Etsy sale coupon code for the holiday shopper!

I have recently started launching some new fall, winter, and nature themed jewelry for the cold months in my etsy shop. You can find my etsy at the link below if you haven't seen it yet. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahsSalvageShop

Find this butterfly necklace here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254141385/butterfly-and-berry-necklace-antique

I am also expanding my chunky charm bracelets in many themes that are perfect for stocking stuffers or secret Santa. 

Find this ocean charm bracelet here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254144707/gold-ocean-charm-bracelet-antique-gold

If you want to keep up with my newest jewelry creations also be sure to follow me on Pinterest @ Sarahssalvage. 

Mixed metal honeybee earrings

 ( makes a great gift too!)

With the holidays fast approaching I want to extend a coupon code to customers out there who are looking for holiday gifts. 

Please use coupon code HOLIDAY2015 for 15% off an order of 25 dollars or more. What a great deal get all your lady friends a gift in one place! 

Don't forget to take a peek at my christmas jewelry too. Happy shopping. 

My harbor freight 40 drawer organizer review

I finally relieved my order from harbor freight! I purchased an organizer drawer unit for around 15 dollars with a coupon code. 

Here is a picture of my kitty helping me unpack it and playing in the box. Haha. Little cutie! 

Here is the picture of the unit with some of my goodies in it. I plan to label the drawers for easier searching. 

The frame of this unit is a pretty sturdy plastic, but not a sturdy as some more expensive units. The drawers are your typical frosted plastic. The drawers are just transparent enough so you can still see what is inside. The drawers pull completely out of the unit. This works great for me if I want to pull from multiple drawers or work from certain ones. This fact may not work for al crafters. This unit has 40 small drawers and one big one. It can be hung on the wall or it can be free standing on a table. 

It took a little bit for this unit to be shipping, but once it did it got to my fairly quickly through fedex. 

I would recommend this unit to my crafting friends who need to store small items that are not really heavy such as really heavy glass beads. It seems to work perfect for jump rings, clasps, charms, rhinestones, cabochons, and other embellishments I have. 

My Aqua patina drawer....

The large drawer with my large 30x40 cameos. 

Some vintage cabochons 

As you can see from the pictures the drawers make look small, but they hold a good bit of stuff. I noticed they have the option of adding dividers for further customization, but I couldn't find any on the harbor freight website and the unit didn't come with any. Maybe you could make some to for if desired? 

Want to find one of your own? 

Try this link : 

http://m.harborfreight.com/tool-storage/part-storage/40-bin-organizer-with-full-length-drawer-94375.html

I will try to keep you all updated with more of my organizing ventures. Thanks for reading! 

Sarah 

New storage in my craft room and a bead haul

Hey folks! It has been a little bit since I have posted here, but I am back. It has been a busy summer, let me tell you. Too busy. My poor boyfriend, who is an electrician if you don't know,  has been working 7 days a week 8-10 hours a day trying to finish a big college job in Burlington. We went on a short vacation to Maine, which was fun while it lasted. 

I wanted to share an overview of my dollar bead haul. I can't wait to make some beautiful jewelry for you and list it in my etsy shop at Sarahs salvage shop. Be sure to check it out btw if you haven't yet! 

If you bead, scrapbook, or make jewelry you have to check dollarbead.com out. They have great deals on some glass beads. Serious look at this beautiful loot. 

I bought some recent storage from tjmax, ikea, and harbor freight. I hope to show you it all soon. At tjmax I got some drawer dividers for a drawer unit I got at ikea. Gosh it takes ages for ikea to ship stuff btw. At harbor freight I got a mini drawer unit like the ones guys use for nuts and bolts. They have great storage there like I have said before. The shipping for them has also been terribly slow. Maybe I am impatient, but my dollar bead order shipped the same day and got to me in two days. Now that is good service! 

As for our monster house project... We have been working at a snail pace on the laundry room here are some scary photos of the transformations. We have a long way to go still... Oh lord. 

We are adding pvc chair rail to protect the walls. Send us well wishes that we get this finished soon. I want my laundry room sink back and my cabinets. Plus who really likes tracking Sheetrock deist over the whole house? 

On a better note the porch looks great and it's our retreat. Plus my kitty Cassie loves it. 

Well hopefully next week I can show you how the craft storage changes are progressing. Please check back soon! 

