Flea Market Friday - join in!

goodness, I almost forgot! here i am thinking it is Thursday!

Well, obviously it is getting colder and harder for us to get to a flea market without warm weather and it not raining - so i think this will be the last FMF until it warms up again!

i did manage to find a few things last week at Columbus, but not alot - not many vendors when it is cold.




old mirror frame - i see this as the beginning of a cold mixed media base!

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cute dollie to alter, some vintage party blowers, some bias tape rolls and an old embroidery

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an old smudge pot, i believe they were called- love the green!

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vintage Christmas items - my favorite!

0k, see you when it warms up!

earth day

today i went to Belmar beach to pick up trash. it is too bad it is only one day a year that we take to recognize that we all need to do our share to help out. i was a little disgusted by what i found. the area i chose was located near an inlet where a lot of fisherman go. so it seemed to me that the majority of trash i found in that area was left by them. i was very sad by the blatant waste and callous attitude. i don't get it. "pack it in, pack it out" - how hard is that to understand?

hitting the flea yestreday

Yesterday morning i took a drive over to the Columbus flea market (Columbus, NJ). it's about 45 minutes or so from me. you have to go early as it gets hot and the vendors pack up around 10:30/11:00 since they've been there since 4:30am. i usually go to Columbus on Thursdays, as that's when all the vintage/antique people go, but some guy i spoke with was telling me i had to go there on a sunday as it was great. Well, i beg to differ! there wasn't as many vintage/antique people and it was a lot of crap. it was hot, smelly and there were soooo many people. it was like family day with 20 family members in tow all toting strollers and screaming children. it was crowded to the point where passing people and even looking in booths was difficult. drove me nuts! quote me here, never again! anyway, enough complaining. i found a few things that were fun before hitting the road. i got an awesome bag of vintage plastic and metal cracker jack type of charms. so when i got home, i immediately put them to work as turned them into bracelets. they turned out great and hopefully will go over well at the Country Living Fair (CLF).




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then as i was leaving the flea market, i saw a garage sale so i stopped. he had a bunch of awesome stuff. i picked up a darling pair of vintage green gloves in the prettiest green color ($1), a box of (4) vintage Mustang hubcaps (1960's) for a project that i'm going to do with Dillon ($5), a wood level for jeff (.50 cents), some junk jewelry ($2). but the best thing was this white portable washer on wheels. the guy said he used it to clean out parts, but i looked at it and saw a cooler or something i could do tie dying/coffee staining in. it also might be part of my display for CLF. look how great is it? cost? now don't get mad - but it was $3!

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i took a different way home as i wanted to stop by this other flea market that i've seen before (and heard about) but had never had the courage to go to. it is very SKETCHY. It looks like something out of the bayou's of Louisiana - almost as if you will enter in, but never come out. It is very run down and the it is full of shacks (shantys as i like to refer to them). the first thing i saw was the scrap yard, which i ventured into, but it really was more of a dump. so i gamely headed back into the shack area. the first shanty i went into was run by a woman with very few teeth (see what i mean?) but she turned out to be really sweet. i asked her about the place and she said it's always been a flea market, for 50 years or more. she said Wednesdays were the day to go as it was much busier. there must be 30 or more of these shacks on the premise all full of "stuff" - most of them were closed. i picked up a few things here and there. all in all, i found the people to be very nice and friendly. if i have time, i might go back wed. just to see how the action is and then do a post for flea market junkture.

Advertising opportunity

still more "new blog" talk

teresa over at Cedar Junction is almost finished with my banner, so i'm pretty excited. i've picked out a free background for now, but once things get busier, i will move to a 3 column panel to accomodate the advertising i anticipate. this blog has more readers, so i wanted to post this info here about advertising opportunities on my new blog, flea market junkture. it's great exposure for your small business. If you would like to advertise on my new blog, please email me at keeshagirl4@aol.com and i'll give you more information. I'm looking for businesses that utilize junk, thrift, antique, found objects, salvaged or if you have a pending event (flea market, barn/trunk sale or indie art).

I'm happy to announce my first two ad sponsors. "Art is", the east coast retreat held in Connecticut. the dates for this years event is Oct. 8,9,10 & 11. check out their website to see the great classes being offered and schedule of fun events. (i'm teaching there as well!) My second ad sponsor is "Handmade Faire", held in Medford, NJ. I participated in this show last year and had such a great time, great art and met lots of nice people. unfortunately this year, i just don't have the time (as in making inventory!) to participate, but i might stop by to say hello to all my friends and show my support.

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p.s. the new banner is unvieled, come take a look.

photo shoot

this morning i did a little photo shoot to take pictures to send to teresa of cedar junction. she's working on a blog banner for me for my new blog, "flea market junkture". here are some of the pictures from the shoot: