This Weeks Project

Skeleton key necklaces for Mourning Market on April 17th.

The crystals are off a broken antique chandelier but I might not use them because they're a bit too big...wish I could find smaller ones (inexpensive and locally).

Things I Love Saturday 3/19

I was asked to do the display window at the antique mall my store is in with my personal stuff but to kinda advertise the store. It has really worked! If you'd like to see bigger pictures or hear me go on endlessly about any of this stuff, I can certainly do that. Of course, I have TONS more, but I tried to stick with a pink/cream/black girly theme.

Someone really wanted to buy that pink purse today, and I was about to sell it, until I got it out of the case. I just couldn't do it. I felt like I was on an episode of Hoarders being forced to part with my stuff. It's a Bobbie Jerome and such a fantastic shade of pink! I guess my friend was right when she said "you're a tidy hoarder." Haha.

This picture of Billy and Clyde I took yesterday is easily one of my favorite pictures of my cats so far. It makes me melt!

This was once an unfortunate 80s mannequin head which my friend transformed with just a little bit of craft paint. I really wish I had taken a before picture because the difference is amazing.

That's all for this week. Don't forget to enter the Vintage Green Giveaway. I'm going to attempt to make a YouTube video of the store tonight, if it turns out okay I'll post it tomorrow.

Vintage Green Giveaway!

Time for a giveaway! No special reason, I just feel like it. Since it happened to be St. Patrick's day yesterday, let's go with a green theme.

This giveaway contains...

A vintage green gingham apron with white hand embroidery (they even embroidered the ends of the ties, so cute!)

A little green hankie with great art deco detailing in all four corners

A green floral eyeglasses/change/makeup/anything holder

A vintage costume jewelry ring with a green stone

A vintage green and yellow floral card

My favorite green eyeshadow - "Cicatrix" by Archetype Cosmetics (in their XL canister, you can't buy this color in this canister, you'll only find it here!)

A green depression glass plate

20% off any order from cominguproses.etsy.com (which can be used any time for any amount of things. I recommend waiting though, as the shop is pretty empty and amazing things are coming very soon...)

All you have to do to enter is:

Be a follower of this blog and then leave a comment. Simple! You must do this entry first to be eligible for additional entries.

To gain additional entries, you can blog or tweet a link over to the giveaway or "Like" Coming Up Roses Vintage on Facebook! Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry and leave the link to each one.

Overall that's four ways to win!

A winner will be announced March 31st. Good luck!

(PS: If you don't particularly care for what is in this giveaway, stick around. I will be doing many other themed giveaways!)

Things I Love Saturday 3/5

Here I am, blatantly copying many other bloggers. But it's a good idea! Let's see how long I can stick with it...

This sign which my husband made for me. I wanted something super simple and easy to read from a distance. I'm going to add my logo to the empty space and probably Buy-Sell-Trade-Consign to the bottom.

This treasury we were kindly put in, which inspired my first giveaway that will be posted later this week (and also made me notice how washed out my pictures are...eek!).

This amazing photo, via flickr.

And I am currently really loving how quickly the store is progressing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not rolling in money by any means, far from it, but my dream has come true and that's better than any amount of money in my opinion. I love that I have regular customers, that a big time vintage dealer called the antique mall and asked for me by name, and that people (like the lovely Sue of Vintage Rescue Squad) are sending me incredibly generous gifts. On the downside, my Etsy is badly neglected, I haven't been able to even start on all the handmade things I want in the store and I hardly ever see my husband. Hopefully all remedied soon!