Painting for Tonight

Painting on the backside of vintage wallpaper recently... This particular one has an adhesive or sizing of some kind which cause the surface of the paper to have a slight texture when its wet with paint. It is a bit gummy but dries leaving a soft pebbled affect... its pretty interesting painting on this stuff. The colors are softer, more subdued as well. Not sure if I like this one or not, but its kept me occupied for the last few hours so its working :)

Roundtop

A certain boy took me to Texas for an early birthday present for... A trip to Roundtop (one of the largest antique faires in the US)!!! It was amazing and hot and we had fun searching out treasures. Visiting Roundtop is an experience thats hard to describe... Roundtop is actually just one site among many in this two week long antique extravaganza. There were thousands of vendors with booths that ranged from tables set up on the side of a road, to spaces that looked like storefronts inside huge circus like tents. One of my favorite sites was Marburger. Large white tents labeled from A-F housed dozens of booths all decorated and installed like stores (think the Parisian Porte de Clignancourt of Texas).  Amidst the tents sat little cabin like structures that also housed specialty antiques, from fine jewelry to paintings to taxidermy! On the other spectrum, many vendors are farmers or artists who set up shop along the couple miles of winding highway. It was so fun to hunt for rusty junk under tables after walking through fine sculptures and gorgeously displayed items in the tents. Here are just a few of my favorite finds from our treasure hunting!

New Items in Strictly Vintage

New items in the shop including this awesome antique illustrated medical dictionary from 1921!

Strictly Vintage Now Open on Etsy

Check out our new Etsy Shop Strictly Vintage. Matt and I launched the shop this morning with our featured item... a Trapper Nelson Indian Pack Board.  This old school hiking pack is named after the legendary Trapper Nelson of the 1930s who lived off the land selling furs, walking the woods and  became known as the Wildman of Laxahatchee after he opened his own wildlife zoo. He's something of an outdoorsman's hero... This is just one of the many vintage items you can add to your collection. Check them all out on Etsy! Cheers!

trapper nelson

Day 1

I'm a guest blogger on Four for the Day all this week! Check out my posts on this awesome site!!!!

Vintage Plumes

bought a box of vintage feathers... this is just one of them... all so lovely...

Recent Finds

Among Alameda, SCRAP and Center for Creative Reuse, I've stumbled upon quite a few treasures...

Check out the ads from these vintages mags on my flickr page. 

I love this oil painting... slowly growing my collection

Ribbons, velvet, and antique whites..

A girl can never have too many vintage tea cups.

athough these are new, I love the simple blue and white.

Midnight Crafting

                   

Rag doll made of vintage linens... possibly a workshop in the making!

Shadow Boxing

Miss Milque Toast

Spent last Sunday with the ladies,  a most amazing and talented group of women. We made shadow boxes.  Each was exceptional and magical... so inspiring!

 

Shan Jones

Christina Diaz