Behind the Picket Fence

For all of you So. CA girls I encourage you to come out to Costa Mesa next Saturday, November 6th for this show "Behind the Picket Fence". I will be there with some wonderful items for your home; everything from vintage kitchen scales, vintage jewelry, furniture, and much more! Hope to see you,

Recent Finds

Wanted to post some pics of some recent find from the Irvine Flea Market and some goodies that I picked up this morning bright and early! A classic Betsy Johnson piece with heart and key - so fun!

great old red travel case - I think it will be useful to keep my jewelry making supplies in.

a wonderful vintage typewriter!

a big glass jar with green lid - how sweet it will be filled up with sangria this summer!

great little step stool hand painted with cherries!

vintage coffee and tea canisters in cheery red!

big wonderful down filled pillow -

some wonderful vintage tablecloths - keep an eye out on my etsy shop for a few of these....

That's it for now - busy cleaning today and working in the yard a bit - I'm really ready for spring. Enjoy your weekend! Hugs, Erin

Flea Market Find

My husband and I have been searching for the perfect Farmhouse Table. We have been to the flea markets, various antique malls, etc. Well, a few weeks ago we spotted a table at the Irvine Flea Market. It included 2 benches and 2 chairs but the problem was all I really wanted was the table, you see I already have several vintage bistro chairs that I plan to use at the table. We thought about the table and decided that we would continue through the next few aisles and see if anything else caught our eye before spending $$$ on this table. I could always re-sell the benches and chairs.

As we rounded the corner of the last aisle we spotted this beauty! The ladies that sold it to us were delightful and it was a real bargain - 1/2 the price of the table we saw earlier! Stop by Flea Market Style for "I'm A Flea Marketeer Party" and share your flea market finds - this is my latest treasure! We love it so much that we have moved it into our French Country Kitchen

Peddlers Market & Friends!

The Peddlers at Piecemakers was a great day! The weather was practically perfect and the apple pie for breakfast is always a plus! I brought along a couple bigger pieces with me Saturday morning and I was pleasantly surprised when they sold almost immediately. Here's a little peak at my booth in the setting up stage. When I set up Friday evening there were definitely some early shoppers browsing our spaces and when I came back Saturday morning the sweetest mother and daughter came by and bought my chippy potting bench!

Janice of the Faded Cottageand her mom were such dolls! They come for every show from Las Vegas and shop and shop and shop! Below is the cute chippy potting bench that she took home - not sure how she managed to pack it in her car but where there's a will there's a way!

I also had a visit from Lidy of the Little French Garden House who stopped by for a quick hello before she went home to get ready for the amazing baby shower she was hosting - the gorgeous photos are on her blog. My friend Laura also had a space and she was introducing her line of shoe huggers - as soon as her web-site is ready I'll add the linky - they are really cute and the fabrics they chose are wonderful! It was an awesome day and I'll be back there on August 1st for the next Peddlers Market! I don't have many shows on my agenda for this summer - it's just too hot...

Happy May Day!

Happy May Day! It was a wonderful day indeed! I set up my space for tomorrow at Piecemakers Flea Market in Costa Mesa. For any of you in So. Cal it's located at Harbor and Adams ~ West a few blocks at Mesa Verde. There are over 100 dealers that will be selling tomorrow and my sneak peak this afternoon was delightful. I'll try not to shop too much LOL! I'll be there bright and early with plenty of goodies! My day started out with a very surreal email that I'll share more about in another post but someone that I very much admire in this crazy/fun business of ours will be in my neighborhood soon and I look forward to meeting her in person very soon. Enjoy the weekend!

The Flea Market recap

Pam "the Sewing Queen" and I had a great time in Irvine! Her canopy's are the best and the one shown here sold! It's Patriotic themed and is so darling! Her creations are wonderful and she'll be at The Attic in Coronado on May 2nd taking custom orders for her delightful hand embroidered pillows! Some of the goodies below that I was selling...

More of Pam's pillows

The curio below and most of the other items below all went home with happy shoppers!

I think that I'm going to paint the wood ironing board below a light shade of pink and take it to Piecemakers in Costa Mesa on May 2nd. I'll be brining plenty of treasures there with me including some items to be painted and foofed up!
It was a gorgeous weekend here in So Cal. Have a great week! Erin

Peddlers Market

Saturday turned out to be a pretty good day considering the crazy weather we had; it rained, it stopped, it rained it stopped, etc! I set up a quick booth at the Peddlers Market and had a wonderful day selling and I met some wonderful ladies too. One woman came into my booth and I was such a dork "I know you" I said. It was Priscilla from Sweet Remembrance! She is so sweet and so is her hubby Don who took a few photos for us. I'm hoping that she and I will re-connect at one of the classes that Whimzy is hosting - we both want to learn how to sodder! She takes care of her adorable grandaughter and managers to blog and sell fabulous merch too! I love the green coat she has on her blog.
My booth was pretty empty by the time it was time to call it a day. I kept my purchases to a minimum only buying a couple of cute egg baskets. Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered into my give away!

Birthday Bliss!

Silly girl me trying to take a picture of us all with my short arms!

Birthday bliss today with my best friends! Tomorrow is the actual day but today was celebrating with my very bestest friends. We headed out to the Irvine Flea Market with yummy chai latte's in hand this morning. It was a gorgeous day for browsing and shopping; I ended up making just one purchase - my lovely weathered crown. We had so much fun looking through "attitude" rings - the cute vendor had such a selection however we did not buy just looked and thought that having a 5+ carat diamond was not very believable. Jill purchased a really cute vintage Santa pin for next year and Debra purchased some great old bottles that we know she will create something wonderful with. Dar aka our little chocolate lab (she had the softest jogging outfit that reminded us of a chocolate lab puppy) did not buy anything today... Jill decided that she needs a chandelier in her kitchen and the one we saw was almost $300. We'll be keeping our out for the perfect one for her now. Then it was over to a loverly waterfront brunch in Irvine where we enjoyed mimosa's and delicious crab and avocado filled omeletes.

Thank you BFF's for a really fun day ~ love you all!!