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Showing posts with label opalessence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opalessence. Show all posts
Aug 27, 2011
Fresh Picks: Bodacious Brooches
Last week, Kim of Cranberry Manor shared innovative, fun and sophisticated ways to Wear That Brooch. To get started on your own unique look, check out these autumn inspired vintage finds!
Oct 5, 2010
Gimme a V - I - N - T - A - G - E !!!
With falling leaves and harvest time comes the great American tradition of Homecoming, when alumni are welcomed back to campus and celebrations are centered around the big game with dances, parties and parades. For the Etsy Vintage Team and our love of all things retro, Homecoming means Varsity "V" for vintage!
We have gathered a fun and fabulous group of treasures for your shopping pleasure, all related to the Homecoming theme: including party dresses and accessories, sports clothing and memorabilia, books and ephemera, and fall party essentials.
Follow the fun at the EVT HOMECOMING SHOP and check back often, as new items will be added all month long!
Homecoming is also a celebration of our Class of 2005 and 2006, those EVT members who joined Etsy.com when it was a fledgling Handmade and Vintage shopping destination. Cue the band! Here comes our "Homecoming Court"...
So gas up your hot rod, wave your pennant proudly and get out your best formal duds....it's Homecoming and you are invited!
Graphic by minicoops.
Sep 8, 2010
Member Spotlight: Opalessence
Jennifer, the owner of opalessence, has been an Etsy member since September 2006, establishing one of the site’s most successful vintage shops, noted especially for its fabulous vintage jewelry. The EVT Blog recently caught up with Jennifer for our Member Spotlight.
Q. What’s the very first vintage item that you remember buying for yourself? Do you still have it?
A friend of mine said she had some jewelry that belonged to her mother and asked if I wanted it. Immediately I thought okay, maybe I could put it on eBay and make a few dollars, since she didn't want it. I waited for the items to arrive in the mail and when they did, I sat at my table and opened the box. I honestly lost my breath when I pulled the pieces out! The first thing was a charm bracelet with small charms on it, like a roller skate, small house, Girl Scout insignia, and so on. The next item was so beautiful! It was a sparkling necklace and earring set with the name "Kramer" on it. I called my friend on the phone asking about the items and she said the bracelet was her 12th birthday gift (she is near 55 now) and the necklace and earrings were her mother's wedding day jewelry in 1952!
Well I don't think I need to say anymore, I was hooked! I still have these precious pieces and cherish their stories. I started going to auctions and estate sales and collecting pieces that were unique and beautiful; some pieces have stories, others tell stories themselves!
Q. What are your first three rules for success?
Selling vintage items can be tricky, but these are some things I think are very important. One, be honest about the items you find. Two, take the best pictures possible. Three, treat your customers as if they just walked into a boutique. By this I mean be respectful with questions and WOW them with the presentation and packaging when it arrives in their home.
Q. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Well hopefully I will be like 100 and something, but I would LOVE for God to say to me, "Jennifer we have been waiting for you, I am so proud of the person you were on earth. As your reward, you will spend eternity with Kenny Chesney and Bret Michaels."
Q. Name one item in your shop that you really want to keep.
To be honest, I would love to keep everything! I would close off a part of my house, deck it out in beautiful glass cabinets, and display everything! Ahhh, to be surrounded by beautiful things--now that's the good life.
Q. What’s the very first vintage item that you remember buying for yourself? Do you still have it?
A friend of mine said she had some jewelry that belonged to her mother and asked if I wanted it. Immediately I thought okay, maybe I could put it on eBay and make a few dollars, since she didn't want it. I waited for the items to arrive in the mail and when they did, I sat at my table and opened the box. I honestly lost my breath when I pulled the pieces out! The first thing was a charm bracelet with small charms on it, like a roller skate, small house, Girl Scout insignia, and so on. The next item was so beautiful! It was a sparkling necklace and earring set with the name "Kramer" on it. I called my friend on the phone asking about the items and she said the bracelet was her 12th birthday gift (she is near 55 now) and the necklace and earrings were her mother's wedding day jewelry in 1952!
Well I don't think I need to say anymore, I was hooked! I still have these precious pieces and cherish their stories. I started going to auctions and estate sales and collecting pieces that were unique and beautiful; some pieces have stories, others tell stories themselves!
Q. What are your first three rules for success?
Selling vintage items can be tricky, but these are some things I think are very important. One, be honest about the items you find. Two, take the best pictures possible. Three, treat your customers as if they just walked into a boutique. By this I mean be respectful with questions and WOW them with the presentation and packaging when it arrives in their home.
Q. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Well hopefully I will be like 100 and something, but I would LOVE for God to say to me, "Jennifer we have been waiting for you, I am so proud of the person you were on earth. As your reward, you will spend eternity with Kenny Chesney and Bret Michaels."
Q. Name one item in your shop that you really want to keep.
To be honest, I would love to keep everything! I would close off a part of my house, deck it out in beautiful glass cabinets, and display everything! Ahhh, to be surrounded by beautiful things--now that's the good life.
Two kids. Freelance writer and editor. Etsy shop. Love vintage. Love reading, art, music, hiking, travel. Political junkie. Big lazy lab.
Sep 6, 2010
Vintage Buzz: Ephemeral Memories
Autumn is a memorable time to many: chilly football games and warm homecoming dances; homecoming picnics with church and club friends; school days, crisp apples and flaming trees. A fun way to commemorate those precious days is by creating scrapbook pages and multimedia art treasures with beautiful vintage ephemera. Sellers on the Etsy Vintage Team have lots of fabulous paper goodies to offer! Check out the selection below and click here to search 'etsyvintageteam ephemera'.
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| Opalessence is home to this fab 70s Vintage Pattern - McCalls 2845 - 1971. The Vintage Gooding Amusement Tickets can be found at The Happy Hoarder. |
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| Vintage Goodness has crisp and tasty Vintage FRUIT Illustrated Prints - 1960s Book Pages. Nachokitty has this wonderful Old Halloween Magazine Cover...The Country Home, October 1933. |
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| Callooh Callay has these fabulous 1950s Paper Dolls, Vintage Retro Couple. The Bakers Daughter Too is home to the Dick & Jane Poster. |
Jun 19, 2009
i'm here, see me.
i just really like rings. i think that comes from my mother, who often will have a ring on almost every finger. nothing crazy, nothing tacky, just very classy and cool rings. this ring would be a ring i would wear. i'm more of a one wowza-snazzy-i'm-here-see-me kind of ring. opalessencehas bling and subtle beauties though tout her shop. something for my mom...and for me.
finding vintage goodies hidden in plain view. seein and photographing good stuff in plain view.
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