Hold on, boys and girls.

It’s time to come clean. It’s finally time to announce. And you were wondering what I’ve been up to since no blogging activity has recently taken place (yeah, right). I’ve set up an Etsy store and am open for business selling vintage French finds!

It’s been a long time coming (as I have perfectionist tendencies), but finally got all the little pieces together for the site and have enough inventory photographed, researched, and uploaded to actually be ready to make the big announcement. (Actually, I’ve been online for 2 months, with 13 sales now under my belt. Whew!) And we’ve called it Theo. Go figure!

This is very exciting for me and just gets added on top of all the other projects I have my mitts into! Suddenly I don’t want to cook, I don’t want to garden, I don’t want to relax, I am fixated on my ‘stats’ and wait for that next sale. Can you see me sitting in front of my screen panting? It’s almost as much fun as online dating!!!

There are reasons behind starting this business that I won’t go into, but it has to do with French bureaucracy. But no worries, I do love it!!! Like I told Theo, “Once the junk lady, always the junk lady.” If you ever visited my warehouse, you know how I love to collect beautiful, interesting, and quirky objects. Well, since we left most of those possessions behind in America, my inclination was to re-surrender to my addiction!

Remember this? For those not around, this is me divesting inventory for retirement in 2013!              So. Much. Stuff!

This new little enterprise gives me an excuse to visit many of the Plus Beaux Villages de France, rummaging for unique, interesting, and historical pieces to share with the world. My target shopping venues are vide-greniers (literally meaning a cleaning of the attic, like an American city-wide garage sale in a central location), brocantes (professional pickers reselling), antique auctions, barn sales, and estate sales. And do I love it? You bet! Not only do I get to practice my French, but it’s so fun scrounging through the dirtiest of situations to find treasures!

So, do I expect you to purchase from me? Absolutely not. But you can help. If you’re on Etsy, please ‘favorite’ my shop and/or ‘follow’ me. If you are on Pinterest and see my posts (vintage French, hint, hint), please re-pin my products. I have started working on a little marketing campaign (see my examples below so you will recongnize my branding), but it won’t go anywhere until they get re-pinned. I’m working on some other avenues, but it all takes time and I need to start somewhere…

But most of all, please hold my hand and accompany me through this new chapter of ‘the journey.’

You can find me at:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheoFrenchVintage