We have some great new items in this week:

Sergio Alaca Handmade Scapular Bracelets
Lucha Libre Loteria
Etching Metal Strips -- lot of 10 strips and your choice of either nickel silver or copper
Two unusual recycled silver metal frames:
Tiny with unique opening
Wide border
Guadalupe resin charm
Vintage Metal Type -- cute small size and a coppery finish

Tags: scapular, bracelets, loteria, etching metal

We have some great new beads in stock this week including:

Russian serpentine jasper in a couple of different shapes: twisted square, oval, trident donut
Peruvian opal beads
Mixed jasper beads
Bone butterfly focal point bead with geometric carving
Bone butterfly focal point bead with scrolled carvings
Large bone elephant beads with scrimshaw details
Large bone skeleton focal point bead with scrimshaw details
Bone dragonfly bead with scrimshaw details
Jasper square diamond beads

Tags: bone beads, gemstone beads

We've restocked and added some new items this week:


Craphound #6: Clip Art Magazine Death, telephones, scissors is back in stock
Craphound #7: Clip Art Magazine Church and State -- hot off the press
Elaborately tooled bright tin Crowning Heart Nicho (no wings!) -bright tin
Elaborately tooled bright tin Crowning Heart Nicho no wings - with antiquing

Open fingers hand nicho

* aged tin
* bright tin

Day of the Dead Bride and Groom Ornament - restocked
We've also restocked some of the lead free pewter charms and wool felt beads:
Assorted words
Hands and feet
Mixed crowns
Small package wool felt mini beads (multi-colored)
Wool felt mini beads in value package
Wool felt beads in larger 2cm (.8 inch size):

* cool colors value pack
* multi color value pack

Large aged tin sun nicho

Tags: clip-art, magazines, nichos, folk art items

We have some fabulous real vintage paper doll sets in stock. They're all from the 1950's and of famous stars of the time.

This is a sampling of what we have in stock. This is Dinah Shore but we also have: Ava Gardner, Patti Page, Debbie Reynolds

Except for the Ava Gardner doll, most sets have two statuette paper dolls, with a lot of clothes (some have more than 30 articles of clothinig). Most are in great shape. Visit the links to see a more detailed description of each of these fabulous real vintage paper dolls!

We also have in stock these handpainted angel retablo ornaments. Each of these has been meticulously handpainted on tin, front and back in a variety of designs and colors. We have a small selection -- let us choose one for you!



A similar technique was used on the cherub angel retablo ornaments and we have a small selection of these as well:



Some of our new ephemera offerings include the following;

French fry bags and J. Borges pamphlets



Vintage Faded Crochet Trim and Repackaged Aged Muslin Collection Bags


Other vintage ephemera items include:

Cigar box labels
Star and moon labels
Vintage prescriptions
Worldwide postage stamps
French postage stamps
Large brass tool tags
Vintage gloves

Here's what we've restocked in our fabulous ceramic raku and handpainted beads:

raku hand beads
large rounded raku skull beads
large elongated skull beads
raku ceramic Buddha head beads
ceramic crow/raven beads

We've also restocked some of the lead free pewter charms and wool felt beads:

Assorted words
Hands and feet
Mixed crowns
Small package wool felt mini beads (multi-colored)
Wool felt mini beads in value package

NOTE THAT WE'VE CREATED A !SALE! CATEGORY AND HAVE A SMALL ASSORTMENT OF ITEMS THERE FOR YOUR PERUSAL!

Tags: vintage labels, vintage paper dolls, ceramic beads, raku beads, skull beads, buddha beads

We have lots of restocked raku and high fired skull beads and more back in stock:


Rounded raku skull beads. Similar in design to our tiny raku skull beads, these have a more rounded shape than our other large raku skull beads (which feature an elongated skull). This are approximately 20-22mm diameter. Sold individually. Glossy, multicolored blue/green/brown/purple glaze. Made in Peru


The tiny high fired porcelain bisque skull is approximately 13x10 mm, with large hole. The hole is drilled side to side. Note that this is the unglazed version of our raku skull. Made in Peru.


Raku porcelain Buddha head beads. 20x25mm, with large hole (2mm). Glossy, multicolored green/brown glaze. Hole is from side to side on the head, above the ears. Flat back. Made in Peru



Raku skull beads (tiny and elongated larger) Raku porcelain skull beads are now in two sizes. The tiny one is approximately 13x10 mm, with large hole. Pin shows the direction of the hole. The larger skull is approximately 18mm x 25mm. Glossy, multicolored green/brown glaze. Made in Peru


These ceramic hand beads have incredible detail and are available in a glossy, green-brown "raku" finish or unglazed. They measure approximately 17x9mm, with large hole (2mm), located through the wrist. Front and back of the beads are shown. Price is for one pair. Made in Peru


Nicely handcrafted crow/raven ceramic beads measure approximately 1.75 inch long by 1.25 inch tall and are drilled as shown. Great for all your bird and nest projects!

Tags: skull beads, ceramic beads, ceramic hand beads

We have four great new fabrics in stock with an angel theme.

First is the vibrantly colored Tree of Life angels by Kathy Hall -- with a real folk art flair. We have this on a yellow background and a black background.



Next we have vintage holiday angels also on two different backgrounds: antique white and black.

Tags: fabric, angels

We've restocked some of our lead free pewter charms and felted beads including the following:


Mixed Crowns charm pack includes 2 Crowns, 2 Be Bold Crowns, 2 Heart Crowns. These fun pewter crowns are lead free and made in the USA.



Assorted word lead free pewter charms. Assortment of Six Word Charms
Pewter Charms one of Believe, Imagine, Create, Peace, Love, Dream - Lead Free - Made in USA Charms range in size from 1.25 x .5 inch to 1.5 x .75 inch



Lead Free Pewter Hand and Feet Charms one pair each of Glove, Little Hand, Cartoon Hand, Little Feet, Flat Foot, and Feet - Lead Free - Made in USA



18 Wool felt mini beads in mixed colors - .5 in - made in Nepal...


1 cm Mini wool felt beads...48 beads...in an assortment of really dreamy colors! Made in Nepal. Packaged in the USA

Tags: charms, beads, felted beads

Each one of these small retablo ornaments was beautifully handpainted by an expert craftsman on metal. These are similar to our saint retablos, but with an angel motif. Decorative ornamentation is painted on the reverse side also. Please refer to the photos for sizes but they are generally 3" or so tall. They come in an assortment of shapes and colors and each is unique so yours may vary somewhat from that shown. Let us select one for you!

Please note that we also have these ornaments in Day of the Dead motif and cherub angels.



We also have the retablo ornaments in the cherub angel design. Made in a similar manner to that described above, these cherub angels are available in assorted colors and shapes. Let us select one for you!