is it too soon to "think spring"?

pastel looks prettier as spring gets closer.

all available at

anythinggoeshere.etsy.

a easy peasy holiday inspiration board

i am always rummaging in people's closets.

looking for vintage hangers.

and my very favorite ones to find are these 1950's and 1960's

folding skirt hangers.

the search is VERY hit or miss.  i hadn't found any since july.

 then this past weekend i found lots and lot of them.

this one with the green accents is my favorite.

this is a color i have never seen.

so nice for all year round.

SOLD

anythinggoeshere.etsy.

(other accent colors available, email me)

 in these photos you will see some other vintage holiday items i will be listing soon.

if you see anything you are interested in, you can email me

or check my etsy photos on the sidebar or bottom of this blog

to see if they are already listed.

another turtle flower frog makes a run for it.

SOLD

my last turtle flower frog says, 

"i'm so lonely, i want out of here too."

and is available at

anythinggoeshere.etsy.

just in time for halloween.... another "dome of doom."

it's spooky how

i am drawn to these

 like a moth to a flame. 

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

includes skulls.

i'm a little blue...

a little blue lunch box, that is.

found at a fun packed estate sale a couple of weeks ago.

and just listed at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

i am in the middle of a marathon listing day.

mummified. easy peasy halloween decorating.

mummify that pretty little dress form

you have hanging around the house

by just wrapping her with cheesecloth.

my cheesecloth happens to be dirty old estate sale cheesecloth,

but you can easily grunge up new hardware store cheesecloth 

with a brief tea bath.

add a dollar tree skeleton necklace, stick her on the porch, and

she is ready to scare all the little kiddies

 in your neighborhood.

adding new things at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

come by for a visit.

p.s.  last weekend i mummified my last 4 dress forms

        and sold them all.  sometimes it just takes a little

        something extra.

teeny tiny.

SOLD

at only 4 inches high this teeny, tiny vintage wire gutter cap

cbc

{couldn't be cuter}

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

domes of doom~ easy peasy halloween decorating.

more diabolical decorating...

and easy.

take those domes you use to cover

cute kitties and other sweet things

the rest of the year...

and fill them with dollar tree skulls.

add a big splash of orange

with a border of vintage tickets

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

november 1 the terror can be over

and cute things can reign again.

just like that.

the domes of doom are now all sold.  black and orange

tickets still available.

come here, my little pretty...

all this week i have been working on my spooky display

for this weekend's elkhorn flea market.

just picture me rubbing my hands together and 

thinking diabolical thoughts.

these "poison bottles" are in my easy shop right now.

love those dollar tree spiders.

come into my laboratory

anythinggoeshere.etsy.

tools of the trade.

i love good tools.

both my grandfather and dad were skilled carpenters.

they always had quality tools in their workshops.

calipers are SOLD

these lovely american calipers are a recent estate sale find.

i couldn't resist a little macabre humor

 in doing their photo.

this week i have been working on my display for the elkhorn flea market 

this upcoming weekend

it is going to be all about dr. frankenstein's laboratory.

~~~~~~~

beakers and lab glass

wire baskets

old black box cameras

industrial dials and gauges

mummified dressforms

spooky bottles * black boxes

and

some fun vintage store displays.

~~~~~~~

calipers available at anythinggoeshere.etsy

mcclelland barclay lily pad bookends

sunday i was out before the sun was up poking around my favorite

parking lot flea market.

this is the kind of place where display is a blue tarp on the ground. 

then i spied these beauties.  the vendor and i made the deal

and i was on my way.

i thought they were nice, but it turns out they are really, really nice.

i couldn't find out anything about them on the internet and 

i couldn't read the maker's mark.

i was stumped until i decided that those are water lily leaves.

then it all came together.

they were designed by mcclelland barclay (1891-1943) around 1930.

he was an very well known new york illustrator, 

as well as a designer of jewelry and decorative items.

i hate doing research.  i am "a buy it and sell it" kind of girl,

but this Monday morning tracking down information about these bookends was fun.

well, back to work on listing the items i am going to sell.

it was a busy weekend at le shop, anythinggoeshere.etsy.

come by for a visit.

look at those gray hairs.  who could they belong to?????

anythinggoeshere.etsy and Completely Coastal

i sold this beauty earlier this summer, and today it is featured in a fun post

about displaying your beach treasures in wire baskets.

pop over to see the rest of the post from

maya@completely coastal.

i love the combination of wire and nature.

don't you?

halloween lite

SOLD

a few days of cooler weather and my thoughts

turn to............... halloween!

yes, the calendar turns to september

and my mind starts thinking about scary and creepy stuff.

all the paper clamps are SOLD

truth is, i don't go in for the really scary stuff,

but my recent large purchase of vintage lab glass

has given me some fun stuff to create with.

SOLD

a little dr. frankenstein's laboratory.

SOLD

and a scary specimen.

SOLD

bubble, bubble. 

toil and trouble.

and

some antique french ink bottles 

thrown in for comic relief.



the lab glass and french bottles are available
at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

what will you do this weekend?

play a little golf?

how about a few hands of poker?

solve some puzzles with the kids?

hone your yo yo skills?

listen to the radio?

toss some darts?

phone home?

whatever you do, have a safe weekend!!!

*all props from this fantasy weekend are 

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

* of course.