Findings

So SAD! Findings has CLOSED — the owner moved and closed the doors of this sweet store.

Sadly, this store has closed.
Another one of my most favorites, gone…

I’m not an artsy fartsy kind of person nor am I very crafty these days… I don’t even own a sewing machine but I sure do love pretty fabrics and anything that catches my eye. This place is a little hidden treasure shop full of fun unique fabric, buttons, ribbons, thread, patterns and so much more.
I’ve been dying to stroll in but I tend to hit up this neck of the woods (more like courtyard) after the sun goes down so I was ecstatic to drop in after a visit to Wells Fargo next door.
This place was so packed full of eye candy that I just had to take a few photos. I purhcased a beautiful tropical piece of fabric that screamed Paradise and some extremely large wooden buttons they almost look like coconut shells. I’m on a mission to make make-​up bags for my sisters and I. We’ll see… hopefully finish this mini project before Christmas.
The lovely lady who runs Findings is super sweet and warmhearted. I look forward to going back soon!

We love this wonderful little hop. Treasures like special ribbon, fabric, neat handmade tags and cards. Beautiful stuff and really nice people too. We stop in every time we are in the area.
Unfortunately this business has closed. (8÷6÷15)

It was luscious. The fabric I found was just luscious — a wonderful, imported red and orange iridescent silk linen.
Yes, I had lusted for it after having seen another woman holding it and showing it off at a fabric store in San Jose. I was drawn to it, like a fly to a disgusting piece of poop. Except the aforementioned poop was a gorgeous silk fabric — and I wanted it. Badly. But I found out from her that I’d have to drive my lazy arse down to Carmel-​by-​the-​sea to get this silk.
And so I did.
What I didn’t realize, was that Carmel-​b-​t-​s has absolutely no addresses. So my hunt became even harder. Luckily, there’s this new technology called a «phone» that I was able to use to ask where it was exactly located.
This cute little store, on San Carlos St (between Ocean Ave and 7^th Ave in Carmel Square) has buttons, notions, ribbons, and some great but limited fabrics. There were some good fabrics for interior designs.
Nancy, the owner, is just a peach. She’s helpful and friendly and everything I wish most fabric store employees would be like.
I heart Carmel, and this shop just adds to its charm. Would love to come again and look around for more good «findings» :-)