Our 7th anniversary on Etsy!

And the shop is marked down 20% until Monday, November 2!  We are so appreciative of our wonderful, stylish, smart customers, and have felt very lucky to be able to actually do what we love these past seven years.  There is something so satisfying in finding decades-old clothing--very often dirty and stained, and in need of mending--and bringing it back to life, and into the closets of fellow lovers of vintage.

Cheers/Prost to you, and thank you for helping us live the vintage dream!

xoxo

Karen & Andy

four years of favorites

Today is the day, four years ago, that I signed up for an Etsy account.  (To celebrate, the entire Etsy shop is marked down 20% now through tomorrow, October 30, so go shop!)  It's been four years of interesting and beautiful finds, and I decided to look through the archive of sold items and pick some favorites.  This was not easy to do--as you can see by the large number of items I picked!  My favorites aren't always the rarest, fanciest, or most expensive finds.  I definitely have a penchant for print dresses, novelty print skirts, and sweaters.  I hope you enjoy sharing my stroll down memory lane--as well as the variety of photo settings as my skills have (hopefully!) improved.

And thank you again to all the wonderful buyers who make Small Earth Vintage possible! 

1 / 1940s pewter gray whitecaps print dress with rhinestone buttons

2 / 1930s sheer sepia plaid chiffon dress

3 / 1920s red chiffon flapper dress with red velvet and rhinestone trim

4 / 1940s navy swiss dot rayon dress with rhinestones, by Georgiana

5 / 1940s Lilli Ann gray chevron stripe skirt suit

1 / purple print party dress with asymmetric bubble skirt

2 / tartan plaid dress with sailor tie neck, by R&K Originals

3 / Danish modern print dress, by Adele Fashions

4 / cabbage rose print dress, by Jean Leslie Junior

5 / blue rose print party dress, by Vago Juniors

6 / olive and copper dot print chiffon party dress

7 / blue rose print dress with scarf neckline

1 / batik print silk wiggle dress, by Johnnye Junior 

2 / golden cheetah print dress, Claudia by George Halley

3 / sunflower print dress

4 / raw silk little black dress and jacket set, by John Galanos

5 / pique daisy print shift dress

1 / peacock print novelty skirt

2 / novelty print musical birds skirt, by Ethelle of California

3 / flannel hound dog novelty print skirt

4 / Paul Klee "Magic Squares" novelty print skirt with matching sash belt, fabric by Fuller Fabrics

5 / spaniels novelty print full circle skirt

1 / 1940s red pinstripe rayon blouse

2 / 1950s jade green and white Orlon sweater with bows

3 / 1950s mid century leaf print zip-up cardigan, by Petti

4 / 1970s tree farm novelty print sweater

5 / 1960s trompe l'oeil belt sweater

1 / deadstock 1960s Russian Princess tapestry coat with faux fur trim

2 / 1960s large round made in France tortoiseshell plastic sunglasses

3 / 1940s tooled caramel leather peeptoe wedges

4 / 1964 Enid Collins Money Tree X wooden box purse

5 / 1970s gold belt with brass sleeping dove buckle

6 / 1950s navy suede pumps with cut outs, by De Angelo

7 / sled dog cowichan sweater

8 / caramel leather accordion fold purse with contrast stitching

9 / early 1940s or 1950s Vera Neumann silk scarf

xo

k

four years!

Yes, tomorrow, October 29, 2012, is Small Earth Vintage's four year Etsy-versary, marking four years since I first signed up on Etsy.  I stepped into selling there tentatively, but soon began listing more and more items.  I quickly fell in love with the site, and how much fun it was both to sell and buy there.  Things have changed a lot on Etsy over the past four years, and though it's been fun, it's also at times been challenging.  Occasionally they've been of the "oh man, what now?" variety, but mostly, these challenges have had a really positive effect.  They've made me evaluate and reevaluate how I do everything, from taking photos, to writing listings, to what I sell, and how I market the shop--and overall, I think they've resulted in improvements to the shop.

So thank you to Etsy, and also, thank you to the thousands of wonderful, charming, vintage-loving customers we've had the honor of meeting on Etsy over the past four years!  We love you, we love that you love vintage, and to celebrate that, everything in the Etsy shop will be 20% off now through Tuesday, October 30, 2012.  (No coupon code needed; prices are already marked down in the shop.)

By the way, the above graphic was made using a tiny snapshot of our shop archives on Flickr.  I'll be sharing a (very difficult to do) blog tomorrow, showing off my favorite Etsy items over the past four years, as culled from the archives.  But in the meantime, you can feel free to peruse the archives yourself, over at Flickr.

xo

k

we are 3! [giveaway closed]

11/1/11 update: And the winner--chosen via Random.org--is vegAnn!  Thanks so much to everyone for entering.




Editing this post to let you all know: save 15% on all purchases in the Etsy shop with code HAPPY3 now until midnight 12:00 AM EST on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

And don't forget the enter the giveaway (details below)!

This Saturday, October 29, will be the third anniversary of the day I opened my Etsy account.  Andy and I had sold vintage in shops and online for several years before then, but I truly didn't start having so much fun doing it until Etsy entered my life.

To celebrate, we'll be sharing a sale code with those of you fabulous friends and customers who follow me here, on my Twitter, and on the Small Earth Vintage Facebook page.  I'll be sharing the code tomorrow, and it will be valid through Monday, October 31.

I'll also be holding a giveaway for $30.00 toward any purchase in the Small Earth Vintage Etsy shop.  To enter, leave a comment on this blog post telling me what you'd like to see more of on the blog or in the Etsy shop.  Only one comment per person, please.  You can get a secondary entry by tweeting a link to the giveway (be sure include my Twitter handle, @SmallEarthVtg, so I know about your tweet), but again, just one secondary entry per person, please.  I'll stop counting comments at midnight 12:00 am EST on Tuesday, November 1, and will then randomly choose a comment, and announce the winner sometime on Tuesday.

And finally: the shop is closing in on its 2000th sale.  A special surprise will be given to the person who purchases that 2000th item.

Thanks so much to all of you--customers, readers, commenters, and friends--who have helped make the past three years so much fun!  We love you.  

xo

K

It's our second Etsy-versary!

Everything in the shop is already marked down 20%, so start shopping now!

xo

K

500!

Andy is already sleeping, so here is my little woohoo! to the world: Small Earth Vintage just had our 500th sale on Etsy! And I'm happy that number 500 was this pretty little number, a 1950s silk polka-dot dress from Saks Fifth Avenue.




We signed up on Etsy in October 2008, a little over a year ago, but didn't start really listing regularly until this past April or May. Selling on Etsy has totally revitalized the business. Not to mention, it's really, truly been fun. I mean, come on. Etsy has bought me shoes and the shop got a great write-up from LuckyMag.com. I've made the acquaintance of lots of wonderful vintage fans--both customers and fellow sellers. It's been a fantastic first year.

(I think 500 means we deserve a return visit to Restaurant Bloom for a New Old Fashioned and some crispy pork belly.)


Big huge THANK YOUs to everyone for supporting us! We love you.

xo
K & (sleeping)A