{announcing a salvage517 shop update on Monday}

New things arrive in the shop Monday!

Introducing salvage517 earrings.

And here's a glimpse of one of my favorite new creations.

Vintage Thanksgiving postcard displays.

More necklaces made with my recent finds and such will be in there too.

{excited.}



Have a blessed Sunday.

My first coupon code for the first day of Autumn (tomorrow)!

Tomorrow is the first day of Autumn, guys. Autumnal Equinox.

I learned that "equinox" is Latin for equal night. It's one of two days a year (Vernal Equinox being the other, in spring) when the day and night are more or less equal in length. Just a little trivia for you.

That means today is the last official day of summer, my favorite season. Well, I'm trying to look at the change in seasons with a happy heart. I'm looking forward to rain boots, and my favorite brown boots, and wearing scarves....okay, maybe all the things I like about Fall have to do with outfits, primarily boots. Not apologizing for that.


But I wanted to kick it off with my first coupon code. I listed a bunch of new items in my shop, including some little girls' necklaces and pommie keychains, and you can use the coupon code AUTUMN15 now through midnight tomorrow to get 15% off everything.

I know my shop has only been open for less than two weeks, but I like a reason to celebrate.

Even if it's the last day of my favorite season. Even if I will really miss the sun. The glass is half full, here; I'm so thankful for my overflowing cup of blessings. You are a part of that too, ya know. You really do bless me, and I'm thankful for each of you.

Wishing you a great weekend!

Salvaged (and introducing my new shop)

I've been busy with a new idea. And a new shop.

I've been salvaging things. Collecting bits of vintage here and there and giving them new life. The word "repurposing" is perfect because each piece I make reminds me of something very important:

By the grace of God, we can all be repurposed goods.


2 Corinthians 5:17 says,

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

That inspires me. Paul is saying "Behold!" In other words, "Pay attention to this: the new has come!" God takes old, tattered, purposeless lives and makes them new. Alive. Valuable. Full of promise. Isn't that incredible?

Just like I may find an abandoned treasure, He finds us.

He calls us by name, in tremendous love.

And when we entrust our lives to Him, He gives us a beautiful, honorable purpose. 

The purpose He intended for us from the start.  

My simple creations seek to reflect His heart. In a small way, in my small world, I want to share that message.

How fitting that my shop, salvage517 (named for the verse above), is opening now, in February, as we celebrate love. I think any work of redemption must start with love. So my first four one-of-a-kind creations, this time all hoop art, are themed especially for the season. (And in a week or so, I'll bring out more stuff.)

Enjoy, friends. And thank Jesus today if He's repurposed you.