My First Show

Hi all.  I participated in my first marketplace on Saturday.  So, first off,  I apologize for the poor iPhone photos.  I didn't want to take the good camera with me.  I have a new appreciation for the folks who do this on a regular basis.  It is hard work.  But I had a little helper, my 9 year old daughter.  Thank goodness for her.  We had fun! 

I always get a little nervous before I do something for the first time.  I awoke at 2am to finish preparing for it.....my first mistake.  Maybe I need to work on the perfectionistic side of my personality. :)  

 I hand stamped each price tag with a gold bee and then inventoried every item in an excel spreadsheet. And heaven forbid I rely on their supplied white tablecloth to do the job.  I had to make an 11 foot linen one with a double ruffle.  What exactly is wrong with me?

 The setting was lovely!  The one thing that was not for sale was my sign below.  I found it a few weeks ago at a flea market.  Do you know what it is?  I didn't when I purchased it.  I thought it would be a great sign for this show and would double as a business card holder.  

 About four people stopped me at the flea to make sure I knew what I had.  It is apparently a pastry board from the mid 1800's.  The lip at the bottom is made to hold a tin rolling pin.  The baker would lay it down and roll out the dough, then hang it up and place the rolling pin in the lip.  I understand that the rolling pins are pretty rare because they did not hold up well.  Don't you love to learn about old things like this and their uses?

I met a decorator who has some customers who like this style and also was commissioned to make grain sack curtains for a barn.  So, although it was a long a rather arduous day (all the schlepping back and forth) it was certainly worth it!

Have a great week

MC

My New Beauty

As you know I live in a tiny place which does not allow for a lot of collections.  There are a few items I make room for.  One of them is enamelware body pitchers.  This is the latest one I have found.  Isn't it lovely?

I love the fact that I genuinely buy them with the intention of putting them in my Etsy store.

And somehow, through some force beyond me....they never show up there........

In my defense...could you part with this?  

It was purchased 18 years ago at a flea market in Paris and brought back to CA.

I know.  This all means that I most likely have a problem.  But at least I can admit it, right? :)

Have a great day!

Michele