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Vintage Ornament Wreaths

Busy weekend making vintage ornament wreaths; I followed the basic tutorial I found from Georgia Peachez and here is my slightly different version:

I really love this pink one and the pictures just don't do it justice:

I am terrified that these are going to fall or get dropped which of course would mean total destruction.  I can't wait to get these to BAYarts so they're off my hands and hopefully into the hands of a buyer!

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Jennifer Rizzo

Under The Table and Dreaming Sunday Showcase

Bad Blogger

I get annoyed when my favorite bloggers don't update on a regular basis and...then I take a month off blogging.  So hypocritical.  I haven't been sitting around, though.  Life is busy. Even though it's fall, which means the end of summer, which means I should have finished/sold most of my big pieces, here is my garage:

I really don't think I'm a hoarder.  I just like furniture.  I like refinishing it and making it beautiful again. Mr. Vintage Novella disagrees.  Not with the fact that I make it beautiful.  He disagrees with the hoarding label. ;-)  Some of this though will be for sale for the holiday season at one of my favorite organizations.

So, to get ready for the holiday season, I need to start making my scrabble ornaments.  Luckily my favorite aunt is helping me sort all of these tiles:

Yes, these are all iphone photos since I've been too busy to get the big girl camera out.  In addition to starting to make items for BAYarts, I've had to fluff my space at the antique store.  Christmas always starts early:

This pretty pink tree sold to a good friend's daughter two days after I put it up! A good problem to have.

Speaking of trees, I've been bleaching bottle brush trees (ignore the cluttered countertop in the background):

Today I started working on this gorgeous dresser which is going to BAYarts next month.  It's in rough shape, but it's so gorgeous I am determined to save it:

I mean, check out these legs:

She's going to get a coat of Annie Sloan chalk paint in Antoinette, a pretty pink color.

In addition to all of these projects, I've had tons of papers to grade (but it's more bearable with my favorite pens):

And if that weren't enough, my furry child demands that I sit with him every night:

It's exhausting just thinking about all this. Time for bed.

Etsy Love

I've done very well with Etsy since opening my shop.  I made three sales this week alone! I also have the Etsy app on my phone and when I make a sale it makes a cash register sound, which is the best sound in the world.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, making money is very nice, but it's also a wonderful feeling to know that these lovely items that I have found are going to homes where they will be loved.  In fact one of the items I sold was on someone's wedding registry.  WEDDING REGISTRY ON ETSY?!  How cool is that?


Here are a few beauties that I just listed:

Gorgeous, shabby pink mugs and saucers from Japan...

Also from Japan this quaint rooster spice set:

And a favorite with the Etsy shoppers, ironstone.  Two sweet soup bowls with handles:

Another bonus to selling:  more shopping! :-)

I'm A Winner!

I am so excited that I won enrollment in this course:

I have taken two other e-courses from Jeanne Oliver.  There are so many amazing artists teaching this course and I can't wait to begin next month!  Thank you, Jennifer Rizzo, for this great giveaway!

Etsy Shop Items

I finally opened my Etsy shop a few weeks ago.  Now that school has started it has been difficult to keep up with everything.  There are not enough hours in the day to complete everything I want to do!  But it's a labor of love.  Some of these pretty items will be hard to let go of, but they need a good home.

A beautiful serving bowl that could serve a multitude of functions other than serving food:

This vintage herb vinegar bottle would look darling with a single flower:

I adore this cow creamer; I love transferware:

And if this cute little pink frame doesn't sell soon, I may need to keep it:

I can't wait for my first sale!

The Big Show - The Summer Market

I think most people have NO idea how much work it is to get ready for a show and to sell at a show.  I never did until I actually did it.  That being said, The Summer Market was by far my most successful show, and one that I will look forward to doing again.  The founders of the show, Erin and Kristen, are amazingly talented artists who are also incredibly organized (what an oxymoron, right?) and I am so proud to be affiliated with The Summer Market.  It's no surprise that this show was written up in Flea Market Style magazine as the best in Ohio! Despite huge thunderstorms Friday evening, there were tons of customers on both days. I could also count one hand the number of customers who asked for a better price.  THIS IS UNHEARD OF.

Below are some pics of what I sold, but first a warning that these are not the best pictures; I only had time to do some iphone shots and I was so busy with customers that I didn't even have time to take any full shots of my booth set up.  This is a good problem to have, and next year I know I will be more prepared and will probably hire some help.  I unfortunately didn't even have time to really visit any other booths, and believe me, there were incredible vendors everywhere.

No surprise that I sold my second Union Jack, which is proving to be a great seller:

I also finally sold my blue milk paint dresser to a friend of mine who loved it:

If I didn't sell this buffet, I would have kept it; it was so beautiful! But, it was the first piece I sold.  A lovely elderly woman bought it and I didn't even mind delivering it.  Although it was in good condition when I bought it, a little Annie Sloan chalk paint makes everything better:

I also sold a desk (and a chair that I didn't get a pic of) to an old friend I used to work with.  She was looking for a vintage desk and this was a good fit:

I don't have a pic of the glass topped patio table that went with these chairs, but I am in love with the Waverly fabric I chose to recover the chairs:

I knew this child bistro set would sell and it did to a lovely couple that came in a convertible and therefore couldn't buy anything much bigger than it:

...And many more small items I didn't get a picture of.  It was great to sell and make money, but even more importantly, I love knowing that these items that I have worked on are going to great homes.