This, That and the other.

THIS:

Time for another STARS SALE!  Four full days: Friday, January 18 – Monday, January 21, 2019.  This sale is called their ‘Haggle Sale’.  Many vendors will be on hand to bargain with you on the price.  Everything in both of my booths is HALF OFF during the sale.

STARS IN OPEN 11AM – 6PM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

THAT:

I am no longer selling my items at the Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.

THE OTHER:

I finally have carpal tunnel surgery for my left hand scheduled for the end of this month, January 29th.  I’ve been ‘stuck in no crafting mode’ for months now because my left hand constantly goes numb, and my hand brace is no longer helping.   Since I need both hands to type, I will probably not be posting much in my blog or on Facebook for a couple of weeks afterward.

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I took some additional inventory in for both of my booths this week, in preparation for the sale.  Here’s a peek:

I found some fabulous Jane Austen post cards, with very witty and surprisingly relevant quotes on them.  I’ve framed several of them (as shown above) for use as unique decorative pieces; and I also have ‘just the post cards’ available for purchase.

Several vintage cherubs have taken up residence in my booth for Valentine’s Day decor.

Both free-standing cherubs and ones that can hang on the wall.

I added some more hand stitched hearts.  Many are not ‘Valentine specific’ and could be used year round.  Coordinated sets of them in everyday colors are packaged and ready to fill your favorite little bowl.

Lots of glass cloches, wire cloches and glass containers make perfect displays for a few little hearts too.

Valentine banners and signs.  The one banner that is tied up in a bundle is 8′ long!!  Too long for me to hang for display in my booth; but perfect size for a party!

Happy shopping and SAVING!!

Time for Valentine Decor . . .

Yes, it’s still a little early to decorate for Valentine’s Day, but I hate that ’empty decor feeling’ between Christmas and Valentine’s Day.  So I stock my Valentine goods in my booth right after I take down all the Christmas.

Here’s a peek of what I’ve added to my booths at Stars so far.

I haven’t done PINK for some years, and admittedly I went a little overboard on the pink.  Pink felt hearts.  Little pink chairs.  Pink LOVE banners.  Pink mini mannequin.  Pink Love potion bottles . . .

These aqua hearts were hand made using a vintage chenille bedspread.

  Tea stained muslin cudid dolls with vintage sheet music wings.

Rustic wood hinged hearts and shutters.  Grubby ‘nekkid’ dolls.

Hand stitched red felt hearts with muslin ‘words of love’.

Lots of ‘smalls’; heart ornaments and Valentine cards made using vintage images.

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Stars is open 7 days a week.

11am – 6pm.

My booth at Stars Antique Mall

I know I’ve been posting a LOT about the upcoming Rebel Junk Marketplace in Hillsboro, Oregon; and seemingly doing nothing BUT prepare for the show.  But I have still been adding new inventory to my booth at Stars every week, as I always do.  Here’s a little peek at some of the recent additions:

LOVE these little Valentine gift ‘bags’ that I upcycled.

I’m really not certain if ‘gift bags’ is the right thing to call them.  They are more like little ‘boxes’ made out of lightweight cardboard.  I have no idea what I originally intended to do with them when I bought them; or even when or where I bought them in the first place.  But they were in my Valentine supply box and I decided it was time to ‘use them or lose (donate) them’.  I’m in serious paring down mode so that I don’t need to rent a storage unit anymore.

In the top left picture you can see what they originally looked like.  I only covered them with the old dictionary page on 3 sides.  (trying to keep it a ‘quick and easy’ project!)  Then I glued a strip of pink ribbon along the top and tied it in a knot.  Then I added some little scrapbook embellishments . . . just whatever I had on hand.  I was going to add a piece of tissue paper to give them some ‘oomph’ and keep them looking nicely fluffed up; but thought I see if paper doilies would work.  Just the perfect little extra touch.  These are available in my booth at Stars for $1.00 each.

These red cones were leftover Christmas trees from LONG ago.  (I think clear back when we had our shop!)  I had filled them with cello bags of wrapped candies in the past and added a chenille handle.  I had a package of ‘hearts on a stick’ and put two in each cone along with some paper shred (I ‘blend’ my own paper shred) then tied on a tag that I printed with some bakers twine.  The tag reads “Forever, for always and no matter what.”  I only had three of these, so I displayed them on the little black wire shelf along with the little gift bags.

