What I Found at the Flea

As promised, here are pics of my fleamarket finds... with a few of my antique mall finds sprinkled in here and there. I just love what I brought home. yesterday! Uh...I will part with it, eventually! At least I get to enjoy them for a little while.

Let me just say this is not everything I brought home... just SOME of it.

And can I tell you how great my Dear Hubs is? I showed him this cute clock above and said "Can you get it to start ticking?" About twenty mintues and a few trips to the tool box and he had it tick tocking away! That was last night and it is still keeping good time here on my desk as I am typing this. He is my Mr. Fixit.

I've been looking for vintage trophies for awhile. They are SO hard to find. My eyes spotted this little tiny one and I bought it even if it might be a toy. It is metal and not plastic so that was good enough for me!

The pretty box below has a vintage perfume inside and it is written in German, I believe. I will have to do some more research on it as I'm not sure what it is, but it was such a pretty package, I couldn't pass it up.

The crochet and satin heart pillow is sooooo sweet! Some of these things are hard to give up.

I should be getting the pictures ready to upload but instead I am posting to my blog, visiting other blogs, and just well, having fun!

Hopefully tomorrow night I will have some of my "new" things available on the site. Big emphasis on HOPEFULLY.

See you then...

A Fabulous Flea & An Unexpected Blogger Meet!

What a fun day to shop a FABULOUS flea! My friend and I decided to get up early and meet over at our local country/produce/antique fleamarket which happens every Tuesday. You can be sure I was kicking myself for not going more often this summer. This was only my second time!!!!

There are rows and rows of tables filled with all kinds of things...

where you can find a little of this...

and a little of that....

and some sweet vintage photos.... I just love her dress, hair bow, and the bouquet....

Bits of baubles and beads in old jewelry boxes...

Here is my friend ... she has a shop called Quilted Nest on Etsy and on the French Cupboard. We were having a great morning perusing up and down the rows, bartering with the vendors.

We really liked this gal's display of stuff.

Even better was her Marie Antoinette style lamp piece. I was so busy taking pics I FORGOT to ask how much it was!

Our trip to the fleamarket became a lot more fun when I asked another gal who ran this table if I could take a picture of her jewelry. It went something like this:

"Would you mind if I take a picture of your jewelry?" I asked.

"Sure!" She replied. Then she thought and as I'm snapping the picture she asked "What for?"

"For my blog. I have a blog, you know, on the internet." I said.

While the nice jewelry vender lady is repeating this outloud as though I had just said I was from Mars the woman next to me who was also looking at the jewelry said "SO DO I!"

One thing led to another and I found out her name is Beth and she has a blog and shop called Gypsy Fish, then we were taking pictures and exchanging websites, and I'm like "I FINALLY MET A BLOGGER IN PERSON!"

So here are Jill and Beth! They were from the Garden State and had driven all the way over to Central Pennsylvania for the fleamarket. If I'm not mistaken, Jill also has a shop and blog.

I had a lot of fun, I spent too much money, and I'm kind of worn out from my day. As soon as I arrived home I was back on Mommy duty. Let's hear it for Dear Hubs who watched my little Bebe while I was out rummaging through tables! Yay!

In my last post I said I would share a peek of my latest finds. The photo above and below are things I found while working in my booth, still to be photographed and listed.

I will catch up... I will! Look for these fun finds and of course my fleamarket haul (not pictured yet) soon to be available in my shop, Bella Rosa Antiques.

Pick a Little, Talk a Little...

This past weekend I worked on my antique booth. I forgot to take my camera with me so I do not have a photo of the finished product. What's a blogger to do?

Well, I use an old one!

I did a little shopping inbetween some rearranging and "picked" a few goodies out of other dealers' booths. In my next post I will show you a sneak peek of my finds.

Tuesday morning I am going with another dealer to a neat old country market where there are rows and rows of tables loaded with STUFF! We are not excited about getting out there early but this comes with the territory. (These photos are from spring last year... it was a cold day, note the sweatshirt being worn by the man above)

What do I look for? What will I find? The anticipation gets me everytime!

And here is an AMERICAN PICKER update for those who read my post last week.... my Dear MIL has turned them down. DOWN???? Yes, she has decided against it.

Awwwwwwww~ rats! What a bust!

(Cue music: whah whah whah ....)

Dear Hubs and I are disappointed but it is not our choice to make and we have to respect it.

So, I will just have to tune in tomorrow night to get my fix of Mike and Frank just like everyone else!

