just a memory keeper...

I find that as I am cleaning out my studio, that I am keeping "memories" as well as supplies...


I am finding my mom everywhere...


she is no longer on this planet, but as I clean out boxes and boxes of "junque" I am finding bits of my past every where I look...


but you see those funny metal things hanging on my wall? those are very old, metal easels, hung backwards. I have had them in a box for at least 15 years.
I have moved these almost a dozen times...

I remember exactly where and when I bought them...

in a dirty, dusty garage.
at an estate sale.
with my mom.

the very last time we went to garage sales together.

memories.

a cheap corner shelf...a little mod podge...

bought this shelf with some of the paper on it...

I added loads more...





just love mod podge!

it has FINALLY happened to me...

I'm in antique malls all the time...
and I am always in awe of the dealers that have these HUGE stacks of vintage flash cards...
and I tell myself, one day, one day it will be MY turn...





and today...


it was...


my turn!!!!

SCORE!

I don't like white...I don't like white...I don't like white...

I have been fighting it for years...


the all white look...


It is sooooo not me!!! 2 dogs, 2 cats, teenager and gobs of friends :)...granddaughter...
crayons, coffee, wine...chocolate, watercolors, glue...


and besides all of that, I am just not , not , not that all white gal...so while I have been purging lots of my fun vintage junque,
I find that in the simplicity that I am looking for, that with the leather chairs, the dark wood cabinets, the rustic antique drop leaf table that has been my coffee table for as long as I can remember, that the ONLY color of couch that went with it all, at IKEA was, in fact, white!
oh dear Lord, what have I done? Have I traveled over to the "white" side...
even the new (vintage) corner cabinet got a coat (or three) of white paint...


alas, the huge floral painting on the wall might just save me from the dreaded "whiteness"...
what have I done?
what color will I paint the walls?
no, no, not white...

sigh...

changes are afoot...

as I am purging my house...
more and more of my personal items are ending up at STARS Antique Mall

and the hubby is busy creating refound recycled items like these hooks in his workshop...



so as we continue the change at home...


you can count on lots of goodies ending up at STARS...

so I hope you get a chance to wander over there...


and check out all the fun!

If you are out shopping on Easter Sunday...
there will be an Easter egg hunt in the mall...

lots of prizes...including a $100 certificate in each mall!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed Easter...

drawers drawers drawers...

this one drawer unit is heading to STARS today...will be there around 1:00...

since I am purging so many little items...I have found that the drawers that I kept all my goodies in are no longer necessary to keep...
so ....
these are all at STARS or in SPLENDID antique malls...
I have to admit...some of these drawer units I never thought I would sell...


these drawer units are already at STARS...

or in SPLENDID...




hope you are all having sunshine like we are here in Portland...
ahhh...its a beautiful day...
ENJOY!

buttons buttons buttons!

as I am going through boxes in storage...I just never know what I am going to find...



all sorts of buttons...

all different shapes and sizes...

colors and textures...

and loads for sale!

so many little things are hiding in these boxes...
kind of like Christmas...

feeling sassy...

feeling ever so much better today. for the first time in about a week, I really really feel good. so ...I am out to conquer a storage area today!!!

so...that means lots of new stuff to STARS and for the studio sale...

SASSY!

that's my word for today...

hope you are feeling sassy today!

ohh...so pretty...

without a doubt, doing my taxes ranks right up there with scooping poop...YUCKO!
after 2 days of getting all my figures together for the accountant, I decided..."what's one more day?"
so I spent yesterday inputting all my numbers into Turbo Tax.

and now...
today I really did nothing. I didn't feel so hot, so the one thing that I wandered outside to do was "smell the flowers"
and they were so pretty, that I took their pictures!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

doing my taxes...need I say more?

my eyes are blurry and I won't finish til tomorrow...

I wish I was out in the rain...

"I just can't sit here all day", says Mike the cat...

honestly, I have piles everywhere in my living room...going through boxes, watching STAR TREK...and I look over and the cats are checking me out...
trying to figure out why all their favorite chairs have stuff on them (although the white cat isn't having any problem shedding all over my red velvet chair...)


I see them standing so regally, I reach over for my camera...

and of course Mike takes off...

other things to check out...

top 10 things to do on a Tuesday

1. work all day at STARS
2. get to STARS...find a friend...have coffee for an hour and chat
3. start bringing a vintage desk in to your booth, see an old friend that is shopping, catch up (2o minutes)...leave desk by door...
4. put vintage desk in to space
5. price desk
6. decide that is all you want to do at STARS today...
7. drive home
8. get on computer. blog surf
9. go outside to storage space, go through stuff...
10. get distracted...make a cup of tea

hmmm...today the whole "work" thing isn't working...so...I am going to go through more boxes for the studio sale...
maybe, just maybe, I will get something done today...
even if I just keep purging...I am working...

right?

new in the mall...SPLENDID antique mall

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW...







decided my space needed a face lift, so I took pretty much everything out and put loads of new stuff in...

I am still working on the craft/studio sale...
so much to go through...

hope you all have a great week!

How about a studio sale? Craft sale? Found object sale?

I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF!!!
I am really not complaining...well, yes I am...

I can't organize my new studio cuz...well there is just too much stuff!!!
and I don't need it all
and I am tired of "bagging" stuff up for STARS and SPLENDID...

anyone that has done the whole "bagging" thing knows that it takes a long time to sort, bag, tag, put a ribbon on it...
you know...

so I am seriously thinking of having a "private" sale in my backyard studio...(just for blog friends and well, friends)...
boxes of good junque, sheet music, wallpaper...

shoot me an email or comment if you are interested...

I am actually getting really frustrated trying to go through it all that I am thinking that I should just sell, sell, sell...and cheap, cheap, cheap...

what do you think?