I had bought some of these ‘honeycomb’ hearts a while back to use for display, but decided to go ahead and sell them this year.  I opened up one of them, and left the other two ‘flattened’ for easier transport.

For some reason I had the ‘lid only’ of this old heart shaped box.  I added some embellishments and made it into a wall hanging.  The ‘arrow’ on the box was made from the one extra ‘heart on a stick’ leftover from the cones.  (there were 7 hearts in a package) I glued some cardboard on for the tip of the arrow and glittered it to match the heart end.  Used some leftover red Christmas ribbon to glue all around the edge of the box and tied it into a bow at the top.

Then I tied on a little ‘True Love” tag, which I printed myself; with baker’s twine.  really trying to keep my upcycles ‘simple and quick’ so I can price them lower; so they will hopefully SELL faster!

A couple of upcycled mini Valentine themed mini mannequins.

Vintage Ironstone bunny covered casserole dish, and an English gravy boat with attached liner.  I especially like the ones that have the liners attached like this one does.

Some ‘Love Potion No.9’ upcycled bottles.

Some cool newly found hobnail Milk Glass containers.  (and a few more that I am taking in tomorrow!  I’ve been finding a lot of the hobnail Milk Glass lately.)

Upcycled jar lantern with tea stained lace and rusty tin heart.  A big ole tub of letters to spell out just about anything your heart desires!

Upcycled apothecary jars and vintage and upcycled medicine bottles.

PLENTY of hand stitched and stuffed felt hearts still.  (there will be some of each of these colors/styles at the Rebel Junk Market too!)

Stars in open 7 days a week; 11am – 6pm.

Time for another great SALE at Stars Antique Mall!

They call this one their ‘Haggle Sale’.  Many dealers are on site during the sale dates, and welcome haggling for better prices on the items in their booth.  I am not personally able to be there during the sale, so I just offer 50% off EVERYTHING IN MY BOOTH during the sale.  It’s a great time to grab that piece you’ve had your eye on for a while now!

THE SALE RUNS FRIDAY, 1/12 – MONDAY, 1/15, 2017.  HOURS 11AM – 6PM

I just stocked lots of new inventory, including Valentine gifts and decor.  

LOTS of different colors and styles of hand stitched felt hearts, in various sizes.  Prices start at $3.00 and go up to $29.00, with a median price of $5.00.  Most of them with little ‘words of love’ added to them; but also some ‘not Valentine specific’ hearts that could be used year round with vintage buttons or just simple embroidered designs.

Other vintage and upcycled Valentine items too.  ALL 50% off during the sale.

LOTS of furniture too; mostly white and aqua / turquoise.  ALL 50% 0FF during the sale.

And, as always; lots of vintage Ironstone dishes, vintage Milk glass dishes and vases and frames.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

HAPPY SAVINGS!

What to do about cigarette burns on old furniture

This tall end table / lamp table with one little drawer was in pretty good condition, except for the badly damaged top.

A couple of VERY deep cigarette burns and several areas where the embossed gold design had worn down completely.  But it was plenty sturdy, had a lower shelf and a drawer (storage is always a big plus!) and it had ‘nice legs’!  I decided to buy it and see what I could to with it.

The CLEANEST vintage drawer innards I have ever seen!  Missing knob is no biggie since I usually change them anyhow.

The cigarette burns were not just ‘singes’ . . .  they were divots, burned clear through that top layer of wood; and just sanding them was not going to do the job.

I filled them with some wood putty, then sanded smooth once the putty was nice and dry.  The gold embossed border which was worn away in some spots was very inconsistent.  At first I thought I could just sand the rest away.  But it was very deeply  embedded in some spots and just barely on the surface of others.  So I just sanded enough to remove the surface sheen and painted as I usually do.

That little drawer was perfect for another one of the aqua ceramic knobs I have.

I went fairly light on the distressing because of the issues with the top.

I was concerned that the variations in the embossing would bother me, but it doesn’t.  And you can still see where the filled cigarette burn divots were . . . .  ‘a good distressing job covers a multitude of flaws’. (You may quote me on that!  hehe)

All in all, I an quite content with how it turned out.

Available for purchase in my booth at Stars for $79.00.

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HERE A SALE! THERE A SALE! EVERYWHERE A SALE SALE!!

