I have some exciting news to share!  I will be participating in the latest temporary venue at Dallas Market Center this weekend with three of my most creative friends…Dana Pugh (Tattered Style), Gloria Burson (A Modern Glo) and Lisa Johnson (Cut and Paste).  This creative temp show is called Vintage Home FINDS and you don’t want to miss what we have in store for you!

We will be showing under the name of my vintage line’s name, Stash {vintage finds} and you’ll find us in the North Hall, along with other vintage dealers and Trailer Cakes in their vintage airstream!  We hope to provide interesting industrial pieces perfect for you to use as display in your store, as well as art to resale.  We’ll be available to help you come up with one-of-a-kind display and styling to give your space a facelift for the new year!   If a personal consultation is what you need, just ask, and we can arrange a visit to your retail space.

To make FINDS even more fun, all buyers are invited to participate in the “On The Road To FINDS Giveaway”!  Participants can pick up FINDS “Road Maps” at information booths, Red Rooms and registrations areas to start on their journey though the Temp Show. To qualify, buyers must visit three different FINDS locations (one must be FINDS in Market Hall) and drop their completed forms at a FINDS information booth for a chance to win great prizes. Highlights of prizes include: a Stella Scooter; Kindle Fire Full Color 7” Multi-touch Display with Wi-Fi; Bose QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones; Garmin 4.3” Portable GPS Navigator with lifetime map & traffic updates; Flip Video Camera; Sofia Cashmere Travel Set; Gift Certificate towards a luxury luggage set; Agloves, mobile device friendly gloves; and a “Build Your Own Road trip” including rental car, gas, restaurant gift certificates, and hotel expenses.

We can’t wait to share our finds with you!  Please share this exciting information with your friends that have a retail store and may be coming to market this weekend!  (Talk them into bringing you with them!)

We have your shopping bags ready to be packed with ‘Stash’!

Some of our favorite friends will be part of FINDS too!  Bud Royer is bringing his pies, candles and latest hit, Royers recipe card box!  Would this collection of over 100 of the cafe’s recipes make a nice addition to your inventory?

Our friends from Dwell With Dignity will camp out right next door to us!  They’ll have a space full of donated goods that will be professionally styled much like we saw at last year’s Thrift Studio!

Will we see you there?

Match-matchy is not for me…that’s why I’m putting these Bygones Flatware Bundles, from BHLDN, on my wish list!  They’re beautifully mismatched vintage silver-plated utensils gathered from flea markets and estate sales across the country.  These imperfect sets are perfection to me!

Each bundle, set of 10 pieces, $68

I also love mixing up my china.  I have a hard time passing up a pretty vintage plate at a garage sale or thrift store.  If you lack the time to search for these treasures, you can rely on Greenhouse Design Studio to pick the perfect unmatched set for you!

This sustainable company even offers a gift registry!  Brilliant!  Find all of Greenhouse Design Studio’s mismatched goods here.

Here’s a little “mixed up” table inspiration…

via intimateweddings.com

via seasiderosegarden

via stylemepretty 

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Do you like to “mix it up” or are you the “matchy-matchy kind?

These vintage inspired star light fixtures are as close as you’ll get to the real deal!

Michael West, owner of West Vintage Trading Company, ages the metal used in these fixtures and God ages the wood…He calls this look “farm punk”…and I love it!

What in the world would I do with these, you ask?  I would hang them on my fence in my backyard, close to my deck…perfect for a Texas bbq!

Michael will even put your own custom spin on your star by painting the star or staining the wood to your specifications.  Aren’t they fun?

Would you paint your star a color?  Where would you put your shining star?

Could be just about the cutest invitations ever!  Send a nostalgic Viewmaster invitation to your guests with a custom picture reel and an insert card.   This would be adorable for weddings, anniversaries or any special occasion!

The Proenza  Schouler Spring 2012 collection shown at NY’s Fashion week was impressive….but the one thing that has me wanting more were the little camera bags!

I won’t be surprised if we don’t see many knock-off of these very soon!

Here’s how they strutted it on the runway…

…I’m sure that this model is cursing the day that she started biting her nails…bless her heart…

I wish the adorable chain strap was cross-body length…then this bag would be perfection for me!

I have my late Uncle John’s old camera and leather bag, so it looks like I’ll create my own vintage version of this Proenza hit!  What do you think?  Does it work?

Here’s a smilar version of a vintage camera bag that’s available now from Fossil on Zappos!

Saturday my precious friend, Dana of Tattered Style, and I did a little treasure hunting and I thought I would share some of my finds!

My “find of the day” was this vintage Bertoia chair.  After we had a delicious salad at Patina Green, we spotted this beauty tucked away in a corner.  I love it’s fun chippy paint!

