New Look in the Booth

I've been working hard to get 

a lot of new items into my booth

at Rusty.

It was a super fun way to create

and I love the little bit country,

little bit rock and roll:)

New Projects

I have been very inspired lately

by ideas for my booth.

Not sure if the customers will be as

excited as I am...

but I can hope.

This was a very ugly canvas of a flower

that I got at a sale.

Loved painting over it and starting fresh with

this look and color.

 The horse is an American Girls size

but I painted it and glittered and glammed it up!

Prairie Aprons

I am in love with my new apron designs!

I call them Prairie aprons and 

will be selling them in Rusty G.

 The one above I used a vintage napkin for the 

front and also a ruffled piece on the side 

which doesn't show in the picture.

Redone Chair

There were 2 of these chairs

which sat in upstairs rooms at

my folks home. 

When we emptied their house they came to me.

 Below is the new look.

 For some reason I had the stain bleed

through the chalk paint which

has never happened before...strange!

So some of the areas had a faint pink tinge:)

Also finally got the last cart from my garage

lined and into

the shop where it sold promptly.

Raggy-baggy Elves

I've finished up 3 sets of

funny elves for the Christmas

sales/season.

They are sewn with the edges 

unfinished so I named them

Raggy-Baggy Elves.

They ended up being quite tedious to sew

as the parts are all so small:)

It's the Holiday Season

I can't believe how fast October went by!

And now it's already time for our 

Holiday open house

at Rusty Glamour 

Baby Beds

With the Christmas season 

coming very quickly it is time to start getting 

things into the store for little people

and also for the Artisan Fair which

will be held November 22/23.

I had collected up several

doll beds to sell as photo props

but those which haven't sold I am

revamping for original use.

I still think little girls need dolly beds, don't you?

Using up Frames

With the downsizing I've been doing I

ended up with stacks of frames from family pictures 

 which I no longer have wall space to display.

So I have been trying to come up with creative uses.

I have made the larger ones into 

chalkboards but the small ones

were a little harder to think up ideas.

Finally I got busy with some paper and 

embellishments and here are some

that I came up with.

So far they have been selling well 

at Rusty G and I'm planning to have

some for the Artisan Fair later this year also.

Fall at Rusty Glamour

Suddenly Fall is upon us

and its time to start rushing

towards the holidays!

Here's my space at RG

A Vintage Gathering 2013

Our little town was a hopping place 

this past weekend

as the vendors set up and the shopping began.

Gorgeous Junk and great prices!

If you didn't make it this time 

another one is scheduled for September.

To Market, To Market

Our Downtown is hosting

Vintage Gathering 

(See Post)

this weekend, so I got busy and 

did the linings on some market carts

I've picked up. Hopefully

some "picker" will want a cute

market cart for shopping.

These would be awesome 

for a farmers market cart also.

And here are a few other projects for sale.

It's that time of year again!

This is my garage after a very 

successful day of garage sales!

Won't be parking in there anytime soon!

Painting and sanding,

washing and scrubbing...

I love it!

Garage Sale-For Sale

I sure have been enjoying this years

season of Garage sales.

I know a lot more about what sells

at Rusty Glamour so I'm trying to be

more careful and think through my purchases

before I buy and also how much $

 it will cost to upcycle, so I'm sure to 

make a profit on all my items.

Here are some new ones that just

went in the shop.

 The piece of fabric above only required

one side to be cut and the bottom 

pockets sewed on, it fit perfectly on the

bulletin board!

 The technique on the bottles and holders is the

faux zinc with Annie Sloan wax and paint.

This is a lined bicycle basket:)

How Many Ways can I use Canning Jars?

I've been using canning jars in so many

ways for the items I sell.

I guess it's because it's that time of year

when a person thinks about preserving 

all the fresh fruits and veggies.

However I don't do that!

I use them in every other way though...

 Storage, candles, twine holder

The red candles are in jars inside a canning holder

I painted white.

All these are for sale at Rusty G