Ohmystinkinheck

It has been a while since I’ve reported on my Mother’s shop, Gypsy Feather, over at Etsy. And since I know that a good number of us have a very “healthy” addiction to Etsy *ahem*, I thought I’d tempt your eye-buds (eye-buds?) a bit further with her new Bottle Jewelry Kits, and a favorite of her customers, Petit Collections.

What are Bottle Jewelry Kits you ask? Well, I asked too - mainly because I’m not nearly as creative as she is–apparently I picked up some of the “attention to detail” but it distributed itself into “anal retentiveness” whereas hers distributed itself into perfection. And yes, there IS a difference.

So here we go with one of her Bottle Jewelry Kits for sale. This one is called Not So Timid Teal.

EMBELLISH a wonderful vintage bottle, bud vase or perfume bottle…wrap a gift…or incorporate these petit treasures into any artsy project.

Having just returned from a “Holiday”, she came back with some amazing finds - especially the woven ribbon used in this Petit Collection, Orange Ya Glad II that I want to steal away as soon as she’s turned her head.

Orange and purple bits and pieces to wear ~ or for your artistic projects…embellished clothing, collage, altered art, mixed media…

Though I must admit to being a fan of orange, I love the soft tones in this Petit Collection, An Earthly Paradise. These are the colors in my room - creamy, earthy tones.

Pre-Raphaelite artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s “An Earthly Paradise” serves as the sweet mother and child print in the background of this Petit Collection d’objets.

So last week my Mother, also known as “Izzy” on this blog, wrote:

“Without looking it up, did you know the meaning of antimacassar?”

Because I tend toward sarcasm (I know, you’re shocked.), I responded:

“No, it sounds like an island

Yep, that’s it.”

She responded:

“You’re so smart…”

Encouragement is her spiritual gift, can you tell?

Just because I know you are DYING to know what an antimacassar is exactly, you can find it in the Uncaged Petit Collection

“The million dollar question of the day — What is an antimacassar? Give up? Wikipedia tells us an antimacassar is…” ⇒ Go here to find out!

Although I’ve got to say that all these are absolutely delightful - I’m still quite partial to this particular creation of hers, which I may or may not be reproducing for my own little (as in wee-little) Etsy shop.

5 Responses to “Gypsy Feather has stocked her store!”

1. Liz C.

   It’s my daughter’s favorite Happy Little Monster! Hmmm… if those are available to buy, I think I know what she’d like for a Random Gift Occasion at some point.

   Antimacassars: well, everyone knows that the Macassar is a rare, rodent-like creature with six legs that once roamed wild, and was rounded up during the spring mating season to be pressed for hair-styling oil in the days before pomade, gels, and styling “putty.” The industry moved from free-range macassar ranching to penned macassar ranching in the late 1880s. A variety of doilies and drapes were invented to prevent macassar hair oil from staining late Victorian upholstery. One side effect of macassar ranching was the development of the Macassar Pony–a fleet-footed, but very, very short pony.

2. Mr. OMSH

   Actually Liz C. and all the world, “antimacassar” is a term/by-product of the secret-underground men’s society starting in or around the 1830’s. The movement was in response to the women’s efforts at uniting against poor work environment, pay, etc. The societies decided to target against make-up (mascara in particular) but decided to name the reform movement with a label that would not stigmatize members. It is now used to describe upholstery drapes.

3. OMSH

   Oh my larry, put down the keyboard Mr. OMSH…just walk away!

4. Liz C.

   Hee heeeee… OMSH, you should probably provide very sticky cookies (something with caramel chunks in) and then his fingers will be too sticky to type this sort of thing.

   I don’t think you’ll be able to prevent him *thinking* such nonsense, though.

   I think we can see the tree far from which the little OMSHecklets fall not.

5. Elizabeth

   so cute!