Merry Christmases

Ahhhh . . . the perfect Christmas for Brendan. Not one Frank Zappa biography, but two. We celebrated a little early this year because of all the various places we'll be.

I got Jason a turntable. So fun to hear the crackle that you only get from vinyl.

Got this Kris Kristofferson album at Good JuJu a couple of weeks ago - nary a scratch and not one skip!

Dash and his Wii games

And here are a few pics of the treasures I found at the Tipton, MO auction. Love the paint by numbers and isn't this just the cutest little black metal stool ever?

It's really hard to find Ironstone for resale. I don't know how well I did on this one, but we'll see. Great patina. I see stores stacked with it and I love the way it looks but it's so expensive!!!

Very old picture of a sail boat at sea.

And I guess the word for the day would be stools. I got so many the auctioneer started making fun of me.

For now, I'm keeping this half trunk. I have no idea where the other half is, but I love the drawers.

Things at the mall have picked up this week and I'm looking forward to the fun treasure hunts the new year will bring!

Support Local

Friday afternoon, we headed down to Tipton, Missouri for my first ever auction. We found some great treasures once belonging to a woman named Rosie. Some of her family members were there. I'll post pics later of some of my finds. I was so excited about the whole thing, I forgot to take pics of the event, but here's the car after elle worked her packing magic.

I looked at all of this stuff on the ground and thought "no way". But as usual, elle got it neatly and compactly into the car. The girl's got skills.


I've been stocking the booth with lots of fun finds lately including this funky vintage Santa.

Cast iron boot.

Boys at the swimmin' hole.

Rusty Silver Mountain train.

These vintage shell and velvet pillows are the bomb.



I love this old beaded picture.

The mansion in the pic is actually quilted and puffier than the surrounding landscape.


Reverse painted picture with old wooden frame.


Piano leg.

And nothing says merry xmas quite like velvet paintings of flamenco dancers.


Sales at the mall have been very slow. I'm not sure if this is trend or my stuff just isn't hitting the mark. Please support local businesses and score some unique and special holiday gifts in the process. I'm in spaces 209 and 224 in the Mission Road Antique Mall at 83rd and Mission Road in Prairie Village, KS.

And here's a little holiday glitter from The Curious Sofa . . .