Winnie & Tulula's Side Walk Sale Pre-view

I headed out to Winnie & Tulula's today to drop my first load off (remember I said I had a car and trailer filled)
I was amazed at how much has been brought in since I was there last.
Keep in mind, this is just the stuff INSIDE the store.
Dealer's spots are filled to the brim...
And there is much more coming in more tomorrow
See you there 9 AM.
Discounts throughout the store, and outside is for dealing.
I don't wanna take any of it home

Winnie & Tulula's 2nd annual Birthday Bash aka Junke & Disorderly sidewalk sale

What have I been doing this week?????

Cleaning & Tagging

Unloading, Loading, cleaning hauling and pricing...Why???

Winnie & Tulula's Junke and Disorderly sale coming up this Saturday.



I've cleaned out the barn to make room for Mr R's stuff :)
So I've got an SUV full and a trailer full ready to go (I didn't know I had so much)!

And I don't wanna bring any of it home, so you know what that means.

Bargains and Bargaining!!!!
As well as fun, food, lots of water!

See you there

"Shopping with Junkers Etiquette"

My first experience shopping with a group of like minded junkers, was when I went with the Red Shed Girls to my first Junk Bonanza.


That is when I learned the "Shopping with Junkers Etiquette".

It works like this... you are browsing in the same area, your friend at one end you at the other. You focus in on some small thing, while your friend, was not so distracted, and scanned the entire booth, zoning in on that special treasure that you just covet.

They pick it up, look it over, You see it for the first time and they mention how cool it is. Meanwhile you are staying calm, not letting on that you absolutely must have it. "That is cool!" you say and you wait... If you let on how much you like it, that will only make them like it more, but if you stay cool, they can decide for themselves how much they want it. Be patient, they might just put it down.


Etiquette dictates that it is theirs until they release it, then a nice junker will ask "so you are not going to get it?" If the other junker says, "no" then feel free to scoop it up. I usually ad a "are you sure?" just so no feelings are bruised.

To say that junking with junkers can be fun AND frustrating, is a bit of an understatement. More than once I've been so frustrated that I've not seen an item first, and there is simply nothing I can do about it. Friendship is more important than that piece of junk, and there is always another time, and invariably the shoe will be on the other foot when you spy that great piece first before your friend.


I usually shop flea markets alone, so it's not often a problem. But lately I've found myself, on several occasions, shopping with like-minded ladies and it's so important to preserve those friendships, and shopping with ladies who "get it" is so much fun!!!!.

You never know, the other junker might see that you really loved something, and gift it to you later :)

It's happened to me!!!!

How about you, any tips on shopping with junkers???

Get your chance to shop with friends this Saturday at the

Fun Finds, and projects

I've found some great things this week and one of them was some time.
I found the time to whip up this shrug from 3 vintage doilies.

I Came up with a new idea for these old coin purses
as dresssed-up business card holders

And found these great vintage maps
I think I'm hanging on to these for awhile. Love the colors they used on the old maps. I love how they look in my work room.

Did you find some great stuff this week?
How about time, did you find any of that as well?


I'll be spending the rest of the week getting ready for...

Last Wedding post...The Photo's are in

I have a hard time calling this stuff Junk, it just looks too pretty. But most of it was thrifted, repurposed, vintage items. From brooches, to doilies, to chippy garden stuff. It was so fun to put together, and I'm so happy to share it with you.

After much bugging by his Mom (me), Allen got the edited pics to us today. Here are the wedding decorations, through his eye.

The entry table
The typewriter was found in my grandparent's house and has been used by my Dad and all my uncles when they were in school. The paper inside was printed in a large old fashioned type font, on my computer at home. The Arch, Candles LitThe draping
The Bride and groom have a moment before the "before wedding" pics.
Flower Girl coloring during the reception.
Remember I put craft paper on all the tables and plenty of crayons.
We saved all the artwork for the B&G.

The piano above where there was a toast and a first dance.
The lattice and frame hide a fire extinguisher.
I had no idea this area would be there, and we threw some decorations together on the fly. Extra rose peddles covered the top of the piano, a few green glass vases (we had plenty) filled with babies breath, and the frame and lattice.

