what a week!

Well, a lot is happening this week.

My inlaws are coming to town and I am honestly excited. they are great to have around and they haven't met Bourbon yet.

My birthday is Thursday, dinner party on Friday, Block Party on Saturday and Father's Day on Sunday.

phew.

Good thing I had time to post these bad boys on the store today: I've been meaning to add them to the store for days and finally got a chance this morning.

In other Etsy news, I've been having great convos with Kelly from The Best Things and with Laura who will feature Maven Vintage on her blog! I also got Bourbon a new collar and leash set from Lindsay at The Hydrant. Once I receive, I will post Bourbon modeling those soon. :)

Gotta run...the guest room needs vacuuming.

etsy comes to sf!

Tonight, I had the pleasure of mingling with fellow Etsians and meeting the current brains behind Etsy.com.

At the meetup, the CEO Maria answered many questions and gave us a little insight for what is to come with the site we love.

One side note - it was held at Crossroads Cafe which has an incredible mission and not to mention great food. Please check it out if you are in the Bay Area.

As expected, everyone was very cool. As the one of two vintage sellers there, it felt a little lonely. I'd love to meet other vintage sellers in the Bay Area. I might just start my own little meet up. :)

Here were some of the fabulous sellers I got to meet:

Jill of Scabby Robot

Tara of Combustion Glassworks

Wendy of buttercupbloom

Maggie of MaggieHurley

Brenda of Phydeaux

Mandy of Small Threads

Robin of Creative Beadz

Valerie of Piper Tate

Alana of Etta and Billie

Shana of Shana Astrachan

Lisa of Savor (she did a great recap - read it here.)

Fabulous Pants and KimonoMomo

Please visit their shops and support handmade and hand-selected stuff!

love lucite!

Well, instead of getting ready for work, I sucked major time away scouring the web for lucite nightstands.

You might be laughing right now wondering why I would even want these.

Well, check this out:  

I know...and now you want a pair too!  Photo courtesy of the blog of Eddie Ross.  Despite his horrid attitude on that show, he does have impeccable taste.

Oh and I'm posting some fabulous new things for Maven Vintage on Etsy this week...here is a sneak peek. Gotta run!

maker faire and other pursuits

Adam and I explored the Bay Area Maker Faire this 

past weekend and boy it was a hoot. We got to letterpress a small journal, witness giant Lego dioramas and play with robots! Jesus, we are geeks.

And of course I shopped...and saved. A fellow Etsian, Bread & Badger, was there and I happily purchased Adam's birthday present and saved mucha moolah on shipping. Very cool.

It was wonderful to see many Etsy sellers and see their fabulous 

craft first hand. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark of marmar and he is now a favorite of mine. 

His designs are incredible and I put one of his pendants on my birthday wishlist. Hey, a girl can dream.

 

Speaking of dreaming, in my marginal attempt at domestication, I made a strawberry jam AND strawberry pie this past week. I must say, the results have been delicious.  

I freaking LOVE California. All this fresh fruit is making me a little woozy.  I wonder what I'll make next...

ah, the inaugural entry.

Welcome to the first entry of Maven Vintage, the blog of MavenVintage.etsy.com.

Everywhere I turn, I see inspring things in unexpected places.  

I've decided to share my love of treasure hunting and deal-discovering with a spankin' new blog.

Join me and check out what I find!