ButterflyInTheAttic

Cleaning water stains on pottery

Cleaning water stains on pottery

Try Bar Keepers Friend, the powder.
Make a paste and put it on the areas and let it sit. Then use a scrubby pad.

Try a paste of baking soda and warm water, leave on for an hour, then scrub gently with an old toothbrush

CLR.

denture cleaner

oxyclean

Vinegar diluted with a little water.

Go to the dollar tree and buy the cleaner called awesome.

The works, toilet bowl cleaner

a warm/hot water soak with Dawn and white vinegar.

Just plain Dawn & hot water, no vinegar

You will then need to soak your art pottery in tap water until the vinegar smell is gone.

Twitter Tree

Three days a week I join a group of online sellers in a Twitter Tree. We each post 2 items and tweets. We send those tweets out to all our followers. We link our items to the blog. We pin all the items to our Pinterest boards.

We hope all this social media work will get people to come check out all the great handmade and vintage items we have.

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Here is just a small group of items in today's Twitter Tree...

Most sellers on the Twitter Tree create wonderful handmade items...

Handmade & Painted Paper Bags from Christie Cottage

Beautiful jewelry from ElunaJewelry









I am one of the only sellers dealing in vintage....

Lots of vintage belt buckles from my Etsy shop

Rose Quartz

Rose quartz is a stone with so many colors, from light to dark pink. It also has many names - Love Stone, Pink Quartz, Bohemian Ruby. Rose quartz is one of the most desirable varieties of quartz.

Basically, rose quartz is a quartz crystal that owes its pink hue to the presence of several minerals, including trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese. Natural rose quartz is often a very pale pink, cloudy and colored by inclusions. The pink color in Rose Quartz is photosensitive and can fade in sunlight.

 Rose quartz is found in Madagascar, India, Germany, and several localities in the USA. Much rose quartz was extracted from a famous site near Custer, South Dakota, but now, most of the world's supply of good quality rose quartz comes from Brazil.

Necklace of rose quartz and silver at TheSnapDragon'sLair on Etsy

Rose quartz occurs in pegmatites. It forms at very high temperatures, between 400°C and 700°C. Rose quartz is also found in massive hydrothermal veins, but more rarely. Rose quartz is usually mined manually from pegmatites as explosives would shatter the rocks and cause fine cracks in the specimen that decrease their value.

Rose quartz is often called the "Love Stone." It's energetic hallmark is that of unconditional love that opens the heart chakra. This makes rose quartz a stone for every type of love: self-love, family, platonic, romantic, and unconditional. As a variety of quartz, rose quartz has high energy, and this strong energy can enhance love in virtually any situation. Rose quartz is also a gemstone known for bringing happiness to its owner.

The astrological signs of rose quartz are Taurus and Libra.

Art Deco Necklace from Zephyrvintage

Plastic by any other name would smell as sweet

I've been buying lots of vintage bangle bracelets lately to sell in my Etsy shop and wanted to find out more about what they are made of. They are plastic, but many Etsy shops have similar ones listed as Lucite.

from Enclyclopedia Brittanica: "Lucite, also called Plexiglas, British Perspex, is a trademark name of polymethyl methacrylate, a synthetic organic compound of high molecular weight made by the combination of many simple molecules of the ester methyl methacrylate (monomer) into long chains (polymer); this process (polymerization) may be effected by light or heat, although chemical catalysts are usually employed in manufacture of the commercial product."

Okay, so that is great for scientists, but how about the rest of us . . . I asked a veteran plastic seller on Etsy, Age Of Plastic https://www.etsy.com/shop/AgeofPlastic, for some advice. Here is her response:

"Lucite can be molded or carved. It can also have seams, although I don't know how common that is (I think I've owned one Lucite bangle with a seam). On your better Lucite pieces, even if they were molded, they will have been polished to remove any sign of mold marks. Generally speaking, collectors and sellers consider the presence/absence of mold marks and seams to be an indicator of quality, and occasionally to exclude a plastic when identifying. In some types of pieces, like Japanese celluloid floral bangles, seams are expected because of how they were constructed and have no bearing on their value."

 I also found out that although clear in its original state, Lucite can be tinted virtually any color, in ranges from transparent to opaque, with a few interesting variations along the way.

 Now, how can you tell what the plastic is? The best test is to run the piece under hot tap water, or wear the bangle while you relax in the hot tub or shower. If it smells a little like your old high school chemistry lab (formaldehyde), it's Bakelite. If it smells like Vicks Vapo-rub (camphor), it's Celluloid. If it smells like burnt milk, it's Galalith (1920's). If it smells clean, or like nothing at all, it's Lucite or acrylic.

