Etsy Friends
Cindy Fahnerstock-Schafer aka' Ira Mency I wanted to give a SHOUT OUT to two of my wonderful, Etsy friends and fellow vintage artists. The first is, Cindy, from RetroChalet , she is a vintage shop owner and specializes in Melmac (plastic) dishes. She has an interesting vintage blog and is an established expert on Russell Wright dinnerware. (Read the story on how she inherited a collection of such.) I myself have a page on Pinterest and her Melmac dishes receives the most hits out of anything on my page! The beautiful, creamy, pastel colors of that indistructable plasticware which we all used and admired circa 1950's-60's draws folks in and catches the eye. That's it - EYE CANDY- and a must have for any retro kitchen! I wondered if you folks know that Cindy is also an artist and creates her art by assembling pieces of toys, dolls, eclectic mix of vintage etc. into abstract sculptures . Cindy's art is under the anagram/pen name, Ira Mency. FA...