Stars Antique Malls in Portland is starting a new Facebook advertising campaign beginning TODAY/Tomorrow.  Every Wednesday they will announce the four participating antique dealers and the Discount % they will give to those whom have seen the sale ad on the  Stars Facebook page.

  Facebook is the ONLY place this sale will be advertised, and the sale is always for one day, Thursday only.  No signs will be posted in the store, so you have to know ahead of time, who is on sale that day.  AND you’ll need to mention that you are there for the Facebook sale to the cashier at checkout in order for them to give you the discount.

It just so happens that “I” am amongst the vendors participating this first week.  ALL DAY tomorrow, EVERYTHING (including already reduced items!!!) in my booth is 20% off.  I just stocked yesterday and took in lost of new stuff.  As I’ve already mentioned, January was a busy month for furniture sales at Stars, so I’ve got a lot of new furniture:

Die cut metal glittered LOVE signs.

NO-GUILT chocolates!  Altered vintage candy boxes filled with chocolate CANDLES!  Enjoy the fragrance without having to work extra hard at the gym for a week afterwards!

Some have small (bon-bon size) candles; the bigger boxes have ‘cupcake size’ chocolate candles in them.

The small boxes fit perfectly under the dome of a vintage cake stand.  Fun decoration for a Valentine dinner centerpiece.

Love banner and vintage book page ‘wreath’.

Gift boxes, little owls, bottles of ‘bliss’ and ‘love potion’.

One of a kind pink Valentine angel.

Rustic wood heart hanger with key.

Hinged wood heart; perfect GUY gift!

 

BIGGER bottles of ‘Love Potion No.9’! 

Tea stained lace quilt hearts are perfect for a Valentine gift that can be used year round.

Child size red chair for your ‘little’ Valentine.

Vintage milk glass vanity set.

Vintage shabby cherub bust.

 Pretty frames with love messages.

Lots of ‘love themed’ signs too.  “ALWAYS KISS ME GOODNIGHT”.  “For ever, for always and no matter what.”  “Eat drink and be married”  “Keep calm and get married”.  “live – Laugh – Love”  “I love you to the moon and back”

Wood ‘cranberry’ hearts are perfect package tie-ons.

Lots of white dishes, as always.  Perfect for a table setting for a romantic dinner for two.

And if you want to ‘say it in glitter’; here’s your sign.

*~ REMEMBER, THE STARS SALE IS ONE DAY ONLY – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH; 11AM – 6PM  ~*   Then every Thursday hereafter, with different dealers from both malls eash week.

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>>> THERE’S A SALE IN MY BOOTH AT CURIOSITIES TOO!!!  <<<

Purely coincidence that these 2 sales happen to overlap.  The Stars sale in a ‘one day thing’ only.  My “HALF PRICE WHITE SALE” at Curiosities will be going for at least a week.  (until I get rid of enough stuff to make room for NEW stuff!!)

HALF OFF ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT IS WHITE (or ‘mostly’ white!) IN MY BOOTH AT CURIOSITIES IN BEAVERTON.

I’ve already exceeded my ‘blogging time allowance’ for the day, so I am going to refer you to my  Facebook page  for specific pictures of white items in my booth at Curiosities. (and there IS a lot of it!)

 

Still plenty of Valentine goods at Curiosities too.  It’s just not discounted.

But this lovely white, and kitty Spike approved ‘pampered pet bed’ is!

ENJOY THE SAVINGS!!

Here’s what’s new in my booth at Curiosities . .

I now have Valentine goods stocked in my booth at Curiosities also.

Little shelf filled with assorted Valentine-y stuff.

Pink glitter owls with hearts and keys.

Itty bitty gumball machine filled with candy conversation hearts.

Pretty Valentine gift boxes.

With metal charms attached to the bows.  (and paper shred inside of course!)

Little red birdcage with stamped pillow inside.  Tag on the side says ‘prisoner of love’.

Paper love crown.

More of a ‘spring thing’ than Valentine; bird and nest on urn.

Paris chic burlap pillows.

Child size rocking chair.

Shabby chic picnic basket.

HUGE vintage cheese box.

BIG black footed tray.  I didn’t measure it, but it’s at least 4′ long.  Perfect for a big farmhouse table.  I filled it with assorted gold stuff.  Gold finials, little crown baskets, cloches and framed picture.

Pair of rusty wire cloches with bird toppers; a red glitter love crown placed atop the larger cloche.

