Ready for the Collector's Eye...vintage wallpapered bins and more

Yesterday was a really fun day for me. Normally I work every day with my honey and we get a lot accomplished, but all day long I have to listed to country music and have someone who is constantly keeping me on task and needing to be kept on task... Bob worked with my brother on a project yesterday and it left me to myself... doesn't happen all that often, but I LOVED it (just for a day is enough without him with me, though). These were a few of my many projects that I got done yesterday.

I acquired these vintage calf milk powder cartons and decided to use some of the old wallpaper I've had for years and see what I could do. It's an easy project if you aren't a perfectionist... thankfully I am NOT! There are many wrinkles and bubbles, but they don't bother me a bit.

Step 1 - supplies...

Step 2 - do the work...

Step 3 - stand back and say YES!...

My favorite is the floral one, of course. I wish I had other paper that would have worked going sideways... most of it was very one directional. The stripes are fun, too. I think the two that are rather plain may see some decoupage before all is said and done. Great storage and could even be used as an end table with a piece of glass on top... somewhere in that mess we call a garage, I have a piece or two of that glass... off to find it...

Oh yea... I painted the screen and put the panels on it yesterday, too... made some pillows, mended some tablecloths, priced some goodies for the show... ... ... ... ... ...

My goal at the shop to day is to fill all these boxes with my greatest stuff to take to the show... any requests??? ;0)

See you at the show... Midwest Antique & Art Show and The Colletor's Eye... this Sunday, April 10th from 10am-4pm at the Hawkeye Downs main building on 6th Street SW in Cedar Rapids... BE THERE!!!

Better late than never... Collector's Eye, Cedar Rapids... here we come!!!

This is what you would see if you pulled up to my garage and hit the opener button... not a pretty sight, but wait...

This is what you would see if you opened my kitchen door and walked out in my garage... another not so pretty sight, but wait...



This is what you might have missed if you didn't look closely... Treasures upon treasure lurk in the aftermath of a quick dig through the chaos...

Vintage gardening items, complete with a vintage metal tool organizer/sign...

A pair of gnarly old windows with the opaque star print "bathroom" glass... 6 panels of it each! Even a pair of oars... just in case your ship comes in and you need to row it home :0)

And an already found and loved chair rescued by Miss Barb simplyiowa freshly returned from a rebuilding and spring tying at the upholsterers...waiting to be taken home to be loved one again... it's been a while for this beauty...

I wonder how many of these lurking treasures will find their way to the trailer sitting at the bottom of the drive already busting with great stuff that will be heading to the show this Sunday... I can't wait to see how it all turns out... hope you all will come and see...

Quilts and a camelback...

Bob and I went to an auction on Saturday and had a BLAST! We filled the trailer and the truck again and brought home a big ole' load of goodies... among them were this nice camelback sofa, a matching victorian walnut chair done in a mauve velvet that is really in nice shape, and these three quilts. I'm in love with the one that is soft pinks and greens. I think I'll have to find a place at home where I can enjoy that one for a while. The purple background double wedding ring one is in really nice shape, too. It's hand pieced and machine quilted as is the other one... anyone know the pattern name for the one with the cream background? It has appliqued blocks and has blanket stitching around the circles. It's an unusual one and I don't think it has ever been used either.
I'm hoping to get more pictures taken tomorrow and Wednesday. I'll post them when I can.

Friday morning I made a trip down to The Junk Asylum to get started creating my booth there. I haven't had great luck as a dealer elsewhere in the past as I'm not very good at getting there to service my booths. I'm excited about this one and am challenging myself to do a good job for Lorie and make it a profitable experience. She certainly gets good traffic, so if I'm not successful, I'll know that it is my fault and not hers. I got all of the furniture set and took a few linens and smalls, but I've got to take a load of smalls down on Wednesday.

Tomorrow my friend Conni and I are going to spend the day together to celebrate her birthday... a long overdue celebration, as her birthday was February 18th!!! Yikes! I have absolutely no business not working tomorrow, but I have put this off so many times and I just can't do it again. She's such a great friend and a huge help to me at the shop and with keeping me sane when my life gets crazy.

I've got a really busy end of the week as our set up is Saturday at noon for the Collector's Eye show. I have some really fun things that I want to take... in fact, the list I have is making me dizzy. There is no way that I can get all the cool stuff in that I want to take. I'm going to try to take the cream of the crop and make it a huge success of a show for me. Wish me luck. I'll be working in the shop on Thursday and will be cleaning and pricing new stuff that I don't get to after I get back from Lorie's on Wednesday. Friday will be devoted to getting loaded for the show and tying up loose ends with all my other craziness.

I'm exhausted and heading to bed early tonight. Look for more pictures in the next couple days, or, better yet, stop by the shop and the show this weekend and check it all out in person! If you do that, please make sure you introduce yourself to me!

Make it a good one... Polly