Sarah 

Busy day Ahead

Well we bought a truck! Let me just start off by saying it will be great to not have to rely on anyone to borrow a truck. When you do as much house work as we do buying wood and sheet rock it comes in handy. 

We have started working on our front porch. I am relieved because it's the first thing people see when they come over. It was stuffed with plaster and lath and old sidding all winter. Too long! Now it's cleaned off and we are mudding the walls. I can't wait to pull up the ugly carpet and put in our actual pretty light fixtures. Yay! No more embarrassing greetings at the door. I'll hopefully show pictures soon. 

Here is my jewelry work table this week. 

Cassie didn't let me get much done 

Listed a couple new things though in my etsy shop. 

Find it at Sarah's salvage shop on etsy! 

Oh by the way, happy Mother's Day! 

My new rotating storage craft room storage

I recently purchased this rotating storage from harbor freight online. I got one for me and one for my mom for Mother's Day. 

Unfortunately it is black and I wish it was white, but I am too lazy to spray paint it. I love this thing so far, but it certainly took ages to put together. The small price tag made up for it though. I paid about $12 with a coupon that my mom found. You would pay a ton more if you bought a similar piece from a craft store. So far o am keeping the things I use the most in it and some of my paint and colorizing items. 

I also thought I would share some small plastic containers that I found at the dollar tree. These containers hold my tiny flat back pearls. The covers hold really tight and remind me of old film canisters. 

All in all I am very please with my new work table set up. I think it is nice quality especially for the price. Please feel free to share your fun crafty storage solutions. 

Bedroom/ jewelry work room coming together

My boyfriend and I have a goal of finishing my work room/ guest room by the end of the month. Boy it has been a chore! Our house is very old and nothing is square. Not to mention the fact that Damon (my boyfriend) now has to work weekends to get an electrical job done on time. 

Today we cleaned the floor and started laying the laminate that we also used in the rest of the house. As you can see the shelves are in too. Last to do is some touch ups and trim work. We will have to figure out some kind of door situation as well. A standard door doesn't fit in this small house. 

A lot of time today was wasted fiddling with an acient air conditioner that was ready for fall out of the wall. Not a great option when it is still 5 degrees out. Anyways now that heavy sucker won't fall and kill anyone and the room is almost done! Woohoo!!

The wood paneling will stay for now. The air conditioner as well. Eventually we might replace the wall, and remove the air conditioner. Now though our first goal is to replace those original windows. No one likes to see to the outside like that. Haha 

Anyways I hope we continue to make progress and soon that room will be helping me create jewelry for you! 

Speaking of Jewelry this necklace is my pride and joy this week. 

Check it out and more at my etsy shop. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahsSalvageShop

Also please peek at my face book page 

https://www.facebook.com/SarahsSalvageShop

Like my page and private message me to get a coupon for 5% off your order! 

Have a nice night. 

Sarah Colburn 

My New jewelry line

Sorry I haven't been writing so often as I had. It has been quite busy here. We are trying to finish our upstairs bedroom by the end of the month and it is often slow going. We come across a lot of kinks to iron out along the way. More on that later when o can reveal more. For now I'll share the jewelry I've been working on. 

If you are new to my blog you may not know that I make my own jewelry designed and hand assembled by me. I love and am greatly inspired by vintage items and love the shabby cottage chic style. I love to colonize with paints and distress them to make them look old. 

I have started a new line in my etsy shop that includes some lovely distressed pastel maple leaf earrings that are perfect for spring and summer. 

Some examples can be seen above. I used hand made ceramic and claw flowers to adorn the hand painted American made brass charms. I even have some necklaces that are made from spoons that I bent to make pendants. 

I am particularly proud of my progress lately to develop a line and style unique to me. It has been a long road and it has taken me a few years to get this far. 

I have even tried branching out of my comfort zone and tried to make a shabby bat necklace with a slight gothic twist. 

I also made a large statement necklace that can be paired with my shabby style necklaces. It features a large brass bib focal that I hand painted beautiful pearlized pastel colors. 

Do you want to see my etsy store for your self? 

Visit this link 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahsSalvageShop

All my jewelry is either made by me in Vermont or are vintage finds. 

Now as I end this blog post I will give you a quick peek at the bedroom progress...