Hearth Warming Holidays is Next Weekend!

Shop our huge selection of vintage Christmas and gifts and then check out the 60+ shops, galleries and restaurants of Waynesville, Ohio during Hearth Warming Holidays next weekend!

 

 

Black Friday Deals at Trendy Bindi's Boutique

Weather permitting, we will be open Friday through Sunday this weekend and you will have the chance to draw for your discount in our shop.  You will be able to get from 10%-25% off your total purchase.  We're located in the historic Stetson House at 234 S. Main St. Waynesville, Ohio. 

Or if you prefer to stay in the comfort of your home, relaxing in your pjs and sipping cocoa, you can get 10% off your total purchase (excluding shipping) in our online shops beginning tonight (Nov. 24) through Cyber Monday (November 29). 

The discounts have already been taken. 

If you are an Etsy member you can find our vintage finds here and our vintage Christmas here. 

You can also shop in our Artfire shops without having to register!
You will find vintage clothing, jewelry and accessories here.
You will find vintage decor and household items here.
You will find vintage Christmas goods here.

Thanks for Three Wonderful Years!

This Friday, April 2nd, is our Third Anniversary of opening our doors at Trendy Bindi's Boutique in Waynesville, Ohio.  (It's also our second Cowgirl Friday!) We wanted to thank everyone for making us feel so welcome.  We've made many wonderful friends in our customers, artisans, and our fellow Waynesville business owners.  You all make our days so much brighter and with everything that has gone on this past year, your support has been so deeply appreciated. 

We are taking 20% off our entire online shop today through Easter Sunday, excluding our clearance items. 
When you are finished with your purchases, just send us a convo and we'll send you your revised invoice!

To celebrate in our bricks and mortar shop, we'll be taking 20% off our entire shop Wednesday through Saturday.  We will be closed Easter Sunday.  Since our anniversary is on April's Cowgirl Friday, all our western and cabin decor items will be 25% off on Friday as well. 

We've Been Featured!

The lovely Melissa of Sew Sweet Stitches (who makes the fabulous hair clips and cozies in our shop) has done the sweetest feature on our shop over at her blog!  Be sure to check it out and leave her a little love!

Cowgirl Fridays--Commencing Now!

What with our shop being in the Stetson House and everything we really couldn't resist letting our inner cowgirl out from time to time and with 2010 being the building's bicentennial we thought it was the perfect excuse! The first Friday of each month is now Cowgirl Friday, starting today.  We've even made a sign, so it's official.

On Cowgirl Fridays you'll get 25% off our western and cabin themed items if you wear your cowgirl hat or boots.  Or do a line dance.  Otherwise you have to draw for your discount...so be sure to work on your aim!

In case all this doesn't entice you, we also have these yummy and oh too cute cupcakes from Cake Diva.  Come and get them while you can!

Happy Birthday Louisa!

We're so blessed that our shop is housed in the historic Stetson House in Waynesville.  It just gives you a special feeling to come to work each day in such a charming little building that has so much history to it.   You really feel a connection to those who have been here before you.  The most famous resident, for whom the building is named, was Louisa Stetson Larrick.  She was the sister of John B. Stetson, of hat fame. (If you would like to learn a bit more about this history of the Stetson House visit here.) Today would have been her 191st birthday and so we are having a little celebration at Trendy Bindi's in her honor.

We have these lovely cupcakes from Cake Diva which is just up the street from us. Aren't they sweet?

We are taking 20% off all clothing and women's accessories and we will be giving away these lovely Cape Cod Cupboard notecard sets

and this charming Welcome sign by Pink Buttercreme to different lucky customers throughout the day!

Bicentennial Events Coming Up: Louisa's Birthday & Cowgirl Fridays!

We're very excited to be celebrating the Bicentennial of Trendy Bindi's Boutique's home, the Stetson House, this year. 

Thanks to Graphics Fairy for this image!

We're kicking off the year-long Bicentennial celebration the first week of March with Louisa's Birthday Party on Tuesday, March 2nd with specials and refreshments.  Louisa Stetson Larrick's our building's namesake for more info on this lovely lady click here.

Then on Friday, March 5th we'll be hosting our first Cowgirl Friday.  They will be held on the first Friday of each month. We’ll be celebrating the historic heritage of our home and there will be discounts to be had on all of our Vintage and Handcrafted western and cabin goodies. It’ll be a little bit country, a little bit diva and a whole lot of fun! You’ll get an automatic 25% discount if you wear your cowgirl hat or boots. If you forget them you can always“draw” for you discount--depending on your aim you can get anywhere from 10-25% off your western purchases!

Hearth Warming Holidays Vintage Spotlight: Christmas Trees

We've gotten all sorts of wonderful vintage Christmas goodies in the shop right now and we wanted to share some of them with you. Here are some of our various Christmas trees.



