flea market friday - join in!

don't forget that tomorrow is flea market friday. if you'd like to play, just take some photos of something(s) that you got at the flea market, antique or thrift store. i'd love to see what you have found. make sure you leave a comment and that  either your blog addy is linkable or let us know how to get to your blog.

you can also just follow mr. linky (below) which will take you to a page where you can enter your blog address, the name of your blog and then choose an image that will automatically show up in this post. 

 

flea market friday - join in!

Today was a busy day and i only had a few minutes to walk around the flea market before i needed to be home to teach a soldering class. i decided i would only go down the first 2 rows and then i needed to head home. Well, at the end of the first row, i hit the best vendor. i got gobs of jewelry, 30 religious medallions (each one is different!) and lots of really old, beautiful lace. now don't hate me when i tell you that all this was only $30!

I'm going to start doing post every friday on flea market goodies, so if you'd like to join in on Flea Market Friday and show us goodies that you have gotten at the flea market, thrift or antique store, that'd be great! just leave a comment with your blog addy so we can come take a look at your post.

new piece and Chicago

this was something i painted on the wall in Z's studio.

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here's a necklace i finished before i left. i haven't been able to load pictures onto blogger for the last few days, but now i can. the base is a piece of sea glass, but it is an intact top of a bottle - in perfect shape; nice and smooth from it's time in the ocean. i found the bottle top on the dog beach in Manasquan. it's quite an impressive piece when worn as it is heavy and chunky.

i arrived in chicago fine and dandy; although a bit late. even though our flight was "on time", we ended up sitting on the runway for a half hour while we waited for the 20 planes ahead of us to take off. i seemed to be sitting in the smelly BO and no AC section. also my seat was broken so it wouldn't tilt back at all. there was a larger size man in the middle row who was encroaching on my space and if you've paid attention to any of the many quirks i've shared about myself, you'll remember that i am VERY claustrophic, especially in a situation like that. i ended up going to the back of the airplane for awhile.

Zhulia was there to pick me up, so after gathering my luggage we headed up to Labarge street to the Jackson Square antique center (well, where else would we go?). we found some great goodies and i'll have to say, i found their prices very reasonable. from there we had a bite to eat at Noodles, but their fare seemed to be upsetting my stomach, so i switched my meal midstream to chicken noodle soup and a roll to quell my tummy ache. from there we hit a thrift store, where i picked items as well.

we got to her house and were greeted by the cutest doggie, Chip. I think Tigger would have been a better name for him as he is very springy, bouncey and sprongy. (yes, you can find all those words in the dictionary)

tomorrow we will shop for groceries and do a little art and then we leave for wisconsin (valley ridge art studio) on thursday after picking up our friend, Jean, from the airport. can't wait to also get to see my buddy, Kim and Julie.

Sammy's doll

here is the other doll i made for the "beat the winter blues" doll swap, for my bud in Oregon, Sammy http://sammystuff.blogspot.com/ (stop and say hi to her, she's had the flu forever!) anyway, she emailed to say that dolly had arrived and her sweet hubbie helped her open the big box. I rescued the doll from a thrift store. she seemed cute with potential once i removed her most hideous outfit and gave her a sweet little haircut! her dress is a vintage baby dress. i made her crown from chicken wire and then vintage lace. for her stand, i took a doll holder and glued it to a vintage shabby chic - ish plate and added glitter on top. she carries her little pink purse where ever she goes - notice the little bird hitchiker?