Saturday, June 22, 2013

I'm in junk heaven...



 Over the last two weeks, I have been lucky in finding some fun things for the booth....
My friend had a garage sale and I scored some fun little things from her...the hula girl pic is from her sale....


 Then I went to a garage sale of a couple who bought a whole container of antiques that had been sitting for 25 years and are just starting to unearth things....I bought the little cheese boxes from them....


I love the little wig head...it's from the container people...they are now a new contact for me....(yippee!) and my good friend found the iron pieces....















All the California pottery came from my friends collection...she has an amazing collection!















Just a cute pressed chair...it has father wind embossed in the wood....




Here is one of our "stacked" displays....



And I love this little red chair with wood wheels.....



Living in California, it has been difficult to find the good stuff...I feel like a lucky girl .... On Wednesday we took a girls trip to the Ventura flea.....soooo much fun!






And here is that darling little desk....still in love.....





I am working on opening my Ebay and Etsy stores again this summer.... I will be back to share my finds from the flea too!
Happy Sunday my junkin' friends!  karen....



Monday, June 3, 2013

Mermaid Art....LOVE......



I know,  I am always talking about Country Roads... But you have to understand...I work 5 days a week, shop for the store whenever possible and go there at least one day on the weekends! Plus...I am nuts over that store!  It is filled with wonderful artists, that just happen to be booth owners as well!
 This booth is owned by Lori Gutierrez who is a wonderful painter....but that's just one of her talents... She painted the mermaid above...
 And the mermaid on this chippy pink chest...oh my beating heart!
 I don't know if she did the shell art but these bookends are great and the shells added to the bust in the first picture make her a work of art....

 I do love mermaids. When I was a little girl, Mermaids sat on the rocks around the submarine ride at Disneyland combing their hair...I knew mermaids were real, they were magical!
 See the diorama on the right? Lori made that too! It's in a vintage hatbox/overnite bag...so awesome!
I just had to share.... It is a little space but Oh so dreamy!.....
Hope you are enjoying your start to June! I am!  hugs! karen.....