stuff

Here is some stuff from my saturday adventures....we went to the South of the James Farmer's Market, Caravatti's for a radiator cover and historic scupper, then I went over to the Forest HIll Antique store and my favorite Diversity Thrift! good day of window shopping and lusting after furniture....until I found the perfect dining room cabinet and got a great deal on it!

But.....here is what I bought. It was so heavy, but once we got in into the house, I was so excited! And it's alrady full!

sewing 101

I am slowly but surely teaching myself how to sew. I picked up a great 70's Singer machine, but I have no idea how to thread it for now....so hand stiching it is. Luckily I can't sit still without having a project at night, so it's been keeping me busy. I scored a lot of Amy Butler scraps on ebay and have been making little purses. I also got this great berry pattern material from Tonic Living and made a huge new pillow for our bedroom! And my latest endeavor is making the cushions for our wicker outdoor set for our screened in back porch. So far I only have two pillows made for that.....one of which is currently living on this fabulous chair (one of a pair that Christina and I got from a curbside goldmine!)

I'm running out of rooms to make pillows for!

etsy shop

On friday our new etsy shop, Flamingo Artifacts, was choosen for the Friday Vintage Finds! It was an article about Danish Modern housewares, which happen to be my favorite kind which made it very exciting to get choosen! The bad thing about etsy for me is it just makes me see even more stuff that I want, there were some great other things choosen as well.

http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/spotlight/article/etsy-finds-vintage-danish-modern/2350/

So with this new exposure, we needed to update the shop! We'll be adding these guys in tonight

where the artifacts are...

We haven't been very good about updating our newest adventure....our etsy shop. We both have collected so many great things, and love to go discover thrift stores and estate sales on Saturday mornings (sometimes Fridays at lunch :o), that we decided to make room for new purchases by sharing the old.

This is my favorite purchase from our last adventure out......

This fondue pot was in the box, wrapped up and came with a great recipe book with fun ideas and I love the graphics!

introduction

hi!

We are M and C, two friends and co workers living and working in Richmond, Virginia. The flamingo artifacts blog is going to be our spot to post stories of our new homes, vintage store finds, artistic endeavors and many adventures. We both love old buildings, modern design, 3 o'clock coffee breaks, lunchtime thrifting and cocktails on the veranda. (i.e. one of our slightly shabby porches)

C just bought a lovely 1920's Bellevue bungalow gem.

M and her husband have embarked on a long list of renovations to their recently purchased Museum District rowhouse.

so keep checking in to see what we are up to!