Showing posts with label Vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage. Show all posts

Friday, July 18, 2014

Covetable Curiosities - Bag 'O Crazy review

Name: Covetable Curiosities
Details: Receive a bag of random, ever-changing goodies, including vintage trinkets or dime store items, crafting supplies, miniatures, paper ephemera, plastic charms, jewelry findings, old game pieces, religious items, thrift store treasure, sales samples, warehouse finds, and old store stock.
Price: $5
Discount Code: Use MYSTERYBAG to receive 15 percent off purchases of $10 or more.


Covetable Curiosities is an amazing Etsy shop. I could spend literally hours searching through all the kooky, crazy, fun tchotchkes and treasures that it offers for sale. However, this review is of the company's Bag 'O Crazy, which includes mystery items with a retail value of at least $20. Let's get crazy, shall we?






Holy cow, look at all this stuff.


There's an envelope from Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, a scary monkey pendant, a penny with a clover shape cut out of it, a plastic pizza...


...a horseshoe pendant, some random plastic things, a metal spoon, a glittery barrette, an iron-on patch with a picture of a hot dog (and really, who doesn't need one of those?)...


...a plastic bowling pin, a hamburger pendant, a red skull and crossbones....

Let's just say that I received a lot of crazy swag! I probably won't be wearing the scary monkey necklace or displaying the plastic pizza anywhere, but I actually do like some of the pendants that I received, and in a non-ironic way.

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For only five dollars, the Bag 'O Crazy was a fun way to bring some novelty into my mailbox. Each bag is completely different, so the next Bag 'O Crazy that Covetable Curiosities sends out will be totally unlike the one that I received. Give it a shot, maybe you'll find that Cracker Jack toy or plastic treasure that you've always wanted!

To order a Bag 'O Crazy from Covetable Curiosities, head here: Bag O' Crazy link


Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Vintage Roundup - Surprise Box of Inspiration review

Name: Vintage Roundup
Details: Receive a surprise vintage box full of 20 or more items that will inspire you to create something fantastic.
Price: $14


When I'm not busy blogging, or working, or taking care of my pets, or spending time with my husband, or cleaning my house, or sleeping, I like to craft (which means that I don't get to craft very often). My crafting methods of choice are sewing, crocheting, cross-stitching, and knitting (albeit poorly for that last one). When I saw that the etsy store Vintage Roundup offers a Surprise Box of Inspiration that's full of vintage items and craft materials, I decided to try it out. It would save me a trip to the craft store, plus I love vintage items, so I couldn't wait to see what I would get.



Everything came packaged in a cute cigar box. (Sounds kind of weird to use the words "cute" and "cigar box" in the same sentence, doesn't it?)


My first look. Oooohh, I'm getting excited!

The following photos show the items that the box contained.


Pretty flowers, music, and buttons!


Vintage postcards!


Lots of doilies and crocheted things with a "timeworn" look.


More randomness, including vintage thread spools and metal pieces.

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This was such a fun box to unpack! Every time that I thought I was getting close to the bottom, I'd uncover another layer of pre-loved stuff to enjoy. I think that I'll end up placing all these items inside a shadowbox and then hanging it on the wall of my sewing room. Once I feed the dogs, write another blog post, grab a meal with my hubby, wash the kitchen floor, and catch a quick catnap, I'll get right on it!

To get your own Surprise Box of Inspiration from Vintage Roundup, head here: Surprise Box of Inspiration link