Here's a sampling of what I've taken to recent markets.
Lately for me it's all about strong color, lots of curiosities and unusual items, and also a little more 60s-70s groove than I used to want.
These photos are from The Vintage Bazaar that popped up at the Dank Haus in Chicago a few weekends ago.
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I don't even know where to start. So much has happened. We've moved, my husband had a job change, our little boy came into our lives. Eli is 20 months and our sweet girl Jolee Raye is already 2 1/2. We fall into bed exhausted every night but we also had no clue how fun (and funny) kids would be.
I'm still feeling my way towards how to best use my talents and make a truly (and highly) successful business out of them. Something I constantly struggle with is the feeling that I'm not living up to my potential. Not fully using the talents God gave me. That the busy-ness of my business is just so much water treading and that I need to break through, branch out, move up....somehow.
To that end, we're going to be branching out and doing more vintage market style shows geared towards younger collectors and buyers who have an eye toward decorating with their finds. This weekend we'll be at Vintage Bazaar in Chicago. We can't wait!
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She's here!
Miss Jolee Raye arrived on Wednesday, July 8th at 6:46 pm.
She's healthy and happy and we're adjusting to life as a new little family of three. It may be a little while before I post anything new. See you when we've got our feet under us again. :)
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Getting a non-symmetrical wall arrangement of art and objects to work is not as easy as it looks in magazines. Last Sunday I gathered objects from all over the house to see what would come together for a big blank wall in our new bedroom. I spread my choices out on our bed and came back multiple times during the the day to arrange and re-arrange them. Inordinate amounts of time were spent flip-flopping the objects - pulling in new pieces, throwing out others. I was trying to get a mix that was visually interesting and pleasing and not too stuffy since I was dealing with fun prints and bright colors.
I wanted to try to some fabric art and stretched a piece of textured aqua and white print over a canvas, but by itself it seemed too plain until I added a square of scrapbook paper that mimics the print on our throw pillows, our headboard fabric, and the paper that covers the doors on our big storage cabinet.
I also knew I didn't want all flat art pieces or things too much of a similar scale, so getting pieces chosen to represent those wishes took awhile.
I first hung an old ceiling tin that I painted last summer, the aqua and white fabric/paper canvas, the deep pink floral scrapbook paper (stuck on cardboard and wedged into the back of an antique frame), and the shelf with the pink plate. I slept on that and then the next morning added the plates and put the little blue vase on the shelf.
This wall is at the foot of our bed so it's the first thing I see in the morning. So far I'm loving it.
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Miss Jolee Raye is due in 3 weeks (and may arrive sooner), so her nursery has been one of my top priorities lately. And, yippy skippy, it's pretty much done...yay! I'll still have things to add and I want to hang a baby quilt my Grandma made for her, but all the major players are in place and it's accessorized with a bunch of little cute things.
This is what the room looked like when we bought the house...
And this is her little cupcake and polka dot nest today...
There's a new IKEA shelf filled with fun...
And also useful things like flannel blankets Grandma made...
The old rocker has a comfy cushion...
A terrific Pier 1 find...
And the changing table (that went under my paintbrush a couple months ago) just needs the soft pink cover put on the pad and some useful things added to the scalloped shadowbox shelf.
We're almost there.
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