Mandalians....

If you have a love for late 1800's to 1930's purses chances are you've seen and hopefully as I do adore a Mandalian purse.My grandmother had one that I couldn't wait to have,I don't mean that in a "hey grandma!Hurry up and die so I can have your stuff" way,just meant that I've wanted it for a while..My mother let me use it to my 8th grade dance and from then on I'd admire it behind glass where my mother kept it.Well,my mother gave it to me last week BUT it was to sell!Oh the humanity!I can't be too upset about it as I understand her situation.I thought I'd at least share its glory here before some lucky lady out there bought it and it went off to a new home.I also thought I'd feature some others.

Here is my grandmothers Mandalian now listed in my etsy shop:


Here is another on with birds also listed on Etsy and in my opinion is being undersold for what these usually go for so snag it up ladies!

You could slum it and go to Ebay looking for one.Chances are though if you're after a good one though you'll end up losing in a bidding war to someone willing to pay $800.00 for one.I also am not a fan of Ebay,they treat their sellers like garbage so they don't get press on my blog anymore,sorry Ebay!It was a hot,passionate love affair I had with you once upon a time but now like a lot of my ex's I have to look at you and go "what was I thinking?!"

This one is from Go Antique and already sold for $450.00 but I love the gold frame with the rich blue so here it is:
When it comes to user names chances are someone out there has the one you use too.Did you know there is an Art-DecoDame site?I didn't !But aw lawdy does she have some pretty things!For the record I am not her,she is not me,we are not affiliated with each-other,just both dames that share a love of art deco.Here are a few from that site!






*Le sigh* ok folks that's enough internet window shopping for one morning.My little girl spent the night at my mothers last night so I need to take full advantage of trying to get things done with only one kid!

Sweet Sheets and Keys,Yes Please...

This week I've been pretty darn productive.Packing and tossing tons of stuff and still trying to keep myself from buying more things but ugh!Sometimes it hard.I have a million and 1 odd collections so its sometimes too easy for me to find something I like.I love keys.Skeletons keys and odd shaped ones are fantastic,I came across these ones yesterday and had to add them to my collection.I love history in all its forms and with old keys its fun to imagine what it use to go to.


Another thing I adore is old sheet music,especially from the 1920s and 1930s.Its a cheap and great way to add some art to your wall.Just toss them in a frame and tuh-dah!You can usually find these very affordable because people overlook them,if they don't play music they don't see the point in buying them which I think is a real shame because they really are art.

I've started cutting some prices in my Etsy shop and redoing photos I didn't like.Like this one.Hoping it will bring in some more sales as I'm starting to realize I have a TON of stuff to pack and the less inventory in my shop that I have to pack on top of my house stuff is a good thing.
In my limited vintage hunting this week I got a huge bag of amazing vintage ties from the gentlemen that works at one of my favorite antiques malls yesterday!He brought them in just for me I was stoked.Unfortunately my husband doesn't dress vintage so they'll be making their way into my shop sometime soon,I have a few I want to give to a friend first though.If I can't dress my own fella well that won't stop me from bringing too fashion sense to the rest of the world!