Here’s what’s new in our space at Stars ~ 11.4.09

This darling little shabby vintage 4 drawer chest is only $29.95. Seriously! Selling it ‘as found’; and since we didn’t have to do any work on it, it’s a real bargain!

Insides of the drawers are VERY clean.

Sweet little shabby table is just $19.95.

To the right of the dresser is a shabby white shelf we made from an old drawer. It’s $39.95. And it’s the perfect size to set on top of the white dresser as a hutch.

Vintage white wicker shelf. $19.95.

Vintage pink birdcage with shabby white metal pumpkin sitting inside.  The bottom to the cage is gone so it’s very easy to put different decorations inside and change them out with the seasons!

Shabby white shelf, vintage pink wicker suitcase and white birdcage.

Shabby pink and turquoise frames in a rusty white metal basket.

Wall sconces (there are two of them) and rusty white wall shelf.

The vintage pedestal plates with cloche tops are great for decorating with too!  I love filling them with vintage glass ornaments.  (hold the dome upside down in your hand; gently fill with ornaments and TOP with your base then turn right-side up).  I like to fill them with shells too.   Even just piles of sparkly tinsel inside makes a beautiful centerpiece.

These two tiered vintage glassware stands are SO fun to decorate for the holidays!!!  Fill them with holiday treats for a yummy display.   Or pile them full of pretty Christmas balls for a pretty centerpiece.   They even look lovely filled with fresh greenery and pinecones or fruit.  Very versatile for year-round use and decorating!

SCORE!!!

I’ve spent the better part of my time over the last month since we closed the store sorting and organizing the leftovers and supplies. We found a garage not too far away to rent (Hallelujah!!!) so as I have sorted things I’ve had to divy them up between:

* Leaving in my overcrowded craft room.

* Taking it to the storage shed Michael built for me.

* Taking it to the garage for storage.

For NOW, we decided that the garage would serve us best by holding all the bins of product for the fall bazaar. (just a MONTH away!!) I had packed all that stuff away during the process of closing the store. We had just about the whole trailer (6′x10′) FULL!

Needless to say, I’ve been making frequent trips from home to the garage as I sorted through the boxes of stuff we had piled all over the house. Even the storage shed ‘here at home’ requires me to load the stuff in the car and ‘drive it over’. Just too far away for me to carry with my bad back.

Anyhoooooo . . . there just happens to be a Goodwill en route to the garage. I had seldom shopped there in the past because it is a smaller one. But this one day on my way to the garage I needed some more components for my pedestal plates and cloches I’d been making to take to Stars, so I stopped in to see if I could find any at half price. Mind you I was ON MY WAY to the garage, so my car (a small SUV) was FULL.

So what did I find? A WHOLE BUNCH of awesome shabby chic chairs painted pale pink and robin’s egg blue. Five or six of each color, different styles. And they were a great price! Could have sold them ‘as is’ is always a nice bonus. Alas, I only had room for ONE of them. I selected a blue one and headed to the garage.

I SHOULD have stopped back by on the way home when my car was empty, but this particular store is situated amongst one-way streets and is just a real pain to access coming the other way. So I just headed home.

The next day I had to go into town for something and decided to stop by Goodwill ‘just to see if maaaaaaybe by some stroke of luck, one of the chairs was left. And I was curious as to how quickly furniture moved at this GW, since I didn’t regularly shop there.

To my absolute delight there were 8 of them left!! AND they were all marked an additional $2.00 off! I couldn’t cram them into the shopping cart fast enough. Folks must have thought I was on supermarket sweeps show! lol Piled three of them in one cart and wheeled it to the counter and told the cashier I’d be back with more. Grabbed three more and decided I better pay for them now and be sure they all would FIT into my car.

They did, with room to spare so I went back and grabbed the other two! Gotta love the days you score like that at the thrift store!

UPDATED PICTURES OF WHAT’S CURRENTLY LEFT IN THE STORE; AS OF: 8-20-2009

STORE UPDATE ~ 7.4.09

First a reminder that we are CLOSED today. Wishing you all a safe holiday, and don’t forget your sunscreen!

It’s been VERY busy since the start of the ‘lost our lease’ sale. Product is really selling down, but the store is STILL nice and full. (does that make sense?) There is less product, but more spread out now and easier to SEE it all. I’ve brought in ’some’ new product (still cleaning out my project piles!)

Funky, fun reading glasses. But a spare pair or two and save yourself lots of time hunting for your reading glasses! I seriously have probably six pairs of reading glasses! A pair at my computer desk, in my purse, at the cash register in the store, and a back up for that pair in the drawer at the store, in my tool box for shows and then one more pair in case any of those get lost or break! At just $2.50 a pair, why not have several?!?!

And glass cases to put those glasses IN! Also just $2.50 each.

Pretty pink peonies in clear glass bottles.

Rustic elegant candle holders.

Shell candle-capes.

Vintage pretty glass bottles.

Vintage tool carriers painted bright red!

Mini stepback cupboard.

Old sliding top bread box; I gave it a primitive make over.

Little shabby chic foot stool and a Parisian style door crown.

Vintage blue enamelware.

Red enamelware.

Vintage ‘made in Italy’ cherub.

Pretty wall pockets with flowers.

Embossed tin ceiling tile wall shelf.

The embossing shows up MUCH better in person.

Lots of gift baskets and sets.

Sneaking in some FALL colors with this handcrafted hurricane candle holder.

Shabby candleabra.

Big primitive candlesticks.

Laundry decor.

Shabby Paris candle holders.

