Monday, May 7, 2012

Did I Eat That? International Farmers Market Small Haul



I'm no adrenaline junkie, as you can tell by my previous post.  But I do enjoy a mind-stumping culinary challenge like Food Network's Chopped or Sweet Genius more often than not.

Which is why you can find me poking around the local international farmer's market as giddy as a girl on a field trip.  What a wonderland! The sheer variety of choy alone boggles the mind! 

(I like to snap stealthy photos of packages of frozen bull's testicles, frozen sheep's heads and whole frozen goats in muslin bags, then send them to my friend from my Blackberry.) 

Today I brought home a dragon fruit, aptly named, as you can see.  I just wanted to share in case you've ever been curious. This tastes nothing like the dragon fruit flavored Vitamin Water, which tastes to me like watered-down Kool-Aid.  This had the grainy texture of watermelon and a sweet-tart flavor faintly reminiscent of pomegranate, but I have to tell you, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would.  

Maybe mine wasn't sweet enough?  I'm funny about textures, and this one was kind of freaking me out, man...! But isn't it pretty?  While searching for YouTube videos on how to eat a dragon fruit, I did come across footage on people eating the world's stinkiest fruit--the infamous durian--for the first time, but the way it was described, well...there's no chance I'll be blogging about my adventures with that, so don't go getting any ideas.  But I have been eyeballing the kimchi selection...

Thursday, May 3, 2012

New Items from Urban Heirlooms!

It's been a while since I touched my blog.  The truth is, I've been elbow deep in vintage doilies, cowhide and antique keys, but I thought it wise to come up for air and let you know what I've been up to.  I hope you like these!

BOHO BAGS
 To PRE-ORDER a boho bag, please contact me at info@urban-heirlooms.com for complete details and available leathers.  All bags are hand made to order and one-of-a-kind, so no two are exactly alike.  Due to demand, as of today, current turn-around time is 6-8 weeks.

"Charlotte's Web" 
Medium Boho Messenger

"Sisters" Medium Boho Messengers

Large Deluxe Boho with All-Leather Strap Option


XL Deluxe Steamship Style Messenger


Antique Key Necklaces

These necklaces are made from some very unusual keys I've been collecting over the past several months.   They were just waiting patiently to be strung and photographed and listed...for your viewing pleasure!

Antique Skeleton Key Necklaces for sale now.
Hurry before they go!


Boho Vintage Folding Key Necklace with Filigree Bead Chain


How Do I Look?
 I bought this Victorian cotton and crochet lace butterfly camisole from Adanta3 Vintage.  It's the perfect backdrop for my necklaces.  Just as I thought!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

These 3 Keys


Look what I found! I think they're pretty spectacular.  Not sure what I'll do with them yet, but I definitely want to see them on a leather bag or clutch. 
Keys today are so generic looking; there's nothing special about them.  But the act of opening a door, any door, with a key like this automatically becomes a grand gesture.
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