*** this course is now closed *** Those who have followed my blog since I started in 2008 know how far my business has come. Mustard Seed Interiors was born after a teary breakdown on my sofa and a...
Pricing & Pieces to Paint
My dining room table was filled with pieces to price for Lucketts, mostly ironstone, and the living room was pretty cluttered as well, so I decided to get that taken care of. Before I got to all of...
Last Week's Finds
When I get home from shopping, I like to open all of the bags and boxes and spread everything out on the dining room table. I think it has to do with feeling a sense of accomplishment. This is...
Show Business | part 4 :
As I've been posting this series about being a vendor at antique shows, I've been asked a few questions. Some of them involved pricing and negotiating, so I thought I would chat on those topics. I...
Show Business | Part 3
I've really enjoyed writing this series, I just have to say! Sometimes it helps me a lot to talk through my own process. Sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed with all of the stuff on my plate,...
Show Business | Tagging & Setting Up
Today I'm continuing the series on "show business", aka being a vendor at an antique show/fair/market. If you missed part one, you can check it out HERE. In part two, we're going to talk about...
Show Business | Part 1
As I've mentioned how I'm getting ready for the Luckett's Spring Market, I've received several e-mails asking various questions about my process, so I thought I would share the answers with "the...
tagging, keeping & selling
I had a living room full of stuff that needed to be sorted out today. Boxes of ironstone, boxwood wreaths and butcher twine, furniture and other things that have been delivered or bought over the...
Here comes Lucketts…
I know it's just the first day of March, but my sights are already set on the Lucketts Antique Market. It's historically been my biggest event of the year. And every year I try to top the previous...
Guide to Shopping The Chapel Market
Well, this is a guide to shopping my space specifically at the Chapel Market tomorrow. First of all, here are some pictures of my space and the things that are for sale (and everything is for...