Cute mini curio shelf.

Shabby Paris wall shelf.

Primitive peg rack.

Big GAUDY (as Michael has dubbed it) wall clock.

Shabby Paris wall clock.

Shabby beach desk chair.

Vintage shabby chic telephone stand.

One of a kind shabby beach table.

Primitive pine top table.

Sweet little vintage child’s chair, painted princess PINK!

And a beachy blue one.

Old tool carrier, painted pink .

Vintage style unfinished pine rocking horse.

I’m working on getting some FALL decor put out next week.

AND, of course, the ‘up to 80% off  tables’ are FULL with lots of new stuff added to them EVERY DAY!!

More nests and eggs and bird things

I ran out of eggs much too early last year, so I’ve really stocked up this year! Lots of different kinds too. Sold individually for $.50 each.

Some nests to put the eggs in.

Framed egg images.

Pretty paper bird shadow boxes.

Tiny vintage porcelain dish. (probably a ‘ring holder’ to place by the sink)

Cute pelican family from a recent estate sale.

Vintage brass (?) crane from the same estate sale. There is a ring at the end of his beak, like something was once hanging from it, but I still thought it was pretty.

Little quail ‘nest packets’ with egg, quail feather and nesting grass.

Little packets of three robin’s eggs .

Every Husband’s Nightmare Bazaar ~ Spring 2009

• April 21-25, 2009
  Weekdays 10am-8pm
  Saturday 10am-5pm
• Washington County Fair Complex, Hillsboro, OR (Main Exhibit Hall

Ahhhhhhh . . . . the sun is shining and you’ve been busily spring cleaning and working in the garden. Time to take a break and head to the bazaar for a little SHOPPING THERAPY!

Here are pictures of the area I set up:

Red and yellow cottage kitchen.

Potting shed and nesting place.

These rustic wood ‘vases’ filled with tall twigs are so great to decorate with! Just the perfect thing to fill in an empty corner inexpensively and with a simple and ‘organic’ look.

Sweet little robin’s eggs.

Several BIG (10-12′ tall!!!) curly willow branches. YES! They are for sale!

Coastal cottage decor.

PINK!

Paint ‘em yourself and SAVE! Unfinished shelves.

Grubby candles. Handcrafted in Oregon.

Grubby electric candles.

Yummy Oatmeal cookie wax tart ments.

Shabby chic yellow desk and chest. Priced to sell FAST at just $49.95 each!

A wee bit of Paris. Little framed pictures of the Eiffel Tower.

Vintage kerosene stove $99.95.

Assorted primitive needfuls: Difficult to see in the photo because I have them bundled up in plastic bags; rag balls and primitive stuffed stars, bead garland, old wooden spools.

Primitive linen valances.

Lots of pretty and practical gifts for Mother’s Day! Magnetic list pads, sticky notes, note cards, mini notebooks, journals, coupon file folders . . . . many of them bundled in sets and tied up with pretty ribbon

One of a kind journals. Each cover an original, one of a kind design. Lined ‘tea stained’ paper inside for a vintage feel. Makes a great gift!

More stationary gift sets.

THE BEST DEAL OF THE SHOW!!!

We didn’t have room for this wonderful shabby chic vanity in the area with our other stuff, so it’s up towards the front end (closer to the registers) of the show. We got it at a GREAT price, and didn’t have to do any work on it, so we are selling it for just $39.95! It’s gonna go FAST at that price, so get to the show early!

And that is just the stuff that WE brought to the show! There is lots and LOTS more !!

It’s Showtime!!!

Spring in the Country Bazaar

April 7 – 11

www.countrybazaars.com

Birdhouses and baskets

Michael just made these BIG birdhouses for outdoor decorating. LOTS of other small birdhouses for indoor decorating throughout the store.

We’ve got lots of primitive style twiggy baskets for Easter, or making birdsnests in.

I love the rustic twiggy looking baskets. But you can easily turn one of these into shabby chic style by LIGHTLY overspraying with some white paint; then sanding the paint off in a few places.

And a few pretty spring color baskets.

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Eggs . . . eggs . . . all kinds of EGGS!

Sophie put her Easter bunny ears on last week and stashed pretty Easter eggs all over the store last week!

Pretty pastel colored ‘chalkware’ eggs.

Solid marble eggs.

Tea stained rag eggs in three sizes.

BIG vintage decorative painted wood eggs.

Glittery little eggs in little pails.

More little glittery eggs. These eggs are hand tissue mached (for the color) and glittered. Each egg is one of a kind.

Primitive colors paper mache eggs with nest grass.

Regular ‘country style’ wood eggs’.

Pretty little speckled eggs.

Eggs in a little bag with nest grass.

Individual big eggs in ‘Robin’s egg blue’, white and ecru.

Little speckled eggs in a watering can with pink Easter grass.

Brown and green mottled eggs in a little bushel basket.

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Another scalloped edge table

Remember THIS  table:

I really LOVE the scalloped edges!  Makes for such a unique style.  Decided to make another one last week.

I think I picked up this base at the thrift store YEARS ago; and it was unfinished.  I painted it black last summer, but just could not decide how to ‘top it’.  Michael scrounged through his piles of wood and found a round top for me.  Then I had him hunt down another round piece just slightly smaller than the first one for the foundation to attach the scallops to. 

See the above link for the ‘pink parfait table’ for the complete how to’s on the scallops.  They are individually cut, freehand and individually ‘carved’ with a belt sander!  A little laborious, but SO worth it for the final result!

I would love to find more table bases to make more of this style!

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