If you are my age, you may remember Dick and Jane. Early readers were how we learned to read.  Simple and repetitive.  Years ago, I  found an entire  collection of  Dick and Jane Readers, Primers, and even a Teacher's manual.

What a delight.  I kept them for years but decided to part with my collection recently.  I managed to snap a few photos before sending them to their new home. The illustrations are pure delight.  Enjoy...

Fringe benefits of being a Team Captain for an Etsy Team...

 ( My awesome team is the Vintage Etsy Society Street Team! VestiesTeam for short! Search for us on Etsy.com)

Every year Etsy has passed along a thoughtful gift to the team Captains and leaders.  Last year was a great canvas tote and a nice personal note.  This year was a delightful personal note from Kimm, a very helpful 2013 planner, a Team Captain patch ( I love that...) AND, I received a $25 dollar Etsy Gift Certificate,  a cute wooden name badge that features my shop name... and several coupons for online merchandise helpful for your business.

Moo was kind enough to provide etsy with $50.00 merchandise vouchers for the Captains and Leaders.  Here is what I created with them!   I LOVE my new logo... the little illustration of an open door with a vintage light... my inspiration was apartment528, a wonderful vintage shop and a creative duo of sellers in Chicago.    My little logo is bright and colorful and shows off my Opendoorhandmade style!

In my Moo.com shipment I also received mini moo cards and stickers... all covered by the coupon.

  

     

  

How exciting!

  

If you like what you see... 

I have ONE coupon code from Moo.com available for YOU to receive 15 % off your first order, for a pack of 50 business cards.  ( for one lucky winner) 

   and

ONE coupon for 15% off  your first order of  mini moo cards or stickers ... Just leave a comment below and I will happily share that with the first 2 folks to comment! Let me know which coupon you prefer! AND be sure to leave your email address for me to send the code !

I LOVE SHARING!

( sorry, if you have ordered previously from moo... the code will not work, you must be a new customer) 

Opendoorhandmade.etsy.com is open for business!

I have recently opened my newest shop OpendoorHandmade.etsy.com.
There you will find many handmade items. I have begun a "line" of greeting tags.
The line includes my original artwork in little collections ...
"it's your birthday" , " your home"," wedding day", "wild things", " project pink", "be mine", " couture collection", " Easter blessings", "be well"... and many others!

I hope you will stop by to see my original illustrations. Each is painted with watercolor and then pen and ink line drawing over top. Each illustration is signed and dated and can make a cute little art collection... just add a frame!

My lines will be growing to include cards and other handmades.

I will be adding my handmade scarves as well, once i get rolling.

I hope you will stop by and see what is new!
martha