Vogue Team Page

Vintage Vogue Team on Etsy

Homemade insect repellent

Okay, so we know there are ticks and mosquitoes out there.  How do we tell them to buzz off? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, bug sprays on the market – including ones with DEET – have been deemed safe when used as directed. Still, many people want to limit exposure to potentially toxic chemicals. So what are some natural bug repellent alternatives? I have included information here from well-known sources, but there are many, many more home remedies to be found on the web.

    A good source for detailed information on ticks and tick repellent products can be found at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website. www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documents/publications/fact_sheets/tickbiteprevention05.pdf

    Good Housekeeping offers a few natural ways to avoid pesky insects.
    Nutritionally, you can drink a tablespoon or two of organic apple cider vinegar and eat lots of garlic. Vitamin B1 taken daily is also supposed to help repel insects.
    It is tricky to get the right concentration of essential oils for a natural insect repellent. In general, less is best.
    To find the dosage necessary to repel insects, start with a drop or two in your mixtures, and increase the amount as you find you can tolerate (no more than 10-15 drops per ounce of oil). Combining repellent essential oils and/or herbs with a fruit- or nut-oil carrier is a good technique when you want to dab a bit on your skin.

Homemade Insect Repellent
10-25 drops essential oil. Try lavender, rose geranium (for ticks), coriander seeds, peppermint, cajeput and citronella
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon aloe vera gel (optional)
Combine the ingredients in a glass jar; stir to blend. Dab a few drops on your skin or clothing.

Repellent Soap
Add 10-15 drops of essential oils per ounce of liquid Castile soap. Try essential oils such as lemon balm (citronella), pennyroyal, lavender, and rose geranium.

Mother Earth News suggests the following recipe for “Fend Off” Herbal Oil Insect Repellent from Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourle.

Fend Off
½ cup soybean base oil (Note: This oil has natural bug-repellent properties.)
15 drops each of the following essential oils: lemongrass, geranium, catnip
10 drops basil or eucalyptus radiata essential oil
Add all ingredients directly to a storage container. Shake the mixture vigorously to blend. Allow the oil to synergize, for 1 hour.
No refrigeration is required, but for maximum bug-repelling freshness and potency, use within 6 to 12 months.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest oil of lemon eucalyptus (PMD). This natural oil, which comes from the lemon eucalyptus tree, is recommended by the CDC as an alternative to DEET. Several studies have found this natural bug repellent as effective as DEET in repelling mosquitoes. It may also work well against ticks. This essential oil should not be used on children under 3.

Twitter Tree

An InLinkz Link-up

Yard Sale

I'm finally getting my act together and having a Yard sale. Tag sale. Garage sale.

Different names for stuff you sell on your front lawn

I am learning about different online sites to use to promote the sale. Used to just have to place an ad in the local newspaper and you're done. Not anymore.

I only had time for two...

yardsalesearch

craigslist

MagdaleneJewels/Knits "April Showers" Promotional Blog: April 16 - April 30

http://magdalenejewels.blogspot.com/2014/04/magdalenejewelsknits-april-showers.html

Plastic by any other name would smell as sweet

I've been buying lots of vintage bangle bracelets lately to sell in my Etsy shop and wanted to find out more about what they are made of. They are plastic, but many Etsy shops have similar ones listed as Lucite.

So, I asked a veteran plastic seller on Etsy, Age Of Plastic https://www.etsy.com/shop/AgeofPlastic, for some advice. Here is her response:

Lucite can be molded or carved. It can also have seams, although I don't know how common that is (I think I've owned one Lucite bangle with a seam). On your better Lucite pieces, even if they were molded, they will have been polished to remove any sign of mold marks.

Generally speaking, collectors and sellers consider the presence/absence of mold marks and seams to be an indicator of quality, and occasionally to exclude a plastic when identifying. In some types of pieces, like Japanese celluloid floral bangles, seams are expected because of how they were constructed and have no bearing on their value.

Networking Saturday

It's Networking Saturday....
http://butterflyintheattic.blogspot.com/2014/03/networking-saturday-link-your-shop-or_29.html?m=1

100craftlinks.com

This site has tons of great stuff for any craft project. I just listed my Etsy shop there since I am selling lots of vintage buttons and beads that could be used for craft projects. Destash listings are coming up next since I have a box full of vintage jewelry that is broken or just too beat up to sell to wear.

