Hello Everyone,

The holidays are now almost upon us and if you still need a few interesting and unique things to stuff stockings or delight the grownups in the family (including a little something for yourself) here are few ideas!

 Artwork: We have wonderful new artwork in the shop by Debbie Savar, she brought in small paintings that range in price from ($45-150) as well as her bookmarks ($4.50), candles ($14), journals ($4-$20), paperweights ($28), cards and other goodies! We also have in some of Lark’s miniature pots which are so charming and range in price from ($48-$56) each as well as more of her larger pieces including her pottery baskets covered with vines and flowers! We also have ornaments and nests by Kim Groff-Harington, gorgeous handmade Paris journals by Karyn Porter ($24)  and I have many new jewelry items that I will be putting out this week including new additions to my $15 sterling and gemstone earring rack and my own handmade ornaments!

 Antiques: We have some amazing antiques in right now including vintage jewelry, French holy water fonts, tins, enamelware, antique jewelry boxes, holy cards, medals and all kinds of delights from France.  

We also have all of Circle Creek’s soap in stock ($5) as well as all kinds of other goodies that are made locally and will fit into everyone’s budget!

We hope to see you soon and also would like to remind everyone that we are closed Christmas Day and will also be closed from Jan 1-11^th for inventory.

Have a very Happy Holiday!

Firstly we would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and let you all know how thankful we are to have such a great group of clients and friends!

 We are excited to start the holiday season off tomorrow with lots and lots of new artwork in the shop!!! I have attached three new paintings although our wall are filled with new work by Debbie Savar, new candles $14 ea, recycled coaster sets $20-$30 ea, book marks $4.50 ea, greeting cards $4 ea, new paperweights $28 and all kinds of other goodies that she has been working so hard on. The three paintings pictured are some of her larger pieces although there will be a range of work in the shop from $65-$2400 of her new work.

 I have also been creating with paper which is my other passion along with jewelry. Here are some pieces that I made with unusual paper (some of which is vintage) and papier mache bases including the little journals $12 ea, the note card boxes $16ea (they are filled with 50 pages of blank note cards) and my handmade paper roses in Italian crepe paper $12ea and also with antique French paper $14ea (long stem roses can be ordered for $16ea).

 We hope to see you this week and we are very excited to get our holiday decorations up and get ready for a wonderful season!!

Hello Everyone,

It is our one year anniversary!!! How time flies!!!

To celebrate our first year open we will have a plethora of new treasures in the shop starting tomorrow…in fact there are so many new things that I hardly know where to start!  

And while all the new items will be out starting tomorrow, we plan on having sparkling cider and pastries on Saturday and Sunday as well as a give-away for 2 gift cards of $50 each (you can put your name in the jar starting tomorrow but the winners will be randomly picked Sunday around 4-ish) . 

 As for the new treasures…I am going to start off with the antiques. We have over 200 new natural history prints from the 1830s by Buffon that are hand water-colored and the subject of birds & mammals. They will range from $10-$40 per page which makes for an amazing and unique gift for the holidays! I will include an unfortunately blurry picture of a few but do come in and peruse our selection. We also have some really unique French enamel pins, pendants and a bracelet from the early 1900s and all in perfect condition (there are 2 Joan of Arc pins) as well as a huge selection of vintage sterling charms from England that will range in price from $12-$28 (some have moveable parts). We also have a few new Victorian mourning pieces that are really exceptional and last (but certainly not least) is a holy relic of St. Therese de Lisieux (a piece of bone).

Here is also my latest collection of jewels! I have a weakness for art nouveau whimsy and this collection is all made with antique French centerpieces (with the exception of the two fairy blossom necklaces) that are either flowers or art nouveau women that I have renamed as being fairies. I also wanted to use some of the truly exceptional gemstones that I have been saving for quite some time.

In addition to creating jewelry I love creating these little vignettes filled with intriguing objects from times past and nature. It is like being able to peer into a tiny little world of mysteries and make up stories around each object and simply let one’s imagination run wild. These are all one of a kind and I will have them all hanging in the shop starting tomorrow.

And we also got in several additions of Lark’s pottery! There are small vases and large urns and other treasures as well. Enjoy the pictures and we hope that you can come see us for our 1 Year Anniversary!

 We hope to see you this week for our one year celebration!

Our segment aired tonight on Evening Magazine!

Take a peak…

http://www.king5.com/on-tv/evening-magazine/Memory-making-with-hair-art-132733663.html

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!