Drum Roll Please...................

I am a busy woman.  I have a full time job and I run the shop.  And even though I think I can do everything myself, I can't (which was very hard to admit).  So, I have asked Shop Girl, Sandi aka A Cottage Muse, to become the Creative Director of the Shop.

Sandi has become a great friend, and I deeply value her opinion.  She knows where I want to take the shop, and her ideas are always bringing us to that next level.

I made the announcement to the other shop girls at a meeting a few days ago.  Everyone has been very supportive and can't wait to see what Sandi will think up next.

She has already given me some great ideas about how to change up my own space in the shop for the White Show.  I'm very excited to work with Sandi on a different level, and to keep the shop growing and to keep everyone on their toes (especially me).     

I Came to My Senses and Started Renting a Storage Space

My husband, Ray, has been after me for  awhile now, to get my furniture out of the garage.  After all, there has to be room for his 4 motorcycles and the 64 Nova.  Well, recently, a few of the shop girls have been talking about renting a storage space, to work on and store their furniture.  I have so much stuff, that I thought, I can fill my own space.  Well, I did it.  I rented an industrial space, located half way between my house and the shop.  Today, was the first day that we brought some stuff over.  Since the At Home With White Show is coming up in just about a month, I needed to put the stuff somewhere.  I'm happy and more importantly, my husband is happy.

These are just a few of the things that I've been working on for the show.

I bought this antique dress form, but it was red and black, so I tore the fabric off and painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. 

Tables, tables everywhere.  All shapes and sizes, but all white.



The Shop is Full of Love and Great Stuff

I love working Thursday nights at the shop.  It gives me a chance to really look around to see what the Shop Girls have brought in.  They never cease to amaze me.



There are hearts galore for Valentine's Day.





We even have the brand new Summer 2012 Issue of Flea Market Style Magazine in the shop now.  Wow!  What great ideas.



























A Holiday Thank You

I just want to take this time to thank Sandi, A Cottage Muse, for working with me at the shop today until 2:15pm on Christmas Eve.  We always have those last minute shoppers coming in to make sure that they haven't missed a thing before Christmas Day. 

THANK YOU SANDI!!!

Thank you also, to Lee, one of the Shop Girls, who stopped by the shop today with a tray of homemade cookies.  Yummy!

I also want to thank all our customers who made this Holiday Season one of our best.

From my home to yours.  I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year!!!

This is one of my loves, Clarence (AKA Big Boy), the cross eyed cat. 















Holiday Happenings

Where does the time go?  I can't believe that Christmas is only a few days away.  There is still so much more I want to do.  Only time will tell if I get it all done.  I haven't been blogging much lately, because of my crazy schedule.  But, I wanted to show a few pictures of the shop and one of our special visitors during our Holiday Vintage Market Open House a few weeks ago.

I'm on the left, Shop Girl Sandi, aka, A Cottage Muse, in the center, and Sandy Foster, blogger from My Shabby Streamside Studio, is on the right.  Sandy has been featured in many magazines and books and The Nate Berkus Show.  Sandy was at our shop to see if Shop Girl Sandi would help her sell one of her beautiful mirrors.  The mirror is hanging in Sandy's booth now, it is just exquisite.  It was an honor to have Sandy and her sister Nicki in our shop and also and honor to have a chance to sell one of her mirrors.

If that wasn't enough excitement for awhile, we have also had one of the best holiday seasons ever.  The Shop Girls have done a tremendous job with their booths.



















The Winner Is..............

Ever since we were voted as one of the Top 80 Antique Malls in the country by Flea Market Magazine, I wanted to do something special for our customers.  So, I decided to have a drawing for a $100 gift certificate to the shop.  Well, tonight, as we closed the shop, I drew the name of the winner.   We had over 1200 names in the basket. 

And the winner is..........Dianne Freed.  Congratulations Dianne.