Keeping Guacamole Green

The Guacamole Test: Guacamole Topped with Water
This idea came from The Kitchn and is a little bit of kitchen genius. Here’s how it works: Start by putting your freshly made guacamole in a container with a tight-fitting lid then push the guacamole down into the container to get rid of any air pockets. Next, pour 1/2 inch of lukewarm water on top, seal the container, and pop it in the fridge. When you’re ready to eat the guacamole, pour out the water and stir the guacamole to incorporate any surface moisture. That’s it. My guacamole was still bright and green after a full 24 hours, but the Kitchn reports this method keeps your guac good to go for three days.

Cat's Eye Beads

I'm just learning about cat's eye beads. Here's some basic info:

Resin Cat's Eye beads get their name from the unique way they refract light, resembling the oblong center of a cat''s eye. These beads are lighter than glass, expertly shaped with brilliant color and a well-defined "eye" line. They set off their shining light although at dark place.

Sometimes referred to as fiber-optic beads, change hue as they capture and reflect light and have a band of light running through the center that resembles a cat's eye.

Fiber optic cat's eye beads are made from a special glass (the same glass fiber optics are made from) 

Cat's Eye beads are man-made fiber optic glass expertly shaped into round beads by fusing quartz fibers together. The color is brilliant and the bead refracts light. Sometimes referred to as "fiber-optic", these man-made beads changes hue as they capture the light and have a band of light running through the center that resembles a 'cat's eye'.

The optical illusions within each Cat's Eye bead create a stylish movement when worn on the wrist. These beads are actually Synthetic Quartz Cat's Eye beads, they change their appearance by looking at them from different angles. The cat's-eye beads have a very definite eye streak and appear to shine from below the surface. 

cat's eye beads capture light and magically reflect dynamic brilliance that changes with every movement. Use these lightweight glass beads to add bright colors and a captivating optical effect to your jewelry. - See more at: http://www.fusionbeads.com/Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads#!Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads

cat's eye beads capture light and magically reflect dynamic brilliance that changes with every movement. Use these lightweight glass beads to add bright colors and a captivating optical effect to your jewelry. - See more at: http://www.fusionbeads.com/Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads#!Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads

cat's eye beads capture light and magically reflect dynamic brilliance that changes with every movement. Use these lightweight glass beads to add bright colors and a captivating optical effect to your jewelry. - See more at: http://www.fusionbeads.com/Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads#!Cats-Eye-Glass-Beads

Bakelite and other Plastics

The best test is to run the piece under hot tap water, or wear the bangle while you relax in the hot tub or shower. If it smells a little like your old high school chemistry lab (formaldehyde), it's Bakelite. If it smells like vicks vapo-rub (camphor), it's Celluloid. If it smells like burnt milk, it's Galalith (1920's). If it smells clean, or like nothing at all, it's lucite or acrylic. In any marbled piece, there should be vertical lines on the inside of the bangle.

Creme: Creamy white
Creamed Corn: Light creamy yellow
Custard: The color of egg custard
Butterscotch: Golden yellow with a hint of brown
Toffee: Light yellowish brown
Golden: Medium golden greenish brown
Cocoa: Light brown
Chocolate: Medium brown
Coffee bean: Dark brown
Rootbeer: Transparent golden brown, often with black swirls
Black: True black, no other body color when held to light
Apple juice: Transparent golden yellow
Pineapple: Light yellow
Lemon: Intense bright yellow
Tangerine: Intense bright orange with a hint of yellow
Coral: Pinkish orange
Melon: Cantaloupe orange
Orange: Orange
Rust: Deep orange with a hint of brown
Peppermint: Light pink
Fuscia: Strong Deep Pink with a hint of blue
Cherry: Intense bright red
Tomato: Red with a hint of orange
Rasberry: Red with a hint of blue or purple
Cranberry: Purplish red
Wine: Deep burgundy red
Navy: Dark navy blue
Vaseline: Yellowish green, the color of Anti-freeze
Chartreuse: Light celery green
Lime: Intense bright green
Green apple juice : Transparent bright green
Olive: Olive green
Moss: Deep brownish green
Forest: Deep green
Leaf : Medium green with a hint of blue
Pea soup: Medium green with a hint of brown
Jade: Mottled medium and darker greens
Creamed Spinach: Greens swirled with white or yellow
Ink spot: Dark bluish green splotches on yellow backround
Teal: Dark greenish blue
Blue moon: Dark teal with yellow marbling
End of Day: A mixture of three or more colors, supposedly created at the end of the day, when all the remaining plastic from the day's production were combined.

