Funky Find...Good Eye!

A friend scored this really cute old school house desk for me the other day. Let's just say it was priced to move. I love the pink, white and yellow chippy paint...So sweet!
How sweet will this look out in front of my Brimfield booth in May? You'll just have to come see for yourself...

XO...Emily

Paws n Claws adventures in Pet sitting with Miss Emily

Isn't Mickey cute??

Whew! I have been taking care of all the pet sitting visits for Paws N Claws owned by my friend Patti. This one was a long stretch at 16 days. We had all kinds of weather but mostly windy cold and raw... Cape cod spring in other words. Went to many of my favorite houses and saw lots of my favorite fuzzy friends all over the mid Cape. I have a little time to myself now to sew quilts and make cupcakes then start another 2 week dog walking and pet sitting stretch. A special thanks to Korin and my sister Jess for helping make it all work out.

XO Busy Miss Emily

Miss Emily's Vintage Chenille Quilts

Been Cutting mounds of squares for my vintage chenille quilts. I will be making some larger ones this year. Mostly I make them in a size that works for babies and spoiled pets. I had a lot of requests for larger ones last season....so Miss Emily will give the people what they want.
Pretty quilts for wee ones. They will have some pretty vintage chenille on the back too. Sooooooo snuggly.
I will only be offering these at the May Brimfield show and the Wellfleet Oysterfest Craft Show.

Come back soon to see what is next on the menu....XOXO Emily

Fresh Crazy Cakes

A fresh batch!

I will be listing many of these in my etsy shop http://www.crazycakes.etsy.com/

Once again I am smack dab in the middle of a big stretch of pet sitting. I got to visit many of my favorite dogs and met a few new ones. Funny how when I seem to have fewer hours to spend in my sewing room I seem to be more focused and able to get more done. Go freakin' figure.

XO Miss Emily

Beautiful Czech art glass button buttons and Brimfield approaching!!

Check out the modern Czech pressed art glass buttons in fixed price and auction listings in my EBAY SHOP

The May Brimfield Antique Show is creeping up quickly! It's the weekend after mother's day this year for those of us setting up in the J&J field.

I have been pricing and packing loads of vintage and handmade goodies this week in preparation. It's still a little cold to dig in to my cargo trailer. Gotta go through the whole thing and repack....on a warmer drier day!

XO Emily

Today's Florida vacation pics

Got coffee from Saucy Sue at The Fish Camp...

Walked on the beach with Sam...Chased lizards.... Met a Strangler Fig tree in action above...

Came home and napped like diva dogs in the sun......
Caught a free boatride from Captian Billy...


I don't want to go home...

Yellow beer rocks....for now...
I love Captian Billy...Possibly the most laid back guy I have met down here in Nokomis

XO Emily

Holy crap. We made it to Florida in 2 days. I slept the whole time while Dave drove. We slept in the Carolinas somewhere. I was thrilled yo find that I can steal internet from their neighbors out on the screnned in sun-porch where I have been spending mornings with all the doggies looking at the water and huge freaky birds that come by every day.
All maymem broke lose when we showed up with Bella and the Musclekat500...Maddy and sasha have become best friends. There are also 3 cats and one old sweet pooch here too. Sasha loves anyone who shares the same affinity for rope as she does...

Now everyone is pretty chilled out. Samantha has 2 dogs and 2 cays. I am in LOVE with her boxer maddy.

this is the coolest old sign I have ever seen. I have no idea where it was, somewhere in The Carolinas or maybe Georgia.

These are growing in Sam's yard. She made me the best glass of orange juice I have ever had...and it was made with a vintage chrome and bakelite orange juicer. This place is so freskin cute I can hardly satnd it.

Here are my 2 who travel so much better thsn I thought they would. Thank god 2 days in the car ride with them could have been hell! It was a long freakin' ride. They just snuggled up in a big pile of dog blankets and so did I . Minus the 180.00 dollar speeding ticket we got on route 301 the ride was great.

And of course I can't go anywhere without a project so this is what I was working on when I was awake...some special vintage novelty fabric covered buttons. I have been hoarding these cute little bits for just such a project.

Below is sam at work at the fish camp, the cooles little shack that sells beer, burgers and bait. there are a super salty group of hilarious regulars who chill there and I love them all even the freaky spooky toothed ones. Southern folks are nothing like New Englanders...they are actually nice!

I love how chaotic and twisty the trees are around here.

xoem...mackin' it in a tank top showin' off her new ink. Will definetly go check out the fancy tattoo shops while I am here.

Emily Gets Crackin'

Been takin' it easy after the holidays...
Just starting to get back in to the swing of things again....filling in my inventory of Emily's greatest hits! Thought I would start with some pretty covered buttons. I love making these form all the little bits of vintage fabric and antique linens I have collected over the years. Cupcakes are next on the menu....I need a huge pile of them for this coming show season. Well, this weekend is a pet sitting weekend for me so I will be freezing my butt off walking dogs around The Cape in the bitter cold....XO Emily

Emily's Czech art glass button eBay listings!

