jules and juniper

I have yet to write/post on many things, including my adventures in CRAFT WEEK DC. I will try try try to get to it some time in the not so distant future. Promise.

For now I am busy with the previously eluded to ‘projects’ and prepping for attending the Summit of Awesome. Yes, you read that right, Summit – of – Awesome. Well, we shall see how it goes. I’m just hoping to meet some cool people, learn some cool things and have a good time.  I think they should be able to manage that, don’t you?

 Also, another sale at the jewelry shop today!

AND a jewelry show for you on Friday. I can’t go (awesomeness calls) but you should.

Inspiring photography by Polly Wreford (via Hidden in France, via Keltainnen Talo Rannalla). If I ever want my space to look this wonderful I really need to start by cleaning my room…

To say that I have been busy is really quite the understatement. Jewelry, school, vintage, baking and oh yeah, I have a day job too! All this is to say that I’ve been a little late getting to all this Craft Week DC business, which started, well at the beginning of this week! I’m not a slacker, really, just sooooooper busy!!!! (update: Craft Week DC actually starts today so I am just on time!)

And so I am about to leave the office just a wee bit early to make this talk on Art vs. Craft. It’s a very hot topic so it should be good. I’ll report back later.

I was working diligently last night – packaging orders, writing thank yous, making jewelry and posting items to the vintage shop and what did I see on the etsy home page?

I know right?! The most perfect pair of vintage roller skates on the treasury (at like 11:30 pm). Oh if I had the ideal boyfriend he certainly would have snatched these up for me. Alas, I only had time to “favorite” them and not too much later they were SOLD to some LUCKY individual. Tis better to have loved and lost, than.. (you know the saying). Congrats to Talyn Vintage on making the treasury and making a fabulous sale!

… This afternoon I received another sale to the vintage shop. Yay for me!

It’s Friday. The sun is shining. AND Peyton and I are going to the Cat for Thao Nguyen. Today, life is great! :)

ALSO, I had 5 sales this week. Yeah, I’m awesome!!! (and so is Thao, check her out, seriously.)

So I awoke this morning to the greatest little gift in my inbox – my first ever vintage sale on etsy! Trudy, all the way from across the pond, emailed me yesterday to enquire about shipping to the UK. I sent her an estimate yesterday and while I was sleeping she made the purchase – a vintage CoCo Chanel planter. In her email she described it as “… so ace and weird!” Well, Trudy, I couldn’t agree more! Thanks for being the first Jsquared Vintage sale!

For those of you lovely folks who attended the now legendary Bored of Trade March 2009, you know that along with my jewelry line (that term still sounds funny to me), jules and juniper, I also sold vintage clothing and accessories under the name, J² Vintage. Selling vintage, online and in a boutique is something that I have been thinking about and tinkering with over the past 9 months or so. My friends know that I’ve had an interest in vintage and thrifting and fashion for a very long time. Much longer in fact, than the amount of time I have been thinking about (and tinkering with :)) jewelry. Not that one is more important than the other. In fact, I put vintage on the back burner for the longest time, fearing it would interfere with jewelry and the work I am doing at school. More than anything, I’ve tried to put the “craft” first and business second. Well, vintage and thrifting and shopping in general aren’t really a “craft” that I have to study, they’re things that I do anyhow. Oftentimes thrifting for me is more of a relaxing vacation from my stresses than anything else so it’s never felt like much in the way of work. I was simply waiting for the right time (now?) and the right way to sell. Jewelry is still my #1 priority at the moment so I knew selling vintage would have to be a) convenient and b) fun. Well, here you have it! Bored of Trade was the perfect opportunity to sell vintage without investing a ton of extra time. AND, my accompanying etsy site will for the time being focus on things that are easy for me to photograph, post and store in my home. Most of my vintage clothing finds will be sold in a boutique (read: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FORTHCOMING) that I could not be more thrilled to work with.

For now, visit the new J² Vintage esty shop and check out the awesome things I have posted!

Also, special thanks to Lindsay (lindso) for all of the encouragement and approval of my thrifted finds.

AND super special thanks to the lovely, adorable, ever so sweet Elizabeth Graeber for designing my logo and business cards for the new shop!

Craigslist Housing – Paris. The perfect midday mental vacation. :)