my love affair with etsy is a complicated and beautiful thing. you wouldn’t understand, you don’t know what its like when we’re alone.

i went to a hipster craft fair yesterday from a local collective called seamrippers to drool over the wares. there was some wicked stuff there, but the table we spent the most time at was this girl, Nico, who buys vintage baubles and fabrics from all over the place (Rhode Island is the best place to buy costume jewelry - who knew?) and makes them into these one of a kind vintage folk style masterpieces. i couldn’t believe the variety of her talent (she sews rad reversible handbags too!) and the delicious kitschiness of her pieces.

some of my favorites are these hilarious vintage E.T pendant necklaces! lookit! there he is flying around in his UFO! and this pendant which apparently features a porn image from the 1920s of a woman having some sausage with her breakfast. well, slap my arse, if i could make out exactly what was going on, i’m sure i would be turning red.

prices range from $5-$35 for the simpler pieces and from $60+ for the more elaborate.

i know Eve would go gaga over some of these. sorry sis, i should have bought you something!

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FMB. that’s SO sweet!! those crocheted earrings were the most clicked on thing on this page! maybe the whole site! he musta acted FAST.

2. amber on April 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Danny got me that badger necklace and crocheted earrings with the little mother-of-pearl birds and some sparrow earrings! What a lucky girl I am!

3. eve on April 25th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I love Etsy! It’s so fabulous, and I’ll be taking your suggestions!
Thx!

4. Miss A on April 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am
oh wow! what a great feature (blushing furiously)
thank you so much amber for the kind words and wicked blog post! yay i have you linked in my blog now too ‘-’/

xo
nicole

5. nico on April 18th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Sherwin, i would love to, but i haven’t yet been able to find any super awesome Etsy clothing that is in my price range! if you could help me out, i’d be stoked!

6. amber on April 17th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I would loooooove it if you did a similar thing with some of the clothes on etsy…

7. sherwin on April 16th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Next time you ask yourself, “should I buy something for Eve?” the answer is always, “yes, Eve deserves it in every way.”

8. eve on April 16th, 2007 at 7:55 pm

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