This Christmas tree is the one that took center stage in Mom's childhood Christmasses. It is laden down with all of our vintage handmade and plastic unbreakable ornaments (after all, we do have to crawl under it to plug/unplug the lights!). The tree skirt is a vintage find as are the great funky metal tree stands.



Mom got the inspiration for this display in the December 09 issue of Romantic Homes (such a great magazine!). You can easily replicate the look in your own home with some polyester or cotton batting. We got a huge bag of it down the street at the Fabric Shack. The centerpiece is a FABULOUS gold and white ceramic tree. It has its original red lightbulb which gives it a faint rosy glow. The little plastic bulbs are actually clear candle shapes with gold glitter. This mountainous tree presides over a village of vintage putz-style mica covered cardboard houses.



This great vintage aluminum tree is covered with old handmade beaded ornaments and is kept company by some of our other ceramic trees. It's skirt features feathers! Underneath is a round Christmas tablecloth. On the green patio table are some reproduction creamy bottle brush trees.



The tree on our Stickley Brothers desk is a new piece but we just love the frosted look of the branches. It is decked out with pieces of Steph's Jewels handmade jewelry, made by a talented local lady who uses pieces of vintage jewelry and findings to make great new creations. We've put a lot of our vintage pieces as well as some of our other handcrafted jewels, pocket mirrors and hair accessories around it.

Hearth Warming Holidays Sneak Peek!

Here is a sneak peek at some of the fabulous vintage baubles we've been busy putting out for our Hearth Warming Holidays Open House which goes on through Sunday. Here we've assembled oodles of beautiful aqua and blue vintage glass ornaments. Don't you just love the old stencilled ones from Shiny Brite or made in Poland?

Here we've got some of our pink vintage ornaments, accented with some of our vintage jewels. We've put some of our pink champagne glasses to good use holding some "baubly"!


Here we've got some of our greens and golds...the old wire basket lends a nice contrast for display.

On our chippy white dresser, we've raided the shop's shelves for pretty compotes and dishes to hold some of our more spectacular ornaments. Those in the hobnail Fenton tidbit (front and center) are unsilvered WWII finds!

New Prissy's Uniques Fall and Halloween Wreaths Are In!

Mom and I are so excited to share these new handmade wreaths we got in last night from Prissy's Uniques.

The artist, Pamela, brought in some really beautiful autumn and delightfully fun halloween ones.

In addition to beautiful seasonal wreaths, Prissy's Uniques makes gorgeous shabby floral ones for your cottage home.

*if you are interested in any of these, just send us an e-mail!

End of Summer Reduction on our Motel Chairs

When we come back from being on vacation, we are going to celebrate the end of summer with an end of summer reduction on our lovely vintage motel bounce and rocking chairs. Instead of $80 each, they will be only $45 each! If you are interested in these you can send us an e-mail. As these are quite heavy, they are available for pick-up only at our shop at 234 S. Main St. Waynesville, Ohio.

Trendy Bindi's Boutique is On Vacation!

Just wanted to let you all know that Trendy Bindi's Boutique will be closed until the last week in August as we are on vacation. Can't wait to see all of you then!

Artist Spotlight: Moondog Cottage

One day last fall a woman visited our shop wearing the most darling vintage halloween postcard inspired pin. I complimented her on it and she shared that she was the artist. Fortunately for mom and I, when I contacted Sheri Harney this summer she was willing to consign her beautiful Moondog Cottage creations in our shop. I wanted to share her creations with all of you and she has graciously agreed to share a little bit about herself and her creations below. If you have a chance, be sure to visit her open house!
Enjoy!
Kerry

It's really amazing how I started designing jewelry. About 25 years ago I went to a small fair one summer with a friend. She bought me a small pin with a Jack-O-Lantern picture in it. (I love Halloween things!) It was glass on both sides and had a metal "frame" around it. I thought it was just the neatest little thing and tried to find out for years how it was made and finally just gave up. (I still have it!) About two years ago while browsing the internet I came upon some pins like that once again and found out it was actually soldered. So I read all I could on soldering and took a class at a local stained glass shop. After that I took a couple of classes on jewelry making and then started doing my own thing.

I turned a spare bedroom into my "Jewelry Room". Although the rest of my house is usually spotless, this room is always a mess! But somehow looking at piles of jewelry pieces inspires me. Sometimes two pieces will have accidentally landed beside each other and I'll think, "Hey, that looks good together!"

My mother has always been very creative. She has always encouraged me in whatever I've done and helped me in any way she could. I think I got my "creative gene" from her. I've dabbled in almost everything… painting, photography, working with clay, you name it! My husband is pretty encouraging too and sometimes will give me advice on a piece. I'm very lucky!

