Designers, makers, curators, bloggers, and boutique owners have been abuzz with news of Pantone's 2021 "colors of the year." Even venues like Etsy issued their own "color of the year," too. Pantone went with two colors this year — "illuminating yellow" and "ultimate gray." Etsy settled on sky blue. Both style-making authorities cited optimism in choosing uplifting colors, though Pantone … [Read more...] about Why Brown Deserves a Place with The Colors of the Year for 2021
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Plan for Spring and Summer with Vintage Sewing Patterns
If you're hunkered down with the new wave of COVID restrictions and are looking for something productive to do inside, don't worry — we've got you covered. I've just added a bunch more vintage womens' sewing patterns to my shop giving you lots of options for projects to make to get ready for the spring and summer. Vintage Wedding and Parties Take your wedding into the Way Back Machine with … [Read more...] about Plan for Spring and Summer with Vintage Sewing Patterns
Customer Story: Eden at Olden Vintage
Eden Saalsaa began buying vintage fabrics from me this year, which is how I got to know her. She shared with me when she was checking out my shop that she was on a quest to pursue a long-held passion as a designer of home interior goods. When she found my shop she was sourcing vintage fabric for a blossoming plan she had to create the brand Olden Vintage Co. As she explains it, In March I was … [Read more...] about Customer Story: Eden at Olden Vintage
Vintage Christmas Cards for a more Charming, Greener Christmas
Though I typically deal in luxury, vintage decorator (and other) fabrics and textiles, I'm increasingly looking to expand into vintage paper products. So much vintage paper stuff is so amazingly cool to look at, and it's so worth it to re-use these historic papers for projects, as gifts, and for other re-uses. Not only are vintage paper sources infinitely more green than their new counterparts, … [Read more...] about Vintage Christmas Cards for a more Charming, Greener Christmas
Cyber Week Sale, 10%-20% off, Ends Dec. 2
Welcome to my new feature — apprising you of the latest additions to my shop each week. The biggest news about this week is that Lady Virginia Vintage is part of Etsy's Cyber Sale 2020. In my shop you can get between 10%-20% on almost everything in the shop with free domestic shipping on orders over $35. The one exception to our sale is that we couldn't discount our Robert Allen Ming Dragon … [Read more...] about Cyber Week Sale, 10%-20% off, Ends Dec. 2
My Beautiful Ugly Packaging
"Beauty is as beauty does" — Chaucer in The Wife of Bath's Tale (c. 1387) (Originally "Handsome is as handsome does.") The other day an ad for "sustainable" branded packaging passed through my Instagram feed. The eye candy hooked me, and I clicked through. On their About page the company, Noissue, says they were founded ...to provide makers, brands and businesses of all sizes access to … [Read more...] about My Beautiful Ugly Packaging
