Black and White

I love black and white. Can you tell? My latest mannequin dressing….

Americas Mart

Just loving some of the new jewelry and scarves we picked up today in Atlanta. They’ll be in stock at The Galleries on Gordon this week! Hope you like them!

Spring Tag Sale

We’ve set the dates for our Antiques & Uniques Spring Tag Sale, here at the house in LaFayette, Georgia.

Friday, April 27th 8am-6pm and again on Saturday, April 28th 8am-12noon. Make plans, the shed is full of goodies and bargains!

Tables of Spring 2012

The shop where we sell Antiques & Uniques has a Spring event each year, we call it “Tables of Spring”. Each vendor decorates a table for Spring using their merchandise. This year Antiques & Uniques is using a potting table as our “Table for Spring” and developed what we call our “Vintage Porch Party” complete with a rusty fork and spoon candlelier !

Savannah ,Georgia

We’ve been on a bit of a respite for the past few days, it’s always fun to travel but then fun to get home safely, too! One of our children lives in Savannah, Georgia, so we’ve been to see him and watch some precious young gymnasts! Check out where we’ve been… www.savannahgeorgia.com ! It’s such a beautiful city and area, if you ever get a chance to go there, you must! So, tomorrow it’s back to work for us. We’ve got to put the finishing touches on my “Table of Spring for 2012” !It starts Thursday in Chickamauga, Georgia!

Playing with Burlap , part 2

Finishing up new burlap runners for the shoppe in Chickamauga. Here’s a new one, vanilla colored burlap runner with handstamped medallion . Approx.18x 72 in size, $30.

Playing with Burlap

So I came inside and got back to work… I’m in love with burlap, have been for awhile! Love the way this wine bag is looking, we’ll be stocking these at The Galleries. $6.

Spring fever

I know I need to be working, got lots of sewing projects that need completing but look outside…

Outside the Box

Those of you in retail know what that means, you have to think or act differently than you’ve done in the past. That’s what we ‘ve been doing since late January when we added ladies accessories to our inventory! Scarves, jewelry , some hats and purses! New ladies accessories! And it’s selling pretty good! Here are some examples…

To Paint or Not to Paint?

Have you ever agonized over whether to paint a piece of furniture or not? Of course you have! We all have ! Do you LOVE that maple dresser from 1972? No probably not. Are ya ” married to it”? In otherwords , did you promise dear Aunt Bessie that gave it to you that you would leave it in it’s poor ,yellowed ,sad looking state of mind forever? No probably not! Well , paint it! Enjoy it , with it’s new coat of color, updated look!! Today, I’m going to show exactly how that sad 1972 dresser will look with a fresh coat of paint ! Kinda like a lady getting a face lift! Takes years off her looks! This sweetheart is for sale at The Galleries on Gordon, Chickamauga.