Vintage Vendors Party Harder!

 If there is anything more fun than a large party where everyone has the same interest, I'd be hard pressed to name it ...

In the case of this party, a whole yard full of antique and vintage dealers who have come together to eat delicious food, play games and tease each other about being hoarders was apparently the perfect set up for fun.

Jenn, of  3 Daughters Vintage, and Cathie of Fleattitude fame, combined their talents for this fun event.

Jenn is the director of  the newest vintage show in Utah County at the Pleasant Grove Rec Center on October 11th. Since she has managed at this venue with Fleattitude in the past, she will have many, if not all, of those dealers returning for her debut!!

 Cathie, the proprietor of Fleattitude will be taking her show to the Salt Lake Fair Park, in Rose Park, and her first event there will be  November 15th!  Its a lovely venue, as all of you who have been to Vintage Whites there already know!

Of course Jenn and Cathie will be hosting one more Fleattitude at the Pleasant Grove Rec Center on August 9th!

Jenn, did the fun decorating, as she has the last two years for Vintage Whites when they've come to town. She is so talented, I always love to see how she puts things together in fun and unexpected ways...

... and really, what antique cement water carrying maiden doesn't deserve a few giant Poms once in a while!

 Here are a few fun vendors, some of whom do flea.o.logy regularly, and Vintage Whites, and even Farm Chicks!!

The father of the '3 dotters', does the masterful grilling while one of the a fore mentioned 3 shows off her tongue and her bright green cast!  (She's a talented dancer!)

Here Cathie looks on, while Jenn announces the festivities for the evening.

After dinner we all gathered in a circle on the grass and played 'the white elephant game' ... (its not just for Christmas anymore!) with a twist.  All items had to be at least vintage, and had to have cost the buyer less than $5 ...  The croquet set was the most 'stolen' item ... and  I love that Jaqueline, whose dress pattern is picture frames, nabbed a stack of frames!  She didn't get to keep them, however, but there were lots of laughs and the groans that always go with this particular game!

Thanks Cathie and Jenn for a great party!!

Trash to Treasure - Pump Organ to Desk

 I just wanted to share the desk that my husband and I made from an old organ I got at a local thrift store recently.

 Here is the good man unscrewing dozens of screws, I actually pitched in and unscrewed a few myself.

 At this point the main guts were out, and he is working on taking out the bellows, just above the pedals.  Then last of all, off came the pedals!

 He built in a desk top made from antique oak table leaves, and the doors below are also made from an antique table leaf.  The drawers and cubbies are new wood.  We loved the idea of using a few of the organ stops for the handels on the drawers and doors, just as a nod to its heritage. Then I, of course, did the painting.

... and here it if for sale at Treasure's Antique Mall.  

The good man told me not to bring home another organ for at least a year, he said he needs time to forgot.

I am posting this to Miss Mustards Seeds, Furniture Friday

Farm Chicks Dealer does flea.o.logy Too!

 Brandon and Tonya of Two Pitts of a Pear,  got their Trailer all gussied up for Farm Chicks, pretty cute, eh?

 Here they are with my friend Kelly and me on set up day at the flea market I run at my home four times a year, flea.o.logy.

Here are some random shots of their space ...

 ... and more shots inside the trailer ...

 So much amazing style, I love these people!!  Besides being super talented, they are also amazingly down to earth, kind and generous!

 I loved hearing the stories about their first trip to sell at Farm Chicks in Spokane, Washington.  They took along four helpers thinking they would take turns selling and shopping the show.  NOT, all six of them were kept busy all the first day selling!!

Brandon said that edgy stuff, like his doll head sculptures were much more popular there.

... and one last parting shot .... I love these assemblages, with the antlers on top ... such talented, talented people.  Come and see them at our last flea.o.logy of the year too, they have opted not to return to Swiss days, but to join us for flea.o.logy, much to our delight, August 30th at 8 A.M.