Restoration Emporium May Booth Pictures

Last month I sold so much I panicked and didn't know if I would have the time to find enough to fill up my booth for this month's sale. Well, I think I managed to pull if off so for that I am thankful!!  

This month I will be busy getting ready for The Vintage Farmhouse - An Enchanted Spring Market in Zionsville, Indiana.  I am excited to meet Nicki and all the wonderful vendors that will be selling at this show.  If you go to her blog right now, you can get a sneak peek at the vendors who will be selling there.  The downside is that I suspect I will be running around like a crazy lady buying stuff for her show and my Restoration Emporium booth and so if you see a frazzled crazy looking lady at an estate sale or antique mall somewhere in Missouri or Kansas its probably me!  

I wanted to incorporate a lot of gift ideas for Mom this month so I made cute little succulent pots with plant markers, lots of spoon jewelry and some photo holders out of old door knobs.  

I also made these crosses out of old tin ceiling that I hand cut myself.  Then I added the rosette with a rhinestone and its instant rustic glam!  

This little corner is my favorite area in my booth this month.  I think its the pop of green that appeals to me, especially since we are expected to receive accumulations of snow this tonight and tomorrow.  Yikes!  This is the latest its ever snowed that I can remember since living here in Missouri.  

These little "junk ornaments" were something I made a on a whim last month at the last minute.  I ended up selling all of them!  A little bit more rustic glam!  

Reopend My Etsy Store

This week I reopened my Etsy Jewelry Store.  I tried Big Cartel, I really did, but I just didn't get any exposure or a lot of traffic to my store.  So after some thinking I decided to reopen and hope for the best.  

Right now I am taking custom orders for vintage spoon necklaces.  I am also going to be adding more jewelry in the next couple of weeks.  Both already made spoon necklaces and some of my vintage repurposed jewelry made from vintage findings and freshwater pearls.  

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen my new vintage spoon bracelets that I introduced last week for my first vintage/antique booth sale at Restoration Emporium.  

Each bracelet features a hand-stamped spoon, gorgeous bright silver rolo chain that can be adjusted to fit anyone, a sparkly rhinestone charm and a petite white freshwater pearl.  I sold out of these last weekend and I have already ordered more supplies to make more.  These will soon also be able to be ordered on my Etsy Store as well.  

You can find my store at https://www.etsy.com/shop/mysocalledjunkjewels 

and follow My So Called Junky Life on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/junkylife

April 2013 Booth Pictures @ Restoration Emporium

The past few weeks have been busy!  I have been slowly getting my booth put together at Restoration Emporium.  I had to re-tag everything!  I had a lot of sticker tags and I needed to redo them to include my vendor number.  I literally spent an entire week, about 4 hours a day re-tagging everything.   Then it was a matter of setting up all the big stuff and figuring out where I wanted everything and then filling in with smalls.  My space is a lot smaller than my previous space, however, I am happy to have a smaller space.  Its still a work in progress, but I think most antique booths are.  I just need to figure out how to utilize wall space better and what can be hung from the ceiling as well.  

I made these cute burlap totes with a shabby flower embellishment.  They are large, like beach bag size, so they can fit a lot and are lined as well!!

For now I am trying my "build your own necklace" area, but I am not sure if I am going to stick with it at the booth. I may just have it for shows that I do outside of the booth.  But no definite decision as of yet.  

I also made these pillows using The Graphic Fairy images and image transfer sheets.  I found a way to avoid having the ugly icky plastic left on the pillow and it gives them a sort of vintage-y faded look.  I may do a tutorial if there is some interest in my process.  

This Thursday Night there is a pre-sale shopping event, from 5 to 8.  You can come and shop early before the crowds hit Friday morning.  Its going to be a beautiful Spring weekend and its sure to be busy this weekend!!  I will be in my booth most of the weekend, so be sure to stop by and say hello!!!