Still haven't been sewing much. Been listing pretty groups of buttons over in my ebay shop though.

http://stores.ebay.com/Emily-s-Vintage-Cottage_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

Lustered black glass lot... http://cgi.ebay.com/16-MODERN-CZECH-ART-GLASS-BUTTONS-BLACK-GLASS-MIX_W0QQitemZ180206427509QQihZ008QQcategoryZ115QQcmdZViewItem

Fancy 1 inch button pairs...http://cgi.ebay.com/30-NEW-CZECH-GLASS-BUTTONS-FANCY-COLLECTOR-DESIGNER_W0QQitemZ180206365313QQihZ008QQcategoryZ115QQcmdZViewItem

I've also had some more work on my arm done. These beautiful flowers were done last wednesday. There are 3 of them and a few more vines and leaves were added too. It's still sore and itchy and peely. A few more days and it will feel like my skin again. Still a work in progress...

So lovely....XO Emily

After-holiday break for Emily

I have been taking care of the pet sitting for a friend who has a small business. Over the holidays, when she goes away, I take care of her client's dogs and cats. Below is Gracie the Great Dane, I am in love with her. She's the biggest & sweetest dog I know.

I didn't have time to make much while pet sitting and dealing with holiday family crap but....

My friend Korin has been busy with a new line of fine sterling profanity jewelry. I am simply love it, all of it. I have a total potty mouth and think each is perfect. can't wait to see what kind of goodies she comes up for Valentines day....Anything you can think of she can do in your size. Also great Divorce and break up rings or every day accessories if you are an old punk rocker...

http://vanityprofanity.etsy.com/

Not for the prim, proper or faint of heart...

I was happy to be the hand model for this bracelet below


Click this link for bracelet details http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8550063

Click link for ring details http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8551456

Click link for ring detail http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8546911

I swear I will be maiking great new suff for 2008 show season soon...

XOEmily

Emily's Beautiful Leafy Madness

You may not know this about me but I like getting pretty tattoos... Fortunately, I know a couple of incredibly talented tattoo artists....


This winter I am having some new work and some old work touched up by friend and incredible artist Michael Tupper of Eternal Fountain. I am so impressed with how pretty this came out and how well the (totally hand drawn) stencil fit my arm...on the first try. In the future it will grow and new flowers will be blooming soon... till then you'll just have to stare at these pics above.

Miss Emily

Boston Bazaar Bizarre...Emily's pics

I wish I took more pictures at this show but the lighting was not the greatest in the afternoon when I went around for my second round of photos. I did get some good shots to share with you. There were a lot of vendors I recognized from Etsy. My display was one of the tallest things in the room..hooray. I had a little bit of everything on my table, Emily's greatest hits! The chenille cupcake was the best seller. I also sold a ton of Czech glass buttons and a pretty good mix of everything else. There was a line outside to get in for most of the day. I love a busy show!

There was a lot of silk screened stuff of all kinds....cards, bags, clothing etc. I really liked these cute printed bags and pouches above, especially the seahorses.

These are the oddest and cutest little ping pong ball cozies. They remind me of Pac-Man. I recognizes some other things on her table from seeing her work on Etsy. Check out http://www.tadworks.etsy.com/ for more little creatures and hand made goods.

Pretty handmade yarns in delicious colors by http://www.misshawklet.com/ they look good enough to eat!

These faux taxidermy creatures were by far my favorite things I saw all day. They are made by Jessica Tamson and can be found at http://www.fauxtaxidermy.com/

I came pretty to buying the red one on the right but this show was a money making mission and thankfully it was!That's Amanda and her mom below. Amanda and I met when she was shopping in my Brimfield booth and she came to the show to get some holiday gifts. I wish my mom would follow me around writing checks!
The girls above had some funky accessories. They were directly behind me. Next year, if I make the cut I will try to get a wall space. I was not so hip on the back to back rows with no dividers. It looked a little messy, not what I am used to at the outdoor shows but the money and the crowd was there and we had fun.

No, that's not Brett Mcnutt below. That was one of my neighbors who could be Brett's twin. I couldn't stop looking over there all day. It was totally freaking me out. He is a chilled out fella from Burlington VT and sold heavy duty messenger bags and some cool wallets made from recycled Bike tire tubes. The DJs were great and so was Johnny Spaceman above playing his Theramin. That thing makes crazy sci-fi noise and he was using it to make songs. Johnny payed a few Christmas songs but mainly did alternative & punk covers from bands like The Pixies, Ramones, Nirvana and The Clash. It was fun playing name that tune. A very unique sound from a very unique guy with a very unique vintage shirt. The show ended at 6:00 and we were on the road by 6:30. Loading out one table of goods is a piece of cake ha, ha, ha.

More soon...Emily