New Venture...Side Street Vintage

Hello everyone, Some of you may have noticed my absence of late, well I have been busy getting my new shop together!
My husband and I are opening a shop in our local area, Hawthorne in Brisbane. We have called it 'Side Street Vintage' and it will be your one stop shop for vintage finds, handmade goodies and crafty supplies. We have a large classroom were we will be teaching lots of crafty classes and holding crafty meetups. Check out the details and some before and after picks on our website here www.sidestreetvintage.com.
If you are interested in selling your handmade goodies, teaching classes or hiring the classroom for your own meetups/ and or crafty adventures email me here tracey@sidestreetvintage.com or give me a call on (07) 33992729 for more info.

We open on Wednesday 15th August at 9.30 am, the address is 5/85 Riding Rd Hawthorne, entrance in Monmouth st, just near the popular 'Our Haus' cafe and Hawthorne Park....hope to see you there :)

Kewpies

Now I may have been having a few too many late nights lately, look what I have done to my kewpies!!
I had lots of fun embellishing their already cute faces......thought about making them little outfits, but I still maintain kewpies are meant to be naked.....accessorised maybe, but naked! I have attached a brooch back to them, so you can also accessorise. I will be listing them on my etsy and madeit stores tonight.
 :) Tracey

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there :) I hope you are having a relaxing day like me.
My computer is broken again :(, hence the lack of posting! I have overcome some difficulties in photo uploading, editing etc on a loaner computer so I could show you the cards I made for my Mum and my Nana...I really like them, I hope they do too!
:) Tracey

For Nana's I embossed and paper pieced the Jumbo cling Rose stamp from Stampendous

And for Mum's I used a few different woodland stamps..the main scene a new one from Hampton Art coloured with Copics

My new Favourite 'Peep' the little birdy from Purple Onion Designs

Gorgeous little bunny from We R Memory Keepers

Day 3- Shaped Cards

Day 3 is all about shaped cards, which are a lot of fun. Here is today's creation using Spellbinders 'Wonky Rectangles', my new Penny Black stamp 'Dreamy' I have been waiting on....It really is dreamy!
I have photographed a few different angles to try and show you the 'Perfect Pearls' and glitter that I love the look of.
:) Tracey

Day 2 of Online Card Class

To make the most of the online card class, I am trying to use the skills taught everyday...like 'homework' but much more fun! I hope you enjoy seeing my daily creations, I also hope I can keep it up...who needs a clean house anyway!!!
Today we learnt about die cut window cards, which I have never tried, so my effort is a bit poor but I had fun and I will do better next time. I have included some other cards I have made tonight as well.
:) Tracey

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Online Card Class- A Cut Above

I have been MIA for the last couple of weeks, with a broken computer :(....then a broken keyboard which made my new computer not want to work either! Anyway, now I have a nice computer that allows me to watch videos without pausing 20 times to reload, and I am in heaven!
To make the most of it, I have enrolled in a great online card class-A Cut Above, to learn a bit more about die cutting and the latest in cutting with the silhouette machine(which I have been coveting) . I have never participated in an online class, but I am thoroughly enjoying it...we are only on day one, if you would like to join in it is not too late here is the link .
Here is a card I have created after today's lesson and a couple of cards I have made in the last few weeks.

What I am Working On

Tonight I have been putting the finishing touches on some new denim flower brooches. It takes quite a while for them to come together, Mum and I rarely sit there and make one flower from start to finish. A lot of the time, the shapes left over from another project inspire us into making a few petals or an interesting centre, then we continue to make a few more if they turn out looking half decent! When we have collected a few layers we mix and match to see what looks good and put them together to create a really unique recycled accessory :)

Some of these will be available at the next BrisStyle Twilight market on Friday the 27th April, you will also find some at 'Just Plain Gorgeous' in Oxford St Bulimba 7 days a week (well worth the visit, lots of gorgeous goodies) !
:) Tracey

Saturday Strawberries on Etsy

I have been reading a lot of blogs from the USA this week and they are rejoicing in the beginning of Spring...lots of bright colours, bunnies and flowers, which made me think of yummy bright red strawberries. So I have found some gorgeous handmade strawberry picks from Etsy this week.
Pop on over to BrisStyle this week to see what other people have been Etsy shopping for today!

 

Sweet strawberry sticker pack from Joey Design(one of my favourite shops!)





Strawberry Shortcake Paper Cake favor party box printables from Paper Glitter



Strawberry Playsuit by Sewoeno

Blue & red polka dot strawberry pillowcase style dress by Frida's Closet



STRAWBERRY PINCUSHION PINKEEP on Adjustable Ring for your hand from Nest in The Attic

Now I need to eat some sweet strawberries! Hope you like my picks this week.

:) Tracey

Saturday Etsy Shopping with BrisStyle

I have been looking around Etsy today at everthing rainy, inspired by the the stormy weather Brisbane has had over the last week (and the week to come by the weather reports !) Let's put a positive spin on it with some cute items I have found. Want to join in ? Head over to the brisStyle blog :)

A Happy Clouds Wall Decal Sticker by Graphic Spaces

Rain boot Note card set - Whimsical Wellies by Sloe Gin Fizz

cloud pillows (set of 3) by Moln design

Long Raindrops Necklace by Epheriell

Medium knitted 'Cloud' cushion by Elsy and Vine

Cloud Brooch by Red Revival Design

Little Umbrella sterling silver handmade stud earrings by Angel Wing Jewellery

Happy New Year and an Etsy Sale

A bit belated, but Happy New Year to you all!!
I have been dragging my feet a bit, trying to get back into the swing of things...as a lot of you have also, I am sure :). Thought I would kick start with a bit of a clearance of some things in my Etsy store!
Half price on all of my Felt Flower hair clips....here is the link to my Etsy Store 
plus some other specials :)