A Little Frou Frou on Fridays

Thanks to Connie of Living Beautifully, I can "get ready" for the weekend with a little Frou Frou on a Friday. Hop on over to her blog to read more about this new 'meme' and how you can take part, too!

For now I'm off to get some inventory ready to work at my little antique corner of the world tomorrow... I've gathered up an old round mirror, some vintage "French romantic" lamps, vintage jewelry, china, and a hat box filled with old glass ornaments from Poland. I didn't put it in my online shop because they are tough to ship.

And for those who were following along with my recent health issue....the results from the ultrasound showed that my "interior" looks fine! In fact while I was having it done the tech was showing a trainee how it was done and she remarked excitedly "OH wow, you can see her whole pancreas. It looks great!" Then she leaned over to me and said "You have a very nice pancreas." I didn't know what to say to that so I giggled and said "I get that ALL the time!"

What does one say to that?

It just tickled my funny bone.

Anyway, the Doctor's advice was to wait and see if it flares up again. If the pain returns then I have to go for the second test which involves drinking something. Ugh!

The pain is gone for now so I am staying as far as possible from this second test!

Have a great weekend.

Ooh La la - Let's Take a Tour of Paris & New York

Vintage Paris... ooh la la antique postcards perfect for a scrapbook!

Let's take a stroll and see Notre Dame, Cathedral Reims, and ooooh look! It is the Arc de Triomphe along the famous Champs Elysees....

Here we have Le Place de la Concorde, Palais de Justice, Le Trocadero, Le Grande Palais and Hotel De Ville!

But look... here is another arch.... in New York City! Let's get our ice skates ready... it's Rockefeller Plaza, too. Lady Liberty standing tall, I think I like them ALL!


Turn of the century roses fit for queen, it's for a birthday, lots of pink and green!

Let's finish our trip with some holiday cheer, here's some holly to ring in the new year!

All just listed in my shop, Bella Rosa Antiques, along with an antique West German paper candy container, milk glass Victorian hands dish, sterling silver bar pin, pink shabby shaving mug, vintage pin basket and more!

Speaking of American Pickers...

My Dear Hubs found out the American Pickers were in his parent's area of the state. No sooner did he learn of this interesting news, he was contacting them. And lo and behold, someone from their staff, called back.

It is quite possible that Mike and Frank will be coming to my In-law's place for a looksie.

You never know what you might find through the glass window of their big 'ol barn.

When Dear Hubs and I were first married I took several pictures around their place, I was so intrigued by all of the neat stuff they had. But now I'm actually kind of jealous. I'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED to go into the barn! To their credit, I don't think I've ever really come out and asked.

We were surprised (although after all my years working for TV I'm actually not too surprised) you kind of have to "qualify" to have them check you out. Pictures need to be sent in and I guess they have to like what they see. It doesn't appear that way on the show however.

Then there is the chance my in-laws just might not want them going through their things. Plus, they are more organized than some of the properties they normally pick through.

I'll keep you posted!

In the meantime I have a few finds I've "picked" myself. My finds are a lot more feminine and can fit into a nice small box for easy shipping!

Old druggist/apothecary advertising card from Bethlehem, PA.

A pink shabby moustache cup! Either men didn't care about what color their mugs were or women had some scary lip hair back then. Ha!

Sweet baby hangers!

A Casper the Friendly ghost game board...neat for upcoming Halloween decor!

This is an old West German egg which opens up to a neat "toile" paper covered inside lining.

I'll be listing soon... I'll be back with updates!

Five Bucks or Less

We saw this sign outside a shop along the boardwalk on our last trip.



Obviously this store thinks they have everything we could ever need or want in life. For five bucks or LESS! Wow. Imagine that.



Sometimes though the best things in life are free.

Like watching my little Sweet Pea dancing at my Brother in Law's 50th birthday party this weekend.

We'll be back later in the week to show you some of the neat things I found while visiting my Mother in Law's house... think American Pickers and you get the idea! She has a great eye for antiques and let's me shop her finds!

Overheard at a Tupperware Party

Last night I had my first Tupperware party experience. Can you believe it? I made it to almost 42 years without ever having been to one!

I found out what Tupper Bucks were and why you should NEVER open the free gift.

I also fell in love with these bowls.

But I also found out we're not teaching kids enough in school. The consultant was so young, and so sweet, newly married.

When told we could not put these bowls in the dishwasher I raised my hand and said " can you tell me why?"

Her reply, quite confidently: "Because it says so on the bottom!"

Sigh.