Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Cameos and More

Today I would like to feature another Etsy Store as well as a Blog that I follow, and that is The Ebon Swan. At The Ebon Swan you can find beautiful cameos. Pictured below are examples of cameos currently listed in The Ebon Swan store. I love cameos. Probably because it was the jewelry my Grandmother gave to me as my inheritance. (I will be posting pictures of my Grandmothers cameos in a later post). Cameos are a nice accent to any living history impression.


If you are not up for Cameos, the Ebon Swan also sells beautiful earrings and other jewelry. I just love the earrings below!

Shards of Shadow Simple Black Glass Point Earrings


Feeling creative? You can pick up cameo and other jewelry supplies at the Swan's Nest, another The Ebon Swan store.

Carnelian and Cream Profile Cameos



Single Goldplate Decorated Locket with Bail

To find out more about The Ebon Swan as well as some wonderful information on Civil War reenacting you can read The Ebon Swan's blog In the Swan's Shadow. Pictures are owned by The Ebon Swan and where used with permission. To go to The Ebon Swan Etsy store just click on any of the above pictures.

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Monday, April 13, 2009

I'm On Twitter!

I just got on Twitter. It looks like a great way to keep up with all my customers as well as blog friends. You can find me at https://twitter.com/VictorianTimes .

Here are some more pictures of my new house.



This is a before shot of our dinning room.




We darkened the green and accented with brown. We will be decorating with a somewhat primitive theme so the colors suit better than what was their. We love antiques so they will find a welcome place in our home!

My husband added this T.V. cabinet. Our HDTV fits nicely inside. The doors slide in when opened. We have two civil war reproduction candle lanterns on each side of the plant. With the TV room in the basement we wanted to brighten it up with a dusty yellow color for the walls.

This is one of my favorite additions to the house. It was just a hole in the wall where the previous owners stripped out the fireplace when they moved. There was a lot of damage to the drywall that my husband repaired before putting our new fireplace in. I love to decorate with books. On top of the fireplace you will find some of my pre civil war (1830s) books on the left as well as a civil war Bible and CDV Album. Although the fire place is gas only I still like the looks of the brass log holder and fireplace tools.

Now you may begin to see why I've been so busy to post the last couple of months. I hope now that we have finished most of the work on our house that I can get back into a regular posting schedule. Thank you for all the kind comments and encouragement!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

A Look Back In Time

It is a lot of fun dressing up my little boys in their Civil War reenactment clothing. It is even more fun watching them play with all the civil war period (reproduction) items laying around. It really sets the mood when we are civil war camping. My oldest boy gets a lot of photos taken of him when we our out on the field. When we are not too busy we get a couple of shots of him as well. These are two of my favorite photos of him. The photo on the left I call "Collecting Water" and the photo on the Right I call "A Look Back In Time"


The outfits my son is wearing I made for him. The shirt on the left was copied from an original in my collection. The outfit he has on in the right picture is a miniature outfit that matches his dad's. That's Dad's hat on of course!



Children wore dresses or long gowns during the civil war until they were potty trained. And it was not unusual to see a four year old boy or even older in a gown! Boy, haven't times changed. Both of my baby boys looked more like boys in their clothing rather than babies when they were newborn! Their outfits where complete with baby baseball caps, and even soft sold tennis shoes. Yet when we start pulling out our reenactment gear my three year old waits in eager expectation for his turn to play dress up!













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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Back To Work

It's been so hard to get back into the work mode. But I do love to sew and create as well as make a little money that I've decided to offer custom order dresses for this month. I posted a listing in my Victorian Times Etsy store as well as on eBay. We will see if I have any takers. In the mean time I intend to unpack my sewing machine and make a few ready made dresses.


I'm keeping my eye open for some 100% cotton organdy. I'd love to make some sheer dresses this year. Below is a picture of an original CDV of a lady with a sheer dress on. I always wondered how the women survived the heat of the summer months in all their layers of clothing, but when I learned that some of the dresses were made with sheer fabric it made more since to me. I think I can bear the heat of summer with a sheer dress, seeing how I wore a flannel dress to an August reenactment event!! Boy was that hot!






The following pictures are a before and after shot of our library in our new house. It is amazing what a little paint can do.


Before

After

I love having a library in our house. The built in book shelves where a very nice feature! When I post next, I show another before and after shot, as well as one of my newly inherited treasures. (The horse drawing on the wall in my library was drawn by my very talented sister in law who has an Etsy store called Pintogirl. She plans to stock her store with her artwork as well as western wear that she designs and creates.

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Friday, March 20, 2009

Happy Spring & And Update!

