Vintage Home Décor
Strawberry Monday
Creating a unique environment, with one vintage piece at a time...
Hi, I'm Nicole - Strawberry Monday,
Aside from being called owner & designer here, I am called wife, mom, artist, and vintage addict… I am also a singer/songwriter, baker and a cancer warrior (survivor).
I am a Minnesota girl, which is still my favorite place to find vintage, and have been in Arizona since 1990. After being treated poorly in a local children’s clothing resale shop, Strawberry Monday was founded in 2002, with a desire to do better.
For the first 8 years in business, we were strictly a women and children’s online clothing resale shop. I spent countless hours searching high and low, for the best quality, pre-owned clothing items. Also, since hair flowers were so crazy popular, I learned how to make them- to incorporate some accessories into the shop.
After a few years in business, I am proud to say we were blessed to win some awards! We were awarded "Best Of The Valley" by Phoenix Magazine , "Best Children's Apparel" by Elite Magazine and featured on AZ Midday. I was also invited to be a judge at a Tropicana pageant and then many of the contestants did a HUGE photo shoot with Strawberry Monday--it was so much fun!
Eventually, Strawberry Monday moved into a brick-and-mortar shop and I was introduced to furniture restoration by one of my vendors. I’ve always been creative and never really thought about painting anything other than walls. I was intrigued, painted a nightstand and then it sold…. That was it… Painted so many things...they sold...
After the success with painted furniture, I learned how to make custom signs and I painted about 400 Mason jars--remember when that was insanely popular!? My Mason jars and signs were featured in Leeann and Michelle's popular parody video, "Look What Joanna Gaines Made Us Do" and I got to be a "Jo Bot" in the video.
After closing up both of the brick-and-mortar stores, Strawberry Monday has participated in numerous markets and had permanent shop space at several local vintage shops. You may have found me often at Covered Wagon, Front Porch, Highland, Junk In The Trunk, Junk Warehouse, Merchant Square, Michael Todd's Treasures, Peppermint Lane Boutique, Qcumberz, and Zinnas.
I love the hunt for vintage home décor and try to be very intentional with what is chosen for my own home and Strawberry Monday. I am mostly drawn to kitschy, colorful, floral and unique vintage pieces, typically 1940s-1970s. I also have a rather large obsession of buying many vintage Pyrex bowls...cups...clocks...1980's Cabbage Patch Kids'... and...can you really have too many?
Currently, Strawberry Monday is in transition and working on re-launching the online shop (March 2022).
The online shop will first be a throwback to our beginning with women & children’s clothing resale, hair flowers (you know they are coming back), handmade earrings and positive word art.
We will also be adding some vintage items as well as our new vintage hand prop rental shop. So excited for this!
Thank you for stopping by and I hope to work with you soon!
Nicole
Winner of "Best Of The Valley" by Phoenix Magazine and "Best Children's Apparel" by Elite Magazine.
Also, featured on AZ Midday , in Shoutout Arizona and named a Trailblazer by Voyage Phoenix.
