So the 2nd
OMG Urban Flea Market was this last Saturday, what a scorcher! (both literally and figuratively) I have to say despite the fact that the weatherman said that it got up to 105ยบ out there, it was a good day. I got to hang out with the incomparable Jessica Hodges of
Pokenbag (her Etsy shop is
here), the
Farmer's Wife, Shannon Smith, and the always lovely Jenny Dawes-Drone of
the Restoration Project. They were my booth buddies. My talented friend, Miss
Marrah Florita, was there as well, but she was soooo faaaaar awaaaaay and it was sooooo hoooooot, that I didn't speak to her much. If it wasn't within 10 feet or serving cold beverages/air conditioning I was not interested!
I was very afraid that sales would be down thanks to the heat, but Inglewood never disappoints me with their support of local events. Come hell or high water, they are out there with their foldin' money and a smile. I can see the appeal of living in such a vibrant community, but alas, I am a west-sider through & through.
Speaking of supporting that which is local (and awesome) the site where we were holding the event will some day soon be home to the
Urban Green Lab. A soon-to-be-built community center to promote sustainable living. They had a booth to get the word out, it sounds like a really cool project.
And on the subject of reduce, reuse, recycle, I had a couple of vintage chairs. They were wonderful chairs, they looked deceptively like your typical early 20th century wooden dining chairs. What made these two special was that they folded up if you push in the super secret release on the back. It's like having a secret passage or something, but it's a chair! I recovered the seat with part of an old nylon/acrylic quilt top that I had lying around and I just fell in love with them all over again. I kinda' didn't want to sell them. Turns out though, that each one went to a photographer. One went to the proprietress of
Stella Dolce Photography and the other to a lovely lady named Jessie who wrote about my chair in her
blog! I was pretty flattered that two separate people who make it their business to capture beauty, bought something that I found and redid. Not that I'm not flattered when anyone buys my stuff, it reassures me that I'm not entirely crazy for making this stuff!
I look forward to next time and further affirmations that I am not mad.
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| A rack full of Pokenbags! |
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| A wire rack full of Pokenbags and if you look closely, the elusive Jessica! |
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| My vintage tea tine lanterns, clocks and various and sundry items. |
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| necklaces! necklaces! necklaces! |
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| a suitcase full of hates and hair adornments. |
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| ashtrays shaped like states, scarves and the teeny-tiniest sombrero you ever met! |
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| this this is vinyl, mid-century, fabulous and offers a HUGE amount of storage. |
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| a trio of mid-century vases |
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| earrings, tiny purses and one heck of a Wonder Woman belt. |
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| chokers, bracelets and the weirdest, folding sun hat I have ever seen. (OK, the only folding sun hat I have seen) |
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| candle holders and the infamous Whiskey Choker. |
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| some planters, curly slippers and "raise the roof" Buddha stand atop the Ruth the Acrobat nightstand. (no one loves her like I do) |
