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VI Headliner - Recy Vintage Style

Please welcome Recy to Vintage Indie as one of our fabulous sponsors for August! If you are looking for vintage accessories then you've come to the right place. Recy's shop is full of necklaces, bracelets,earrings, shoes and so much more including lovely vintage clothing! There are some really great dresses and rompers at Recy as well. Like this 60's Shadowline Goddess Gown. Empire waste and floor length make this truly glamorous. Also from Recy this 50's Flapper Necklace Double Strand. A fun accessory to dress up or down any outfit. This feature couldn't have come at a better time for... Read more →

Natural & Green Living Week - Eco-Friendly Lunch Ideas

It's almost time for school at least here in our area and lunches have become a priority for our family this year. My goal is to pack healthy and eco-friendly lunches for my picky eater so that he'll enjoy lunch without compromising the fruits and veggies he does like. With the idea of healthy in mind it's also a good idea to think eco friendly. I can't imagine how many plastic bags get used during lunch time, with sandwiches and snacks. So I've sat out to find some helpful eco-friendly lunch ideas. During my search I came across Laptop Lunches.... Read more →

Feeling Blue

Hi everyone, Just wanted to pop in and say hello. Along with a couple other family members I'm feeling quite blue and nauseous to boot thus the lacking in posts today. If you are wondering about the Flip & Tumble giveaway we have two winners and I'm waiting to hear back from you (check your in boxes). Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to sign up to win a Kootsac (post below) Have a great weekend everyone! Gabreial Read more →

Sustainable Shopping & a Giveaway! Kootsac Re-usable Food Bags

Please welcome Morgen the designer and creator behind Kootsac. The original re-usable bulk food bags. Why did you decide to start this business? I was inspired to start making these bags when I realized one day how many plastic bags are used just for bulk food and produce. I did a lot of research to see if anyone was making re-usable bags and all I found were small cotton ones with a drawstring. I am a textile artist and clothing designer and felt that I could come up with some alternative for this problem. I designed these bags and have... Read more →

Natural & Green Living Week - Sustainable Shopping!

What a better way to live green & natural than shopping for vintage. Now that's sustainable! Of course everyone who visits Vintage Indie knows I love vintage and even better vintage ON SALE! 12 is a good number. Lots of good things come in 12: months, astrological signs, a dozen eggs, 'The 12 Days of Christmas', 'The Dirty Dozen', '12 Angry Men'....and the "$12 and Under Sale" brought to you by the EtsyVintage Street Team! Beat the heat and grab some extremely cool deals on vintage jewelry, accessories, books, buttons, supplies, china, glass, housewares and much more! The sale runs... Read more →

My Vintage Pad - Home Tour Japan - Wan of Cotton Blue

Tell us a little about your home. I have a typical Japanese apartment, small (about 70 square meters), not enough sunlight, the builders try to use every little space efficiently with lots of build-in-wardrobes, tiny kitchen and bathroom, Ready-to-move-in therefore not too much creations you could make. My living room is facing west, most people would say facing south is the best, but I prefer west, because of the beautiful sunset, the room fulfilled with warmth in afternoon. Living room is the place my family spends the most time, eating, working, entertaining, I divided it into two parts, the left... Read more →

Reader Discussion Part II - Back to School Blues

Did you participate in the Reader Discussion Part I ? If not, head there now and leave comments. I'd really like to know, What does it mean to you to "live green" ? Please feel free to join in discussion all this week in the comments portion of this post. Today I'd like to discuss going green & eco-friendly back to school. I just looked at the calendar and realized school starts NEXT WEEK!?! (Yes I meant to scream) Where did the summer go? Seriously, I thought school wasn't supposed to start until after Labor Day. What about you, how... Read more →

VI Headliner Glitter and Grunge

Vintage Indie would like to welcome the wonderful artist co-op site Glitter and Grunge as one of our Featured Sponsors for August! If you haven't read our interview with them from head over to this link to catch up! Glitter and Grunge is full of fabulous artists and exclusive items that you won't find in artist's stores. Updated the first of each month with new artists and goodies. Click on Images to enlarge Perfect for our Green and Natural week is today's artist Gretchen Fabre. I just love sun kissed clothing, don't you? Hanging your clothes to dry with natural... Read more →

"Vintage Indie" Hot Spot - Poppy & Ivy Portland, OR

Welcome to another Vintage Hot Spot feature. Today I'm excited to bring you a Vintage Hot Spot interview and tour of Poppy & Ivy in Portland, OR. Shopping for vintage and living off what's already been created is another wonderful way to "live green". At Poppy & Ivy you are sure to find something adored and waiting to be loved once again in your home. Please welcome owner Amy Hollands (Click on Photos to Enlarge) When did you open? I opened in December 2006. It was an old building that was practically falling down around my ears…but it was mine... Read more →

You're going to FLIP! A Giveaway sponsored by Flip & Tumble

Please welcome designers Hetal Jariwala and Eva Bauer to Vintage Indie. After graduating from Standford University's Product Design graduate program this dynamic duo set out to do something different for the environment. They created Flip & Tumble, a reusable bags company. With their patent pending design they've created a product that will encourage you to actually use it. Did you know that a reusable bag can easily save over 1,000 plastic bags in its lifetime? The possibility of saving 1,000 bags is something I'd like to be apart of. How about you? Well, you can! Flip & Tumble is graciously... Read more →

Natural & Green Living - Reader Discussion August 4th - 8th

I know the words natural, green and organic seem to be flying out of the mouths of everyone these days. Not only is it important to find the true meaning of each of these words but to incorporate them into our lives. I hope with this weeks series on Green & Natural living you will learn something new about these topics. First of all, let's talk about living "green" It's a hot buzz word in the marketing world, but without all the cliché what does it mean to you to live green? To me, living green means living off the... Read more →

Green & Natural Living Kickoff! Off the Shelf Book Review - A Guide to Green Housekeeping by Christina Strutt

This weeks Off the Shelf Book Review is what has inspired this weeks topic of green and natural living. A Guide to Green Housekeeping by Christina Strutt (CICO Books March 2008, ISBN9781906094485 192pp,$19.95) As I sat and read this book in its entirety from cover to cover I felt an overwhelming weight lifted off my shoulders. I think I realized I was trapped in a germ-aphobic what you read is what you get society. With everyday tasks like shopping, we are faced with product labels that are deceiving, packaging created to lure you in, but not environmentally friendly. Also, realizing... Read more →

Can you believe it?

Can you believe that this post marks number 601 here at Vintage Indie? Can you believe that it's also August 1st. Back to school is right around the corner. In about 13 days my little guy will be in second grade. Seriously folks, time is flying by us. Today is one of those days, actually this week has been one of those weeks. I'm feeling a little distorted in between back to school, fall nesting already and we're getting ready to do some remodeling around here. I'll be taking some time to get things in order around here this weekend... Read more →