Vintage Fun!

My son and daughter had a chiffarobe in their room that was about to fall apart. Every time you pulled out the middle drawer, the whole front of the drawer would come off.  So we got the bright idea that we should look at the thrift store while we were dropping off a donation to see if we could find one. My husband is handy with paint and I am a decent refinisher thanks to my mom and her love of antiques, so we figured we could pretty one up if we could find a sturdy one.  Couldn't find anything in Monterey, so we saw an ad for a used furniture store in Castroville and figure we'd go. It was closed, but my husband said there was a listing for another thrift store that should be a couple blocks up and he would walk up and check it out. I get a phone call that they have tons of dressers, so I go in, and what he thought was a Salvation Army was actually a vintage resale shop. And boy was it a fun place to look around! They had lots of vintage buttons (some of which came home with me ) ,china, glassware,clothes,and furniture.  And there in the front of the store was a gorgeous maple dresser with filgree drawer pulls and matching side tables. So while my husband was loading it into the car, I looked around and it dawned on me....I have matching glassware and teacups to a lot of the china she had displayed. No wonder I felt so at home there!!

Of course now I have some more vintage jewelry and buttons to create with too, so all in all a fun afternoon.

Tutu Dresses and Random Things

So I used the instructions I had for the tutu dress and I hated it...lol.  I sat down and looked at a whole bunch of them and I figured something out......why am I making a "no sew" tutu dress when I actually do know how to sew???  Took it apart and restarted it, this time sewing it instead of knotting and I have to say it looks about a 100 times cuter. I can't wait to finish it, but I have a couple of orders I need to get done first....and my husband has decided that we need to get pre moving stuff done THIS WEEKEND.......even though we aren't actually moving until November. But hey, if it gets my house cleaned I am all for it.  I got an absolutely amazing ribbon organizer from a friend though, so I started organizing with my addiction...I mean my ribbon and fabric stocks.  I thought my mom had a lot of fabric....but it seems craft addiction is hereditary and I have it too. My poor daughter...

Speaking of my daughter, her birthday is coming up next week too, so I have to get a cake baked for her too. Unless I cop out and go to the bakery which is really looking good right now.Especially as she has dumped the laundry basket for the 6th time trying to "help" mommy. Then I have to figure out what to get a 1 yr old girl......This is a first for me. I have 2 other kids, but they are all boys. I am dying to get her something uber girly but I haven't figured out what yet.  Any ideas??

Tuesday Madness

So the sisters have been busy, although it may not look like it from the blog!  Last weekend we ran around Monterey together with the husbands and the big herd of kids. We went out to lunch and the kids all sat at a table together and DID NOT FIGHT! Yes this is amazing. All thanks to the oldest, Mal who took charge. It was surreal sitting at a table with all adult conversation when I spend most of my day with 2 toddlers and a school ager.  So refreshed with Ghiradelli Ice Cream from the soda fountain we are back to work.

The vintage side of Two Sisters is going well! We have several headbands in the works,some more clips and dresses. The red birdcage veil is finished and with its new owner, so we should have some pics up of that shortly.  We also did are first little veil for a photography prop, but it turned out so much better than we thought. We will be giving one away at our friend Brandy's Blog once she hits enough fans at her facebook site. They are available at the extremely reasonable price of 20 dollars.

I am going to be trying my first ever tutu dress so please wish me luck. My daughter's first birthday is comming up and I am making (hopefully) a tutu dress and a marabou trimmed giraffe party hat for her pictures. Ordered the supplies today, fingers crossed.

Lots more bows comming up soon as well. I have several just waiting to be finished off, including some cute Halloween korkers and Bows. Never to early to stock up!

Have a Wonderful Day!!!----Robyn at Two Sisters

Recent Happenings

Sorry it has been so long since we last updated, but things have been busy with the two sisters.  We have been hard at work and new korkers,bows,dresses and skirts will be posted soon.  In addition we have been working on something near and dear to our hearts......vintage and vintage inspired designs.

We love the classy and fun looks from the 1920's and 30's. 
Robyn has been hard at work on some new birdcage blusher veils. A birdcage blusher for those of you that don't know is a veil that covers the hair and comes to the level of the cheekbones. They are very flattering and can be worn with the hair up or down, or put at a sassy tilt to cover one eye.  While they can be worn by brides, and Robyn can do them in white, they are a fun accessory in colors too. They are appropriate for church, summer picnics,weddings and a night on the town, and can be as understated or as over the top as your imagination. They are the hair candy for us grown up divas!

