Holiday delivery to Manhattan and Brooklyn

Holiday Hand Delivery has been activated.

Starting right now through midnight December 23, any orders to Brooklyn and Manhhattan addresses have the option to be hand delivered (which is recommended if you want it by Christmas) for a flat rate of $10.

Any size order... 10 dollars.

The 'Hand Delivery' checkbox option will appear in your cart after selecting NYC as your city/locale (as pictured below)


  - andfriend

the new SEARCH is here

  posted by "andfriend"

There's a new search feature on the site.

I could claim to have slaved for days on this, but the truth is: I put it together in a few hours.

It works well enough. I'll tweak it further as needed - tagging the items better, &c.

the way it works is: You click "SEARCH"...


...a box appears, and you type in words,
then press ENTER / RETURN.


That's about it.

wire coat hangers

  posted by "andfriend"

Salesmanship is not my thing. There are those who can "turn it on and off". You see them like a lion going into kill mode: going from grousing about something or other to an instant "game face" and easy going demeanor when a customer comes by. Only to drop back into grousing mode seconds later.

Thankfully, such schizo behavior (known in business circles as "professionalism") is sort of rare at the Brooklyn Flea. Most vendors at The Flea are crafts people, artisans and local retailers who are an easygoing bunch. You won't find many super-aggro D-bags there... just a bunch of cool people playing a fun game called Flea Market, and who have a more intimate connection with the things they sell. Whether it's something they made with their own hands or a finely curated collection of artifacts and objects that truly fascinate and inspire them - whatever it is, chances are it's close to them. It's in their blood.

That is probably why I had a good time at The Flea' Gifted Holiday Market yesterday. The Digital Harinezumi camera was very popular with the crowd. Being an INTENSE film/photo/video enthusiast for many years, I was all excited to talk about this tricky little toy camera - it's faux silent Super8 images, the tinier-than-your-pinky-nail usb adapter we bundle with it.... blah blah.

Yeah, I'm a nerd.


Digital Harinezumi

Usually its Mollie doing all the presenting with the array of tchotkes and stylish items she's curated.

I guess these events help to provide me with the opportunity to be a more socialized human being; a forum to share intensely personal interests.

If Flea vendors were merely salesmen or marketeers they would probably do better financially by selling for giant SatanCo conglomerates or peddling wire coat hangers wholesale. But we choose to engage in stuff beyond pure profit motive - playing with other edges, pursuing passions, choosing to share a piece of ourselves. Its a group of enthusiasts doing their thing.

Just about everyone at The Flea is getting their jones on.

Yeah it's for sale

It's an actual cub scout shirt that was worn by these "men":


cub scout shirt

...and Yes, stuff is wrong with them.

(models: Gregory Barnett a.k.a. greggychrist and BryanX)

t minus 2 hours

Our final "hump" day at the Brooklyn Flea Gifted Holiday Market.

2 hours to go. A very good day.

In about a week and a half, I'll be enabling a $10-flat-rate local (Brooklyn and Manhattan) hand delivery option for those shoppers looking for last minute gifts in the days leading up to Christmas.

  - "and friend"

New items

Hanging out right now at the Brooklyn Flea Gifted Holiday Market in Manhattan with shiny new stuff

...and on the internet working - because I'm a workaholic. That's how I roll.

also, Mollie put some new shiny stuff in the online shop.

There's this great new thing the internet does: click on the pictures below, and stuff appears like magic. (i think wood elves are involved in the process.)

  - andfriend

yee-haw industries letterpress


playforever toys


poketo

Julie Chang of Fox 5 NY at Brooklyn Flea Gifted

Julie Chang looks like she's having waaaay too much fun. Especially at the end where she's holding Eric's baby and the kid is looking all confused. Awesome. (I'm a big fan of black market baby references.)

Mollie and Everbrite Mercantile (featuring Design Glut merch) get a mention.

annnd... if you don't blink, you can see Huichol peyote jewelry and o-Live's space age jewelry and also Mollie's own blue chain uber-bling in some quick cutaway shots.


rock on, Ms. Chang. Thank you.

Here is the page at myfoxny.com. Thanks Uncle Rupert... (I say as I link to you from the Google-owned blogger.com)

  posted by hipster Brooklynite, "and friend"