Happy Friday!

Remember that pile of stuff I showed you last week? 

Well...I've been working hard getting tons of new items made and Trevor has been working hard getting displays ready. This weekend our event only allows space enough for one table. I came home the other night from a long work day to find this in out dining room..

Upon seeing this amazing, one-table set up that Trevy put together I fell in love with him all over again(this happens quite frequently). As I mentioned before, he took the average looking thrift store frames and painted them with white crackle paint, then sanded them a bit for an antiqued look and replaced the old ugly pictures they contained with a burlap backing to hang a few of our Statement Pieces from. He reupholstered the unisex form that did not look so hot when he first found it at an antique shop. Several of the bracelet stands were made from scratch by Trev, out of old chair legs. He also made those clipboards into chalk boards and then drew the credit card logos and various social media logos, sprayed them with hair spray to fix them them on permanently(and old art school trick). He even sewed that burlap table cloth by hand! At this point, I'm pretty sure he's super man. Seriously. There's still a bit more to go into this display and this iPhone photo really doesn't do justice. I can't wait to show you guys real photos the finished set up after the market this weekend!

We'll be setting up shop in Annapolis this Saturday!

Come by and see us if you can! If not you can always browse the shop Here :)

And on a side note, check this out..

SoulMakes first hard cover look book! Ligit.

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have a great weekend!!

<3,
MacK

Weekend Recap- Thrift Adventure

We are so lucky in the DC area to have so many amazing vintage and thrift stores. This weekend a new thrift/consignment store opened, Buffalo Exchange. We first fell in love with Buffalo Exchange in Denver, Colorado. Trev has family out there, so we visit frequently :) And we were super excited to find that they were opening one right here in DC (14th St corridor). 

Trev and I both found some really great items. If you have a Buffalo Exchange in your area you should definitely check it out!!

and here's this furniture store we stumbled across, it felt like we had walked onto a 70's movie set..

We also stopped by another one of our FAVORITE vintage stores, Dr K's (U ST corridor)!

Dr K's is by far my favorite vintage store ever! This guy has an AMAZING collection of vintage levi's, graphic tees, tooled leather purses, luggage, dresses and do you see all those boots?! And I die over his framed vintage denim(pictured above) every time I go in. It's mostly men's apparel, with a small women's sections. But I don't care, I have never seen a more beautiful collection of Americana style vintage in my life. I should also mention that Dr K himself is very nice and extremely knowledgeable and his prices are great. We both walked away with some great items. OK you get it, I love Dr. K's. 

I'll be doing another post later with all our thrift picks from yesterday :) Stay tuned..

<3,

MacK

Handmade Love

I love being a part of the handmade community! To be honest, I sort of just discovered it. I grew up with an artist mother and so I have always approached the world with an "if I can make, why buy it?" attitude. And that's pretty much what I've done my whole life. I've made all kinds of things from jewelry, to sculptures, scrap books, photos, etc etc.. Making things it's very meditative for me, it's my happy place :) I was given this artistic talent and using that creative energy is my way of showing gratitude for it. So there's a lot of love and warm fuzzies that goes into each piece. I think that's why hand made goods feel so special to me, because I know that any artist must have put an immense amount of care into what they made, just as I do.

When I finally got up the courage to start my little Etsy store I was introduced to a whole new world. There are so many amazingly talented people out there making some seriously beautiful things. And the fact that I also get to read about the maker, see pictures of them, get to know them a little, makes the buying experience that much more special. We're so lucky we have all this stuff right at our fingertips. I could spend hours pouring through of it..Here's a few of my favorites..

1. Nalini Shop

2. Wild And Free

3. Fringe N Feather

4. Love Jules

5. Perpetu Mobile

6. Golden Hands Design

7. Super Little Cute

8. HoakonHelga

9. Bonjour Frenchie Art

MacK <3