I just got my latest issue of Flea Market Style Magazine and boy-oh-boy is it full of good stuff! One article in particular caught my eye and it is a step-by-step guide on how to make a dog bed for your pooch from repurposed household items. This would be a great weekend project and a [...]
As early as the 1920s and 1940s is when state souvenir salt and peppershakers were sold and produced. As family “road trips” increased in popularity, and they sure did as folks could not get enough of seeing the United States by car, train, and their Air Streams. Gas prices were considerably low too so traveling [...]
Pincushions have been around since the 15th century when they were first made from silver and ivory. It was during the 1800s that pincushions were being commercially produced. During the Victorian era is when pincushions were highly decorated with beads and made into shapes of shoes, dolls, teacups, fruits, umbrellas, veggies and fruits rather than [...]
Alice In Wonderland has always been a very collectible item and theme and both the young and the old can’t seem to get enough. It all started as a novel titled “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland” back in 1865 written by an English gent named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the name Lewis Caroll. Today, we know [...]
We are all familiar with the folkloric tales of Vampires that hail from Transylvania and want to “suck our blood” and how they only come out at night. These Vampires wore black cloaks and had very pale complexions and when they showed their teeth they had a pair of fangs on each side and if [...]
The part of the country I live in happens to have several antique malls and I love it! Of course, I have my favorites and frequent them a couple times a month. The difference for me as a customer in determining which mall I prefer has a lot to do with the location, types of [...]
