New Arrivals

Jan has really done it this time. I think little J-Baby is going lose money this week in her paycheck after her Jan shopping spree. Everyone is dying over the new Pretty in Lace design (picture in (a) and (b) above). The delicate lace overlay on pearl or green glass is too amazing to describe. Pictured in (c) is the lovely deco bracelet available in brass or silver. I think the cuff design in (d) is very Aztec. Moving along to the French is the cute bow ring with black onyx button pictured in (e). And maybe one of her best selling designs is the Book of Love locket shown closed in (f) and open in the last picture. The locket has room for 4 pictures and is on a 32" chain for length and layering.

Of course we have much more so keep checking for new designs here or pop in the store!
Also look out for us in the April issue of Lucky! Or so we think, the fact checkers called again to make sure we were the real deal!

First Saturday Festivities

The Finch will be open Saturday Night for the First Saturday Gallery Crawl (why must they call it a crawl? No one should be crawling!) Susan and i will be there hanging out and chatting so come visit us and have a sip of something nice. I may even make sweet treats!

Fly Fly Butterfly

Well the cookies were for my Ella's Kindergarten class but the Marimekko tray is totally the Finch.

I love the bold prints and whimsical patterns of Marimekko. Nothing says Spring more boldly than a bright sunny print.

Speaking of Spring....the new Spring Tano has arrived and can you believe one of the new colors is almost exactly the same shade of blue as our yummy friend up there? Pool Blue, Fudgesicle, Dandelion, Leaf, Watermelon and Apricot are all waiting here for you in the best styles of the bunch! I think maybe the folks at Tano were a little hungry when naming the new colors.....

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive about Tano is "How does the leather wear? Well the leather gets that homey, loved broken in look over time. I personally am rather rough on my bags. I have two kiddos and a busy life so mine gets put on the floor, under the plane seat, on top of the dog, under the pool chair, on top the fridge and pretty much slung anywhere you can think of (even in the deep end of the pool at the Y, thanks Ella!). So mine wear a little faster than say Sarah's bags because hers never touch any of the above said things.

To compensate from my tough love I buy the darker colors because they wear a little better than the lighter ones. But you know it is fine leather (also meaning thin and baby soft) that is treated with a high gloss finish so it will wear, especially at the creases and edges. So keep the end result in mind when looking at the pretty spring lovelies and ask to see one of my 'distressed' samples.

Hooty Hoot Hoot

Hoot Mugs are Back!

Urban Safari

It's almost Springtime, and at Fire Finch we're already gearing up for the new season! We love all the fresh colors and funky prints that are taking the places of Wintery black and grey. Hobo International has produced a Spring line of leather goods in colors like ivory, maple, straw, and wasabi. As I tend to favor the bold, my personal favorite is the metallic leopard (as pictured) ! We carry quite an array of Hobo's small leather goods, and we have the new Spring line in stock.

Lovely Little Finch

A couple posts ago we mentioned our amazing new feather headpieces- and guess what! We now have an even bigger selection!!! The shapes and sizes vary, as do the colors: blue, hot pink, celery, espresso, black, winter white, red, and more. Each piece is a unique combination of feathers, rhinestones, and raffia. These are so much fun; they are the perfect accessory for the fashion forward girl that wants something you won't see on everyone. Our lovely Finch in the photo, Kali, is wearing her black one out to dinner!

**as a side note--I am becoming a little obsessesd with these headpieces. While in the Big Apple this past trip I came across this gaggle of fancy French women in the Lever House. They all had on these awesome and rather expensive looking hair accessories. I was too shy and too un-chic feeling to speak to them (they were uber fancy and only speaking rapid French) so I had no idea if they were coming from an event for Fashion Week or were just into the headgear. But I couldn't stop thinking of them. Well then I was walking down this long dark street to buy glass glitter which is literally glitter made from glass in this little set of shops when I came across a hat company going out of business. How could I resist rows of dusty boxes going at cut rate prices? Well I dug and dug and found a few awesome handmade hat adornments. Sarah crafted them into headbands today and they are awesome! I wish I had room in my suitcase for the hat blocking machine and crate of antique hat blocks but oh well. I did easedrop on a dapper young fellow who was buying a set of antique commercial Singer sewing machines. He was also negotiating the price on several hat making machines and blanks (did you know hats started out as floppy, amorphous blobs of fabric?) . Are hats making a hip comeback? Oh I hope so!!!!