I have been a busy girl these last couple of weeks... I have started working summer school and also have been rebuilding my etsy business.....
Right now I have filled my etsy with some wonderful vintage finds with a frenchy flair....
Items that are hard for me to give up.....
And I am destashing a whole bunch of Stampin' Up sets...
A sweet friend no longer wanted her stamping collection and just wanted it out of the house and she gave it to me.....
I picked out what I loved, took out one set from my own collection for each set I added and voila!
A nice selection of beautiful rubber stamp sets to choose from!
So.... if you are feeling Frenchy.....or feeling crafty.... come visit my etsy and take a gander... I love visitors! You might even find something you just can't live without!
I am joining Debra at Common Ground for The Marketplace...a wonderful link to many great shops and shopkeepers. And a way to support small business owners and artisans....and Savvy Southern Style for Wow us Wednesdays!
Have a wonderful week! karen....
I hope you are having a fun fourth of July so far! Ours is going to be a quiet one (sorta)... Our son just left on his first big road trip. I am so excited for him and I'm a worrying mom at the same time.
My daughter is off to a Hockey game and fireworks with friends, a tradition for her over the last few years. So...Grandma and Hubby and I are grilling some ribs and keeping the Chihuahua as calm as we can...
Here are some pictures of our patriotic displays in the booth:
I love this little swim suit!
And that Atlantic City beach bucket reminds me of going there as a child.....
How a Hanna Barbara Beach bucket? It's pretty chippy but still full of charm..... And that shovel...be still my beating heart....
Here is a banner I made to add some color to the booth...
Hope you are having a fun and safe day! Happy Fourth of July!
karen....
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....
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.....
It's funny how sometimes, when you least expect it, something nice happens! I love to go on many different blogs. Most about repurposing vintage, cottage style, farm love..... oh and there are so many more....
Well, I was visiting My Sweet Savannah and Melanie was having a jewelry giveaway.....
I don't join every giveaway I come across...only those that strike my fancy and some new jewelry for spring and summer sure sounded fun!
I won a $50 gift certificate to Charles Emerson Designs and these three pieces are what I chose.....
What a fun, girlie way to start the warmer seasons! Thank you Melanie, and Erin from Charles Emerson Designs!!! I love my new jewelry!!! Have a great weekend! karen.....
It's no secret... I love having my booth space. I love the thrill of the hunt...
I love styling my booth....
I struggle with keeping up with paperwork...but it's all worth it....
So...last week hubby and I went to the Pasadena City College Flea. We had a fun time and came home with some fun marquee letters and a kitchen scale...
We only had 8 letters so hubby and I had a race to name as many words with those 8 letters as we could...
My favorites were SOAR and DEAR.... as you can see, we went with DEAR....
We drove out to the booth (about a 45 min. drive) and restyled it all...I was really happy with the outcome! I came home and posted pictures on Facebook of the new look....
Well, about 1/2 hr. later, one of the other vendors emailed me and told me the "D" was sold soon after we left...
Now our cute little booth says EAR.....
We laughed our patooties off!
But, I have to go to work tomorrow and the booth closes at 5pm!
What to do?
So I call a friend who lives nearby and ask her to change it to SOAR....
I think I better go to an outdoor/fishing/camping store and buy some oars fast! This time I'm gonna be prepared!
Hope you have a wonderful week...I'm still laughing my ears off...
I'm Karen and I'm a dork!!!
I hope you enjoyed your Easter...we had a very subdued celebration. My son and his girlfriend had to work this year so we had a little brunch on Saturday...... still fun and chocolate bunny filled so we didn't feel cheated....
This is a view of the top of our buffet.... I love the frenchy style but still have the element of cottage everywhere...I am so fickle!
I thought you might like some vignettes from around Country Roads since I am always showing you my space. There are many talented people who have booths there.... so much fun to wander around....
I love Debbie's style.... Very Frenchy... (above)
And Marina is one of the artists who makes her own signs...this wonderful painting is on an old door. Marina is in the process of moving to another booth in the store....
This is another corner of her new space "Belen's corner" Belen is her daughter and loves the thrill of the hunt and styling the booth so her mom gave her a corner of the booth.... (she is only 10!, Pretty talented eh? )
This is Yessi's corner...she is my sweet neighbor in the store.... love her look!
And that cherub above? Oh how I want her... my heart goes pitter pat for cherubs! She can be found in Lori's booth.....
This sweet outdoor set is outside Marina's booth....loooove....
And this beautiful booth is new.... I just love so much about it! We are in the process of deciding on a new mattress and boxsprings...this chippy bed would look good with whatever we get!
Well, happy Spring my friends....hope you enjoyed all the eyecandy! karen.....
