I know, I know, I haven't blogged about anything of substance in well over a year, and yet I think I can just waltz back in to talk about
my Etsy shop?
Well, yes, actually, that's exactly what I'm doing.
I just want to put it out there that my little shop just celebrated its second anniversary, and to mark the occasion I decided to offer free shipping to the U.S. on any orders placed before midnight (Mountain time) on Sunday, August 11. However, I've been meaning to get this blog post up for the past day or so and am getting to it so late that I'll probably leave the $0 shipping charges in effect through Monday evening.
I've been adding items to my inventory lately knowing that this is the time of year when most people are starting to look for seasonal fabric. Hence, I have some Halloween fabric:
And some Christmas fabric:
And I'll be adding some more I expect.
I also have more vintage items -- to be specific, I have vintage illustrated children's books. I've been collecting kids books for years, and while I love bringing them home I don't always have room to keep them. Actually, at this point I have more vintage items in my shop than I have fabric for sale.
Here are some of the books:
I also have four volumes of the Best in Children's Books series from the late 1950s to 1960: volumes
22,
25 (including illustrations by Richard Scarry),
32, and
37 (also with illustrations by Richard Scarry). I love this series -- each volume offers a fantastic cross-section of mid-century illustration styles.
And there are more. There are some interesting, unique books in there:
Bernard of Scotland Yard is wonderfully illustrated throughout but the story and text are involved enough to make it a great book for an early reader to tackle on her/his own. And the illustrations in
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe are not for the little ones; in fact, that book would be a great addition to any horror fan's collection.
Kid Camping from Aaaaiii! to Zip is a fun guide to what a kid might expect to find while camping, covering silly topics (like the "crouch hop" one does after hammering one's thumb setting up a tent) as well as important ones (like, for instance, bears in the wilderness). And the illustrations by Roy Doty bring me right back to my Judy-Blume-reading youth -- I half-expect Fudge to appear every time I turn the page. You can see examples of the illustrations in the Etsy listings.
OK, I'll stop now. Thanks for reading.
