Fall Open House

For years I have been dreaming about having a barn and having my own Occasional Sale. Well, I don't have a barn but have decided to jump in and start with a sale in my home! Here is the information:

Rebecca, AKA The Pumpkin Lady, is a horticulturalist and will have some really cool pumpkins and gourds for sale. Heidi will have her awesome stained glass art, ornaments and whimsical pieces available. It really will be a sale for everyone and a great stop to kick off your holiday shopping! I hope you can make it!!!

Christmas 2011 Part II

 This year we decided to go with a real tree and decked it out in ornaments that are from my childhood and the collection of ornaments we have started for the kids. There is even an ornament on there that my mom made for her and my dad's first Christmas in 1975, she made it out of salt dough and I am amazed that it has lasted so long!! I was very excited about having a real tree this year, when I was young we lived in Rapid City, SD and would drive into the Black Hills and cut down our own tree. So, having the smell of a real tree in the house has brought back some wonderful memories.

Bubble lights!

This ski above our patio door was made by a super talented friend.

My mom made this guy when I was a kid and I can't remember a Christmas without him.

The Reason for the Season

Simple wrapping

 Have a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

 

Christmas 2011 Part I

Growing up Christmas decorations were saved for the day after Thanksgiving, and then we went to town listening to Christmas music and decorating. My mom had/has the most amazing pieces that she has collected, been gifted or made over the years. Through my parents recent moves my brother, sister and I have been given some of the cherished pieces, so what you see in these pictures is my love of decorating inspired by this beautiful Season and the tradition that my mom started.

Part I is the outside of the house and main level of my house. I had a brunch for some really great girlfriends this past Saturday so I had the tables done up and got some photos snapped before they arrived, unfortunately the battery died before I could get any photos of the food and the little girls' table. I've given up on stressing out about such things. There were things I had planned for the brunch that didn't happen, there were a few dirty dishes in the sink but it didn't stop us from having a great time. I am learning that letting go of my perfectionism makes life so much more fun!

This is my "studio" and the extra table worked great for guests.

The Santa on the right is one of the cherished pieces that mom had, our sweet neighbor gave it to us.

Simple additions make the regular decorations look more festive.

I love Mercury glass and made the silver ones from a tutorial I found on Pinterest.

That window was one of the first "junk" pieces I ever bought.

I love to decorate around windows.

This little guy is all the way from Denmark!

Prairie Chick Sale

Dawn Fellows of Storehouse Antiques was our neighbor at the Junk Bonanza. I loved her stuff so much I could have taken the whole booth home with me! Seriously, she had a table there that I can't stop thinking about how perfect it would have been in my studio! 

Dawn is doing a sale and asked if she could sell some of my stuff in her booth. How sweet is she? So, here is the flier with more info:

Check it out and check out Dawn's blog to follow her on her junkin adventures!! http://www.storehouseantiques.blogspot.com/Check it out and check out Dawn's blog to follow her on her junkin adventures!! http://www.storehouseantiques.blogspot.com/

Main Street Market

Getting ready for the Main Street Market at JB Knacker in Gilbert this Saturday, August 27th. I am trying my hand at reviving some old junk and furniture to sell. I have experience in doing this for myself and our home but have never sold anything so I am a little nervous, excited and interested to see how it all goes 

over. Here are some pictures for a sneak peak:

Seat Cover Option A

Seat Cover Option B

I tried editing these photos five times and kept accidentally deleting them so sorry for the rough cuts! ;)

Which seat cover will I pick? You'll have to be there Saturday to find out!!!

Feathered Friend: Kay Fleshman

I met Kay a little over a year ago through my friend Mary. Mary met Kay at a random meeting at Thiesens, a local farm store. It was Spring and the baby chicks were the attraction at the store and Mary took her daughters to see the cute little cheeping bundles. Kay was in line behind Mary at the checkout line. Mary complimented Kay on her purse, an amazing pink bag with the Breast Cancer Ribbon as the handles. They got to talking and Kay told Mary about her occasional barn sale, Barntiques, and invited Mary to it. Well, of course I had to come along-you know how much I love good junk!!!
Kay has great junk but that's not what has kept me going back to her barn. Kay is one of those people that envelopes you with warmth, love and acceptance from the start.  She was gracious enough to let me set up and sell some of my stuff at her sales last Summer. She is so fun, spunky and FuNkY!!!
Here is her bio on blogger:
My husband and I and many friends have created a shop in our barn. The barn is very special to us because my grampa built it 1938. Barntiques became a reality from having tooooo much stuff. Thought I'd ever admit this, but there it was. This is our third year. We are very proud to have made this acreage our home. We want you to come share your memories with us as we love to talk. Being a multi generational collector has brought me to love and sell fun things. We have mantiques, shabby chic, rusty metals, black iron decor just to mention a few. Our motto is FuNkY JuNk and JuNkY FuN!
I am always finding great junk for my house or for my jewelry creations at Barntiques.  Here is a picture of a necklace I made for Kay this week. The focal charm I made for it is from some tags that her dad had in his collections. Kay recently lost her dad and so I wanted to do something special for her.

The main pendant has 143 on it, a special Kay-code~you'll have to visit her at Barntiques to find out what it means! The pink charm and bullet charm represent her strength as a Breast Cancer Survivor/Warrior, the compass for her support in helping others find the right direction, star because she's a ROCK STAR, and a little bling because even us junkers like a little of the sparkly!
Here are some photos from Barntiques~ make sure you check out her sale next weekend!!!!