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This week’s Featured Artist is Mandy from Mandolin Goose, a shop filled with the prettiest, most-colorful spray painted/re-purposed stuff around! Be sure & enter the giveaway below!
Please introduce yourself to us.
My name is Mandy Nevill Goosens and I live in Nashville, TN, with my husband Miles and 4 ridiculous dogs, Ella, Phineas, Banjo, and Posy. My Etsy shop focuses on giving new life to vintage, salvaged, discarded items while still embracing the original character. It’s amazing what a little love and color can do! I also like to think my items can also breathe a little life into the buyer’s space.
What inspires you?
Shape, texture, color, sound… I guess I can find inspiration in just about anything. Oftentimes, the inspiration finds you. You just have to be open to it.
Share something you absolutely LOVE about your shop/your product.
Color! I like to think I have a keen eye for color and color combinations. I love when color can just *POP* and give you a different perspective on things. I’m certainly not the only Etsy seller who ‘paints some old stuff’ but I think my shop offers a unique spin on certain things, and what I do, I do well. I also pride myself on excellent customer service which includes crazy-secure packaging.
If you had to describe yourself in a word, what would that word be?
Creative.
Do you have a day job or sell full-time?
Right now I’m all Etsy, all the time. I’ve been a chef for many years and have recently phased myself out of the local restaurant scene… long story!
Based on your answer above, what a current challenge you’re facing?
I’d have to say storage. That’s a boring answer, but so true.
Give us a little glimpse into what a typical day in your life looks like.
First, feed the dogs. If they don’t get breakfast, nothing else happens, I mean NOTHING. Next, I check emails and see what I need to pack up and get shipped, or I may have to touch up something before it goes out. Some days I spend out at thrift stores bringing home way more than I can deal with at one time. Once I get my haul back here, I have to process each item, seeing if it needs any repair, remove any nails, glass, splinters, etc., see if it needs sanding… things like that. That can be time consuming. Other days, I’m organizing frames and such into groups that complement each other and painting all day. I usually try to wind down “work” by dinnertime, about 8pm, but I may still be on the computer after that, listing items to sell.
Share with us a favorite handmade purchase or shop.
I bought this, and it goes everywhere I do.
What would you like to learn to do?
I think I’d like to learn to sew. My grandmother was a very talented seamstress, and I’d like to be even half that good.
What are you listening to right now?
My taste in music is all over the place, but right now I’m listening to Ghost by Zero 7.
The Giveaway Goods:
Sign your name below and enter to win this 8-piece collection of vintage & rescued items ~
Please note, this giveaway is open to US residents only.
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* The giveaway will close Sunday, May 15 at 10 pm CST* Come on back Friday, May 27 for another Featured Artist post!
Oh I am in love with all of the colors! There is nothing a good coat of spray paint can’t make pretty again!
What a great feature!! Her shop is wonderful!
Such wonderful colors! Thank you for introducing us to such great places!!
LI’ve this stuff….. Thanks for sharing!
Love it! awesome shop!
How fun!!!!!
Awesome stuff! Love the colors she uses.
These are beautiful, again! The colors really help these vintage item pop. I love them!
Love this bundle!!! But I LOVE anything aqua :)
LOVE these!!!
Oh goodness! I love this shop and collection you are giving away! Blue and white are one of my favorite color combos :-)
What a great idea for a shop–I am loving all those bright colors!
Sarah M
I love her work!
Beautiful.
thechattymommy@optonline.net
so so so cute!
What a beautiful collection!
So cute and so fun!!!
The colors are simply gorgeous!! I love the collection!!
love the colors! great collection!
Love all the bright colors! Can’t wait to check out the Etsy shop.
Wonderful fresh, bright colors! Love it.
Love all the colors! Fun shop :)
Besutiful! I love the contrast between the bright colors and the old world look.
Christina
That turquoise would match my room perfectly! :)
Oh my goodness, what cute stuff and such pretty colors. Those frames would be *perfect* for the gallery wall I’m gathering items for.
Love, love, love.
Seriously cute stuff and they’d all look great in my house… hmmmm
Love the bright colors!!
What awesome stuff, thanks for the giveaway!
Whoa! What a great shop! AND I love the colors of the giveaway…. my FAVORITE.
Love the blue color! Beautiful.
Wow, what cute stuff! I love the Tiffany blue colors of the giveaway, and I know my hubby would love the green set! Thanks for sharing!
How creative and colorful! I love the giveaway items!
