Of and Running

Happy New Year!

I started out the new year in New Jersey visiting my family. It was the first time in way too many years that both of my brothers and me were together with my parents for the holidays. We had a great time!

We spent some time in New York since it's only about a 35 minute train trip from my parents house. It was sad to see that Lord and Taylor was closed. We always loved to stop in. But, Saks Fifth Avenue was spectacular!

We always stop in the Nintendo/Pokemon store in Rockefeller Center. Here I am!

We spent a few days treasure hunting with my brother Michael. Pickin's were slim but I did find these...

Of course I couldn't pass them up! They were at the Summit Antiques Center in Summit NJ.

On our way home, I always like to stop at Wendell August Forge in Grove City PA to get my fill of hammered aluminum. It always is amazing there! You can watch the artisans at work and just walk around to see some history and buy some amazing pieces.

Here are some of my favorite vintage pieces:

Here are some newer pieces that were fabulous....

I still have about 250 plus pieces in my collection that are put away in bins. I'm setting aside time next week to go through it all. I have decided to only keep those that I really love and can display in my home. All of the others I will let go. The trick is to decide which to keep and which to let go. I'll keep you posted.

So, now I'm back home and trying to catch up. I managed to fit in an estate sale and couldn't believe that these were still there 2 hours after the sale opened....

I kept a few and will be using those trucks for my vintage Christmas crafts. Love the color green on them!

Here are 3 events to mark you calendar for: Carriage House will be participating in the Vintage Shop/Hop again this year with 400 plus stores on March 1-2.

On March 10 is the Elgin High School Flea Market in Elgin IL. I will be in space 180 in the gym. I have been doing this event for a few years now and its great! It falls on daylight savings time so be sure to set your clock.

April 12 from 4-9pm is an amazing Vintage Market at Smith's Garage in McHenry IL. I am so excited and honored to be a vendor at this event.

There is so much to look forward! I will be updating my favorite flea market list so you can plan. Keep looking for those sales!

Happy treasure hunting!