I completely ‘flip flopped’ the left side wall of my booth this last time.  Actually this side has NO wall.  The booth only has 2 walls and 2 open sides.  But to make the best use of the space, I ‘build a wall’ of product along one of the empty sides.  this is the side that faces OUT to the aisle.  (All of this stuff was previously INSIDE the booth. )

These three aqua shelf units were previously on that outward facing wall.  Now they face inside; backed up to what’s in the previous picture.  (kind of difficult to explain!)

A sign display as an ‘end cap’ (sort of!) of the two previous back to back displays.

Rustic wood hearts with keys.

Barnwood heart with old hinge and shutter.

Spring-ish whites.

Hand crafted ‘cranberry’ (wood bead!) hearts.

Altered heart shaped candy boxes filled with chocolate CANDLES. (yes candLes, not candies!)

Shabby white bird cage filled with dried hydrangea.

Moved the antique enamel table further into the booth against the wall; with the two shabby end tables tucked underneath.

Lots of fun new stuff for Valentine and spring decorating.  Come by and check it out.

Curiosities is open Tuesdays – Sundays; 10am – 6pm  (closed Mondays)

Valentine gifts and decor now in stock at Stars

Lots of fun Valentine gifts and home decor items just stocked in my booth at Stars.

The tea stained lace quilt hearts that I’ve shown in a previous post.  These are ONLY available at Stars.

I also have some of the small red ‘conversation hearts’ at Stars.

Loaded them into a HUGE 2 gallon mercantile jar.

Lots of little bits and bobs to decorate with or give as gifts; including several pretty gift boxes.

Love potion #9 bottles adorned with vintage keys.

Serendipity bottle.

Tiny bottle of bliss.  (Because a little goes a long way!)

A big gold tray full of assorted fun stuff to dig through.

Rustic wood hanging heart with key.

One of a kind pink Valentine fairy.

Altered vintage candy boxes filled with chocolate CANDLES!

Perfect for those of use who have resolved to get into shape in the new year!

Several to choose from.  Vintage bears with hearts and keys.

Crowns.

Vintage pink  wicker shelf; packets of blank note cards on top.

Glittered LOVE sign.

Pair of pink glittered birds sitting on a sweet child size bow back chair.

Little cherish sign.

Little LOVE sign.

More love sign and little cherub.

Big beautiful (heavy too!) shabby chic frame with love collage.  The love collage is removable so you can use the frame for a picture after Valentines Day.

Little ‘Be mine’ heart shaped pillow.

Love heart banner and 2 doves Valentine wreath.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS & SAVE THE DATES:

Saturday, January 18th – Monday, January 20th (MLK holiday!) 

Stars infamous HAGGLE SALE!  

Many of the Stars dealers will be on hand ‘wheeling and dealing’ throughout the sale.  Since I can’t be there to offer individual deals, I’ll be offering 25% off ALL REGULAR PRICED MERCHANDISE in my booth.  

Just added to my etsy shop: hand stitched felt heart bowl fillers

In addition to all the hearts I’ve recently take to my booths at Stars and Curiosities, I just added lots of them to my  etsy shop.   they are sold in bundles, as shown.  Prices vary from $19 – $29.95 + shipping.

CLICK HERE to go to my etsy shop.

LOTS of Valentine gifts and decor still available in my space at Stars

I have sold quite a bit of the Valentine stuff, but there is still plenty left!

And, as always, a plentiful selection of vintage Ironstone and other white dishes.

LOTS of these little vintage English Ironstone dessert plates!

Soooooooooooooooo pretty white feather angel wings with gold halo.

Handcrafted LOVE banner.

LOTS of  dessert stands.  Full cake size to indicidulal cupcake size.

With and without dome tops.  Single and multi layer.

Perfect for your next dessert buffet.

New batches of the felt  hearts; in pink and brown.

Red with word labels.

And cute containers to display them in!

Pink glitter owls with crowns.

Neutral tones more for year round display.

Yes, it DOES take a long time to sew all those buttons on!  But I love the end result!!

Another batch of darker reds.

Love potion and bottles of  Bliss.

Big and small.

Simple blank note cards.

Box of heart shaped and chocolate scented candles!  (no calories!)

Amen to that!

Whites that can be given for Valentine’s Day and displayed year round.

Neutrals.

Pinks and signs for friends.

Sweet cherubs.

Stop on by and ‘shop to your hearts content’!