So beautiful! Love the colors and rustic feel!
if i could do this for a living, i would! she rocks! oh, i hope i win! :)
Wow! I absolutely LOVE her stuff! She sounds just like me, finding treasures at thrift stores/garage sales and bringing them home for a makeover, I just love doing that! I love her colors, all of them! This is one I would LOVE to win! I am bookmarking her site for sure! Thanks for sharing! :)
Would love to win! I love the turquoise!
Would love to win! Love her stuff:)
Amazing giveaway, everything is so pretty and perfect!
I love this collection! It would breathe new {beautiful} life into my boring bedroom.
WOW!! What an amazing collection of giveaway goods and a great job!! Thanks for sharing Gussy!! Please enter me!! ~Sandy
I love that stuff! I really love the basket! This is a great giveaway! :)
Beautiful. :)
Holy cow do I love these!!! Amazing art pieces for my home! Please pick me!! :)
Beautiful! I love her style and use of color!
Love this! Would love the set for our nursery that we are working on. Trying to make it a little vintage looking.
Love love love this!!!!!
Love the frames and the color combo! Even more so, I PHL the greens in the picture below!!!!
Those would go great in my new craft room!!
This would be a fun giveaway to get-oh the things I could put together! Thanks for the chance.
I would be honored to display her frames on my walls.
Absolutely gorgeous collection, would love to win! I need a cute frame to turn into a hairbow holder for my little princess. :)
Beautiful! Hmmmm, what could I do with these? About a million things! Thanks for doing this…you’re awesome!
LOVE all of the frames and decor items…the colors are beautiful!
I love these colors! They would look absolutely perfect in our guest bedroom. :)
Oh! What a fabulous giveaway! I love the colors! They will look great in my bedroom when I repaint!
LOVE IT. :) Perfect colors and that blue has been my favorite color since I was a teenager. Would love to win!
I so had that basket when I was a kid in the 70’s!
SO pretty! Thanks!
LOVE that yummy wall candy!
Me, me, me! I’d love to win this collection! it would be perfect for my craft room!!!! :)
Such cute things! Off to her shop to check them out!
*sigh* Gorgeous! Adore the use of color!
I love the vintage stuff and the colors are to die for!
These are gorgeous !! Love for the chance to win!
Wow beautiful collection! I would love to win!
Awesome! Would love to win!! :) Those are amazing!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Look
I can see her pieces in my house
Thank you
So pretty! I love all the fun colored frames!
I would love to win!Thanks for the chance!
twils2001@yahoo.com
Beautiful! Thanks for the intro to another great etsy shop!
OMGoodness! I would absolutely love to win! I’m moving this month and have been on the lookout for the perfect accessories….
Awww, I’d LOVE to win this amazing giveaway!! Next weekend the painters are coming to repaint my house – I cannot wait to start the redecorating process with these lovely pieces. :)
dawn.lares@gmail.com
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! I love your work. It is truly amazing what a little sprucing can do to an otherwise discarded item, and you’ve got the knack! :-)
Love all of the items! Would love to win! :)
I Am a HUGE fan of Mandolin Goose!!! So talented!!
What a great and fun idea!!! Love these frames. I’m in the process of re-doing my sunroom and these would be fun pops of color!
Such talent! Everything is BEAUTIFUL! Continue to create and be!
These are so pretty! They’re just what I’d like to do… but the works already done for me! =)
These are soooo pretty!
LOVE this collection and the PERFECT colors! Would love to win this! YOu have inspired me to paint many things!!
Oh my I am loving the green and robin’s nest blue!! I have been wanting to paint so many things these colors lately! These would be perfect!! :)
LOVE these! Would love to win them!
This is so beautiful! what a great giveaway!
Ahhhh, that giveaway would go perfectly in my house! Need. Want. Love!
Love it! Off to check out your shop. I am a photographer and am thinking your stuff would be great for props !!!!
Just gorgeous!
So gorgeous! And they match my house so perfectly :)
We could totally incorporate those into our wedding decor!
Gorgeous! I love learning about new Etsy shops!
Just beautiful! I love all of these lovely treasures!
Wow!! Love this. You have an eye for creating a beautiful vintage arrangement that is totally appealing. I see your pictures and want to see more!!
Those are all absolutely gorgeous! I love old frames!
Love them! Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh my this stuff is making my day….love the old & the NEW look!
Love this! :)
These are gorgeous!!!!!!
Beautiful stuff! I am LOVIN it! my name is Kelsey Vigil :)
Love it all…such fun colors!!
AWESOME! I have wanted vintage frames FOREVER!!
BEAUTIFUL colors, and shapes =) Thanks for the chance to win.