back in the saddle again

whatchu talkin bout woman?

Okay, I don't know from saddles. But I plan to get back on the  blogging horse in a regular way. Just don't hold me to exactly what 'regular'  means.
Wow. I can't believe it's been over two months since my last post. {I hate to admit, it's been so long, I was shocked at how different the new Blogger looks.}
Whew.
Lot's of stuff happening. I'm just going to jump right in.

I was lucky enough to score some fabulous things at an estate sale a few weeks ago.
The estate sale was run by the family. The only son and his wife. She was super friendly, and we chatted and chatted about the cool stuff that had belonged to her in-laws. The suitcase with the teal trim belonged to her husband's great grandmother. When she left her parent's house as a young woman, that's all she took with her. That suitcase with her belongings inside. Can you imagine packing everything you have inside that little case? Or, can you imagine taking a trip and using that little case? It doesn't hold very much, that's for sure. The lady told me the suitcase was filled with  photos. After her husband took the photos out, he wanted to THROW IT AWAY.
AAAACK!!!
 Thank goodness she caught him, and told him she thought someone might want it. It was one of the first things I picked up that day.

That sweet, pink baby scale is going in the baby's room I'm putting together at my  house for my granddaughter. (Nope, she's not here yet. Another month.) That jewelry box is near mint condition with the key. It just sold in my Etsy shop. {but I have two similar cases that will be in my shop as soon as I can take photos.}

That green metal box is listed in my Etsy shop right now. It's in great condition, and a perfect size to use for so many things.

I thought it could be a cool dresser organizer for a guy.

Those chairs are sweet little children-sized folding chairs. Most of what I picked up I plan to sell either in my Etsy shop or at flea markets.

I've decided to try selling at flea markets at least once a month. I participated in my first one last weekend. It was a real learning experience. The main thing I learned was that this particular flea wasn't a good fit with the things I had to sell. I had vintage items and vintage inspired jewelry. Most of the people coming through were looking for yard-sale-type items. I didn't do very well with sales, so, I'm looking for other fleas to try out. Here are a few shots of my booth space. Sorry for the crappy photos, they are all taken with my phone and the lighting inside the building wasn't very good.

And this was probably my favorite shopper of the day.

He was so darn cute and well behaved. Not a peep out of him, and he loved every bit of attention he got.

Like I said, it was a learning experience. I did have enough sales to cover my expenses. And my few *cough* purchases. Not only did I have the wrong merchandise for the sale, it was really slow all weekend. When it's that slow, there's lots of time to shop the other vendors. At least half of them had yard-sale items. But there were enough who had vintage goodies, that I managed to pick up a few things. But I'll leave that for another post.

I've lots more to catch up on, hopefully it won't take me another two months to get it all posted.

Thanks to all of you who continue to stop by, and thanks to those of you who emailed asking about me while I was taking a break. I miss all of my sweet blog buddies. I've tried to check in on your blogs when I could, mostly on my phone, which makes it difficult to leave comments, but hopefully, now that I'm back in the saddle *grin* I'll make it around to your place soon.

xo maureen