Treasuries!

What a wonderfully supportive group our Etsy members are...and the Vintage Market Team really shines at this as well, making Treasuries!  I have been so fortunate to be included in a number of them and I am thankful for this support.  I must try to curate more of these so I can do my fair share and help others as well. 
The most recent was curated by ArtistiekEndeavors shown in the side bar.  AnnesAccumulaitons has been so supportive as well, she has included me in several treasuries recently.  You can visit their shops here:

http://www.annesaccumulations.etsy.com/ and http://www.artistiekendeavors.etsy.com/

Stop by and see some of their lovely selections!

I love to fly the Flag!

Happy 4th of July!

We're going to cook-out later with some friends, but for now avoiding going into the 116 degree heat.  Hope your day is full of fun, good friends and good food!

Thank you Vintage Market Team..!

Claire's Faire was recently featured on the Vintage Market Team blog.  Vintage glassware is so fun!

Stop in and visit the Vintage Market Blog and see great vintage glassware from many wonderful shops!

Reuse, Repurpose and a new shop!

I am not sure why I decided to add a bit more to my workload, but I did!

Recently a friend asked my husband to drive a load of "trash" to the dump for her since he has a pickup truck.  While loading up the items, he saw these poles and decided to keep them and maybe find a way to use them. He was not sure at the time what he could do with them, but it did not take long for him to get this sweet bench built.

It was perfectly placed in an empty spot in our yard.  Simple and sweet, but with no back to it.  It was meant to fill in a little brick patch and maybe hold some flower pots.

A few days after the bench was finished, Joe(my husband) and I went to a flea market down the road.  It was a great day for some vintage finds.  As I started to walk away, I glanced under a table and saw an adorable sign that simply said "Zinnia's".  The owner asked $1.00 for it and it found it's way home with us.

I was not sure at the time, but somehow I thought it would look great in our yard.

Joe thought he knew exactly where it should go, and after a few minutes and a few inches of wire, the sign found it's place in our yard.

Well, it was just perfect!

As I looked at it, I thought what a great name for a new Etsy shop.  My first shop "Claire's Faire" really has more of a dressy/sparkly look.  But I also love rustic and simple items and seem to buy a lot of that as well.  So a new shop was born...Zinnia's Oldfangles on Etsy.  I am just getting started so there are just a few things in there, but I think I am going to like it!

I hope you will stop by and visit, and watch as we grow http://www.zinniasoldfangles.etsy.com/

Saturday Flea Market Fun

I live down the road from a small retirement town in Arizona.  Within this town are several communities, each with a distinct personality.  These communities are all charming and the people who live there are close knit and kind.  I wrote a little profile about them recently for the local newspaper and described them as people who know how to "hold hands and stick together"...and that they do.

They also have very nice vintage.

One of the communities holds a flea market once a month in the parking lot of their clubhouse.  Any resident of the town can purchase a "parking spot" for a few dollars and bring their wares and sell them.  Some weeks there are 20 spots filled, some weeks more like 40.

The flea market is put on by a club of gentlemen who love to fish.  They collect "leftovers" from the people in the area and sell the items at this flea market to donate the proceeds to charity. They are a fun and cheerful group and they are usually my first stop when I go there.  They drink coffee and eat doughnuts on the back of their trailer and call out prices when you pick something up that you show some interest in. One time I picked up a mirror to examine it.  The nice "fisher" who was watching me couldn't understand why I wanted a piece of "junk"...so he just gave it me..lol.. I have it hanging in my shop here at home and I think of them and chuckle when I glance at it. 

I always try to buy something from them but today the pickings were slim.  I did however find this old, worn, chippy, scratched up adorable little piece of metal.  One of the gentlemen laughed and said he didn't know what it was but..

"I think you can put a candle in that too"...lol....

These gorgeous bowls were picked up this morning, listed when I got home and sold within an hour.

I thought they were beautiful and someone else did too!
They were made by Syracuse China in the early 1970's.

Here are a few other things I was able to find today!  Looking forward to visiting the flea market again in a few weeks...! Maybe next time I'll sit and have a cup of coffee and a doughnut with the boys!