Just wanted to share some new lovely vintage accessories that I added to my etsy shop, Rhea’s Modern Vintage!
The belts are just stunning – and all in almost perfect condition! I’m going to be adding some more accessories and shoes this weekend – you will die when you see them!
I’ll be back tomorrow to (hopefully) share with you the top that I’ll be entering in the Spring Top Sewalong 2012! Have a great day!
I recently became acquainted with a lovely couple who was in the process of clearing out and refurbishing a home for their Aunt Rhea. It turns out that the house was just filled with amazing clothes and accessories dating back to the 1960′s! However, the couple found themselves in a small dilemma: they didn’t want to simply give away their aunt’s beautiful possessions, but they also didn’t know how to go about selling them. So they enlisted my help. And over the past few months I have been helping to sort, price out and sell locally some of these items.
But before I show you some of her prized possessions, I’d like to share a short bio on Rhea:
Rhea Leib was born in 1916 and spent her childhood years in the village of Paxtang, PA where her father was the proprietor of a general store on the main street. She watched that street change from a wide dirt road crowded with horses and wagons into the busy paved thoroughfare of today.
Rhea spent her life in the Harrisburg area and upon her marriage became very involved in Harrisburg society. She was a well known member of both the Harrisburg and Hershey Country Clubs. She was a gourmet cook who loved to entertain. She also loved to shop and bought her fashionable clothes at upscale stores like Mary Sachs, Donecker’s, Fellers and others that have now faded away.
She dressed in style every day whether she was going out on the town or spending time at home, and always wore her trademark high heels. She is still a very fashionable senior lady whose style continues to draw appreciative glances from a much more casual generation.
Today, I decided to clear out all of the winter items I had on our etsy page, Rhea’s Modern Vintage. And over the next few days I will be uploading spring items – to start, SUNGLASSES!
Here’s a few of the many vintage beauties I listed today -
Like I said, over the next few weeks I will be adding much more to the shop (clothes, shoes, and more accessories!). And once or twice a week I will feature some new additions here at Blueprint Crafts.
At $5 a piece – these sunglasses are a steal! Better get them before they’re gone! Be sure to visit Rhea’s Modern Vintage today!
Today is my Mom’s birthday, so I made her some jewels :)
Tutorial for these two items will be up tomorrow. But if you’re impatient like me and need one of these necklaces now, you can buy one here!
Off for some birthday dinner! See you tomorrow!
Happy Tuesday, my friends! Today I am going to show you how to make a FIERCE pair of feather earrings, like these!
Supplies:
Step 1: Place your small feather face down on your work area and then the larger feather on top, also face down. Line up their stem edges and place in the terminator.
Step 2: Using your flat nose pliers, firmly close the terminator around the stems of the feather. Be sure to secure it tightly. Repeat with second set of feathers and terminator.
Step 3: Slide one seed bead onto an eye pin, followed by your silver bead, and another seed bead.
Step 4: Now we want to create a loop on the other side of the eye pin. To do so, bend the eye pin wire at top seed beat to a 90 degree angle.
Step 5: Trim the tail of the eye pin to about 1/4″ long with your side cutting pliers. Then, using your wire wrapping (or round nose) pliers create a second loop on the end of the eye pin.
Step 6: Take the open end of the eye pin that you just created, slip it onto the end loop of your ear-wires, and shut the loop with your wire wrapping pliers. Then use your wire wrapping pliers to slightly open the other loop of the eye pin, slip on the feathers, shut the loop, and your done!
These feathers come in all sorts of FIERCE colors, I’m totally digging these magenta ones.
Or how about these colors?
Like them? Lucky for you they’re available in my Etsy shop for just $5! Get em while they’re hot – or should I say FIERCE!
See you all soon!
