Weekend Update

This weekend was crazy and fun and full of learning. We were all over the map (ok, maybe just all over Virginia) with various events for SoulMakes. The first one turned out to be a bit of a bust. We didn't even set up(long story), although we did learn a lot and we got a nice road trip out of it :)

We stopped at The Virginia Bizzarre, somewhere of 95 in the middle of nowhere

Remember beanie babies?

Sunday we went to a very local flea market. It is a brand new flea market, so it's very small. But we're really excited to have something like this coming to our town and we're even more excited to be a part of building it up!

It's every Sunday, we hope to be there most Sundays. Local friends and fans: if you missed us, we'll be back!

And we enjoyed an awesome costume party!

Of course, I decked out my cow girl costume with plenty of SoulMakes

I'm wearing one of my favorite Necklaces, the Arrow Head Choker and of course a stack of Bracelets.

I'm really fond of this picture of Trevor and I, taken by a friend. We have so few pics of us together and this one is super cute!

Hope you all had 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