Retro Chalet Studio

Name: Ira Mency (nom de' plume of Cindy Fahnestock-Schafer)

Shop: Retro Chalet Studio

Location: Baltimore, MD and Danforth, ME

Shop Link: http://www.retrochaletstudio.etsy.com/

Retro Chalet Studio houses upcycled art, jewelry, and home decor made primarily with recycled, discarded, broken, trashed, or unwanted goods. Upcycled or repurpose vintage goodsalso play a role in these whimsical creations. Retro Chalet Studio is loaded with one of a kind handmade poker chip pendants, fun assemblage sculptures , home decor, and mixed media collage designs. Ira Mency is a published author and freelance journalist who primarily focuses on greener living, and of course runs this blog. Her sister shop, RetroChalet offers vintage and supplies on Etsy.

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Check out Retro Chalet Studio shop here.

For vintage and supplies visit the sister shop Retro Chalet HERE.

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Retro Chalet

Name: Ira Mency (Cindy Fahnestock-Schafer)

Location: Baltimore, Maryland / Danforth, Maine

SHOP LINK: http://www.retrochalet.etsy.com/

Ira gets to travel extensively in the summer which leads her to thrift stores, trash piles, and estate sales all over the nation. This dumpster divin' diva is not scared to get dirty . The Retro Chalet shop is full of vintage housewares, supplies, ephemera, and leftover destash from her sister shop on Etsy, which is her art shop. There's lots of funky stuff you just don't see very often including vintage melmac, wacky and tacky collectibles, and things that she has found along her travels. When not traveling, she's writing about going green, including being Team Leader of the Etsy Recycler's team and busy managing this blog!

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Visit her Etsy vintage shop here .

Visit her Art Shop HERE.

More about Ira Mency at her personal website or official blog page.

The Early Girl

Shop Name: The Early Girl

Name: Shannon

Location: Harpswell, Maine

Shop Link: http://www.theearlygirl.etsy.com/

Shannon's shop shows her love for sewing. Her passion comes from growing up with her mom in Georgia. Shannon said, "She aways had a sewing project on the dining room table, crochet needles in a basket beside the couch, and a cross-stitch project in her pocketbook. My daughter, Haley, reminds me of my mom in her innate creative spirit and vision. She once knit a bathing suit for Kira-the-shih-tzu and used a furry fleece to design a mock-braid when she grew weary of her too-short bob hairstyle."

Shannon finds sewing therapeutic and often will use recycled or upcycled fabrics in her work.

Check out her Etsy Shop HERE.