Secondhand Store of the Month: Hair Treasures!

Dear Reader,
we are proud to announce our first Secondhand Store of the Month, Hair Treasures! The brain child of Tara Bender, Hair Treasures is just what the name conjures up: Beautiful, one-of-a-kind accessories to dazzle any head of hair. Each piece is hand made with care, and Tara often incorporates secondhand items. She even does special orders! As our Secondhand Store of the month, we will be visiting Tara's work space where the magic happens. She also donated a very special Hair Treasure, made especially for our first monthly giveaway!

She shared a few words with us about the secondhand items that were used on this unique piece:
"The fabric was given to me by a lady who comes in to Eagle Creek. She has her own interior upholstery business, so she gives me drapery scraps and stuff. It feels like christmas every time she gives me a bag of goodies. This fabric was my favorite! Whoever wears it will be matching someone's curtains somewhere out there in the world. And the piece on the front is a vintage earring that i got at the flea market this winter. I'm not sure how old it is, but it had a screw-on back, and it's very '70s yellowish, so maybe somewhere in that decade."

This Treasure will be given away through our blog toward the end of April, so keep your eyes peeled!

-S.H.

Business as usual

Dear Reader,

This lovely spring day finds us together in Zionsville at Eagle Creek Coffee, sitting in a neat line on a comfy couch with laptops open. There is a lot of important business to attend to today. We had the pleasure of running in to our friend Tara Bender, a barista at Eagle Creek and also the mastermind behind Hair Treasures. When we walked in, Tara was restocking a clear glass cooler and all we could see was a silhouette of an adorable waisted dress. We knew it had to be Tara, because we had read about how she transformed a work tee shirt in to a dress. It's a really brilliant idea to bring new life to an old piece.

Hair Treasures is going to be our first featured Secondhand Store of the Month(!!!), which will be in April. She makes lovely hair accessories incorporating vintage jewelry. Keep an eye out for Tara's free giveaway through our blog!

Below are just a few examples of Tara's Hair Treasures:

And now we've got to get down to some serious business.

-S.H.