Today I went out antique shopping for the Lucketts fair with my mother-in-law and mom.  It’s been a while since I’ve been out looking for goodies, but the Lucketts May Fair is fast approaching and I’ve got to build up my inventory. I saw these cool arched shutters, but didn’t buy them because they were too expensive. I did come home with two wooden crates.  One of them had this great label on it… Sort of random things to be packaged together, don’t you think? The other one has a bit more patina.   I also bought some levels… …these really cool grass green metal dry goods containers… …a few pieces of ironstone… …a red metal lab stool, a chippy milking stool, a white doll chair, a balance scale, a small wooden wheel and a few other things. I also found a beautiful antique dresser.  It needs a little

 Recently, I’ve been buying up some vintage European linens.  From France… …Germany… …and I just got a shipment in from Hungary… I’m buying most of them for upholstery/slipcovering projects for pieces to sell at the Lucketts fair, some to sell as-is and a few to keep (like the monogram French sheet.) I just love old textiles, especially linen and hemp.  I should be receiving another shipment this week and I will offer some for sale on my online shop, which doesn’t have anything in it at the moment.  Some of you may have noticed the “shop” tab at the top of my blog.  I have plans for that.  Since I’m not selling at Lucketts anymore, I am going to offer some things for sale online.  Small furniture pieces, antique finds, some handmade items, German glass glitter, as well as my t-shirts and autographed copies of my book.  I just need

    There are times when I’m browsing through an antique store and someone asks me what I’m looking for.  My response is almost always, “Well, I don’t know.  I’ll know it when I see it.”  I find that my method of shopping has shifted from wanting to get as many things as I could for my money to wanting to get something that really speaks to me or makes a statement in my home.  So, when I received an e-mail from Carrie of Copper & Tin and I checked out her Etsy shop, I knew I wanted to work with this proprietress.  So many pieces in her shop spoke to me.  These are the three that spoke the loudest… …a “for rent” sign…   …a paint brush…  …and an ironstone mold…     Here are some of the pieces currently in her shop that I love…      

I learned pretty early on that I’m in the right profession for a person who loves getting packages in the mail.  A part of it is that I live in a rural area, so it makes sense to order things online instead of driving all over the place hunting for something.  That’s probably how I get most of the supplies for my articles and non-antique items that I sold at Lucketts.  I also get “blogger mail”, which is stuff people want me to review, nice things people make for me or sweet thank you gifts.  Well, today was an epic mail day with a little bit of everything. I got new tile for my kitchen back splash….   …mini herringbone marble tile.  Sigh.  Yes, I know.  It’s actually Oriental White tile, which is a lot like Carrera, but it’s whiter and has a touch of beige veins in addition to