Working on Etsy updates including this stunning early-1900s embossed metal plaque from a French mairie.
There's an assortment of antique French gummed labels and perfume labels, and new vellum pieces from the 1600s-1800s will be added soon - enjoy!
xoxo
She survived.
Centuries past.
Decades spent exposed to the elements.
Her ears have been nibbled, plants and snails grew in the dirt inside her head.
Her eyes are perhaps not as clear as they once were.
But the end of the day she is beautiful. Graceful.
And at peace.
Thank you to everyone who played along with our Guessing Game. Congratulations to Margie, whose name was drawn as our winner! Please email your address and your Ephemera parcel will be in the mail shortly.
xoxo
Along with the cherry blossoms and first green buds of spring, the Brocante offers new ideas and inspirations at this time of year.
It's almost time for a new guessing game.
A chance to get creative.
Practice your sleuthing.
Keep an eye out for the rules of play - we'll start soon!
xoxo
Pushing the bounds of safety for this photo ...
And then all of a sudden it's February.
Shocking!
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I have to be honest.
I've been having an affair.
With Instagram.
I have all the excuses - It's easy! It's fun! It's right there waiting for me!
But of course what I really ought to be doing is taking photos for Etsy. And dealing with the postal website. And coming up with nice little descriptions. And prices.
I'm doing those things too, in the few spare moments this time of year affords, and I will have some lovelies available for you soon.
Numbers? Check.
Enamel? Check.
Geography books? Check.
Linens, photographs, and old leather gloves for the slimmest of hands? Check, check, and check.
But for now I must go ...
Instagram is calling my name.
xoxo
This dapper gent moved in a few weeks ago.
He likes it here.
He looks kind of flashy compared to the locals.
He watches over the parcels stacking up in the studio.
He's going to stay awhile and you'll be seeing more of him, I'm sure.
New items in the shop next week, after I've made a few runs to the post office and regained some semblance of order.
xoxo
Antique enamel number plaques in black and white ... it must be love!
Shop listings are galloping along now that I've cleared the postage hurdle.
More soon!
xoxo
Nothing broke in shipping.
Mary was wounded crossing a street in France.
I had wrapped her in a sheet to keep her safe.
A linen sheet.
A weighs-a-ton antique linen sheet, to be exact.
Everything we love about antique linen makes it the WRONG choice for wrapping fragile plaster.
So Mary suffered the embarrassing loss of her toes.
Such beautiful toes, too.
I brought home every crumb of plaster and, with time and glue, expect her to make a full recovery.
Today is devoted to taking photos. Descriptions will be conjured up over the next few days ... still on track for a shop update this week.
xoxo
Glorious late 1800s silver tassels.
Perfectly tarnished over the past century.
Found at a brocante somewhere between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, along with yards and yards of silver trim.
It seemed sacrilegious to split it up, so I thought it best to buy the lot.
xoxo
p.s. shop updates will start once the majority of unpacking is finished. This is to prevent the shop owner from completely losing the plot.
For those times when you are just a little overwhelmed by all the choices the brocante has to offer.
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