Getting Crafty

Eversince this little project rekindled my interest in crafting; I've been mentally bookmarking other projects that would be fun to do.

There's something about crafting that has an almost therapeutic effect on me - forces me to sit down and focus on creating something with my hands; something which I won't otherwise be doing in my normal everyday life. It brings me back to a simpler time; way before writing emails and spending countless hours in front of the computer started to muddle with my brain. 

Or maybe its just my creative side trying to peek out; after years of being pushed aside to free up time so that I could complete other more "pressing" things. 

While there are still many other "pressing" things to do; I was able to complete two DIYs recently. The first was a simple paper banner that was inspired by this video. Although they used fabric for the flags, using paper was much easier and they turned out equally cute. 

The other project was a skirt refashioned from a vintage maternity romper that was way too huge to be sold. I liked the little floral prints on the fabric so why let it go to waste?

This was a pretty challenging one for me since I don't have much sewing skills but I'm hoping to get better at it! I think I'm going to add that to my 2012 to-do list.

Hope you've started thinking of new year resolutions!

Xmas Day Post

Whether you celebrate Christmas for religious reasons or not; you probably won't be immune to the general sense of festivity in the air. To me, the Christmas season is a time to get together with friends, indulge in good food, take stock of things in the past year and start thinking about the next.

With that I just wanted to drop a quick post to thank all those who bought a little something from our recent sale. Erlina's Vintage was humbly launched 5 months ago today and the experience has been nothing short of awesome. Here's a quick review of some of the stuff that got bought up during the sale:

I'm heartened to hear that these vintage pieces have found new happy owners and am looking forward to bringing more cool stuff next year!

In the mean time, I'll be celebrating with some homemade buttered popcorn for breakfast

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

I was left in the dark and I'm sorry

Before you start thinking this is going to be an emo post don't worry; I will never subject you to such torture.

What I meant to say is - I've been in the dark on how to remove the background from a photo. Now that I've learnt how to do this efficiently, I can't see how I can ever go back to posting images with so much shadows in the background.

Just the thought of it makes me cringe; and I'm so sorry I had to put you through all those horrid shadowy images! On the flip side; I am truly grateful to all those who bought from Erlina's Vintage despite those images.

Just look at the difference:

BEFORE 

AFTER

I have this overwhelming desire to re-edit all my old photos, but in the interest of time I'm telling myself that I'll just have to let it go and move forward. Especially since there's loads more stock to be photographed and edited.

Here's some sneak peeks of things to come...

Lookout for these listings and more this week!

Have a Cupcake & 30% Off All Items

One of the great things about running your own store is the ability to run your own campaigns, based on what YOU want and what YOU like. This month, I wanted cupcakes and cupcakes I shall have.

Its even better when we both get a win-win situation - I get a cupcake campaign; and you get 30% off all stock online, including new stock that will be listed this week. Yup, I'm not just clearing stuff. This is a true discount for all you vintage lovers out there.

That's what I call having my cake and eating it too.

Anyone knows of a bakery with awesome cupcakes?