Eye Candy for You and Me!

 I have friends, Gloria and Ted who are the Junkers Extraordiaire!
They Travel the U.S. finding wonderful finds and bring them back to California to share with the rest of us!

 Last Spring they were vendors at the Remnants of the Past Show in San Luis Obispo, Ca.  I was not able to go (boo!) but Gloria was kind enough to share her pictures of their booth with me so I could let you see all the wonderful goodies they bring.....

 I drooled when I opened them up! So many treasures that I would love to have!

 Gloria and Ted also have a website: 
http://shabbytownusa.com/ and an ebay site called Shabbytown USA also where they sell their wares as well....

 I figured since I haven't posted in so long, you deserved some real eyecandy....

 I love the pedestal mirrors and all the large letters...

 She always has the most wonderful medical and dental cabinets....

 And the rusty-crusty....they do it best!

 Well, I hope I made up a little for my absence...

Gloria and Ted also have a booth at Country Roads Antiques and Gardens in Old Towne Orange, Ca...If you are out in Southern California it is a must see!  Remnants of the Past will have another show June 1st and 2nd...if you are in Central California it is also an awesome show!  Have a great week! karen....

Hellooooo! Cough! Snort!

 Hello Friends!
Sorry for my absence...life does get in the way sometimes!

I am home with the dreaded cough-plague that has hit everyone in the U.S. so please ignore any wonky statements that may be fever induced!

I am still loving my little booth. We had a big sale on New Year's day and I was really low on stock afterwards (that's a good thing). Then I got a darn sinus infection and wasn't able to go out treasure hunting for stock so it is still needing more.... But! I did make a coffee filter wreath in the meantime and some puffy hearts to bring in some Valentines love....

I took in some darling children's Valentine sets and a Be Mine banner....

The large knitting box with the La Mode print on it was hard to give up...I looooooove it!

My favorite little flea is on Sunday so hopefully I will find some great treasures to share with you...until then, cough!cough! I am going to drink some more Airborne and have a little snooze.....zzzz...

Christmas love...

Here are a few little vignettes around Country Roads...

I love the bowls of ornaments and all the sparkles...

Above is one of Carol's primarily pink booths...I love all the Santa's

 And I think I might need to buy one of these sparkly trees...

Some circus motif ornaments....

And little ornies tied with string.... thanks for wandering with me....

A One Hit Wonder....

That's me...a one hit wonder.... I work during the week, shop for the booth, prepare items for the booth, make goodies for the booth and price and take things to the booth.....

And I LOVE it!!!  Christmas time is the most fun, I can really go to town making things....

Those santa mugs are vintage Japan mugs that had the paint literally falling off of them... my cute hubby cleaned off all the paint and now they have a new life...kinda "Frenchy" Santa's!
I love the french milk jug and egg cups I found....

 This was a very sad Putz house that I spoofed up and gave a little home to...

 And this is my latest ornie wreath... these are so much fun to make... I never know how they will turn out....

Here's a closeup of the santa mugs.... I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was fun and you got to spend time with those you love....
                                                      karen...

Hello Christmas!

 Now that I have my booth, I need to think retail again and the holiday creating and shopping for the booth just snuck up on me!I am happy with my creations so far, an ornie wreath, decorated bottles, trees in containers and a banner...but there is much more on my to-do list and Thanksgiving is just 3 days away!


So I will let the pictures pretty much speak for themselves as I need to go make dinner and create some more...

 



I love little trucks with the trees....

These christmas bottles were fun to make...

And you have to have toys and a wagon.....

I also made tags...

And this sweet girl is my pride and joy, I have another traditional colored wreath that I am taking tomorrow but I am in love with this baby!

Happy Turkey day if I don't get back to the blog!  karen....

A Little Halloween Picture....

Just a picture of some bottles that were a dual effort by my friend Robin and I...she made them for Glitterfest and I added the cupcake picks and some tea dyed cheesecloth and ribbon. They are now in my booth....I kept one for myself. Happy Monday! karen....

Some Junkin' Finds....

We have not been having great luck at finding good junk these last few weeks because of the icky hot heatwave we have had recently but here are a couple of our recent finds....

My hubby found this cool vintage industrial stool on Saturday...it says "Hands off!  Dept. 377 Packout Parts" It also has stenciling on the leather seat and on the back of the chair...I love it...

I found this pretty little white cupboard on friday and just added glass knobs to it...simple and charming!

Here is a closeup of what's inside...

On top of our hutch is a Mayflower milk box...it fits 6 milk bottles and would be great to store things in, in the kitchen....

And also on the hutch is this awesome very old brick mold....

I bought it from a guy who traveled Japan and China and brought back these and some hand carved wooden rice bowls...  I just love the old workmanship on it, the old wood and metal and the old iron nails. You just don't find pieces like this everyday....

Wouldn't this look wonderful on an old farmtable for the holidays? I can see so many uses for it!  Now these beauties are all in my booth...I miss them already!  Hope you have a lovely week, we are finally cooling down in Southern Calif. maybe it will get fallie outside too!  karen....