Below is a vignette I did, the chalkboard says "honeymoon fund". There are 2 green glass bowls inside the suitcase. I used books as lifts and filled it in with flowers and doilies.
They collected quite a bit :)
The tossing bouquet sits beside the suitcase. The vignette below was also a last minute idea ( I had a stash of stuff I wanted to maybe use but did not know how it would be used. This is on the other end of the "honeymoon fund" table. Between the suit case and the area below, was blank space for gifts. By the end of the reception it was overflowing. The letterpress blocks say "gifts" "cards" "love" &"xoxoxo". Inside the goblets are the vials of bubbles.
The bride put together a coffee bar with all the flavorings anyone would want. She used my chalkboard tags. The tags had a hole on one end. When she came to me to figure out a way to hide the holes,I just happened to have a bag full of creamy buttons. We bedded each tag into the buttons, covering the hole.
I want to show you the cake table. This was such a great idea. The MOB baked all these pound cakes and they displayed them on all this clear classware on different levels. The cake topper had it's own glass totem of honor.
Below is not Allen's photo, but shows the complete table.
It was a great look, and the cakes were so good, served with Strawberries. Yum, I get hungry every time I look at the pics. I take no credit for the cake table, that was the MOB, the Bride and a friend's idea. I love it!!!!!
If you take away any idea from these posts, this one should be it. You can see more on Allen's blog here.

Lessons learned:

Since this was the first wedding I've ever decorated for (not really even my own). I knew that there would be a lot to learn. Fortunately most of it came out perfect, but I did learn a few things. Some I figured out beforehand, some after.

So if you are thinking of taking on a project like this you might want to read my Lessons Learned below.

#1How you think a project will work, usually has to be altered. It seemed that with each project, I had an idea in my head about how it would work. Then when I went to do it, I had to alter it because it didn't work as I had imagined.

#2Mock ups are important. Don't wait till decorating day to figure something out. Try it at home first.

#3 Do as much of the work before hand as possible.

#4 Don't light the candles too early

#5 Multiple lighters in multiple places are a must!
As well as multiple scissors, and pliers.

#6 Instead of trying to coordinate it all myself, next time I'll have teams, each with a leader in charge of certain areas.

#7Accept any and all help offered.

#9Don't sweat the small stuff, nobody will notice.

#10 Things will go wrong, try to roll with the punches.

#11Have fun, enjoy the process.

Now Back to Junkin

Recent Finds Retro groovy fun

I've been hunting and FINDING lately and it's time to show some of the goods. First above, are some wind up walking robot things. Great to add movement to a project, or for the kids. Couldn't pass those up. Below is one of those old ice cream parlor cold storage thingies, it even has the ladle scooper.

Old Telephone operator headphones.
A whole bunch of stuff that needs to be cleaned, I'll be bringing much of this to the
Junke & Disorderly sale.Isn't this a fun find. It's a wind up wooden horse toy. The man is broken but I just loved it and the colors.
A sweet paper bride and groom
And for Christmas... I'm keeping this one.
Also a whole bunch of old retro scarves found at goodwill.
Groovy
This one's my fav
Psychedelic Man

Son's Photo's made the Style Me Pretty Wedding blog

As you may or may not know, my oldest son is a wedding photographer extraordinaire!!!



He recently shot a wedding here locally that has made the Style me Pretty Wedding Blog.
You can view it here





If you know someone between Ft Worth all the way to Shreveport, who is getting married soon, it's worth it to pass Allen's info along. A Quote is free, and the photo's will be fabulous.
Never skimp on your wedding photographer,
I did and I'm still paying for it:(



I can't wait to show you some of the pics he took at the wedding I recently styled, but I have to wait one more week:( he said I can't see them before the bride!


Happy June!!!!

Latest find, vintage Aprons-love em

I've never been a fan of vintage aprons, but these caught my eye. Owned by a former wedding cake maker, they are stylish, sexy, and oh so fabulous. I would have loved to have known this women. Enjoy they are all for sale, and reasonably priced.
Simply send me an email if interested

I believe in the picture above these are made form feed sack cotton.


Va Voom!!!


They are all pretty slim but have nice long ties in the back. All have pockets.

Look at the smocking on this one


This one is my favorite, I might just want to keep it.


don't forget! June 18th

2nd Annual Winnie & Tulula's Junk & Disorderly Sale coming up