yummy etsy goodness

Is anyone else slightly obsessed with etsy? I have just recently discovered the wonders of it. I love trawling through etsy’s marketplace of handmade delights, and I particularly love the vintage stuff. The kind of stuff you normally have to really hunt for. Etsy’s mission is to “enable people to make a living making things, to build a new economy and present a better choice”. Hear hear. I love things that are made with love and when you can tell that they are. Your creativity really has no limits, as you will see on etsy.

(Warning: may make you spend hours online when you should be doing other stuff.)

Here are some of my favourites today… a page full of etsy delight.

credits anti-clockwise from cameo: 1. victorian style butterfly cameo 2. majestic sparrow necklace in brass 3. lil hand painted acrylic ‘true’ ‘love’ earrings 4. bird series spring 5. delicate fly away with me balloon necklace

Oh and speaking of groovy wonders that are non-mass-produced, I happened to stumble across two wonderful shops today here in LA (they are right next door) called the Majestical Roof (indie artists boutique), and Lula Mae (cutesie gifts and unique vintage stuff with super lovely staff). Majestical Roof has been described as like opening a box filled with imagination, beauty, color and fun. They have monthly alternative art markets where everything is made locally (a refreshing change from alot of the mass-manufactured crap you get in LA). Here’s a photo I took of the gorgeous wee courtyard where you’ll find this little gem.

Now I shall get back to daydreaming…