Michele has some feathers that should be arriving at her place soon for some feather fun headbands and hats. And she has scoured California for vintage jewelery to use in some one of a kind pieces.

We also are working on a flapper style dress with an updated twist. This can be machine washed!!!  The crystals will all be removable for easy washing and drying, then can be reaatached. All the fun, but none of the worries about care.

Then we had to think of a name for all of this! So we came up with "Not your Grandma's Vintage".  We also have a new facebook page in addition to Two Sister designs called "Not Your Grandma's Vintage by Two Sister Designs" in order to showcase these items which we know are not everyone's cup of tea.

So come and check out our "sister" page at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.174793365914426.44495.140818792645217 . We will be having fun little stories,trivia and questions so there will always be something new. Right now there is a poll up about your favorite "by gone" era.

Winner!!!!

The winner of the minnie inspired korker bow is.........Veronica!! Thanks to Mr Random.org for helping is to draw. An email will be going out shortly. Thanks for playing!

Lets Have some Fun with the Blog!!

   I know a lot of people had contests for sending them fans on facebook, but we aren't allowed to do that anymore. Since we will be having all giveaways on the blog now I want to try something out!

Lets have a referral contest using the blog! Send us anyone you know who loves "girly wonderland" to like our page on Facebook and post ON THIS BLOG POST who sent them. The person who refers the most new followers over the next 3 days will get a 2.5 inch mickey and minnie inspired korker bow. And to make it fun we will randomly draw the name of one of the new fans the winner sent and the name of one of our total followers on the blog too.  So there are 3 total being given away ( and notice that if you are already a fan on Facebook and become a new follower of our blog you will have a entry into this contest too!)

Please remember the following :

• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Blogger.
• Entry aknowledges complete release for Facebook and Blogger from each entrant or participant.
• Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the promotion will be directed to us at twosistersdesign@att.net, not Facebook or Blogger.

***note that the winner will need to pay $0.01 for shipping through paypal. Please allow 7-10 buisness days for handling.
****note also that duplicate entries or"fake"profiles will not be accepted and if you are caught cheating you will be disqualified from all future promotions and banned from our Facebook page. Contests are supposed to be fun and fair and cheating ruins the fun for all of us. I hate that I have to say this, but this way you can't say you weren't warned.

700 sale!!

Well 2 hours later we are at 700 fans on Facebook!! So we are announcing a sale.  Korker and Mini Piggie Korker bows are now buy one get one half price. This does include custom color requests so if you have some colors you have been dying to have a korker in for your little princess let us know! Also our first 3 orders will get a free (hey I can say free on my blog...unlike on Facebook!!) embellished clippie with their order as a thank you gift (Facebook fans only).  Orders must be paid in full by midnight on Sunday May 22nd, 2011 to be eligible for the discount.

Monday Madness

So this was a busy weekend. In between trips to the Children's hospital in Palo Alto,the laundromat because the dryer decided now would be a great time to quit,Church and the pharmacy because my strawberry allergic son decided to eat something with strawberries in it I actually did get some things done! I ran out of alligator clips though, so I am waiting on the postman now before I can post them. There are some Boise State ones,pirate princess,animal prints, made to match gymboree and more.

We are very close to 700 fans on our Facebook site, and at 1000 we will be doing a giveaway here on the blog and inviting our facebook fans since the rules say we have to do that...unless Facebook decides to change things yet again. I may also be posting a special on korker bows if we hit that magic 700 today.

Well off to stalk the postman since he just pulled up at the mailbox!! 

Cinco de Mayo

Since it is Cinco de Mayo we have another sale!..For $5 shipped get your choice of  a pair of pigtail flower clippies in Pink or Blue! Pink set has clear crystal centers and Blue has dark blue crystal centers. On partially lined alligator clips they are perfect to wear with pigtails, or they can be worn individually. Email us at twosistersdesign@att.net or check us out on facebook at www.facebook.com/twosisterdesigns for details!!