Hi Everyone, sorry for the long interlude! But I'm about ready to get back into my regular posting! We've just about got our new house to our liking. I've posted some photos of the outside of the house. We got about 10 inches of snow on the first of March! It was so beautiful. It's so hard to believe today is the first day of Spring.



Here is a side shot of our house.

And here are our beautiful Pines which did not fair well!


Here is the front shot of our house.

And here is another shot after it stopped snowing.
In the next couple of days I'll post some before and after shots of the inside of the house. I can't believe how much it has transformed the last 7 weeks.
It you live in the Roanoke, Virginia area and are in need of a great realtor make sure you look up Al Hardy. (You can click on his name to be taken to his web page.) Mr. Hardy was the best in helping us find the perfect house in a couple of weeks time! And he help us with all the paper work and inspections and thing up to closing. I highly recommend him!
In regards to my Victorian Era post, I will be getting back to them very soon. I inherited a few fun Victorian items that I want to post about as well so some very fun thrift shopping finds. This week I am making a Renaissance Style Wedding dress. Then in about a month I'll get back into making more Civil War Era dress and start posting more pictures of my creations.
Thank you everyone for your encouraging comments! I look forward to checking out my fellow bloggers' posts and leaving a few comments my self. Take Care, and check back in a couple of days for my next post.




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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Our New House

We hope to close on our new house today! I can't believe what a long drawn out process this has been. The main floor has a Victorian feel to it. The outside of the house is not at all Victorian but Contemporary. Although I love the looks of the Victorian Style decor, my husband and I decided to go with a Primitive decor look to our new house. All of our Civil war items and old books will still look great in a Primitive setting.

If we close on our house today we hope to paint the basement on Saturday. The previous owners painted it a dark orange!



I will be another couple of months before we are fully settled into our new home. We have quite a bit of work. We are putting new cabinets in the kitchen and we have a lot of painting to do as well as a number of other things.






I've already bought some fun things for the new house. A great place to find some fun decorations is on Etsy. There are some great vintage finds as well as some wonderful handmade item.

One of my favorite soap shops is Grizzly Mountain Soap, on Etsy. They have some of the best buffalo soaps. I ordered a bar of soap for each one of the bathrooms in my new house. The fragrance from Grizzly Mountain Soap fills the room even better than a candle!


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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Win a $1000 Shopping Spree! Fun Etsy Contest!!


We move Monday!! So lots of packing this weekend. I just wanted to pass along this fun Etsy Contest to all my readers.



WhatsInTheBox's Shop Announcement
welcome to our $1000 give-a-way!!!! This is a collection of feature shops that will be included in a $1000 give away prize!!!!! Absolutely no purchase necessary!


Do you like to MEET NEW PEOPLE, play GAMES, and win FABULOUS PRIZES like $1000 worth of GIFT CERTIFICATES from the shops you see listed here??? then come chat with us herehttp://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5936605


Each reply will be counted as an entry in the drawing! Come say hi, self promote, meet the artists, or shop in some of the stores listed here and let people know what you would put in YOUR ultimate mystery box! We play a lot of games and there are prizes as we go. And there are some AMAZING specials that are only available to those who are "in the know" on the thread.and sellers, if you want to be a part of this exciting experience, gain more exposure and drive more business to your store, then conversation us! we'd love to add you to our list of FEATURED SELLERS and include you in our next big drawing!!!! all it takes is one $20 gift certificate donation per store and a one time fee of $1 to cover the cost of your listing. Once we have 51 items listed here we will draw a winner and start all over again!


You dont have to donate to play. and if you do donate... you can still WIN!THIS ROUND'S FEATURE SELLERS INCLUDE:

1. frommyhandstoyours.etsy.com DESTASH, jewelry, scarves, shredded t's


3. VictorianTimes.etsy.com (vintage & Reproduction items)



6. SouthernCreations.etsy.com-jewelry,photography,floral


8. HippyKlippyKlopShop.etsy.com A lil bit of everything




12. Desera21.etsy.com Hair Bows & Accessories


14. Sunnfox.etsy.com vintage treasures








22. Lilesj.etsy.com-handmade chainmaille & metal jewelry


24. Buppins.etsy.com vintage finds


26. LizardQueenJewelry.etsy.com - One of a Kind & Custom Jewelry

27. CocosCreations.etsy.com-paper quilled items!!!

28. ShaShaAnn.etsy.com Art, Children's Art, ACEOs





There are some wonderful shops giving away $20 gift certificates and there will be 20 more shops added before the contest winner is drawn. Pop over to this link herehttp://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5936605 and just say hi for your chance to win.
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