Cape Cod Style

So another Cape artist, Jeanmarie of Bass River Pottery, recommended I do something quintessentially Cape Cod.

So I commissioned a company, Soap Impressions, to make me a CC stamp that I could use for jewelry.

This is CIM glass in "Ogre", which has some color variations develop as it is worked. The earring backs I purchased as a lot from another jewelry. Opaque colors, particularly Dark Ivory give the best definition.

I'll be selling there at my HyArts shanty in Hyannis from 8/8 - 8/14 and again from 9/5 - 9/11.

See you at the beach.

Progress

We contracted a local company to repaint the parlor.

You may remember it looked like this.....

And now it looks like this.....

I'm utilizing the Cottage Collection by Behr for my color palette. The parlor paint is "Candlewick" with "Garden Rose White" as the trim color. Quite different from our old house which demanded bright clear colors; this house, with it's old Queen Anne styling, needs a softer touch.

You can find the color palette here.

New Digs, New Life

So the big move has been made - we are official Massachusetts residents.

Our historic house in Hyannis is a gracious Queen Anne in a complete state of disrepair. It will take us years to put it right.

Disrepair.....

And when I say disrepair....I mean it.

Thank heavens THAT'S gone.

We celebrated out first Halloween and now will have Thanksgiving as well. Next summer we hope to have a houseful of guests who love the beach.

Big Move

We are now located on Cape Cod, specifically Hyannis. Woo hoo! As the studio gets set up, I'll update.

Vintage Thrift Steampunk Shopping in Cap Cod

We recently wanted to attend a steampunk gathering and I needed so new clothes for my son. He's now 6'1" and has outgrown most of what we've acquired for him.

Luckily we were in Hyannis recently and, if you are on the East coast, I can attest that Cape Cod has some of the best thrift store around. It's a challenge, since at almost every one we find something we have to purchase.

With my son's needs in mind we were able to find two men's button downs in appropriate ecru/tan colors, two pairs of dark pants (one lovely pair in pinstripes) and a fantastic button down vest.

In Hyannis itself we visited Plush and Plunder, a vintage store that is vintage without all the over priced hype we've seen elsewhere. This place has become our new destination shopping venue in Hyannis! We scored a men's top hat, a wool felt round top hat, a black crushed velvet fedora with a leopard print band (think Superfly!) and a pair of Durango boots in used but still good condition. And best of all since it was the "end of season" everything was 1/2 off. Woo woo!

Here's a photo from their website

The entire ceiling is lined with HATS!! Yahoo!

Onto how the clothes were (slightly) altered to steampunk status.

(Here's a link for Plush and Plunder.)

Cape Cod

Spent a long weekend in Cape Cod, Eastham to be exact (or East-um as the locals say). All day Saturday in Ptown where we climbed the Pilgrim's Momument, tallest all granite structure in the US. Here's a shot looking up thru the middle of the structure.

And here's someone having fun with Mom's cellphone camera -