There are lots of things happening this week at the Curious Nest!

First we have combined our online stores (jewelry and antiques) into one and it is up and running now at www.thecuriousnest.com/catalog and we will slowly be adding to it .

Also we received several unusual antiques this week just in time for All Saint’s and All Souls Day, one of which is a Joan of Arc statue from 1913, a gorgeous mourning frame made with hair and 2 embroidered sacred hearts under domed glass.

And I apologize for all the photos…I got a little carried away with my creations! In addition to the new jewelry I also made ornaments with found objects and old French medals that range in price from $10-$18 each. I also created greeting cards using vintage French holy cards set onto stationary using photo corners (so the card can be removed), these are $6 each and I have about 30 cards to put out this week.

And last but not least I went wild making all kinds of new additions to my All Saint’s jewelry collection!

Also our segment on Evening Magazine will air this Thursday at 7pm on King 5 and will also be on their website http://www.king5.com/on-tv/evening-magazine on Friday.

Enjoy and we hope to see you this weekend but in the meantime here are some pictures of the new goodies…

We just got our box of antiques from France today! All kinds of new goodies are priced and in the shop starting tomorrow, here are a few pictures.

Some of my favorites are the gorgeous holy water font with the angel, the St. Michel sterling pin and the really ornate bone game pieces…and lots of other things too.

So come in and take a peak or send us an email if you have any questions.

We also have some new pottery from Lark that I didn’t get a chance to photograph yet but it is out!

Hope to see you this weekend!

Here is the unveiling of my Edgar Allan Poe collection…just in time to get spooky for Halloween!!! I have been working my little fingers to the bone on these lovely Poe and 19^th century inspired jewels and so here they all are with a price list and descriptions. Just let me know if anything catches your eye or makes your heart start beating rapidly. I will have them in the shop ready to peruse starting tomorrow and other spooky treats.

Was so excited today to get a box of pottery from Lark! These are some of her new pieces and I am completely smitten with her lily of the valley vases and the peach cookie jar is really stellar. As some of you know, Lark hand throws, sculpts and paints each piece so it takes awhile for her to create this many pieces but it was well worth the wait! We will have them all out in the shop starting tomorrow but in the meantime here are some pictures.

I couldn’t wait till October 1st, I had to do our Halloween window today so I can have it up the whole month! The season is upon us and I am working on a collection of jewelry inspired by the stories of Edgar Allan Poe…so our window theme had to be ravens!

All of the independant shops in the neighborhood are gearing up for fall festivities and we are so thrilled to be almost to our one year anniversary…how time flies. So here are a few pictures of our Halloween decor (for your inspiration) and I will be posting my Edgar Allan Poe jewels very soon. So come in and peak at all our new treasures as we are adding new creations daily and take a look at what I am crafting at my work table!

We got our nomination for Best Gift Shop in a bit late but there is still time to vote for us!!!

Here is the link http://best.king5.com/the-curious-nest/biz/637130

Also I will be posting new autumn inspired jewelry later in the week!

Autumn is my favorite season! The leaves start to turn and there is a wonderful chill in the air that hints of colder days to come…so in hommage of the season I have created a fall window of vintage trinkets and treasures amid paper leaves and French skeleton keys.

Also this week we will be adding new treasures that will include 1920’s miniature framed prints $16-24 ea, jewelry made with French medals that start at $24 for earrings as well as a sneak peak at my new collection of found object ornaments that will range in price from $10-18 each.

We can’t wait to see you all soon and in the meantime I will raise a glass of hot apple cider to the season.

After a restful August we are ready to open up The Curious Nest for Fall!!! And we received our box of French antiques just in time to open up shop tomorrow with all kinds of new goodies. I have attached pictures of some of the new pieces my favorite of which is the bronze and onyx triptych holy water font from Lourdes, the collection of Joan of Arc pieces including the truly gorgeous little box (it is silk lined) and the dance cards. We also have in a wonderful collection of old new stock religious medals that have matches (great for making earrings) that are $8 each as well as the largest collection of blue medals that we have had in quite some time including the light blue champlevé enamel $12-$24 each and some gorgeous antique enamel crosses many with the sacred heart image. Also the two small domed glass sacred hearts and pretty fantastic as are the matching domed glass Madonna and Jesus. And soooo much more! We will have everything priced and set out tomorrow and hope to see you all soon.

Also I will be bringing in several new pieces of artwork by Debbie Savar tomorrow and I am working on a collection of jewelry for mid-September inspired by Hawaii! We look forward to being back in our little nest of treasures and seeing all of you whom we missed while closed last month!

I managed to make one last collection of jewels for summer before we close up shop from Aug 8th-Aug 31^st for a little R&R.

But we will still be open for the next two weeks and I had a creative urge to make a few new pieces that I thought would be perfect for when the sun decides to shine on our fair city! I have been making shell jewelry for years and it was always a big seller with my French clients when I lived in France. The little tiny shells that I used in this collection all have natural holes and I collected them off the beach in the south of France many years ago and have stored them as preciously as I do my gems. They are like little magical tide pools filled with gems and it makes me so happy to work with them! I think I would have loved to have been a mermaid.

 I will have them in the shop starting this Thursday and in addition to the little shells we also got a really big soap delivery from Circle Creek Home!!! We got in Lavender, Lemongrass, Sweet Orange & Clove, Rosemary Mint, Citrus Lime Zip, Lemon Verbana and The Gardener’s Scrub so if you want to stock up now is a great time since we have all the scents in and fresh off the drying racks…it all smells so lovely!

We just got a box from France of antiques!!! There are over a hundred antique French religious medals from $6 and up and some of  them are quite unusual including several small relics and other devotional pieces.

Also old armoire keys, antique magazines, dance cards, holy water fonts, an amazing micro mosaic cross and all kinds of other treasures! We will have everything in the shop starting tomorrow.

I am also hoping to get a delivery of Circle Creek Soap this weekend and I am working on a few flower inspired earrings and necklaces for casual summer wear…hope to see you soon and in the meantime we wish you a very happy summer!!!