Moving Sale!

via audreyhepburncomplex

a very happy new year to each and every one of you! i hope you were able to enjoy some lovely celebrations over the holidays with friends and family...we certainly did in this neck of the woods!

and since we have just turned the bend to greet the new year, it is now time to say a fond farewell to my etsy shop geschichtenvonkat as the big move gets underway! i have been looking forward to this move for a while but will also be a little sad to see the ole place go, sniff! i'm not yet set on a closing date but i have opened up the new shop, called the story of kat, and I hope you will visit me there as i fill it up with lovely new items over the next month!

in the meantime though, i am having a big moving sale at geschichtenvonkat to clear out the inventory i will not be taking with me and am therefore offering 40% OFF everything that is left in the shop! you can use the coupon code "CLOSEOUT" to take advantage of these ginormous savings (how much do i sound like one of those crazy big box furniture commercials?!) and i hope you will find a lovely little something for yourself. i will be adding a few "new" vintage items so keep those eyes peeled.

it's back to listing items for me as i sit bundled up on the couch nursing a cold...see you back here soon with regular posts in the new year!

settling in

we're finally getting settled into our new place and i must say it feels so good to be here! The new apartment is so big and i'll admit to getting a bit teary eyed whenever i see one of the cats dozing in the sunlight...hey, you would too if you've had the experience of living in an english basement with only one window for way too long ;) I want to post pictures of the place but I do so love to nest and make every room "just so," otherwise you might glimpse our mountains of boxes or wires that have yet to be tucked neatly away and i would be a little bit mortified. It's a promise though—pictures to come when the moving in mess is a thing of the past!


In the meantime i'm sharing a treasury I made it into AND there are some new compress' in the shop with some really fun new kokka prints which i love. I try to stock up whenever i find new ones that fit my fancy so check them out in the nest.home.retreat section...

Hot Cold Aromatherapy Flax Compress with

Floral Herbal Blend of Essential Oils and
Little Red Riding Hood Kokka Fabric

The Big Move

There are a few new items in the shop, but for the most part I have been working behind the scenes to prep new items for the holiday seasons that are just around the corner now—get ready for sachets specially scented for christmas, compress' with some cute new kokka fabrics, and a new take on my café aprons! I've also been teaching myself to knit in the round, yikes! I have loved working with yarn and fibers ever since my godfather built me a loom many years ago; I took weaving courses for a few years but when I began high school I'm afraid I couldn't keep up with it in addition to sports, orchestra, and my studies. Knitting has been a fun way to work with so many beautiful yarns again though in a much more portable way and I do hope that I can someday share my handiwork on etsy.

In the meantime...we've found a new home at last! The last couple weeks have been so busy making plans for our big move that it feels as though my head might spin right off. Boston has always been in the back of our minds as a possibility but the comparatively good job market for John's work (as compared to DC) as well as a dream apartment settled the matter for us quite comfortably and so Boston it is!

my current (soon to be former!!) "studio" which really just consists of a small bookshelf
and equally small table for my sewing machine which sit in the corner of our bedroom.
(Apologies for the slight blurriness here)

Whenever we have been down and out, moody in our cavernous little basement apartment, and just positively itching for some kind of new opportunity after John's lay-off, we've sat and described to each other the kind of place we would like to make our new home in. A kitchen that is not just a hallway in disguise, an extra room for me to set up a real work space/studio in, windows everywhere (we have only one right now in the very front room of our english basement apt., ugh!), stairs to force the cats to exercise (ha!), and all of this nestled into some quaint little town with trees and paths and water for recreation. So as you might imagine, we were dumbstruck to find all of this just 20 minutes outside Boston!!! A doable commute, a peaceful place to come home to away from the city's dirt and noise....insert huge sigh of relief here.

So for the next week or so I'll have somewhat spotty access to internet. I am leaving the shop open though so that you may browse and purchase at your leisure! Simply allow an extra 1–2 weeks for your package to arrive for any purchases made during this time (October 19th–26th). And of course I will respond to any queries you may have via etsy convo as soon as I am able.

Hope to meet you back here soon—and coming to you from Boston!!