Chevrons and Subway Art

 Its crunch time for the Reclaim-ologist boutique ... and frankly I am having fun ... crazy I know, but having a deadline energizes me.

I stamped the top of the night stand I painted yesterday ... tricky? Yes, perfect? No ... but loved doing it.  Hopefully I will get better at it ... right?

 So here are the goodies I have been working on, plus the royal bee stools I did a while ago ... now ready to fit in with the black and white theme in one corner of my booth at the show.

The chest to the left is great with its new black enamel paint, but I wanted something to add personality.  I found this old advert on Graphics Fairy, and it was just the thing.  The trunk is lined with wallpaper that has old newspaper adds, and I thought it worked well with those.

 This old desk is also very durable with its oil based enamel paint ... and fun chevron drawer fronts, to perk it up.

Its also solid oak and very heavy, hauling it into the show should be interesting.

 

Set up for the Reclaimologists' show is tomorrow, so wish me well!

Becoming a Reclaimologist

 I got these stools painted in time for flea.o.logy on August 31st, but didn't get the designs done, though I knew what I wanted to do with them from the start.  Of course Graphics Fairy had the great design ... and I have the stamp set.  You may wonder why I have a King Bee ... Mr. P. asked me that very question, and I said it was his fault.  I couldn't do Queen Bee and Drone ... because all the men I know well are very hard working, especially him.  Thus, I have broken with tradition with King Bee and Queen Bee!

Since the stools weren't done until today, I had to decide where to sell them ... so now this becomes the story of how I became an official Reclaim-ologist and Crafty Chick ... yes, I have been booth of those things most of my life ... but for the last 4 months I have been official.

Reclaim-ologists and Other Crafty Chicks is the name of a facebook page where rehabilitated and crafted goods are sold locally.  There is a following of over 6,000 in this group, and some seriously amazing talent too.

Shannon, who is the main Reclaimologist, is a long time flea.o.logy flea market shopper, simply because our flea market is a great place to find goodies to rehab.

She even came and sold at flea.o.logy in May, and when I realized who she was ... R&OCC are pretty famous around here .... I asked if there was room for me in their group!  She put me on the waiting list, as she likes to maintain just 20 active sellers.  Within a couple of weeks, I was IN!

So this is where I will sell the chairs.  Pretty uncomplicated, as there is no shipping involved.  Below is the collage I put together to use on the R&OCC site. You might want to drop by, even if you are not local, there are always a lot of fun ideas to be had, if you too are a reclaimologist or a craft chick!