i've been hunting and dreaming and making, all this long, long winter

the world famous  "vintage with flair" show is next month, and i've been doing my thing,  getting ready for it.  get this.  me and g have 2 booths! double the booths=double the fun.

"bloomsbury cowgirl" is the theme for my booth in the hall.  all english and western at the same time. elegant and country. fine english silver with frayed denim,  flowers everywhere, and old leather. all inspired by the paintings of vanessa bell and duncan grant.  the writings of virginia woolf and oscar wilde.  all with beat up cowboy boots on.

in the tent we are introducing our new idea, called  "vintage makers supply".  it's all sorts of the little vintage-y bits and bobs to use to make new creations. trays of broken pocket watches, old spools, rusty hardware, game pieces,  stuff like that.


here's a few photos to tease you a little.  some things will be on offer at the show.  some are photos of my work space.  xxo

mark your calenders for Friday, June 20th 4-8, and Saturday June 21 9-4.  Priddis Community Hall
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crowns and wings for the junky queens

so this christmas i'm in the mood for crowns, stars, angels and horses.

just have a look at lucy in her beautiful new junk love crown, so regal.  their unveiling is at the "Vintage with Flair Christmas Market".  

you should come!

lacey, rosie, sparkly wings.   ready  to take flight into the snowy night.

i added the vintage milagros to the base of these beautiful hand painted wings.  did you know that milagros are "little miracles"?  i love that.

all of these and more are for sale this saturday at 

the first ever 

"Vintage with Flair, Christmas Market"

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xxo

bottle cap ornies

2 old soda pop bottle caps + vintage christmas light reflector = beautiful junky christmas tree ornie!

i pretty sure i invented these, i haven't seen them anywhere.  not in real life or on the interwebs so i'm pretty proud of myself, i must say.  i'll have these for purchase, at the upcoming sale this weekend at the

Vintage with Flair Christmas Market

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pickin' in the country this weekend

my co-junkers make wonderful models and furniture movers.  they were the prettiest furniture movers at the show by far.

so we had a beautiful fallish, country weekend.  it was sunny and crisp  with lot's of alberta blue.

saturday was all about beautiful okotoks.

at the crack of "noon-ish" we hit the  "all through the house fall market".  they invited some of our favourite junkers and makers to set up in their courtyard and it all looked so great.  we found some really cute things from pam "the vintage with flair" lady https://www.facebook.com/events/160210714179879/

our co-junker, leslie scooped up the most darling slipper chair slipcovered in a pretty barkcloth, for her vanity, from  bonnie and teresa  "a vintage affair"

https://www.facebook.com/AVintageAffairCalgary

my favourite find was the suitcase table from the cool folks at  "rescued  by design".  g spotted it for me, it is just the right thing for an end table in my lounge.  the suitcase was used to contain an airplane respirator,  it says  Scott Demand Respirator,  NY.  so that's all good.

g picked up a retro clothes hamper for $5.00!  she's going to spray it pink, and use it for her recycling in her atomic kitchen.

the groovy gals "at all through the house", had their shop filled to the brim and it looked just great!  i finally found the perfect mailbox. a nice touch was the beautiful fiddle music being played a couple of real cuties.  https://www.facebook.com/Allthroughthegreenhouse.

after that is was time for some fancy schmancy fashion shopping in the old part of okotoks.  "on a lark" is the sweetest little shop filled with antiques and killer fashion!   i splurged on a linen coat.  then across the street we go to  "ginger laurier".  leslie picked up a pair of smexy camo jeans, that fit her like they were custom made!

  http://www.gingerlaurier.com/. 

then it was time for dunch a "heartland", the most wonderful eating spot,  located in  an  antique church.

http://www.heartlandcafe.ca

we finished dunch in time for a quick whirl around the most impressive "cozy cottage".  i picked some van- gough chalk paint.  g got a most heavenly candle,  it looks and smells like a real cake!  she also got a bullet bottle opener for her guy. oh, and i picked up some bubble bath,  so that just shows what kind of wonderful variety miss laura budd has on offer at her shop. 

/http://www.cozycottageinteriors.ca/

xxo