Serious Vanity Music

Glue and Bangs!

2011-06-13T11:06:00.001-07:00

Listen to samples from all tracks from "Glue: A Tribute to the Music of Duran Duran" here:

Here's a nifty little instrumental trailer for "Glue", too:

Tailhook Echo - Life Sentence: Acoustic Demos Volume I

2010-08-05T15:16:00.001-07:00

Tailhook Echo's Life Sentence: Acoustic Demos Volume I is now available in both digital and analog (CD via snail mail) deliver methods at our Etsy shop!

Life Sentence: Acoustic Demos Volume I
Tailhook Echo

Life Sentence: Acoustic Demos Volume I chronicles the first phase in Tailhook Echo's development...sometimes the calm before the attack, with a little heat stirring up dust. This raw, honest first set in download form contains all digital artwork from the album, so you can create your own CD art, in your own way. If you order the physical CD, we burn, print, and pack it freshly in-house and ship it within 24 hours!

Get a taste of what it's all about in our trailer, then check out all of the full length songs on our music page:

It's Getting a Little Greener!

2010-04-25T16:01:00.001-07:00

Our new listings for today are all great vintage bracelets with a little twist! Since we've been enjoying some beautiful weather here in the midwest USA lately, we thought we'd capture the splendor of these pieces in the lush greens of the great outdoors (instead of with our signature yellow plaid backdrop).

Had a lot of fun finding new ways to photograph them, and it was a relief to be able to capture the little details that just weren't being picked up in prior pictures using artificial light. Enjoy!

FREE SHIPPING Vintage Solid Blue Plastic Bracelet

FREE SHIPPING Vintage Red Plastic Bracelets Set of Six

FREE SHIPPING Vintage Marbled Bracelets Pink Magnolia Raspberry Awesome

FREE SHIPPING Vintage Marbled Coffee Bracelet Gorgeous

When it's time to let go...

2010-04-20T12:12:00.000-07:00

The vintage items we've had available so far have all been things from our own lives, not stuff we pick up at sales or from dealers or vendors. Not that there's anything wrong with that! Clearly, keeping things in circulation instead of landfills is the main goal, no matter where they come from.

But I don't think any are as personal as the item we sold today. My dad, collective member Terry Detrick, gave me his old wedding band over fifteen years ago. The marriage itself was awful, so there was no sentimental value to keeping it for that reason. It was too large for me to wear myself of course (and doesn't fit my own husband, collective member Paul Clark, either), but I didn't want to have it sized down.

See, that's the ring I remember looking up at when I grabbed my dad's finger to walk across the street when I was a preschooler. It was like Polaris to me then, and there was a part of me that didn't want to let it go.

But North Stars aren't meant to be kept in jewelry boxes, and as I've let go of so much of the past over the years, I knew this year that it was time to find a new home for that ring, too, where it could have a new life just like me.

Etsy was the perfect place, because I know people who shop there care about respecting the past, but also protecting the future, and not allowing beautiful things to waste away.

I knew someone would see how awesome this ring was for their *own* reasons, and it didn't surprise me that it was consistently the most viewed and "hearted" item in our shop. It's got a lot of love in it left to give, and people could sense it!

Today, it's got a new owner. I'm a little misty as I get ready to ship it out, but it's in a good way. I'm so glad to have this avenue not just to keep a shop, but to connect the past with the future, with amazing people as the conduit.

Vintage Bling: 8 New Bangle Bracelets!

2010-04-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

Newly listed in the Vintage Bling category are some great bracelets! One translucent butterscotch bangle, plus one set of two "koi-like" bracelets, and a 5-piece golden yellow set. Check them out with FREE SHIPPING in the USA!