take up to 13 days to arrive, depending on how swamped the post office is, and how far from me you live.

Without further ado...

Spring into Spring

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