Mother's Day Special

In honor of Mother's Day (which is comming soon..this Sunday!!) we have a special offer.  From now until midnight on Sunday May 8, 2011 "Pretty in Paris","Hello Kitty" or "Sweet Strawberry" patterns will be available as a matching mother/daughter pair.Mother's will be an adult size tunic top and daughter's (up to a size 6) will be a matching dress.Fabric is cool and breezy 100% cotton, perfect for summer.  The first 4 orders will also get a coordinating hair candy! The sets will be $40 a peice( reg price is $35 and up for an adult,$20 for a child), and please allow 1-2 weeks processing time.

This is the "Sweet Strawberry" pattern.  Please check out www.facebook.com/twosisterdesigns for "Pretty in Paris" and "Hello Kitty"

Sale time

We are doing a 10% off your entire order sale good until Friday at 5pm!!

May happenings

May is almost here! Where did the year go, wasn't it just January like last week?  We will be at the Seton Ministry Center "Shop till you drop" on Monday night (May 2nd). We will also be stocking new items at the salon next week too, so our Bakersfield fans should come visit!  We will also be doing a special giveaway durring the month of May, details TBA once we have everything in place. 

We will also be posting lots of new items on Facebook and in our ETSY shop so check back often.

Two Sisters

Giveaways,News and stuff

So things have been very busy at the Two Sisters two houses this month.  We have a show in Bakersfield on May 2nd at the Seton Ministry center from 7 to 9, so any of our Bakersfield area fans, come on out and see us there! We will have tons of cute things,some of which have not been posted on our Facebook or ETSY yet.

Speaking of Facebook, they have changed a bunch of the rules, and since it is so hard to keep track of what they have decided is bad for the next 5 minutes...We will be doing any future giveaways here on the blog. Our next one will be happening soon, after the show, so make sure to check back.

Two Sisters

Happy Monday!

So it's Monday again. Yay!  If I keep saying that will it get better?

So here is the latest. A whole bunch of new bows and flowers were posted yesterday, and a new contest to win a bow.  Guess the day we get to 500 fans on Facebook and you could win a bow of Michele's choice! We are sponsoring a couple of giveaways too right now at Swan Lake ETC and Stargazinglilly,

There will be some new korkers posted today, but the twirl skirts are delayed due to a massive power outage in Monterey, CA.  .

Current goings on

Here is the current updates of what is going on here. 
We have been busily working on some new items and a really big order in between kid wrangling. 
Robyn entered a dress made from her husband"s uniform in a contest over at the Boutique Challenge Group and won the challenge.  We had a comment sale there last night, and also next Tuesday so if you are looking for some cute, discounted items they are there!

We are also currently doing our 250 fan giveaway on Facebook, so if you haven't entered, you have until Friday. All you have to do is comment on the picture in the album "250 fan giveaway" with 4 numbers between 1 and 30.  No liking 6 different pages or standing on your head or anything.

Michele has been busily making some new hair candy using some vintage jewlery. I can't wait to put up pictures of it! Robyn has been tying korkers like mad and they will be up on the page soon too. 

Well, better get back to Wednesday nagging of the 4th grader to do his school work....

I think I have an addiction....

Yes you read that right. I think I have an addiction....to baby hairbows.  Once upon a time I was the mom of 2 boys. They have cute clothes with monsters,hockey players and such on them ,but lets face it. Boys don't accesorize and they don't care. The oldest thinks plaids and stripes are great together...what does it mater as long as he wears clothes right? And don't get me started on the toddler. 

But then I had a baby girl.....and a whole new world was opened up to me. I mean I have 2 neices so I have bought girl stuff before, but it was mostly "let's go get your cousin a gift quickly before the boys knock over all the racks or become allergic to pink".  When she was born I didn't even know where to start. All the baby stores around us had blah stuff. I would see cute hairbows on other little girls and have "hairbow envy". Then I discovered (thanks to a good friend) that there were websites with hairbows...Lots of hairbows!!  I bought them for my neice too and infected her with the pretty hairbow bug. Then I had to make my own because I needed particular colors, then because it was fun, and now here I am.  Everything is a blur.........where is my ribbon and glue gun??

Blogging

So we decided to start blogging about life and craziness in general. To introduce ourselves, we are 2 sisters by marriage (Robyn and Michele) who love to do handcrafts.

Robyn is a stay at home mom of 3 with a school ager,a toddler and an infant so of course her house is crazy.
Michele is a working girl with a preteen and a school ager so she is crazy in a different way.

Hopefully we can entertain you along the way and share some online boutiques we love (as well as our own)!

Got to go, I have dueling harmonicas from the toddler and the schoolboy and something smells funny..............