I love working with antique pieces and find them very inspirational. I always wonder who had them years ago and what that person was like. I've done quite a few pins and necklaces for people using their parent's and grandparent's old photographs. People usually give them as birthday and anniversary gifts. It's always very rewarding when they get back with me and tell me how much the person loved it and what a personal, one of a kind gift it was.

The most exciting thing I have going on right now is getting ready for my second "annual" Moondog Cottage Trunk Show which will be July 18th! The first one was a huge success and I'm really looking forward to this one. We'll have fabulous desserts for everyone while they browse my jewelry which will be displayed on glass cake stands and this year I'm also featuring Janniev's birdhouses and folk art pieces from Tole Mountain . It's advertised in the July and August issues of Romantic Homes and also on my website for anyone who's interested in coming!

Sheri's Bits of Bliss!

• Curling up with a good Stephen King novel at night


• My friend Sherrie's homemade white cake with white icing


• Listening to Garrison Keillor tell a story


• Kissing my husband goodnight


• Sitting by a roaring fire in the fireplace & watching the snow fall outside
  
  

You can come see some of Sheri's Moondog Cottage creations at our shop, Trendy Bindi's Boutique in the Stetson House in Waynesville, OH or by visiting one of these sites below!

http://www.moondogcottage.com/
http://moondogcottage.blogspot.com/
http://ravenslane.blogspot.com/
http://www.moondogcottage.com/Moondog_Blog.html
http://www.moondogcottage.com/Open_House_2009.html

My Favorite Thing in the Store

This vintage aqua wrought iron table and chairs set is my favorite thing in the store. Doesn't look like something that Doris Day would have in one of her movies? It is just so much fun. I just love everything about this set--the color, its unusual design. Wouldn't it be fun to set a small garden statue or something in the "cage" base of the table. Flowers or tiny lights could be twined in the "loops."

It sat in my garage for a long time before I brought it down to the store. I really wanted to move it into my breakfast room, but my husband doesn't love it like I do. I was a tough decision, but I decided that I keep the husband and bring the table set to the store so that someone else could love it as much as I do. In all fairness, we need five chairs if all of us are eating at home in the breakfast room and I have another set outside, but I really could picture this set in my beach house that I am going to have someday.

Aside from this table, I actually have been buying vintage goodies, when I run into them, that would be perfect for my future beach house. I figure if God put them in my path, then He will eventually provide the means to buy the beach house. I was a Girl Scout and the motto was Be Prepared. Am I the only one out there that is preparing for a future dream home that may or may not come about? If I never get the beach house, I still have some wonderful items that I can decorate with and remind me of the beach and make me smile. Decorating vintage is not only romantic but fun and happy too and is just another little beit of bliss.

Waynesville Days

I know that it seems a ways off but July is creeping up on us and before you know it, Waynesville Days will be here! Carol, a good friend and wonderful owner of Waynesville's Red Barn General Store (where you can find all sorts of yummy foods, including the Country Living line, beautiful glassware, and much much more) has been working very hard and has just posted the official Waynesville Days website. Not only can you learn more about this weeklong old-fashioned patriotic small town celebration, you can also take a peek at some the great material from turn of the century Waynesville Homecomings.
http://www.waynesvilledays.com/

You can also visit the Red Barn General Store Here

Call For Artists!

Second Sunday Stroll...Waynesville, Ohio Press Release



Second Sunday Stroll Committee Announces
Call for artists Waynesville, Ohio Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - Starting Sunday, May 10th, and running through September 13th,
Waynesville Merchants Association will again host a monthly art event known as Second Sunday Stroll. Local visual and performing artists including painters, sculptors, woodcarvers, photographers, musicians, dancers, singers and magicians are invited to participate. Individuals will be set up along the length of the Main Street historical district and on one block of High Street. All visual arts must be original and made by the artists themselves.
The artists must send samples of their art by regular mail or
electronically to the Stroll Committee for approval. Visual artists will be
permitted to sell their work as well as demonstrate their talents. Sign
up for one Stroll or plan to attend all the monthly Sunday events. The
Stroll Committee will have the final approval of all artists and art.

Artists will be required to pay a promotional fee of $15 per month
which will be used for advertising to promote the art event. There will be
a discounted Summer Pass available for $50 if paid by May 10th. This
pass will register the artist for the whole summer at a savings of $25.

Performing artists may include soloists or small groups who sing,
dance, play musical instruments, or present mini dramas. All performing
artists will be working for tips and CD sales will be permitted as well.
Again, artists must send samples of their work by regular mail or
electronically to the Stroll Committee for approval. Performing artists
are not required to pay any promotional fees.

