New Class

It's time for my 3rd 'at home' workshop.

(sure wish I could think of a better name than 'at home' workshop)

 

 

 I love embellishing beautiful old bottles with vintage goodies.

 

Selecting the perfect topper.

 

 

Creating an entire piece of art around one favortie scrap .

 

Finishing it off with the perfect detail.

I just love making them.

 

If you live in the DFW area I'd love for you to join me on Friday May 24th.

Since the workshops are at my house space is limited to 10.

You can read details & sign up in my etsy shop.

 

 

 

I had a great birthday/Mother's Day.

I just love having an entire week devoted just to me:)

If your out of peat pot ideas just go check out my kids classrooms.

They made the cutest little blooming pots for Mother's Day.

 

 

They also made these little booklets listing the many reasons I'm special.

 

 

Oh Lily, such precious little girl, knows just how to melt Mom's heart.
These books are so sweet.

 

 

Did I say sweet?
I meant to say honest.
It is no lie that Philip thinks I'm nicest when I let him 'by' something.

 

 

Ok, maybe honest isn't the right word either.

Don't you love the Olivia Newton -John headband Owen drew on me!
Thats Wii Fit next to me.

 

 

Ok, I don't know what to say about this, but I'm going to take it as a compliment.

I got some awesome gifts from my friends which I'll post about later, but before I sign off I have to show you this!

 

  

My fabulous in- laws found this on the street at 10 o'clock at night.

Then they drove 10 miles to get a furniture dolly and wheeled it down the street to their garage.
(wish I had this on film for youtube)

I don't know which is better, a 100 year old upright grand, or the thoughtfulness & effort it took to get it for me.

It's resting in my garage right now awaiting a face- lift.
I hope you all had a great Mother's Day too.
 

Highlights from our first sale!

Wanna come to a sale?

 



  If you couldn't make it last week sit down, put your feet up & I'll show you what you missed.

 

 The sale was held in my driveway, porch & backyard. 

It was a little scary Thursday, but we had a plan.

 

And it started with turning our 'poo brown' garage door into an amazing backdrop.

 Drop cloths, a few yards of scrim & a $5 box of custom balloon valances became our Mistress of Junk theater.

 

Tadaa!

 



Not the greatest picture but the chandelier topped swing looked very cool.

 



 

 

This bare chair now resides in my front yard.

 



 

 There was really something for everyone. 

 

It took me months to collect enough clipboards for this vignette. 

 



I loved the way the fence turned out.
The 'vintage' letters came off my studio wall, they're covered in wool, (surprise, surprise). 

There was only one frame left, so now I'm hunting for more so I can recreate it.

 



 

We had a great guest vendor Kristi Hall, a few of her goodies stayed here with me.

 

Here we are, the mistress's of junk.

That's my awesome partner Jenn. Unfortunately she's not a blogger, just a great picker.

I'm the one with the squirrels on my head.

 

 

Here's our mascot Izzy, she licked every person who came whether they liked it or not.

 

I'd like to thank our friend & photographer extraordinaire Amanda Holcomb for the great pics on this post.
(the other ones are mine)

You can find her facebook page here....

& her website here.

 



Mark your calenders, our holiday sale is set for October 10 & 11!

You can stay in touch with us on facebook here.

 

Mistress of Junk

So who is the Mistress of Junk?

No Beth, she's not a dominatrix.

  She doesn't carry a whip, but you wouldn't want to go up against her at an estate sale.

She loves anything old, has been know to pick things up off the curb & cannot pass a garage sale without a peek.

 

 

My friend Jenn & I have started a new venture together.

Seasonal vintage sales.

Our first one is this weekend!

Friday April 26 & Saturday the 27th at my house.

 

Jenn and I met a few years ago at one of my 'garage sales'.

We bonded instantly and began shopping and selling together.

She's been in the business for years, and has a booth at Golightlys in North Richland Hills.

So we decided we wanted to 'take it up a notch' & have 4 amazing sales a year. 

Sorry about the quality of these next shots, I borrowed them from our Facebook page. 

 

The icing on the cake was getting our friend Kristie to join us.

She has some excellent things like this mantel & that awesome pram.

 

If your looking for furniture we have loads, including 4 dining room sets, 4 hutches & endless amounts of chairs!

But if it's the smalls that makes your heart skip a beat........ we've got that covered too.

 



 The weather looks iffy this week so I'd appreciate good thoughts & even a prayer or two.

 

 

If you want to see more of our goods, check out the Mistress of Junk FB page here.

If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area & want to come, send me an email or leave a comment & I'll get you the information.