When I was at the flea market
last week I found these really
cool old leather camera bags ~
I am loving the look of leather
and lace right now so wanted to
embellish them with some vintage
lace ~
I think the two larger ones would
work perfect as purses and the little
one is just cute!
This is what they looked like
when I bought them ~
I can tell I will be on the
hunt for old leather bags more often now :)
I had an awesome Canton
day on Wednesday finding
some Farmhouse goodness!!
I was totally on the hunt
for rusty and galvanized ~
Haha!! Can you tell...
Here are some of the things
that I found and are listed
on my website ~
There is also some vintage ticking
that is being washed
and a bunch of other things that
need cleaned and worked on ~
I want to go back sooo bad already!
I am kind of obsessed with treasure
hunting there!
I need to get out my paint
and work on some step ladders
~
Thank you for stopping by!
{added later }....all clean and
smelling good!
I haven't painted in forever it seems so I decided I better do a few days before the cold weather sets in ~
It is fun to find treasures at flea markets and then bring them home to recreate into something sweet for your cottage home ~ This is a really popular vendor, obviously :)
My favorite colors are any shade of white and pinks so today I mostly painted white with some pink~
The first step of the process is priming the entire piece ~ I use Kilz just because I like it the best ~
The next step is to let that dry and then apply the color and then I like to distress my pieces ~ The final step is a matte sealer coat ~
I am working on listing the items you see being painted ~ most are in our Vintage category but some are in the Romantic Home category ~
Well I was so happy to get pictures of some of my favorite Canton shops and got back to my hotel, downloaded the pics and they were all blurry !!
I was totally bummed but I am going to show you some of the treasures that I came home with ~
This is just one of the things that I have been looking for forever and finally got ~ I am not sure if I am going to sell it but most likely I will ~
After Canton I went to California for a couple of days soooo nothing is unpacked ~ I will add more treasure pictures as I unpack them ~
Talk to you soon !
It is time again for Canton Trade Days in Canton Texas ~ it is one of my very favorite times of the month because I get to go shop to my hearts content for 2 days ~ it is a giant giant flea market but there are also alot of yummy new treasures too ~
Wednesdays are pretty much completely flea market things so I took some pictures ~
When I was taking pictures today, I was looking at things that there were alot to choose from ~ tons of chairs to choose from ~
Ladders to paint ~
Old Chippy Doors
And some of my favorite things, architectural pieces ~
I will take some more tomorrow of my favorite places ~
Chat with you soon !
We got home from vacation late last night and are trying to get back in the swing of things ~ I don't know why it seems so hard to get back to normal life ~
Before we left I went on a shopping trip for a couple of days to stock up on some treasures and found alot of them ~ It was soooo much fun !!
I will be listing them over the next couple of days in between catching up on orders ~
Here is a sneak peek of what is coming ~
There are times I am just amazed at how fast time flies and this is definitely one of them !! It seems like I was just showing you pics of the last Canton First Monday flea market and it was here again ~
These are pictures of one of a gorgeous booth in one of the buildings called Willow Nest ~
If you have visited my blog very often, you know it is one of my very favorite things to do !! I LOVE going to Canton ! Most months I go for 2 days and just spend the time browsing and digging through tons and tons of treasures !! Some of the spots are set up just gorgeous and some you literally have to dig through boxes ~
These are pictures of one of my favorite artists Devonia ~
Well it looks like California won't be happening this vacation soooo when all else fails, the flea market is always fun ~ well.... for me at least ~ My husband doesn't think it is all that fun ~
I just love to see what treasures that I can find ~ sometimes there are alot and sometimes there are just one or two ~ For the last 5 years I have gone to one of my favorites that was only 5 miles from my house ~ they sold the property so it isn't there any more but had been since the 1920's ~ I am so sad because it was so close to me and I always found tons of goodies ~
The one I went to today is every weekend and is about 40 minutes away ~ but it does have all different kinds of things to dig through ~
These are a few things I picked up today that will be on my website in the Vintage Finds category soon
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I spent all day yesterday at one of my favorite places, Canton Texas ~ If you read my blog very often, you will see that I go every month because I LOVE to go through treasures !!! It is a giant flea market that has been there since the early 1900's or maybe even earlier ~ there are alot of new things in one huge area and flea market things in another GIGANTIC area ~
These are pictures of of one treasure filled space called The Veranda ~
This is one picture of just some of the pretty things I got that I will be listing on my website starting today ~
I was tagged by Priscilla of Flea Market Queen to tell you 7 weird things about myself ~ hmmmm..... okay here it goes ....
1. If I see some great trash in someones trash pile, I will stop or make my family stop ~ they get so mad at me :o)
2. I would rather shop at a flea market than a mall
3. I fall asleep in movie theatres almost every time I go
4. I love spring and hate winter and really don't like the hot summer either ~ I kind of like just that perfect weather, I need to live in Hawaii
5. I can count on my fingers how many times I have worn high heals
6. I adore traveling !!! I guess that isn't so weird .... but I would be thrilled to hit thrift stores or flea markets no matter where I am and I usually do
7. I am almost always freezing cold ~ I think I might be looking forward to hot flashes ~ remind me I said that when I am going through them ~ :O)