2009 is our third year to host this event and we are welcoming
supporting guilds and galleries to the event again this year. Any artist
guild, cooperative or gallery who would like to offer support to this art
event would be greatly appreciated. For details about how your guild or
gallery can become recognized for any of the dates in 2009, please
contact info@secondsundaystroll.com or visit our website for more details.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars
to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural
enrichment for all Ohioans. Other sponsors include the Canada Goose Gallery
featuring the works of P. Buckley Moss, the Waynesville Area Chamber of
Commerce and several other Waynesville merchants.

The dates for the Second Sunday Stroll are May 10th, June 14th, July
12th, August 9th and September 13th from noon to 5pm. For more
information or to submit your artwork and register for any or all events, please
email info@secondsundaystroll.com or send US Mail to Carol Vacca, P.O. Box 743, Waynesville, Oh 45068 or call Carol at 513-897-3885

www.secondsundaystroll.com

We Have A Giveaway Winner!

Thank you to all of you who participated in our giveaway, we really appreciate all of your input in our survey. I wrote everyone's IDs on slips of paper, folded them up and put them in a bowl, mixing them up really well. Mom then, with eyes closed, drew a slip from the bowl, unfolded it and revealed that Gretchen M90 has won. Gretchen M90 has won this lovely giftset full of scrumptious A Prickly Pair toiletries.

Sale!

We are having a sale through this weekend in honor of Louisa Stetson Larrick's birthday. She lived in our house during the mid-nineteenth century and was the sister of John Stetson, (yes the cowboy hat Stetson). Our shop's building is actually known locally as the Stetson House.

For this sale, we are taking 25% off of all jewelry and toiletries in our bricks and mortar shop and 25% off all jewelry in our Etsy shop. So be sure to stop by!

Our Very First Giveaway!

We have decided it is high-time for us to have a giveaway here on our blog. If you participate in the following survey you will be entered in a chance to win this lovely A Prickly Pair toiletries giftset. This giftset includes a lavender-vanilla scented, rose-shaped soap paired with a Royal Albert "The Ancestrial Series" Saucer. As well as a matching lavender-vanilla scented, rose-shaped solid lotion in a pink floral giftbox and a lavender-vanilla room spray.

These A Prickly Pair toiletries are made by a local mother/daughter team right here in Ohio and we are very proud to be able to offer them to our customers in our bricks and mortar shop.



If you would like to be entered into the drawing for this giftset all you need to do is leave us a comment with your answers to the following survey questions between now and 12:00 A.M. EST Sunday, March 8, 2009. We will then write out an entry slip for each person who comments and will put them in a bowl, shake it around and pull out the winner.

We will then contact the winner through their blogger account to get all the pertinent shipping details. If we have not gotten a response within a week, we reserve the right to hold another drawing.


Here's the survey:

Question #1:
Do you shop in small towns and if so how many times a year?

Question #2:
If yes, how do you find the small towns to visit? I.E. Word of Mouth, Magazines, Internet etc...

Question #3:
About how much would you say you typically spend in a given trip?

Question #4:
Do you prefer day trips or overnight getaways?

Question #5:
Do you visit with your significant other, friends, family or do you prefer to shop alone?

Question #6:
If you do prefer an overnight getaway what sort of packages appeal to you?

Question #7:
What are important draws for you for visiting a small town? I.E. Historical sites, shopping, eating, entertainment, nature etc...

Question #8:
When shopping in a small town what do you look for?

Question #9:
What sorts of shops catch your eye and your attention enough that you are likely to go inside and shop and what turns you off?

Question #10
At the end of the day, what sorts of things are you likely to be bringing home with you?

Thank you! We can't wait to hear what all of you have to say!

Masterpiece Theatre Classics: Oliver Twist

We are PBS junkies in our household, and Masterpiece Theatre productions particularly the Mystery! and Classics are our favorites. The talent that goes into these productions always shows and we love to get drawn into them.

On the past two Sunday evenings, the first and second halves of Oliver Twist were shown. This latest adaptation of Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist is the best that I have seen and is my very favorite.

The acting in this production is just wonderful and the setting and costumes are what we have come to expect from the very best Masterpiece productions. I think the highest compliment that can be payed to the actors is that, with the exception of the true villains, those at the workhouse and the undertaker's and of course Edward, a real sympathy was created for the characters. In particular, Timothy Spall (Fagin), Sophie Okonedo (Nancy), Adam Arnold (the Artful Dodger) and Tom Hardy (an actually sympathetic Bill Sykes) excelled in their portrayals. You might very well recognize Timothy Spall as he was Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter.

If you missed out, you are in luck because for a limited time you can watch Oliver Twist on the Masterpiece website here



*as a little note of local interest, Dickens stayed here locally at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon and it is rumored that he, or Mark Twain, or both (at separate times of course!) stayed at a house that was once an inn right here in Waynesville, Ohio!