DESCRIPTION OF PLASTIC
Plain: Uniform color throughout.
Marbled: A blended swirl of two or more colors.
Layered: One color of plastic on top of another with indistinct boundaries between the colors.
Laminated: One color of plastic on top of another with distinct boundaries between the layers.
Transparent: Transparent, and appears transparent when worn.
Light Transparent: Plastic that appears translucent, but is actually transparent when held to the light.
 Translucent: Like holding a piece of bone china up to the light, and discerning the shape of your fingers through it. In some marbled plastics, there may be a mixture of transparent and translucent areas.
Opaque: Light does not pass through the plastic, or does so only on thinner areas, such as in the valleys of the carved areas or along the edges.
Light weight: Light weight and thin.
Medium weight: Medium weight and average thickness.
Chunky weight: A heavier more substantial weight piece.
Heavy weight: A bold heavy piece, sometimes reaching as much as an inch or more in thickness at it's thickest point.
Domed: A domed piece is thicker in the center and tapers at the edges.
Sliced: A sliced bracelet is the same thickness throughout, without tapering at the edges.

DECORATION
Etched: Very faintly carved surface decoration
Lightly Carved: Faint carving
Medium Carved: Average depth carving
Deeply Carved: Deeper than average carving
Heavily Carved: Extremely deeply carved
Faceted: Carved with a regular pattern of facets
Grooved: Routed out in a line
Pierced: The material has been cut completely through
Inlaid: A space is routed out of the material, and a contrasting material is fitted into that space. Bakelite polka dot bracelets are an excellent example of inlay technique.

 lots from http://www.plasticfantastic.com/glossary.html

Lactose Intolerant

Well, it's been an interesting week learning all about trademark infringement. Yes, the GotMilk? group decided that my little ole Etsy shop was a threat so I changed my name. I thought Got Milk Glass And More was really cute, but like The Snap Dragon's Lair better, actually. The new name came from my love of flowers. I also found that Snap Dragon is a Victorian game which I will explain in another post. I have to change all my Etsy listings to reflect the new name. And, while I'm at it, I'm doing my best to rewrite to increase my search relevancy. This has been quite a learning experience. So much that I don't understand about SEO, but I'm working on it!

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Milk Glass and Tea

This is a beautiful hostess stand made by HighTeaForAlice from two of my milk glass plates.Check out her other items at http://www.etsy.com/shop/HighTeaForAlice

Big Etsy Contest

One day a month or so ago, one of the Vintage Jewelry Sellers on Etsy e-mailed me to say I was in the Big Etsy Contest. I had no idea what that was so headed on over to see what it was all about. Now, I’m a leader of the big Etsy Contest Team and just have to tell you all about this Big Etsy contest idea and the person behind the curtain….

Since 2008, Spacefem has been shopping on Etsy and in 2011 she decided to open her own shop.  She is a “30-something electrical engineer, pilot, php programmer, Kansan, sewing nerd, and mom” and the brains behind the Big Etsy Contest. And, she’s got one hell of a sense of humor!

Now, I have no idea how bots work or how to even start setting up a site like the Big Etsy Contest.  Evidently, Spacefem does because this one is cool.

The Big Etsy Contest pulls a few hundred items from the Etsy marketplace and puts them head-to-head, two at a time, so you can pick your favorite. Items are pulled by price, with the day of the month corresponding to the item prices.

Up to 25% of the items are from people who've submitted their stores and want to be in the contest, the rest are from random new listings from the marketplace.

The contest contains handmade and vintage items, but not supplies.

If you have an Etsy shop, you can sign up for free, pick a day to compete, and join in the fun. Thousands of votes are submitted every day so you're guaranteed a few views, and publicity from winning, or even just placing, doesn't hurt either.

If you're a shopper looking for deals you can search for the best items by price, or browse coupon codes that signed up shops are offering contest voters.

To mix things up, there are often theme days: 

Hue Tuesday -  items tagged with a specific primary color are grabbed.

Welcome Wednesday – items are pulled from Etsy's newest shops.

Theme Thursday – “Themes can be anything from animals (unicorns!) to materials (yarn!) and aren't published anywhere in advance, because I can never make up my mind what the darn theme should be until the last minute.”

Swanky Sunday – “We vote on items that cost more than $31, based on where we're at in the month. So on the first Sunday it's things I probably can't afford, and by the last Sunday it's stuff that I definitely can't afford."

 

For more info check out the contest blog at etsycontest.blogspot.com
or at twitter @EtsyContest
or the Etsy team http://www.etsy.com/teams/12328/etsy-contest.