It’s likely that all of my other finds will end up at Stash {vintage finds}, my little space inside Indie Genius.  This old minnow trap will soon become a pendant light!

How cool is this little lamp?  The image inside no longer revolves, but the lamp works like a charm and it says “The Fountain of Youth” at the bottom.  So fun!

These vintage tins are in perfect condition.  Ready to store all of your baubles!

Isn’t that stamp on top of this old safety deposit box great?  I may be keeping the C…it will probably end up on the fence in my backyard…

A treasure hunt is never successful without a great piece of art!   I’m not sure if you can tell, but this is a painting of a boy who has fallen asleep on his book.  The custom frame is fab and makes the orange really pop!

Giant Clabber Girl!  Turquoise and red…heaven!

This handsome man is getting ready for a make-over!  I have big plans for him and I’ll share the end results later…

Not a bad day, right?

OK…just when I think I’m the Queen of Knowing It All about what’s going on in my neighborhood, Jenny of Along Came Splendor, finds something in my own backyard that I know “nothing” about!  Thanks, sweet Jenny, for keeping me “grounded” and sharing with me about The Vintagemobile!!

This super rad bus is full of vintage clothing and treasures and will be parked at SMOKE and The Belmont Bar’s parking lots every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) from 11-4.  Oh, so Austin!

This large green bus is the brainchild of Jeremy Turner and his bride, Kelsey.  They’re all about making the neighborhood a better place by supporting the  local community by sharing the opportunity to buy green.

Looks like I have a regular weekend stop added to my schedule!  Who wants to meet at The Vintagemobile and talk about our finds at the Belmont Bar?  Sounds like a perfect Saturday afternoon to me!

Thanks again, Jenny, for sharing your blog post with me!  I’ll see you at The Vintagemobile!!

One of my favorite NYC shops has set up shop on-line!  PatchNYC has vintage inspired accessories for the home and yourself. Here are a few of my favorites…

This dining room is full of inspiration…

via decor8

The mix and match seating…beautiful pastel-wash rug…perfect wood patina…large formal chandelier…vintage mirror collection…

Lovely!

After reuniting with some of my very best college friends in the fall of 2010, we determined that 2011 should be a year of celebration and new beginnings and what better way to celebrate than with a trip to Paris!  One of my friends, Mary Charles, had a daughter who would be graduating in May 2011 and planning to move to Paris to study at Cordon Bleu, so planning a trip around the beginning of her new studies made sense.

We all lead busy lives and are spread across Dallas, Houston, College Station and Aiken, South Carolina, so the help of Valerie, at Riverside Travel, was essential!  This knowledgable travel agency/French antique shop specializes in French flea market shopping trips and was recently featured in Flea Market Style magazine.  Hands down, Valerie’s expertise and attention to detail played the #1 biggest part in our ease of travel and ability to see that all of our individual priorities were met.  My two favorite “hook-ups” from Valerie were our centrally located hotel and our personal shopping guide.

Valerie’s hotel suggestion, Le Littr’e,  was affordable, spacious and accomodating…much more than I ever expected!  Our party of 5 had private access to their top floor, two-bedroom suite that was like no other European hotel experience that any of us ever had in past travel experiences.  Our bathrooms were huge… with all of the modern amenities that all Americans love!  The staff took great care of us and is even taking care of packing and shipping a flea market art treasure to me.

My top priority in Paris was experiencing Les Puces de Saint-Quen at Porte de Clignancourt.  Strolling around the Eiffel Tower, going to the Lourve, Musee de Orsay, etc were on my list of to-do’s…but at the top?  Les Puces (The Fleas)!  Hearing that I was a “flea freak”, Valerie told me about my soon-to-be Paris BFF, Jodie!

Jodie Hutchins is an absolute doll and our greatest resource during our time in Paris!  Her personal shopping and guide service is a must for anyone who plans to spend a day, or more, shopping the flea or luxury designers in France.  She asks what you would like to find prior to your arrival and scours the shops before you get there, so that there’s no time waisted on hunting for that specific vintage Hermes’ bag or Christian Louboutin nude stiletto.   Her fluent English and French allow for perfect translations and negotiations.  Voila!   I can’t wait to go back to Paris and see her!  I truly made a new friend.  (Double cheek kisses to you, Jodie!)

I was in awe at the variety of vintage art everywhere!  (my obsession…)

Everything seemed to be beautiful in Paris…even “the fleas”

Here are a few of my favorite shots from our day…

Jodie led us to a tucked-away section that she said was much like “Sanford and Son” where we found tons of treasures and one of my new art treasures…a real deal at 60 Euros!

It was such a fun day!  I can’t wait to share more Parisian inspiration with you this week!

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