My latest finds...

I was lucky enough to be asked to go to a house that was being cleaned out. The occupant was an 86 year old woman who embraced the "Hippy" ways all her life.  She is, now, in a home. I purchased this Buddah, and several pieces of iron, and these two lovely pieces of coral.  I bought the white pumpkin at Michael's ( they are  having a 40-50% sale on fall stuff). I painted it  to look like one of those new strains of pumpkins, with the pretty subtle colors.  I have an urn  with those colors, and wanted to put the pumpkin in it. I'll post the vignette after I get it together.

Boo!

At Agoura Anttique Mart, we have a  month and a half before we start decorating for Christmas.

Serious Gothic, kinda

So, yesterday I got  busy and decorated  my booths for Halloween.  I hope you like them!

yes, those are doll legs in the urn.

Vintage Shawnee corn

The fun side of scary.

I love my little desk. I sat there  writing out my price tags, and felt  completely at home. Maybe cuz I'm  4' 11"' tall.

I like my St. Francis leaded glass window.

Cancer Benefit

I decorated this bottle for a  silent auction  given by a friend of mine. She is walking in the Susan Komen  walk, and this is a great way to get sponsored. The jar holds pearls, shells, words of wisdom and  crystals. Things that are valued.  Lately, I've been decorating bottles for specific occasions. 

 I like doing personalized gifts. I like to honor friends and/or events.  The last bottle I did was for my best friend's mom's 90 birthday.  It is pictured in a post, from last month.

Anyway, I hope someone bids on this "Jar of Good Wishes" and takes it home. 

Mary is a new dealer at Agoura Antique Mart

Mary is a very talented artist. She paints  and mosaics  furniture and decorative arts (photos to follow in a future post). Right now she is  happily finding vintage items (such as old sewing boxes, like the poodle one featured here) to fill up her portion of the Baby booth at Agoura.  Come on in and check her out.

The End of Summer

Although the weather is still summery, it's time to get to work. Fall is my busiest time of year.

The holidays roll right on. Buying and decorating  for them is a full time job. Like I'm complaining.

I'll say it again, "I love my life!"   

Thanks for  looking. Have a great week! 

10' waves at Malibu

Went back to Malibu today, and there were 8-10' waves. The surfers and photographers were out in droves.  It was another glorious day, at the beach. However, the valley was over 100.  Hmmm;   valley?beach?, valley? beach....

qutziesquilts on Etsy

My sister  is a quilter and has decided to part with some of her work. She has a shop on Etsy  named  qutziesquilts. Check her out, if you love quilts!

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