Antique Displays Done Right!

This week, when I was working at the antique store, Pam, a favorite former dealer, came in to shop ... we got talking about displaying collections, somehow, and she mentioned that her husband had recently made her cabinets to display her antique hat collect ... she invited me over, and actually I was bowled over .... such amazing displays!!

 Here are the cabinets he built ...

 This is another display in her bedroom ...

 Her kitchen was bright and cheerful ... and I was amazed at her use of space ... so clever!

 This little cupboard occupies the space that once held a built in ironing board.  She said when they bought the house it was an open alcove ... yep her clever hubs added the door and glass shelves.  How cute is this?

This is a close up with the door open ...  I loved the whole house.  Its amazing.  The first picture is a shot of her laundry display, which I am sure you gathered already.

We will be revisiting her house in the future so you can see her adorable, tiny, well organized craft room.  

Flea.o.logy at Olson's Garden Shoppe for 2014 is History!

 Here we are at the sale, above is a distant shot of my booth, with me talking to my friend, and sometimes flea.o.logy dealer, Jennine, if you have sharp eyes ..

To the left is a detail of my booth ...

Here is this darling man in the moon mirror that I painted this past week ... loved how it turned out! ... and so did someone else ...

 ... and as promised, in came the bird cages and birds that inhabited my window shelf in the kitchen for several years ... yep, turning over a new leaf, just not sure what will go there with my kitchen remodel ... in fact I can't wait to see what I do!

 Here's the line, filled with friends and sometimes dealers ... there is Wendy, first in line (outside the doors, there were another 20 folks crammed in the vestibule), behind her is Brenda of 'Just a Bed of Roses' fame ...

Second in line above, are Jennine and Debbie!

 ... and here we go.  This shot shows about 10 percent of our sales area ... lots of old friends have come to call.

 We had some fun features this time, including a professional photographer, shown left ...

...and our favorite face painter was back too, doing free face painting ... thanks Liz.  This is my grandson Titan pouting in his spidy face, in the arms of my daughter Becca.

We also had a Bistro Truck from Cravings, a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich place that has been in American Fork, but look for its move to Pleasant Grove ... their sandwiches are beyond the best grilled cheese you can imagine.

 Here are some flea.o.logy vendors, in fact even our photo bomber, Kelli, has been a vendor at flea.o.logy.  The other two are Shannon of Reclaimologists and other Crafty Chicks, and Christine of Vintage Yard Sale Utah ... You just meet the nicest people in this business!

But all good things must come to an end ... Mr. P was there at four sharp to help me take down ... and it was time to drag the old flea.o.logy sign back home to hang over our next show on May 10th ... and I can hardly wait!

Displaying Tiny Smalls in an Antique Mall Booth

 So what do you do, when you sell antiques, but keep coming up with really cool, but tiny stuff?

This Morton Salt pen clip is a great example.  If you put these tinies in a display, it makes them look cluttered, pieces get lost, or they get broken.

That is when I came up with the idea of bagging them, which protects them, and keeps pieces together, then pricing them with a header ....

 This is what the headers look like ... fleabits explains the small size ...  These fleabits are going with me to flea.o.logy this weekend .... 
As  you can see I made the headers to match the sign I made a couple of months ago to hang in my booth of small crafting items ... this is the blog post that shows the booth.  I have lots more tiny goodies to add ... but I started with 50 I bagged today.

I am using this great rusty reproduction wire shopping basket to display them until I get a nice hanging rack.  Is anyone else fascinated with tiny stuff?