OK, who doesn’t love a bowl full of creepy clowns??? I snagged these charmers (cupcake toppers) for FREE at a garage sale (what? nobody else wanted them?), then found the beautiful aqua vintage tray at an estate sale for $5.
And now I’m happy.
Category: Home Decor
Gateway to imperfection…
My Home-as-Scrapbook philosophy makes me constantly re-invent displays and vignettes around the house. I’ve been hauling this old gate around for years, but finally found a wall for it in my new home office.
It has been so much fun pulling all my priceless treasures out of shoeboxes to display them. I’m using all kinds of things to connect them to the gate…binder clips, clothespins, S-hooks, a bracelet, and…vintage jewelry. Clip earrings are the most fun!
Soapy Hack…
I’m loving this antique toothbrush holder that I upcycled to a soap dish. I was going to hang it on the wall, but the holes are way too small for today’s toothbrushes. So I put felt on the bottom to protect the marble countertop and it’s a soap dish! Bought it at an antiques barn for $6.
The New Glamp = Glamorous Lamp!
EASY LAMP HACK…
Rain or shine…junk’s divine…
Vintage Market Day
Lone Wolf Arena
Cleveland, Missouri
September 16-18, 2016
This fabulous market never disappoints – unique, talented vendors with amazing stuff to take home…
Hot day…hot bargains…
Shopping + Inspiration = Vintage Market Days
Through Sunday, 6/12 in Overland Park, Kansas
Homes + Gardens + Beekmen
(Is Beekmen the plural for Beekman Boys?)
Johnson County Home & Garden Show
Overland Park, Kansas Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd.
January 22-24, 2016
It’s January. It’s cold. It’s Kansas City. There’s no football that matters left. So it’s the perfect time to spend a day indoors at the beautiful Overland Park Convention Center, filled with home and garden vendors, design inspiration, and lots of free pens and candy.
MORE West Bottoms!
West Bottoms Antique District
Kansas City, Missouri
I came away junk-drunk from my first First Friday in the West Bottoms, and Day Two was equally intoxicating. The vendors there are creative, clever, and passionate. It’s a big party where you get to buy really cool old stuff. If you like architecture, history, antiques, or food trucks…you’ll like the West Bottoms — it’s just plain fun! My Day Two finds…
Perpetually waiting…
I love this sad little guy! I’m not sure he knows what he’s waiting for, but he seems to still have hope. And his hair is stylin’!
When art inspires stories, that’s when you take it home. There’s nothing more inspiring to me than original folkart. I found this wonderful assemblage art piece by former Hallmark artist Chari Peak Roberts at Prize Antiques in the Bottoms Up Antique Market. West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri. That’s a working seed spreader on his belly!
Now that he lives in my home, I’ve renamed him Lefty McBrush-Head.
Attitude…
Cool vintage mannequin. Love her!
Bottoms Up Antique Market
West Bottoms
Kansas City, Missouri
obsessive hobbyist 