"Sun Swim Snorkel"

I'm off on an adventure, and I've headed straight for the water as always! It's such a relief to have sea air in my lungs and sand between my toes again, even if the sun has been elusive.

First stop was a visit with my Mom in Sarasota, and I've headed south from there....something I never do. This will be interesting!

I love how the beach is always different......in Sarasota the water was very wavy and had rip currents, but was still beautiful. It rained every day, which is pretty unusual.

The rain followed me down to Marco Island.....but we got in a long swim before it started the deluge.......I was hoping for some nice snorkeling weather in the Keys, but with several hurricanes passing by, it's not looking too good.

I love the beach in the rain!! (But PLEASE can it NOT rain for the catamaran trip tomorrow???)

Hall tree........

I finally finished this hall tree, and I'll take it to the shop tomorrow.......it looks so simple, but it took a few days to get it done 'cuz there's so much trial and error in figuring out what should go where! One of my favorite projects is making these from old wood doors. (The basket at the bottom just hangs on the brackets, and is optional)

Showcase project.......

We needed a little showcase for smalls at the shows and shop, so using this vintage cupboard door and some wood, I was able to make one.

I think I will make the next one a little steeper to hold taller things, but this will work for jewelry, and smaller stuff.....it's about 6" high in the back.

I really wanted to leave the door pretty much as is (it has the original wavy glass), so I just cleaned it up and tried to paint the box a neutral brown. I lined the inside with some vintage wallpaper.

I have tons of old hardware, but of course I couldn't find any cool butterfly hinges (for decoration only--I have the functional ones on the back), or just the right handle I liked, so this will have to do until I find those.




BTW......here is the booth banner with the vintage letters on it (we decided on these rather than make collage tags).

The next layer........

We got another layer moved into the booth today.....I had forgotten how much work this is!! (starting a new space from scratch, I mean, and this heat makes it harder) It's still very sparse, and we brought in a lot of things from Lakewood, so some of this will look familiar.

Now is the fun part....finishing up with more layers of fresh vintage treasures and handmade creations.

I made a tin flower banner for the front, and will be adding large collage tags spelling "welcome" to hang from the flowers on the chippy headboard.

So much work.......I feel a junkin' break coming on!

(It is getting so hard to find great primitive furniture and unique and affordable vintage stuff around this area......I need to go North for a pickin' trip--suggestions gladly accepted--and I've even made a flyer like Mike and Frank use!)

Moving in..........before pics

Well....this is as far as we got the first day of setting up our new shop at Queen Of Hearts in Buford. (Basically, we just dumped our first load of stuff in there!) This is going to be interesting for us since we have NO plan!! We're just hoping it all comes together when we get everything in.

Our booth (11x16) is right across from the desk as you come in the door~a fabulous space~ and it has great peg walls, ledges and rafters to work with. It is also nice and bright from the front windows.

I really wanted to decorate with something DIFFERENT than the standard vines, burlap, beige, white, French theme, ephemera, etc etc.........but we couldn't figure it out, so we had to get started without anything for now!

I don't know.....it's going to be really hard to not add vines....I love vines! And tree branches.....don't you think it needs some tree branches on top?