antique bookcase...

spinet desk...

 

hmmm...

So, doing some listings & have an item I'm stuck on... i.e. can't decide if I may actually want to keep it...

Can't tell if I really like it so, or just Jules enjoys it so... :-) 

More Jules just because:

Doing some more clothing again as well...

getting back on track...

Jules modeling/ being a cat.

So...I'm figuring it's time to start blogging again. Hm, last one was almost a year ago. :-) 

Well, since then I have moved to the lovely city of Northampton, am currently working at a little cafe & thinking it's finally time to get serious about selling vintage (like really serious). I feel as if I'm the biggest procrastinater in the world & enough is enough. :-) 

Lovely antique mirror, available here

The dining room presently (does keep changing :-) )

Farmhouse table available here

red

Vintage Andrea Gayle Dress

Somehow it seems it became a day of red. Couple facts I learned today...Andrea Gayle was a line of Leslie Fay (vintage fashion guild).

Antique Heywood Wakefield Sewing Stand

Also a bit about the Heywood Wakefield Company...first that they were not just one company, but a combination of them...second that they are as old of a company as they are. Obviously they are well known for their mid century stuff, but I knew they did wicker/rattan furniture before that (thank you Opa). So I figured maybe 1900, wrong...Heywood Brothers started in 1826, the Wakefield Company in 1855...they merged in 1897 & then dropped the Brothers in 1921 (wikipedia)...so this helped me date this sewing stand...yay! 

Antique Piano Stool

Art Glass Bud Vase

Vintage 50s-60s Purse

Vintage Avon Cape Cod Goblets

so...

Lovely  Vintage Silk & Sequins Suit

It is the week of Brimfield! Not that that means much. I love how all the dealers in the area go "oh, isn't business great the week of brimfield" "why aren't you open more hours for brimfield?" "why aren't you at brimfield?" Not that we have been around forever, but out of the almost three years of being open, I have never seen an increase in business, usually it is the opposite, because normal customers are going to Brimfield :-) I don't know I just think it is funny. Actually Brimfield itself is quite absurd in my opinion. Everything is overpriced & a lot of it in shoddy condition (there are exceptions of course.) And most silly, so many of the vendors just scour the area the week before to fill their tents...why don't people just travel here to scour themselves? Or most silly, people asking me if I go to get inventory for my shop. I will admit I do go occasionally, but it's for browsing for very specific items (like kettle corn) & learning & seeing dealer friends.

So, instead of being open more hours I've been doing a bunch of listings on etsy instead. I'm finding it to be more profitable.

Vintage 50s Leopard Print Hat

Went for a walk at the dam last week, before all this rain. Came across various wild flowers that I have no idea what they are. Maybe I will look them up at some point. If not, they are still pretty to look at. :-)

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So...I am a 24 year old shop keeper, vintage clothing hoarder, cat lover, foodie, photographer, beer snob, do-it-yourselfer, dreamer, chicken keeper, gardener, probably some other things I don't even know yet.

In this blog I will share the adventures of owning a vintage & antique shop in a sleepy new england town, photographs, the occasional recipe, progress of various projects, snippets of my vintage collection & who knows what else...