Organization Ideas and a Giveaway!

I'm not proud to admit it but the sewing room is still not organized very well (read: at all), but I'm finally getting an idea of how to go about getting it in shape. One of our biggest problems before moving was the way we were storing our go-to tools, the things we use the most often. We just had them all jumbled in a gallon Ziploc bag and we could never find anything.

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For our really frequently used tools I want to get a nice big pegboard. The options with pegboard are really open, you can use different hooks, supports for dowels to put ribbon on and even hanging boxes for small items.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/organizing/organizing-craft-room

I've also decided that I definitely need to make use of the hanging mason jar idea, mostly just because it looks awesome. It would go great with Cami's obsessive button collection.

But I digress, the other reason I'm posting is that Drapes Of Wrath is hosting our very first Apron Giveaway! The blogs been a little quiet lately, and we haven't made a new apron aside from custom orders since we moved. I figure you all deserve a treat for bearing with us.

We're giving away the Build Me Up Buttercup apron! This apron is up-cycled from vintage curtains, the ruffles are cute and fun, perfect for summer. It even has a hidden pocket in the top ruffle line. It has a teal blue floral print waistband with a finishing touch of matching ribbon bows.

We will announce the winner next Friday, August 12th. See how you can enter below!

Weekly Vintage Loot + Mystery Awesomeness

Since we've opened up the Behind the Drapes vintage shop I'm going to start posting each week about the cool vintage treasures we've found for our shop.

1960s Domestic Buttonhole Worker

I think this is my favorite piece this week because it really has character. Growing up with my mom's singer treadle machine, a vintage electric Bernina and all the accessories for both I developed a true fascination with sewing machine parts they amazed me as a child and they still do now.

1970's Ceramic Goblets with Wood Stems

This set of 70's goblets really drew my eye because of their lovely glaze, they match but each is so unique. Cami and our mom both have a love of pottery, and the part that I enjoyed the most was the glazing. The process of glazing is like a fantastically planned surprise, the glaze may have an anticipated color but you can never know for sure how it will turn out until it comes out of the kiln.

Leo Constellation Shirt

Speaking of surprises, I just rediscovered my favorite tee-shirt shop: isotope. They have the coolest screen printed tee-shirts on the interwebs. I really like this shirt, especially because I'm a Leo, but it would be impossible for me to choose just one favorite. Which brings me to the best part about their shop: you can purchase a Mystery Tee-shirt Grab Bag in any size and they'll send you 3 or 5 random tees at a discounted price. I don't know about you, but to me paying less for a mystery surprise sounds like a steal.

Maybe I'll get a Leo shirt in my grab bag... I'll keep you posted. I'll also be posting soon about our latest brainchild, the Up-cycling Challenge Apron.

Summertime Treasuries

We've been busy this last weekend doing some vintage hunting for our new vintage shop Behind the Drapes and I'm working on photographing our new items and getting them posted. We've also added a cool new custom apron listing to the Drapes Of Wrath shop which I will write a little bit more about in another post. If you just can't wait you can check out the listing here.

In the mean time here are a few of the fun summer treasuries we've been featured in lately.

The first is a colorful collection of Rainy Days and Sunshine (which is sooo Seattle, amirite?). It comes from Monique over at Crabby Treats, who makes some delicious looking lollies.

This next treasury makes me want to go buy a two gallon bucket of rainbow sherbert all for myself, no joke.

Created by Andrea of Wild Wilderness Photos, and looking at her work it's no wonder she has an eye for treasuries. Simply gorgeous photos.

This last lovely treasury comes to us from Sheryl of Adornier Designs. She sells beautiful accessories from down under, where they are patiently waiting for spring to come around the corner.

June Flowers Bring July Showers?

 

A couple weeks ago when I got this beautiful hanging flower basket to put up by my front door it was sunny and gorgeous outside.

What happened to that weather? I wish it would come back and replace the fog and rain we had this week. At least we have custom orders to keep us busy inside.

Pay No Attention to the Woman Behind the Drapes

The new sewing room isn't organized and pretty enough for me to share pictures with you yet but I do have some other exciting news. For a while now Cami and I have been waffling back and forth over whether we should start another Etsy shop to dip into the vintage market, and I am proud to announce that we decided to go for it!

To be honest I started off with a pretty safe bet by selling a dress that I had bought for myself quite a few years ago, when I was quite a bit slimmer. I had long since given up on it ever fitting again, and given that I never got a chance to wear it anyways it wasn't hard to let go.

Normally this would be where I link that pretty photo of the dress to the listing in the new shop, if the thing hadn't sold within an hour of posting. Seriously, less than an hour! Obviously I underestimated the goldmine of opportunities here. So yes, sadly that dress is already going to be sent off to a new home. We do however have a few listings for some pretty cool old fabrics.

Cute Set of Car Print Stretch Knits

We also have some neat sets of vintage seam bindings, hem tape, bias tape and the like. My favorite part about the notions is that there's a color called "Atom Red."

Set of 4 Boiltex Seam Bindings

The shop is a little bare at the moment, but I am still in the process of photographing a lot of fabric. Hopefully the listings there should trickle in as the days go by if I can stay on top of it. I will keep you guys posted on the giveaway, since it's our first, and the sellers first, it may be a bumpy ride!