Dig Finds!

While I was in Brimfield, I met the most charming young man who had a booth filled with beautiful old bottles. That's what first drew me in. But after I selected a few bottles to buy, my eye wandered over to the little table with a pile of rusty stuff and a little hand-written sign that read "dig finds". Be still my heart! I asked the young man about these, and he said that he and his friends like to go out and dig up old things. Well, I told him that I had friends who like to *buy* old things, so I just got myself a great big pile of rusted metal, broken bits of combs and kitchen utensils, some kerosene lamp parts, a sardine tin and even some ceramic bottle stoppers. There were 2 fantastic almost-completely-rusted-out license plates that I passed on, but now I'm kinda regretting that. Anybody interested in those? He said there's always more inventory, and I said great! So hop on over and take a look at some of these incredible finds. If you like them, I will get more! http://www.thepaperfleamarket.com/dig-finds.html

Posting Brimfield goodies!

Starting to post some Brimfield goodies ... this is just the tip of the iceberg! Like these labels right out of a type shop in Boston. These oversized city document pages with lots of yummy stamped dates and numbers all over them. And these fabulously oversized picture bulletin board cards from 1959 ... LOVE! Will continue to post more, so hop on over and take a look! www.thepaperfleamarket.com

Brimfield wrap-up

OK, one more post about the cool stuff at Brimfield, then I promise to start showing what I found for all of you! A couple of you asked if I got the desk with the cubbies ... sadly, no. Just no place for it in my recently-reorganized-and-now-not-so-cluttered workspace. I *did*, however, get this awesome US Mail sign ... it's metal and is the kind they used to strap to the top of a car (in rural areas I assume). I may have run out of floor space, but I can still hang things from the ceiling! Also got the mail bag ... in case you can't tell, I've kinda got a thing for post office-related items. Which is why it was hard to pass up this treasure, too ... look at all those beautiful doors and mail cubbies! Loved, loved, loved this street sign, too ... but, alas, no place to put it, so I had to settle for a picture instead. Cool letters were everywhere! And hardware, too ... Got this table ... FOR FREE ... for my friends who paint furniture ... Also met some interesting people ... a man who creates props for the theatre, a charming fellow who makes magnifying glasses using old parasols for the base and a darling young man who plays the violin, sells old bottles and digs for treasure ... more on that soon!

Brimfield: day two

They say a picture is worth a thousand words ...

Brimfield: first impressions

Been back just about 6 hours now, but had to share these first few photos. In a word, W * O * W ...

Countdown

Just 10 hours, 4 minutes and 29 seconds, nope 28, make that 27 ... til my plane leaves for the antique/thrift/junk sale to end all antique/thrift/junk sales. I mean, just look at this map! I'm practically hyperventilating!

Sale news!

This time next week, I'll be in Brimfield, Mass for the big, Big, BIG sale there! What's Brimfield you may ask? According to their website, the "Brimfield Show is a huge, vast undertaking, filled with thousands of dealers ... selling everything from the finest antiques to 'yard junk'***, requiring a day or two to see everything there is to see." I'm going with two friends who are driving back a truck, so there will be lots of room for treasures!I've never been and can hardly wait! In order to clear out room for all the goodies I plan to bring back, I've decided to have a sale this weekend ... both in the virtual and the real world. For any purchases made on-line thru Sunday midnight (EST), use coupon code BRIMFIELD to get 25% off your entire order! And if any of you live in the Northern Virginia area, I'm having a yard sale on Saturday, May 7 (if you're in the area, drop me an e-mail at thepaperfleamarket@yahoo.com and I'll give you directions) *** Yard junk ... yeah, that's where I'll be!

A giveaway!

My friend Mel over at Ephemeraology http://ephemeraology.blogspot.com/ and I have cooked up another giveaway. Hop on over to her site and get all the details on how you could win a $20 gift certificate to The Paper Flea Market. And just in time, I'm posting more new goodies daily! For example, look at these fabulous boxes of paper dolls ... Magic Mary Lou and her little sister Magic Mary! Cute, cute, cute!

New stuff at the store!

Busy, busy, busy posting lots of new goodies to the store ... like these cute little paper dolls. And this Portugese school notebook ... And this portfolio of cut-n-color birds And this fab little school workbook ... See Spot run over to www.thepaperfleamarket.com now!

Paper bag swap update

The paper bags are starting to roll in ... it's great fun to see the variety of graphics, sizes, colors and paper! Hopefully I'll have all of them by the end of the week so that I can send the bundles out early next week. PS - I've already got an idea for the next swap ... start thinking telephone ...