Sense and Sensibili-Tea

Saturday - My Style   Last Friday, in the midst of set up for flea.o.logy, I had a date an hour away.  It was a tea hosted by my chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, or JASNA. 

 I really didn't have time to go, but I would never purposely miss a chance to visit with like minded Janeites.  Here are some of the ladies in our chapter, as you see we range in age and style, but we all have that one thing in common, a great love of the novels of Jane Austen.  Second from the left is Aspen Anderson, the 20 something president and founder of our chapter.

Here are some of the other guests who attended, including  a gentleman and his date who were on their way to another event, but managed to sandwich in a visit.  Oh and speaking of sandwiches, Aspen made the best cucumber sandwiches I have ever had, using cream cheese instead of butter in their formation.  Yummy ....  The entire event was hosted by Elizabeth, our secretary, and long time member of JASNA.  She joined after seeing the wonderful Janeite sites in England, even though we did not have a chapter in Utah at the time.  But she came on board when Aspen started one in 2010.

In the end I was grateful that I had made the tea a priority.  I love these gentle women (and gent) and its so fun to talk to knowledgeable fans of one's favorite author. 

Friday's Favorite Reinvention of the Week: A Figural Stand!

Today I am going to share how my fermented mind works.  The pedestal to the right is actually a marriage of light fixture parts.

Above is a light fixture similar to the one I used for the top of the stand.  I bought it at the PCC fleamarket for the crystal chains it boasted.  There were not enough to repair the fixture, so I removed them and washed them and put them away for a future projects.  I almost threw away the base, but as I looked at it, hating to waste anything, I realized that by removing the 'light' parts, I would have a flat plate with a rim.  The figural base to the left, was once part of a table lamp, but its been in my basement metal heap for years.

After gluing them together with E6000 and letting it sit over night.  I spray painted it white.  I found this great graphic on Graphics Fairy, as I am sure you already knew, and decoupaged it in place.  I then added crystals around the edge.  I thought it would be great for my summer fairy party.  Then I realized it  did match with any of my regular decor, and not wanting to store it away until my event...

I texted the measurements to my glass guy Jeff, (whom I practically have on a retainer), and asked him to cut a mirror.

 He stopped by the shop, today, to drop it off, and I just set it into the top of the pedestal stand.  I love how it looks.  I will not attach it, but use the mirror in place until I need the fairy stand.

I am very happy with how my newly married stand turned out.  Thanks for coming by to see.

Let the Season Begin: Thrifty Flea.o.logy Finds

For Thrifty Thursday I wanted to share some of the great deals that I found at flea.o.logy last Saturday.  Above there are two sets of windows, a happy find, and a great deal too. (We are building a garden/green house from reclaimed windows this summer, so stay tuned!) The pair behind, are three panes each and cost me just $15 per window.  The awesome arts and crafts pair in the front were just $20 per window, and I didn't even take them all, I left another set of each for other lucky customers.   The little toy dresser was a real find, I collect them and this one was brought to the sale by my fellow flea.o.logist Jennifer.  I thought it was adorable and had to have it!

I also found these sweet candlesticks with a floral pattern, so charming.  The wire magazine stand is just adorable.  I love the curlicued wire design and the applied flower.  It has an Italian Tole look to it and I just had to have it.  Thanks Michelle for bringing it.

 I also found two more of the little folding chairs that I collect for my parties.  They are from the 40's and 50's and were part of the card table sets that were used for card parties.  I love them because they fold up so narrowly that I can store about 30 of them in a 5 foot space.  Now I just need to paint these to match the rest of my collection and then have a party and invited about 30 people so I can use them all at one time, right?

I am a sucker for children's chairs and found this one in Vicki's booth for just $8, I remember seeing little chairs at Farm Chicks for that price and being so sad that I missed scooping them up.

This wire basket is just right to feed into my current 'wire' phase, even though it is not an antique.  It already has a new home on top of my vintage European cupboard.

Another item that already has a home is the white wood bird cage to the left.  I collect medium size cages to sit on my cake stand collection, figuring they would add more 'birdy' elements to my kitchen, without blocking the view of my tray collection hanging on the wall behind them.  Its a little tricky to find cages the right size, so thanks for bringing this one to the sale Ondelyn!

It almost looks like I spent the whole day scoping out the goodies, but I spent most of the day at the check out desk, and got to browse on my breaks, as Jenn, Cathie, Fred and I took turns.

Of course there were about 2 million other amazing deals I would have bought, but I only saw them as customers brought them up.  I know that there are enough goodies  for everyone, and that nice people share ... right?

Well, it was another great flea market, and it was so fun to get to meet or get reacquainted with some great sellers.  Thanks for coming along and sharing my excitement for my finds.