What I Have Been Working On Lately

I am winding down August with a few new projects. I was having lunch with my
Mom a couple of weeks ago and popped into the SPCA's Benefit Shop and saw a
few things that caught my eye. I went back last week to take a look again with hopes
of finding some things I saw to list on Ebay. This is what I came home with.....

 Hand painted Asian jewelry box with satin lining and brass hinges.

Hand painted high tea cups and plates.

A set of yellow cabbage leaf china from Portugal, $5.00 for the set.
On another note, a couple of years ago, I was given some furniture from a realtor who
no longer had the space to store it for staging. They were both in pretty bad shape so I
thought painting them would hide a the damage parts.

The mirror had a big chip on the corner, I used Waverly chalk paint in White to cover the mirror and
make the corner less noticeable, it has good bones.

This piece had some damage to the top and edges, I took the sewing machine out and
sanded the piece before painting it with Valspar Project Perfect Durable latex Enamel in Black Gloss.
I may add gold to the molding detail to the door and knob. It feels good to get these pieces done and
out for sale in my booth. I went by Michaels to pick up some wreaths and garland and then the Dollar Tree for ribbon and flowers and feathers for my Fall wreath project.

I used grape vine wreaths, a mushroom and berry garland with burlap flowers, pheasant feathers and
a little bird. One will go on my door next month and the other will be in my booth. And on a last
note, a few pictures of my flowers, these I planted from seed, so they are late bloomers.

 Zinias

The foxglove in the middle is not from seed, it is a biannual.

The Cleome is a flower that I love and the Hollyhock will reseed itself, you can see those little
brown round buds full of seeds. Looking forward to Fall, my favorite time of year.

Moving On to a Better Antique Space

Horrible things have happened at my old Antique space at Queen City Market Place.
Starting with the owner, her husband was incarcerated, there was going to be no money
to run the store, she had been lying to us, her team, all along and I chose to turn my key
in and get out of there. I want nothing to do with someone who cannot be trusted and is
in a desperate state of mind. So now my old spaces are filling up my house while I move
on to a new space.

   So last I have been shopping around for a new space and fell in love with the Staunton
Antique Mall, just a block from my old space and a little more in keeping with my look.
I move in on Thursday, so the dining room has become my prep area for the big move in
date.

I have a few new projects that I am working on to get ready for the new space.

I had one of my vintage plastic shade to my pair of lamps rip in the move out phase. I went to
Walmart to look for new shades and found way more than I bargained for.

I found new shades, new bows and a new trim, ric- rac. So cute and not plastic.

And i found Waverly chalk Paint for my french table that I found at the thrift store.