Etsy Treasuries

If you have not explored the Etsy.com site yet, you gotta. I am continually amazed at the things people can create.

One of the fun ways to see all the different kinds of things etsy.com has to offer, is to explore the "Treasuries." These are themed collages of items for sale, created by etsy members.

This is a list of the treasuries I've created (click on the title to see the full collage)...

http://www.etsy.com/people/hmmosko/treasury?sort=creation_date&order=desc

Once you start exploring the wares for sale on etsy and realize the beautiful things you can buy directly from the artists, you will find yourself going back again and again. Enjoy!

Beginnings, Endings, Beginnings

I feel like finding vintage things for my etsy shop is part of a cycle. The things I hunt down were once new, treasured, then became "old" and unwanted, tucked away in the corner of the garage or attic, and then years later are taken out again to either have a little sticker with ".25" stuck to them or put in a box for Salvation Army. But then they are rediscovered, bought again by someone who treasures or collects that exact vintage thing-a-ma-bob.

On this rainy, gray Monday, I finished putting together a cover letter, synopsis and manuscript for a publisher. This is the last manuscript I finished and one of the last publishers I plan on approaching for awhile, so in some ways I'm feeling like I'm in a cycle myself. Putting aside what I have been pursuing for the last several years to explore new things, but I still have hope someday I'll rediscover my passion when the time is right.

So on my way home from the post office, I stopped at the local Goodwill just to poke around. In addition to finding some great old enameled refrigerator tins (just put them up in the etsy shop)I also found - I hesitate to say "strange thing" because I think it's great - not Monopoly, but...




The game was sealed so I couldn't peak in, but reading the side it looks like it was a fund raiser for a Temple in Baltimore.