Another Day, Another Flea Market

We went to a local flea market today and found quite a bit to buy for the antique shop.  I saw some teacups and took a couple of pictures.  After looking closer I ended up buying two.  You will have to check back on Tuesday when I show which ones I bought on my Tea Cup Tuesday blog.

I found some "crafting stuff" too. A pile of pearl like beads for the snowmen, some porcelain knobs for heads of the dress forms and this wonderful book to use to make a journal.The cover is from a book about taxes or such in Pennsylvania, from 1904.  BUT....  the inside of the book it self was a mess. The covers and inside lining pages are wonderful.  The inside pages of the book goes into my pile of papers for possible use later.  Here is a picture.  Isn't it beautiful.  Or rather it will be.

Yesterday I worked on my FTB journal, the one I showed a day or two ago.  I plan to make 5 signatures for the journal and I have 3 1/2 done.    Here is a picture of the first signatures, probably a bit confusing to those not taking the class.  It is hard to show the "insides of the signatures by doing other than just spreading them out.  You will notice that the papers should go nicely with my idea of using the journal as a record of my backyard garden and flowers from elsewhere.

I will be interested in hearing your comments.

Sneak peeks at some of my crafting.

My antique shop has been open since Wed. this week after two weeks of being closed due to travel.  Thankfully my customers are used to my quirky ways and came back.  Have had a good three days and two more to go this week if weather holds out.

Because of this I haven't spent as much time on my projects as I wanted but have managed to sneak in a few things.
Here is a picture of some bottles filled with pearl like beads.  Now what will they be....  I will be able to show you in a few days.

The Full Tilt Boogie workshop has started.  I have been watching the videos, several times over and getting ready to start.  For the first project I won't be using the albums I had found earlier.  I needed to find  a different  book  to use for this one. Here is a picture of the one I have chosen.  It is a very old journal.  The book itself is pretty messy looking at first glance though perfect for what I will be doing.  I was very surprised to open it and see that NONE of the pages had been used.  I will use those pages for something else I imagine.

And today I will stuff all the little dress forms for that project. I have made the bodies and collected up things to use for the heads.  Is that secretive enough?  I hope to have some actual finished projects in the next week of so.  I find if I do a little bit at a time I eventually get stuff done.  It is when I spend too much time I get impatient and don't get anything done.

So hope you enjoy the little sneak peaks.

New classes, new ideas, busy busy busy!

We went to Pocono Raceway which is fairly near our house, this past weekend.  We saw the Sprint Cup Race. Had a good time and met some nice people.  My favorite racer... Carl Edwards, didn't win.... oh well, he is still in first place  It was a very patriotic weekend at the races.  Out in the fan zone they had displays from various  military groups like the Marines, Army guard and such.  At the beginning of the race there was a lot of patriotic pomp and circumstance including a beautiful rendition of God Bless America.  Here is a picture of all the soldiers getting ready to do the opening ceremony.

Since I was away all weekend I didn't do a Tea Cup Tuesday entry.  You all can still check out the pages of the folks who did entries.  (Just click here...  to go to the site that has the list of those participating.)

I  been  busy this week collecting up things for a few on line classes I signed up for.  One is Full Tilt Boogie.  which I mentioned a few days ago.  Click on the title to go to the site for info.
Another is to make the most adorable Dress Forms....   Go to this blog entry to learn about them.  They are so cute. I have already started working on them.

Today I went to home in our area to pick up some little porcelain knobs to use on those forms.  I put a request in on Free-Cycle to see if anyone had any and sure enough I got a good response.  The fun part about going to the house was that I got to drive through one of the great covered bridges in our area.  And I enjoyed seeing all the kayakers out on the water, going under the bridge.  What fun.

 This morning I spent some time running through favorite blogs that  I have listed on my Google Reader.  While there I came up with the most wonderful tutorial on how to make paper tape using all sorts of paper.  I have some paper tape I have bought for other projects and it is ok but not really the designs I love.  This tutorial shows how to make my own with designs I really want.  You may want to check it out if you have an interest. Click here to go to Cathie Holden's blog to check it out!!!! 
I have ordered the adhesive sheets I need and will collect up everything else in the meantime.

Tomorrow I open my shop again for the remainder of the week.  I plan to work on some of these projects  while I am out there between customers.  Lots to do!!!!!

Oh yeah, right now I had better go do some housework.................................

