I'm starting to upload some of the Christmas goodies online (finally!) Let's hope the good light continues to hold tomorrow so I can get a few more things photographed! Building on the success of my vintage dictionary earrings, which you can
see here, these are the vintage dictionary hair pins!

Dictionary page replicas from a vintage dictionary are hand antiqued and artificially aged before bonding to a colorful wooden backing and varnished with protective gloss. These are crafted entirely by hand in a time intensive 13 step process, but they look so cool when they are done!

I got two pairs, "Mermaid" and "Wish" uploaded to Etsy today. I have more pairs to get up (children and weather permitting). Weird that almost all the ones I picked out for photographing today are blue.

Ah, there's a red pair! I need to rephotograph these though. Most of the shots had my "helpful" photo assistant cat in them :)

It's almost holiday shipping time! The last few years, I have included special freebies in all Christmas/Holiday orders. Last year it was the pair of hand-hammered copper earrings
seen in this post. I'm wondering what to do for this year. I'm thinking ..... 1)candy or edible goodies or ... 2)free earrings or ... 3)mystery freebie or maybe (if my supplies come in on time).... 4)little crocheted flower brooch. If you were to buy from me this Christmas, what would you want to find in your package????
What a fun idea! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI love these Heather...such a cute idea! Hope you are enjoying the season! xox natalea
ReplyDeletethose are just darling Heather!!! for a giftie, i would choose the crochet flower brooch...
ReplyDeleteHeather,
ReplyDeleteHow cute :) I love the queen one.
As far as gifts, I'd be happy getting anything handmade.
Take care
Nerissa
Wow!! Those are so gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! They are lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteKarla
those are super fun
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea !
ReplyDeleteThese pins are so pretty !!
I do love the idea of using an old dictionary, it's so poetic.
Very cool idea! I like these!
ReplyDeleteOMG - I LOOOOOVVVEEE These!!!! So great - any chance you'll make hair bobbies from this same idea??
ReplyDeleteWow, I like these!!!!
ReplyDeleteLoving these pretties!! You do such fabulous work... Each piece more beautiful and fascinating as the next
ReplyDeleteHUGS
JO
WOW! These are just Fabulous! I love the colors and they are subtle yet meaningful!
ReplyDeleteSandra Evertson
Oh this is such a unique idea! I haven't seen anything like these yet, really sweet.
ReplyDeletethese are wonderful and so creative!
ReplyDeleteThose hair pins are the coolest. I'd want to find either free earrings or a brooch. Guess what? My art shows went well! May your holiday sales be unprecedented, friend:)
ReplyDeleteThose are absolutely gorgeous! If only I wore pretty pins in my hair. My hair is so fine they slide out.
ReplyDeleteAnything handmade would be lovely though I wouldn't say no to a pretty crocheted flower brooch =)
Ohhhh I love those! What a great idea you had.
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