My Des Moines Stash

Here's a bit of my stash from our shopping trip to Des Moines.  I've already used the baby doll arm in a mosaic and am gearing up for the leg!

Junkin Trip

Nina and I ventured out the other day to do some junkin. Not much luck but I'm kicking myself for not buying this beat-to-shit mannequin. Oh, well.

Saw some very expensive but very fun doll houses.




Fun styling at one place.

This dealer had hay on the floor of her booth and I thought it was super cute.





Spooky Halloween!

I liked these hanging records. Nice idea!

As I mentioned, not much luck. It seemed that things were either extremely junky, extremely expensive, or both, but it's always fun to look!

Booth Change Up

I stocked the booth with some great stuff over the weekend, including this petite concrete cherub birdbath.

Great men's dress form, chocolate velvet riding hat . . .

I love these old cameras - such style!

I fell in love with this seltzer bottle and then read about their appeal in the latest Romantic Homes magazine.

Chippy metal finial, brass door knocker, rusty hot water faucet . . .

I just can't shake my love of chalk.

This old mirror is HEAVY and has just the right amount of wear.

These treasures can be found in my booth spaces at the Mission Road Antique Mall on 83rd and Mission Road in Prairie Village, KS. Starting September 1st, I'm consolidating into one space in hopes of scoring a spot at the River Market Antique Mall north of downtown, Kansas City. Here are some scenes from my favorite booths at both spots:

Gail Tritten is fabulous. I bought the Victorian girl's school picture for my bedroom redo!

I covet this bust - so unique.

This table was full of old milk glass dental trays - very cool.

Gail's booth at the River Market . . .

And how sad was I when I rounded the corner on the third floor only to find Donny Volkart's space nearly empty? I figured he was at Round Top or something, but when I went down to the front desk, I discovered he had gone to Austin - off on a new adventure and is doing great. I wish him luck but can't help but be sad for me!

Sunday Stroll

After temps in the 60's yesterday, it was back down to the 40's today, but that didn't stop us from checking out some antiques at the Cowtown Mallroom and around 45th and Stateline.

These cookie jars were cool, and $200/ea. The woman who owned the shop said a few people had bought them 5 at a time. Wow.






I'm ready for green, green grass, flowers, and some hot temps. Too early for pansies? I hope not because this is the week.





Cool mirror.

Field desk.





I am stocking up on mosaic "ingredients" and picked these up on Etsy this week.

Along with these. I've already put one into a cream and gold double switch plate that I'll post soon HERE on my mosaic blog.

I also found this composite kewpie for my collection.

Another weekend gone. Poof.