Hunt & Gather, where have you been all my life? Discovering you will likely make my top list of fantastic things in 2010. This amazing antiques outpost on 50th & Xerxes came recommended by the stylishly on-point Diana, and she promised I would love it. She was so right. My only disappointment is, having grown up just a few miles away, that I wasn't aware of it sooner!H&G is an absolute scavenger/crafter's paradise. Not a typical antique store by any means, I consider it more of a used supply house. Everywhere you turn you're met with vintage signing, salvaged letters (metal, porcelain, glass ... you name it) and all sorts of buried finds.
On my first trip I came across a pile of old school flashcards and fell in love with the simple sans serif typeface and manila card stock with rounded edges. So I snagged a few and pulled together this easy framing project:
The cards were a mere $1.25 each, and combined with IKEA fabric I already owned and a clearance frame from Target purchased for a rainy day project like this, the whole thing came out to around $8. Shamefully easy and super cheap = right up my alley. So, I couldn't resist a second visit last weekend to purchase even more cards.
Poor Brooke. We spent last Saturday brunching and shopping, with what was likely a painfully long H&G visit. No clue what I'll be doing with these yet (likely framing more for gifts or something similar) but even if they simply stay put in my crafting pile, I couldn't be more thrilled to have discovered such a fantastic shop just minutes from my house.
Aside from the stylishly on point comment...my favorite part about this post is your craftiness!!! You should sell these little diddies on Etsy. I think they would be big sellers.
ReplyDeleteLove it. That might just have to happen. Thoughts on good places to find frames? It'd be fun to rehab some vintage ones with funky paint colors.
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