Last night I took a few of my things to a venue in Provo called ‘Velour’. It’s a pretty neat little venue, right on University Avenue and in the heart of old downtown. Dark, aged wood floors, exposed brick, and full of very cool old, well.. just about everything you could think of. Antique chairs, phonograph parts, the neatest wallpaper plus a million other things. I have a weakness for old objects.
Corey, Velour’s main man, invited me to be a part of a big market they are having this weekend. There will be a couple of brooches, magnets, necklaces, cards, paper goods and a handful of prints of mine that will be available for sale, not to mention a bunch of one-of-a-kind vintage items from the market.
The market starts Friday the 5th, running from noon until midnight and continues Saturday from noon to four pm.
(Click here to visit Velour's site for more details.)
If you live in Utah you should go!
My little Meadowlark Girl seems to be getting a lot of attention on Etsy lately (three cheers!). I was thrilled to find my shop gained 13 new “hearts” this morning alone, and then discovered it was due to Victoria’s generosity once again. She’s very good at making treasuries.
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InmostLight made this lovely one a few days ago, and it happened to feature my Meadowlark Girl. Her treasury was picked from hundreds and hundreds of lists to be displayed on Etsy’s front page this morning.
And maybe I sound like an Etsy dork, but it made me very happy. Thanks Victoria!
Last night Austin took me to look at a car that is for sale, and after (unfortunately) quickly deeming it “over-priced and not at all sound” we left it there and went to my little sister’s house for a pizza break.
After dinner my sister, her husband, Austin and I left the kidlets with my brothers and we went to a teeeeny little theater for a movie on the outskirts of “old downtown” in a small city. I’d never seen anything like it! A big, old marquee out front with round blinking bulbs, crimson carpets and definite small town charm. The theater only had two screens! Our totaled snacks cost as much as a bottled water in any downtown theater, and our tickets were plain white carnival stubs torn from a roll.
It was so nice to not only have a date-night opportunity, but to spend our time at such a lovable little space.
It’s been some time since I’ve stopped in to post.. I’ve kept myself busy with several new projects that I’m excited about and hope to wrap up soon. For now, I simply wanted to share that I was able to make my first Etsy treasury tonight. If you don’t know about this sort of thing, well.. it’s quite a feat to nab a spot and create one. So, before it expires: screenshot!
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I think it’s pretty.
As I said in my last post, with “a vast sea of sellers with millions and millions of items for sale”, it is a bit of a battle to be found nowadays on Etsy, or even remembered.
SO, imagine my excitement when I discovered that Christine (“Iheartmoustaches”) of Etsy Admin included my Western Meadowlark girl in her ‘Etsy Finds’ feature: “Decor: Repurposed Retreat”.
Thanks so much, Christine! It is so flattering to be a part of Etsy’s Journal, The Storque!
Victoria of *Inmost Light* on Etsy is always so kind and includes candace jean items in her beautiful treasuries. And, despite a vast sea of sellers with millions and millions of items for sale, my Abigail made her way to the Etsy front page this afternoon. Quite a feat, actually!
It made me very happy. Way to go on making a ‘front page quality’ treasury, Victoria, and thanks for including me!
