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!!

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’!

Back down to ONE booth at Stars . .

One VERY FULL booth!

Took me close to five hours to get the last little bit of stuff emptied out of the wall space, and displayed in my big booth.

But I could not be happier with how perfectly things ‘sold down’ and how smoothly the transition went.

I really only had to take home ONE piece of furniture, that didn’t sell or wouldn’t fit back into the big booth; and that was the red ‘washing machine cabinet’.

So I ma pretty proud of myself for how carefully I planned everything out over the course of the 2 month sell down.  Taking some new inventory in for the first several weeks, but also gradually moving as much BIG stuff over to the big booth each week as I could.

Taking out the Christmas stuff right after Christmas I think helped too. It really made things look BARE, and emphasized that it would soon be gone!  Gets people motivated to BUY instead of ‘think about it and maybe come back;.

Vintage soap dish ( I think!) makes a cute little cupcake stand.

Another cupcake stand, this one made from upcycled pieces.  I’m not sure WHAT that cherub to the left of it was originally for.  A candy dish maybe?  I see these cherubs a lot at antique malls, and I even buy them frequently  but I’ve never know what they are!?!?  (would love to know if any of you DO know what they were originally made for!)  They worked perfect to hold a few of my smaller felt hearts.

And some little heart shaped gift boxes that I made.

Felt hearts left over from last year.  Still meed to make more new ones!

Wood bead heart ornaments.

Laser cut metal ‘love’ signs that I glittered.

Valentine crown.

Be mine shelf sitter signs.

AWESOME vintage cast plaster cherubs. Very French baroque -ish don’t you think?

If these don’t sell I just might have to take them home and put them in my white craft studio!

Vintage wall planters that I repainted.  Ran out of wall space to hang things, so these are hung on the side of the hutch at the front of my booth.

Silver ‘trophy’; just because EVERYONE deserves to win a trophy once in their life!  Could be a ‘best boyfriend’ trophy for your Valentine?!?

Nice glare from the flash, eh?!?!  Oh well!  the cherub still looks cute!

Heart shaped covers on a string of lights.  I really wanted to HANG these, but not sure I have room to!

There’s another one of those cherubs in back on the left!  This one I filled the top with clear heart ornaments with little keys attached.  The one in the middle was a candle holder; I put the nest over the candle hole.  Another one on the right (partially hidden by the table leg!) I filled with moss and added a little egg.

Better view of the one on the left.

And the one on the right that I put the nest in.  This one, I could actually see as having been a VASE, because it IS open clear to the bottom.  Most of them though, just have a ‘small shallow bowl’.

Vintage cherub lamp base that I upcycled into a dessert pedestal!

Little white doll chair.

Trinket box with little bird and nest.

More of the stitched hearts, in a tray with some finials.

A new batch of white pedestal birds with crowns.

Another altered vintage heart shaped candy box, and vintage repro Valentine cards.

Vertical hanging Valentine banner.

Decorative ball on metal stand.

Giant size vintage sheet music covered 3-D stars for party decorations.

New stock of white pitchers and creamers.

Adorable vintage little girl portrait!

Red glitter “LOVE” crown.

PINK glitter owls with CROWNS, of course!

Dream and happiness crowns.

Paris chic TALL crown, and more small ones.

Pug dog salt and pepper shakers, and vintage sliver rim salad plates.  Quite a few more white dishes just re-stocked too.

Always plenty of white dishes.

Vintage oval plates and boats.

Altered journals in concrete planter container.

 Stars is open seven days a week; 11am – 6pm.    Come on bu for some New Year’s shopping THERAPY!

Frames

Never enough frames!  I’m always on the look out for frames.  Here are my recent finds:

These will probably be made into dry erase boards since they still have glass.

Fun cubby shelf. 

Great vintage ones that I can sell ‘as is’.

Won’t these be cute to remake for Valentine’s Day?  Paint them white and glaze them.  Maybe even make the heart part into a chalk board for ‘love notes’.

Nice BIG one.

A casuality!  I dropped this one in the parking lot and it broke in half.  Hopefully I can put it back together.