I'm dreaming of June

I'm dreaming of June!

Here's the thing, the best summer vintage for the Calgary area, Vintage With Flair, is happening in my little hamlet of Bragg Creek!  Come on now, do you realize how much fabulous junk we can being to this show? Itsa gonna be a goodun!

The theme is "Country Garden Party" so that's right up our alley.  Lot's of wild flowers, antiques, vintage fashion and some one of kind creations will be on offer.

Friday, June 16th, 4-8
Saturday, June 17th, 9-4

Bragg Creek Community Centre
23 White Ave
Bragg Creek, Ave
Alberta

FYI - here's a quick list of sales/shows and crafty catch ups for the next few months

here's what's up for the next few months around the -sue loves junk- head quarters

saturday, february 27th
"cabin fever clear out sale"
19 spruce ave
bragg creek, ab
10:00 am -4:00 pm
i'm clearing some stuff out to make room for more stuff! 
pickers prices, crafty stash, smalls, all sorts of vintage goodness

sunday, march 27th
"crafty catch up"
19 spruce ave
bragg creek, ab
2:00 pm  - 6:00 pm
an afternoon of hanging out in the workshop making stuff and getting all caught up with friends.
go to my sue loves face book page and message me if you want to be invited, because it's an rsvp kinda thing

friday, april 29th, 4:00 - 8:00
and 
saturday, april 30th, 10:00  -4:00
"vintage fashion sale"
19 spruce ave
bragg creek, ab
i have a large collection of vintage fashions, boots, footwear and accessories, mixed with some embellished jackets  and jeans by me!  lot's of good guys stuff too!

sunday, may 22nd
"crafty catch up"
19 spruce ave
bragg creek, ab
2:00 pm  - 6:00 pm
an afternoon of hanging out in the workshop making stuff and getting all caught up with friends.
go to my sue loves face book page and message me if you want to be invited, because it's an rsvp kinda thing

friday, june 17th, 4:00pm -8:00pm
and 
saturday, june 18th 9:00am - 4:00pm
"the vintage with flair summer market"
bragg creek community center
the original vintage market for the calgary area, it's the bestest!
http://vintagewithflair.blogspot.ca/

friday, june 24th, 4:00 pm - 8:00pm
saturday, june 25th 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
summer clear out at my place!
19 spruce ave
bragg creek, ab 

friday, july 29th  4:00pm -8:00pm
saturday, july 30th 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
"big, fat, giant, garage sale"
in calgary
address to follow

you're invited!

to our next junkilicious sale at our place.

friday may 8th, 4-8.  (it's a sip and shop, so that's nice)

&

saturday may 9th,  10-4

we'll tease you some photos and deets, closer to the day.

cheers,

sue

the art barn progress report

i felt like sharing a few photos of my BIGGEST project,  the "art barn" (working title, ha ha).  it's coming along, i keep getting distracted from finishing the walls and putting up shelves, because i start makin' stuff.

a "before" shot.  the whole project started with a badly leaky roof.  you know how the thinking goes, "while i have the guys here, let's do a few extra things"

it was the case of the "hey guys, i have an idea.  how about adding a sleeping porch while we're at it?" 

"and let's level out the crappy, lumpy cement floor" 

 i had to park my car in it for the one  and only time this garage had ever seen a car, since we've owned the property.  that's 22 years!

half of the garage actually had a drive in pit for car repairs, when the original owners filled it, they did a really bad job.

lot's of action that day. 

cutest cement truck ever

gotta love a silly concrete guy, right?

scary Terry

all hands on deck

ta da!  looking good Jim

these sheets of osb went on the ceiling.  do you know how hard it was for me to just roll on white?  to resist the urge to jazz 'em up?

here's the exterior as of today. roof is on, with skylights for lot's of natural light. the sleeping porch will be finished off in the late spring.  it has to "settle" before we can install the screened wall.  and of course we can't paint until the spring.

sleeping porch

                             a few current interior shots.  remember it's all a work in progress.

the jar wall, full of old, weird bits and bobs

the beginnings of the boot wall

note the turntable for old timey tunes

so, i added old touristy bead belts to the boot shelves.

still to come-

a giant work bench on castors

various power tools

 a cute little wood burning stove

a disco ball

more to follow

xxo

sue

sweet country shopping in okotoks

a couple of weeks ago johnny b. good and i headed off to okotoks via the back roads.  it was a rainy, misty kind of day which makes for soft and saturated photos. 

"All Through The House", were hosting their infamous country fall market.  Their shop is fabulous on it's own, but when they invite their favourite pickers and dealers to set up on their property, well that makes for a REALLY fabulous day in the country.

https://www.facebook.com/Allthroughthegreenhouse

weathered, chippy and rusty!  all my favourite colours, hee hee!

there was tons of delicious goodies everywhere

sunny miss bonnie, was looking so chic in her woolens!

simple country flowers are best

i got all sorts of goodies from this cutie 

they had a great turn out, despite/because of the weather

sparkley jan, had her booth full of her hand made vintage goodness.

these shoes were to small, otherwise they would have been MINE

sparkle jan hamming it up

these are the things i scooped that day

and here's what i did with the dried hydrangeas

i love them, they look great with the dried artichoke

and the school locker baskets hold my ribbons in my sewing room

2  vintage silver jewelry thingys made by 2 bragg creek makers

 the beautiful necklace was made by sue stevens of "Hot Rocks Glass Jewels"  just for me.  i supplied some sentimental bits and bobs and ta da, look what she created!   i absolutely love it soooo much. 

the silver ring was a spoon, it's the most comfortable thumb ring i've ever had.  marina, from "A Little Forked Up" makes a whole line of jewelry from vintage flatware.   also, best name EVER.

I love this time of year, there are so many country markets, antique shows and such.  Then it's Christmas market time.   Just a little reminder to save the date for  the The Vintage With Flair, Christmas Market.   It's THE BEST CHRISTMAS MARKET BECAUSE I"M IN IT!  

Saturday, November 8th,  Red Deer Lake Community Hall.

be there or be square,

xxo

sue