A long awaited and highly deserved Return to Op-shopping (oh and blogging - hi!)

As part of my reward for not op-shopping for about 3 months, I went to my favourite strip in Belmont and went crazy! Over the five-all-next-door-to-each-other adventure, I managed to get some real gems, including these super kitsch teensy swan vessels. The biggest vases at the back are only about 15cm high, and the rest are just for jewellery and Tchotchke's (daym I love that word). They are all very lucky little things as soon they will be filled with adorable succulents and cacti, and apart from the plastic apricot guy on the right (can't part with him!), will be making their way to Osier customers! I'll post here when they're available on my facebook page, and due to there being plants involved, they'll only be available to my local fans here in Perth - sorry dudes!

p.s. I find it hilarious/awkward that the one on the left is a tourist momento from Cronulla... obviously it's back from before the place became famous for all the wrong reasons...

Etsy Challenge #1 November

Hello!

I must say its lovely to be back, after the long weeks of hard slog at uni. Christmas is gearing up, as is my excitement about getting back into the swing of running my darling little businesses! Keep note this week, as I will be updating my online shops with a whole manner of new and new-to-the-internet designs that I think you'll love (they certainly have a few fans in the market world). I'll also be listing a COLLOSAL amount of vintage over at www.acornsvintage.etsy.com, and I hope you'll be able to find something there that takes your fancy for a Christmas present to yourself or someone else - I'll be sure to preview them here too for a reminder!

Also make sure you pop-over to the facebook page as I'll be running a comp there in the next week for my fans - naming one of my design ranges!

Also very excited about my return to roller derby practice tomorrow night, and the amount of Christmas markets I'll be at!


But now for the real reason for my return - a challenge to all of you with an Etsy store! (myself included...

1. Create an item to one or more of the following themes from Etsy's November merchandising newsletter

2. List on etsy with the tag "merchchallengenov11" and link to your item in the comments of this post

3. Do this by the end of November

4. I'll promote all here on the blog

5. We do it all again for December!

As for me, I'll be choosing the theme of movember! (and can I just say how much i LOVE the marketing and advertising style they're using this year, so so dapper.

Be sure to let me know what you'll be doing in the comments!

xx L

A letter from Acorn

Just uploaded this sweetie to my acorns vintage etsy store. $20.00. xx

I'm super happy with my photography this time around! :)

A letter from Acorn

Taking a break from study to list some of the stuff I've found while op-shopping recently. Some of it is pretty special!!!

xx L

OSIER will have a brick & mortar store!!!

Well, for a month anyway... as part of the MONTAGE COLLECTIVE.

Read the pamphlet for deets, I'll tell you all the days I'll be behind the counter but my stuff will be there all the time. I AM SO DARN EXCITED!!! (Plus my architectural neurones are itching to do the shop layout!!!

Oh, and I'll also have STACKS AND STACKS of my amasing vintage clothes, homewares and etc from my Acorns Vintage label! Whee!



We also have a facebook page.

xx Lauren

A Letter From Acorn

Hey!

Check out these photos I took at Vintage Vixens & Vamps!

awesomely dressed lass lookin at my shoe rack


simple, yet stylish


and attention to detail as well! cute-as whale belt! - we decided that whales
should be the new trend animal... move over owls!


this lass ws so laid back but awesome looking at the same time...

it might have had something to do with the carvan on her hat.
omg.

this darling from Sugar Blue Burlesque,
there was a hula hooper as well as lots of others but I was too entranced by the
hula hooper to take any photos...
SHE WAS AMASING

my little cacti table was ignored most of the day,
until right at the end when some people took
some of my green buddies home


and these are my little helpers for the day
cutest couple in the world;
Niina and Mr A :)
(Niina has issues with trustgames, this is as far as we could get her
without freakouts - teehee)
big thanks to those two for getting me lunch and stopping me from dying of boredom.xx

and thats the end of the photos, hope you enjoyed!

xx Lauren

He's a bit strange

But has a velvet voice so he can get away with it I suppose. The "I'm off my tits" head bobbing weids me out something chronic though. Kind of like David Grey (Mr Bobblehead - go look up a video of him and you'll see what I mean), but much much much much cooler.

I would like to let you all know that the reason I have seen this is because my Dad is a fan. No other embarrasing stories behind that knowledge. Unlike a friend of mine who confessed his first concert ever was Savage Garden because he was obsessed with them. And he hadnt been to any live music since then (this was four years ago, and we are 21. You do the math).

But onto strange lead-singer antics with awesome music...

I always feel idiotic once I find out what the lyrics to a song actually are. This is one of them - I've just been kind of mindlessly humming along whenever this comes on the radio, and then I find that he's singing about "blood-buzz" - hipster vampire reference? Maybe?

I really have no idea. It's 12.24 and usually that isnt late but I have an infected sinus and throat from severe hayfever (the devil isnt a red dude with horns, its heavily brut-ed teenage boys - one of which lives in my house. that and flowers.) which means that I need much more sleep than normal but I cant cause I have a 2500 word assignment due at 4pm tomorrow and I've only written... *goes and does wordcount tool* ... 251 of them. So the knowledge that I probably will be getting very little sleep, in addition to knowing I have a vintage market I'm supposed to be ready for by now that on on Sunday and my little brother (the one that doesnt smother himself in hayfever inducing "deoderant") wont give me the commodore to lug my vintage things down to Freo makes me want to go to bed extra bad.