Tea Cup Tuesday Again

 

Here I am again on Tea Cup Tuesday.  Be sure to visit the other sites after you visit me.
(Just click here...  to go to the site that has the list of those participating.)

And I would love your comments as well.

This week I made a quick trip around my own antique shop and found some pictures of tea cups
to show you.  Hope you enjoy them.

 

 This is a child's tea set, possibly from the 40s or 50s.  You can also buy a full adult size set of dishes with the golden wheat pattern.  Homer Laughlin was one of the companies that made that set.  This child's set was made in Japan. Wouldn't it be fun to have both sets.

 

 This is a bone china set, made by Queen Anne.     

Pretty blue pansy like flowers

Another bone china set.  This one is called Winter and is made by Dutchess.

And finally here is a cute set to use as you serve tea.  On the bottom it says Holland.  

Hope you enjoyed this quick look at items in my shop.

BlueGrass in the Endless Mountains of PA

        If you follow my blog or know me personally you know my husband and I both enjoy attending BlueGrass Festivals.  This is something we discovered later in life and I guess we are making up for lost time, attending as many festivals as we can.


This past weekend we went to the NEPA Bluegrass Festival.  It is held in Tunkhannock, PA which is in NE Pennsylvania, hence the title I imagine.  Tunkhannock is located in an area called the Endless Mountains. It is beautiful country and makes for a great place for a festival.

Lazy Brook Park is the venue for the event.  Although I couldn't find much info on the web, I have been told that the area was formerly a small subdivision or neighborhood  that was flooded a few times.  It was finally decided to remove all the houses and turn it into a city recreation area.  The streets are still there, some of the planting from the former houses as well.  It is nestled right on the river so that enhances the place.  I don't know if it has flooded recently but if it did it wouldn't take long to get it back to the beauty it is.

It is situated on Tunkhannock Creek which feeds into the Susquehanna River.  The creek seems a "small" name for the size.  But it is lovely.

Here is our camper set up in a shady grove.

And here is a picture of the stage people setting up for the concerts to come.

We were pleased to be able to see one of our favorite blue grass groups, Aspen Run, perform.  We have followed them for a number of years and actually were at their first festival appearance several years ago.  They just get better and better.  

Another group that played at the event was

Larry Gillis & His Hard Driving Bluegrass Band

  

They were quite a few more groups performing but I was generally too busy listening to take pictures.  I will "try" to do better at our next festival.

A Visit to a Group Antique Shop

Today while we were in Tunkhannock  a quaint little town in the northern tier of Pennsylvania, we stopped in at a group antique shop we had just learned about. It is called the Bridge Street Market Place.  The building was huge and set up beautifully.  Several areas were done up as rooms, displaying the items they had for sale.  I went around taking pictures of some of the things I enjoyed most.  I didn't buy much but had a great time.

Upon entering the store  this great little white dinette set caught my eye.  Wouldn't be great in a small kitchen?

Nearby I found this amazing mirrored room divider.  Too bad it wasn't for sale because it was stunning.

 

 

Turquoise and coral compliment each other so well, don't they?

I was quite taken with this bedroom .  Everything goes so well together and makes the room quite inviting.  All the old, mismatched furniture painted white makes it such a cheerful space.

 

And here is a scene that would look great on a porch.  The chairs, shabby chic for sure, were just begging to have someone sit in them for some relaxation.

  The lady who owns the shop has a great eye for what goes well together and makes the room settings so inspiring.  I started taking pictures to remind myself and then realized I should share them on this blog.
Hope you enjoyed them.  Would love to see your comments.

Tea Cup Tuesday

  

Here I am again on Tea Cup Tuesday.  Be sure to visit the other sites after you visit me.
(Just click here...  to go to the site that has the list of those participating.)

And I would love your comments as well.

We took another visit to one of our local flea markets on Sunday.  I found a lot of teacups available although I didn't find any to buy. Here are pictures of some of them.

 This pretty blue one looked like a Shelley and I got quite excited when I saw it.  However it wasn't. 

It was a name I had never heard of before so I didn't buy it.

 This brown and white one was quite old but it had a good bit of roughage.  I might have bought it if it had been in better shape.

Here is a group of Japanese (I think) demi-tasse.  

They didn't have any name on the bottom but they were nice.\

 This is a group of several types.  There is bone china and several of the copper luster style.

And finally here is a collection already started.

I love to look at all the tea cups. I have so many now though that I probably won't buy many more.

  BUT!!! never say never.

Comeback next week.  I will have some things to show that are presently in my antique shop.