Crazy Busy Over Here

 My world is crazy-busy right now with getting ready to move to a bigger mall space on August 1st PLUS getting ready for a huge destash yard sale in August.  Yes, I will be posting on Craig's List for those of you who are local. There will be loads of vintage. AND it is Summer time!
I haven't posted since the 4th of July so this is just a little phone dump for those of you who don't follow me on Instagram.
These are all blue plastic flowers except the upper right which is the real deal.  I am NOT fond of modern "silk" flowers that are not really silk but I adore the old plastic flowers.  They are harder to find than you would think.  Oh boy did my Mom hate those fake plastic flowers!

These are a few shots of the booth after the most recent fluff and stuff. Monticello Antique Marketplace is having a big sale July 14-17 and my booth is 25% off so I will have less to move from the old space to the new space (I hope!).
I hope you are having a great Summer!

Junking and Foofing

 I am happy to report I am making progress in the junkalanch, not so much that I can show you but I can see a big portion of my work bench now.  I have plans to do some rearranging in the art room once the piles are cleaned up so that is keeping me motivated to keep sending things along to their new homes.
The week was not without junking.  I got in a couple of stops and actually remembered to take a picture of some of it.

 I picked up the wicker magazine rack to use in the booth. I have pictures and crochet books that are difficult to display on my shelves and had a forehead-slap moment when I saw the magazine rack.

 The Mic and Dick book is old and German.  Husband was able to confirm it was a children's book but he can't read the old German script well enough to figure out what the story is about.  I just like the cover!  Yes, I judge old books by their covers....

The Christmas just keeps rolling in.  That old ice cream scoop has a neat orange handle.  The Currier and Ives mug in the back is a shaving cup.

I also foofed the booth for the sale this Sunday.  If you are local, Monticello is having a store wide  Superbowl sale this Sunday with complementary champagne.  Come sip and shop!

The Halls are Decked!

 I have been 100% obsessed focused on getting all of the Christmas priced and staged for the "booth", which is really just a set of shelves.  I am happy to say that I am DONE!

 I went over on Saturday and Sunday mornings and started feeding it in.  I think I have crammed in about two-thirds.
I think this Annalee Santa looks kind of "Grinchie" - LOL!

  I still have some vintage kitchen left to rotate out for the season.  Rotating out the non-seasonal merchandise is my frustration.  Not everyone buys Christmas but the space is so tiny that I really don't have room for both so have to figure out where I'm going to store the off-season stuff.  I think I'm going to throw my name back in the hat for a bigger space before next year.  Anyone else have this issue??

 These are all phone photos and I can't back up far enough to get good pictures so I apologize for the wonky angles and poor quality.

 I held back a few things I still have to list on Etsy but I'm pretty burned out on Christmas at this point and looking forward to a break so I can look at something else for a while and get interested again for my own decorating.

 I can't believe I put some of these ornaments in the booth and might have to snatch a few back for myself!  I am proud to say that I was at The Bins today and found a couple of plain Shiny Brites and I PUT THEM DOWN.  Step away from the ornaments, Kathy.

 I hope the ornaments survive in this wire basket.  I was thinking of putting a wooden bead garland across the back and hanging them from that but they stuck out too far so they made the top shelf kind of unusable.  Fingers crossed.  And toes. These are the good ones.

 The Peanut gallery.

This little knee hugger is my favorite.  He has a bell inside and jingles when you move him.
If you are still here at the end of this long post - thanks for listening!

Packed In!

I just finished packing in at Monticello this morning.  We got there at the moment we could get inside and finished with 2 minutes to spare.  I was SO happy I had staged it all ahead of time and taken pictures to guide me.  Sorry this photo is pretty wonky.  I had to stand in another booth to take it and still cut off the top of the shelf.  The pretty rose tablecloth on the right is not mine, it is my neighbors, but a happy accident that it is so complementary.  Now the waiting game....  Oh wait, I have already been waiting my whole life!  This is a bucket list day for me.  8+)