Next week we will be hosting a new kind of event for us. Not only a big clearance sale, but the first of many small festivals or fairs. I am looking for very special artists, farmers, and vintage vendors who would like to participate in our Summer Solstice Faire, and our Autumn Equinox Faire in September. To be held in our parking lot on William Street.
We will be clearance-ing out most all clothing, books, and designer fabrics. I have been marking down items all year, and they all will be an additional 20% off!
We will also be selling out of the garage area in the alley with more "guy" stuff, such as an amazing, like new air hockey table, some wood shop tools and computer parts. And our basement and tent will be overflowing with vintage and antique furnishings.
This event also is the kick-off point where we will only be open occasionally; for events, vintage sales, workshops or by appointment. This is so that I can focus on designing new products, new collections, our import business, and the retail website. I will be keeping this blog up to date so watch this space.
The shop is open today 11:00 - 5:00 Saturday June 15, the last regular hours, for the foreseable future anyway.
Next week we open on Thursday the 20th at 10:00 for the first day of the Faire until 8:00. Then Fri & Sat 10-5 and Sun 12-5.
It finally feels like Spring here in Minnesota, actually we are quite warm at 90 degrees lately. After one of the longest winters since we moved here 12 years ago.
{seems like yesterday}
So we are jumping right into summer it seems. And to really get the warm weather going we are launching our newest crafting collection "Summer", the second installment, of the "Cachette du Saisons" theme. Yes, we are mixing languages, but that is what we are about. Mixing French, (German, Swedish, Japanese etc) with English, or I should say American. Because that is what we are after all. :-)
Inspired by the happy feed-sack or flour-sack prints of the 1930's, laundry on the lines and outdoor parties, putting this this collection together has been a lot of fun. The colors are inspired by iced sorbet's, sweet cherries and vintage aqua.
The sunny yellow box will immediately put a smile on your face, accented with a beautifully graduated striped vintage French grosgrain ribbon.
Included are four pieces of cotton fabric; two feed-sack prints, a yellow homespun and embroidered cherries on linen. Six pairs of cheerful vintage appliques, three vintage glass buttons with a yellow edge and pink striped cotton ribbon.
Make any occasion more festive with old fashioned pink paper striped straws and pink and yellow crepe paper baskets. Decorate them with the pretty vintage floral scraps (they are folded in half in the photo), and vintage paper forget-me-not's. Tie it {anything actually} with lots of ribbons; yellow French taffeta, hazy blue and white hand dyed silk, Neapolitan striped French grosgrain, vintage salmon colored satin, practical pink and green woven Swedish cotton and embroidered jacquard "Bees" ribbon.
Inspired by warm summer nights, is an ephemera collection for making sentimental cards to send to friends. Be it a wedding, graduation or thank you, stitch the sentiment in your own handwriting with matching floss. In the collection are six sets of aqua card-stock and envelopes, a gorgeous sheet with a double wide embossed foil border, nine white swans, six white swags, four white wings and an amazing golden dragonfly all in German scrap. We won't forget the spray of blue layered flowers which can be added to the cards and oops we almost did forgot the set of four colors of bakers twine complete with miniature clothes pins.
The collection also has the option of including a jewelry kit; featuring five pairs of simple and pretty summer earrings easy to make and give as a gift with that beautiful card you just made.
It's all good stuff; the glass, crystal, antiqued and shiny gold findings, even a few Miriam Haskell Elements, (the aqua beadand eyepin, the gold flower dangles and the pleated white glass elements). Everything needed to make these five pair normally sells for $35 is just $20 more with the collection.
I really hope you like this collection as much as I do.
To order the collection just mosey on over to our website and add it to your cart. While you are there you can pick up a pair of our 3-in-one pliers to complete the earrings.
If you would like to receive all four Seasons Cachette collections; the shipping will be on us! Leave a note at check-out and we will take care of the details. Your subscription starts with the current collection and goes through the four upcoming seasons.
It's been a very busy couple of months for me as I have been working on the new Rose Mille website. Which is why I have been absent from this blog. But I think it has been worth it, and I hope you think so too.
All the Cachette collections, completed kits and patterns, and glitter are there. It has a brocante section, and die-cut scrapbook pictures, celebrations, ribbons, paper, books, millinery flowers, and a sale section. I am adding more ribbons, jewelry, beads, more notions and a huge embossed foil trim section very soon. So my point? Check it out every day. :-)
It is very easy to get to, just type rosemille.com
This week is our Grand Opening, and we are offering two specials to choose from.
1 - Get free shipping site wide until May 1st, by entering code: OPENFREESHIP at the checkout or
2 - Save 10% on your entire purchase until May 1st, by entering code: OPEN10% at the checkout
As things settle down a bit, I have a lot of other interesting (I hope) things to share.
Everything is an ADDITIONAL 20% off in the shop! Including clearance.
Woo hoo!
Did I mention we have a new website? (where all the good stuff is) We are having a sale there too, 10% off your total purchase of $20 or more, use code SPRING13.
Make this adorable all natural pincushion from vintage knit fabric, felted wool, stuffed with local wool fleece and walnut shells, and finished off with some charming spun cotton mushooms and a bit of ribbon.
Easy to make by hand or sew one seam with a machine. Then "felt" in place the stem and bottom with felting needles.
Choose from an array of spring colors, all vintage and never used, doubleknit fabric from the 70's.
Pink, Sky Blue, Yellow, Taupe
The kit includes all the materials and instructions needed to make the pincushion, including thread and needle. The felting tool is available separately.
After much pouring over and considering all the wonderful entries, all of which are very deserving, we have decided that we just cannot choose which one is the most deserving.
So we decided to award two books!
And the winners are:
Danielle Kennedy; as her entry was not only witty and wise, but Danielle herself has helped many crafters in the past and it seems fitting to help {and encourage} the helper. Congratulations Danielle!
The second book goes to Cathy@ma vie trouvee; Cathy lives in Singapore away from her friends and family in the states, and has a hard time acquiring wonderful books such as this. Here is some help from home Cathy, may you be inspired and inspire those around you.
Winners please email your shipping address to us at hello@rosemille.com
Rose Mille is not affiliated with Where Women Create, or Stampington publishers in any way other than; we are huge fans here at Rose Mille, and I, (Michelle Rose Jorgensen) have been featured in their publications, including this one being given away.
It's finally done, well almost, I have a few a la carte offerings to add. But Spring is officially on it's way! Just like the monthly collections, but with even more goodies, the Cachette du Saisons are contained in handmade 10" band boxes and filled with amaizing new and vintage materials, but now I have included actual projects. Which is what took so long.
{Glad there are only four seasons}
Feast your eyes on Spring
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Spring card project suggestion
I will also be offering three "a la carte" selections; the Spring flower
bracelet kit, the Spring cards kit and the ribbons only collection.
I will have more photo's of the bracelet and the ribbons shortly.
For more information about the Cachette du Saison click on over to the web-shop.
Thanks to Jo Packham, we are able to offer a signed (by me) copy of this fantastic, inspiring book about elements for organizing your craft space!
Leave a comment telling us why you would be the most deserving crafter for this book, or just why you would want it. Give us a couple of sentences, but no more than a paragraph please, maybe a photo? Then on Friday March first, after reviewing the entries, me and my staff will decide who to send it too. Points for humor, drama, creativity will be considered.