Gosh I wish I had written this many words in my essay instead of procrastinating here. It's now 12.39.

Sorry to have freaked you all out with my mind-spew, I seem to have a habit of doing that (my facebook friends know what I'm talking about). But I think this is the most pretentious blog post I have ever written - so feel free to deride me in the comments if you wish - or ignore this post entirely perhaps. I won't get mad.

I'm a bit strange. Perhaps Mr The National and I can have a late night chat. Once I finish this essay...

A Letter From Acorn

We are going to be there!

Put it in your diaries folks, its gonna be huge!!!


xx Acorn

A Letter From Acorn

Here they are! And I know I said Friday, but I havnt gone to bed yet so technically it still is!

Vintage Ruby Red Wingtip $30	Vintage Oxford Wingtip $30
Vintage Bowling Shoes intage $30	Vintage Cream Golf Shoes $30
Vintage Oxford Wingtip $30

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xx Acorn

A Letter From Acorn

Shoes shoes shoes shoes. I promise at least 5 new pairs :) - and they'll all be unisex style, so wingtip dress-shoes, bowling shoes, and golf shoes!

Plus I have some exciting news about Acorns Vintage I'll be sharing on Friday too, right here on the blog!

xx Acorn
(my alter ego)

A Letter From Acorn

Just posted some lovely new vintage shoes over at my vintage shop! Take a look!

I'm a Sucker for Succulents

Yep. Pretty much.

I potted up a really kitsch awesome vintage swan container succulent for Made on the Left, as well as about 20 others, but I wanted to show it to you with its lovely owner!


I love this photo :)

Oh, and I just listed this cute lil'guy over at Acorns Vintage too!


xx

Swapsies!

Hello All!

Vantiani contacted me a while back on Etsy and asked me if I wanted to do a swap with her. Now I'm usually a bit wary of swaps as I've been burned a couple of times in regards to never getting anything for my efforts. However the Etsy swap system is really good, as you list the items as 20c, both "buy" each others items, and then you can give feedback on how the swap went after you receive your item.

I sent a vintage tin duckie from My Vintage Etsy Store;

I got;

...a cute set of 4 cards, which I use as mini-art prints :) I love the vintageness and the modern teardrop collage, they go so well together! I also love this item in vantiani's shop;

so sweet, and I LOVE drawing those scallops all over everything :)

xx Thankyou so much Vantiani, you made my day! xx

Treasure, me Hearties! Volume 8

A big huge thankyou to these beautiful etsy sellers for featuring my various shops in their treasuries recently, I LOVE YOUZE!

inaluxe
myhauntedattic
pottery123

Onto the pretty pictures. To see full treasuries with all 16 items and links to them, click the images.

And because flickr is being an ass;

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Treasure, me Hearties! Volume 7

Awesome outdoor themed treasury I got featured in, take a look and click on the links!

Spending Time Outside

xx Lauren

Acorns Vintage at this Weekends Oxford St Markets

Hi All,

Just a quick little note to say that we are looking forward to this weekend where we will be selling a delightful range of vintage and retro wares, clothing, patterns, books and decor, plus a typewriter!

Annie will also be there with her laser-cut label; Osmosis Designs.

Treasure, me Hearties! Volume 6

Wow. It is so hot here I cant whip up the enthusiasm for a really talkative post.

So here goes;

1. Acorns Vintage AND Osier feature from my buddy Amanda from Polyclarific. This was done as part of our Australia Day celebrations in our Perth etsy sellers team.

2. Two more features of my Twenty Kisses Pip&Emily Brooch in Valentines themed treasuries from the lovey Maeve Barton, and darlingART.

3. A huge big huggy thankyou to the three of you for your support. I appreciate it more than you know. xx

Etsy Finds Feature

I am delighted to announce that my vintage store has been featured in Etsy's "Shop Local" etsy finds for Australia.

http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/etsy-finds-from-a-land-down-under-6818/

A pair of shoes I was consigning for a friend were featured, and to my delight, sold the same day (today!)

Although what I find strange is it wasn't a "shop local" buyer... these little beauties will be heading off to the old US of A tomorrow!



If you wanna check out the rest of my vintage goodies, heres the link.

Hello, I am Really Really Busy.

... and really, shouldnt be blogging about being busy as it is just one more thing to do, but have decided to show you tidbits of what I am up to and will continiue to do until Saturday arvo!

Pretty please come to visit me, you can do your X-mas shopping in the city at the same time.

Just hop off the train in the city centre, and head over Roe Street into the Cultural Centre, and keep an eye out for our fake grass floor marquee!!!

AcornsVintage Etsy Gift Guide Feature

Front page of the "Boss and Coworkers" Gift Guide!



Quite exciting really! He's been there a while and needs some love, so I'm glad he got picked by the etsy-powers-that-be!



Oh, and I was enchanted by my favourites when I looked at their colour-pow magic, so I thought I'd show you my most recent lusts...




Links are HERE to my favourites. Let me know if you buy anything. In fact, tell me your favourite thing from this smorgasboard...