Artgoodies

My favorite and cherished pie making tools. They were my grandma's. One of several pie dishes, her rolling pin, and her pastry wheel. We spent so many moments together making pie. My favorite was always blueberry. We'd pick blueberries, freeze and also can them. When we made pie she'd tell me to go down in the basement and get a bottle of 7Up, then she'd pour the blueberry juice in it and together we'd make pie and drink our blueberry pop. Every time I make a pie I think of her and the time we spent together in her kitchen. Pie is more than just a dessert, its full of sentiment and stories.

Here are 2 mini pies made in vintage pie tins. One for me and one for the freezer. They freeze really well and you can have a freshly baked homemade treat on the spur of the moment!

A delicious blueberry rhubarb pie, I call it blue-barb pie, made with a lattice top pie cutter from the 50s. It’s like a giant cookie cutter, you just press and voila, lattice top pie!

Normally at this time I would be showing you a shot of the color of the month, but it’s the holidays and my side table get’s a festive treat instead! Here’s part of my personal collection, as well as some items available in my vintage shop! My personal favorites are my Rare blue pieces! As you can see,  it’s getting a little crowded in Christmasland! Below are some of my faves available in shop AND I’ve just started a BUY 2 get 1 FREE SALE on items in my vintage holiday category!  Most of these treasures are from Japan. http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagegoodies?section_id=6470643 See shop announcement for details and don’t dilly dally, there are some great finds! Happy Holidays!

adorable vintage snowman ornament, darling on or off the tree!

I am super excited that artgoodies has gotten some super great holiday press this year! The cupcake towel made Food Network Magazines holiday gift guide, the chickadee and quail can be found in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine Holiday Gift guide, and the six pack of towels is in their online holiday gift guide! Plus the squirrel towel and owl stuffie are in Do It Yourself Magazines best of handmade article!!!!

It also became clear the holidays were around the corner last week when Winter arrived with a sudden snowstorm. It was like someone flipped a switch and voila! snow! We are in the midst of another winter storm warning right now. I sure am glad to be done with my last show of the season, and now I can stay cozy and safe working in my studio.         Here’s a quick snapshot of my yard after the very first snowfall of the year!

Last Thursday Kitchen Design Inc here in Grand Rapids hosted me during the annual Uptown Holiday Shop Hop. It was fun to get out and do an event locally since I’m always on the go to shows elsewhere. I spread out across their showroom but just look at how great artgoodies goes with these awesome colored cabinets!

artgoodies stuffies! I've been super busy in the studio working on holiday orders and this order of 150 stuffies from my newest account! Oh and those sweet paint by numbers were done by my grandma and dad! artgoodies stuffies look like they could have just jumped right out of them!

A peek into the studio. There’s my awesome Conrad adjustable etching press, made right here in Michigan. Towels and stuffie pieces drying in the background, you can’t see all the racks in this pic but there’s another whole wall like this back around the left hand corner, plus what I call emergency racks placed around the studio. I pulled 700 prints in 7 days. I’ve been busy busy, sewing, packing orders and of course printing! I’m resting tonight and will be back to the print marathon in the morning! My parents have been totally amazing helping me pack orders, iron, and dad even sewing in tags! I’m so lucky to have such support and love from them, it makes a huge difference especially when you work independently! Go team artgoodies!

It's that time of year when all the leaves and plants are going away and so this month it's ode to green! I have a little green vintage bottle collection perfect for little bouquets around the house. Plus you can find a bunch of the other pieces in my vintage shop!

Get the look with my artgoodies woodthrush towel and more items below! Plus check out more items in my vintage shop by searching there for green!

This awesome pyrex bowl is perfect for mixin it up or for serving salads and sidedishes!

This vintage dress it totally gorgeous! Great for all year and lovely for fall with a cute sweater!