will be on an adventure tomorrow...

so I need to be brave...
something that I haven't done for 30 years...
when I signed up...I guess I wasn't thinking that the day would really come...
and now it is almost here...

be brave, I keep telling myself...

will let you know what I did...

tomorrow night...

wish me luck...

( I'm a little scared)...

they thought I was crazy...my Sunday estate sale treasures...

I passed this estate sale sign yesterday...
and I didn't go...
you know, you are on your way...somewhere...and you cringe cuz you really want to but can't stop...




so today I stopped...
really, really picked over...

and then I wandered in to the garage...where there were piles and piles of books...really really picked over...


but then I spotted...way down towards the bottom of a back stack...
some older looking books...


they thought I was crazy getting the ruined, stained, ripped up ones...


my kind of heaven...
and the cost, you ask?

the books...$ 2.75...


am I happy?
oh...so very...

the after photos...

I chose the easy way out...
wash and wax...
cuz I still have boxes and totes to purge...
and wanted to start putting things away in the cabinet...


but I think I like it...

even if it is a bit rough...
it just seems to "go" with the rest of the room...
thanks for all your input...

I still might end up painting it...
but ...
after the boxes of "stuff" are gone...

to paint or not to paint? newest addition to the studio...

pretty much everything else is all natural woods in my studio...
so do I paint?
or just clean up and wax?
glass handles are a must...

would love input...

my very own magical house...time for a re-do...

If you have been following for a while, you know that this used to be my studio...
but then I realized that it really wasn't functional in the winter, that it just wasn't air tight, and no matter how hard I tried to get it warm in there, it just wasn't warm enough to do collages with paper and embellishments...
so...I moved my studio in to the house this spring, and my little house in the backyard became storage this summer...
but I decided that it was time for it to be a greenhouse again...
I missed my funky plantings...
and folks at STARS Antique mall missed them too.
so...
time for the "junk" to come out...
and time to transform...



did I mention that I am having a sale next month? Cuz I have a TON of stuff that is going to be for sale (forgot about ALL THESE BOXES, TOO!)
so...here is the green house partly emptied...

this table ? Where did it come from you ask?
this was my inspiration for the re-do...
I found it 2 weeks ago at a sale...
want to know how much it was?
let's just say I used one bill...
and it had President Jackson on it...
and I fell in love!!!
now if you know me, I am the QUEEN of big tables....
for some reason, they find me...
and they end up at STARS...
but this one?
I looked at my hubby...and said "ITS MINE"!!!!!




and this little glass greenhouse? Found it yesterday at my favorite resale shop...
(you don't really think I am going to give away that little tidbit, do you?)


so now, I am dreaming...trying to figure out what to keep and what to sell...
but I have decided to be brutal...and to really unclutter my life...
so, most things are going to be wearing a price tag...

just not the fairy...
she helps me dream...

just a teaser...save the date...

going to have a sale October 28,29 and 30th...
yep...that is Expo weekend...
Actually, I will be having 2 sales...
there will be a storewide sale in STARS ANTIQUE MALL...


AND...
I will be selling my wares at BELLA FLORA...the fab store on 47th and NE Fremont, in the Beaumont neighborhood...
for the weekend...
we are going to bring it...
I will have treasures from my studio...yes, I am still purging the studio...AND...

(believe it or not,) I have 18 totes of HOLIDAY merch that I will be purging...
I mean, really, who needs 18 totes of Christmas????
this house is only about 750 square feet!!!

so...
save the dates :)

It is too late...

It is too late to tell her how much I appreciated her warm smile...
It is too late to tell her she made ME smile...
It is too late to tell her she was one of my very favorites...
It is too late to tell her she was one of the best...
Last time I saw her I told her she was one of the dynamic duo (Kitty you are the other...)
She really was so happy...
I don't remember when she did not work for STARS ANTIQUE MALL...

don't let it be too late for you to tell someone what they mean to you...

Pat... you will be sorely missed...

typewriters...typewriters...typewriters...

I just can't resist them...

I remember...

as vividly as if it was this morning...


I remember my 8 year old son asking "why was I crying?"



I remember a church full of people, praying for all of the lost, all of the brave...



I remember telling myself that I will never forget
"our land of the free...home of the brave"

I will remember...

Splendid antique mall REDO...so many treasures...(even giant saw blades...)

this past weekend I had crazy business at Splendid ...so I thought I would bring a bunch of new stuff in...
well...
I got carried away- literally moved everything out of the mall space, purged the stuff I was tired of looking at...

and started over...

so...
I will let the pictures do the talking...
anyone need giant saw blades ???

antique albums...ahhh...be still my heart...todays finds!

I cannot resist these albums...

the kinds with the cool graphics and advertising cards...

from the late 1800's...

when I saw the two of these albums side by side...my heart started to race...

would I be able to afford them? would I have enough cash?
when I asked how much???

they are mine...
heaven...I'm in heaven...
happy hunting out there...
hope you are as lucky as I...