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| Sara has been painting again - this time on an old cupboard door. "Chicks for Sale" how cute is that! This one really looks old but we make sure the tag says "New" on it. A nice one Sara! |
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| You have to love the chippy paint. Looks like it sat in the weather for years. Come down to Monticello Antique Marketplace in Portland to see it and all the other amazing displays! |
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| A fresh new display to start the New Year. The quilt is a real Amish made black sateen piece with a great graphic to it. Sara took the wooden cubbie that I had bought because it needed a complete re-do and she made it amazing. She replaced the bottom of all 48 drawers and put new knobs on them. She stained it and painted the "Edgar & Sons sign on top in gold paint. It is an amazing piece now and for sale for $295.00 (I told her she could not get $2,295.00 to cover the cost of her time and supplies). |
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| Each drawer still has it's brass holder so you can label your supplies. |
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| Kokodama - literally translates to "Moss ball" in Japanese. You can plant them with orchids and lady slippers as we did or choose any plant you wish. We stuffed them with wet spaghnum moss to make those orchids happy. They have hangers but look good sitting on a pretty saucer too. Green and growing! Love them. |
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| Another sign by Sara - Bakery. Lots of wire racks and plate holders to get your kitchen organized. |
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| So get down to Monticello Antique Marketplace on Stark in Portland and see all the new displays including ours. Maybe I will see you there.... Mary |
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| As furniture sells in our booth we must replace it. Sometimes it is hard to find the right size piece to fit the spot. Sara just finished building this vintage suitcase table.She used some old table legs we have had for awhile. She put a nice clean sheet of plywood inside so you can store anything you want - even linens! It turned out very nice Sara. While I was setting up the display several customers asked questions about it. Soooo- I have begun looking for another piece that size in our warehouse as I do not think this one will last long! Good job Sara! |
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| A Hunter's Dream is a 1904 Lithograph that just glows. |
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| A Christmas house on the granite top fern stand. The pinecone votives are lovely when lite. So the Christmas show goes on - come see what is new at Monticello Antique Marketplace in Portland. |
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| Sara continues to create and sell her signs. This one is inter-active with the tree types sliding in and out. Well done Sara. Love your signs.... |
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| I promised you pics of Sara's new sign in our red display in our booth and here it is. The metal shelf has little holes that almost look like stars. Very nice Sara! Love the patina. |
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| Love the whole metal, grey thing with fresh greenery... |
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| Now onto our back tree in the Monticello Christmas show that opens on Friday morning. Vintage white tree with a ruffled tree shirt. Looks like it snowed.... |
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| Another of Sara's signs with gold accents! Beautiful! |
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| A primitive chippy hutch full of white bottlebrush trees, dark belsnickles and paperwhites! |
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| A child's white ironstone tea set as they wait for Santa! |
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| A vintage rusty car taking the Christmas tree home in the trunk. |
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| Elegant moose and mica giftboxes made in the USA. The pig is an advertising piggy bank from Iowa. |
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| Fur like stockings, child size folding wooden chairs and a handmade sign. Welcome Christmas! So get into this Christmas show and enjoy the displays. We did our best and wait till you see the other dealers efforts! Shop vintage and recycled and help save the world....Merry Christmas from Mary and Sara! (Thank you Ben and Bob for helping with the loading and unloading). |
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| Sometimes your life steers you in a direction and you don't even see it coming! So that was how I met this awesome farm table with the awesome metal top. It was made by Gordon Lesslie for his wife, Judi and family. I know many delicious meals were shared on this farm table. Memories were made. That was one thing I always made happen as I raised my family - we all ate dinner together and shared our day. Special times. So now we have this wonderful farm table ready for a new family to make their memories... |
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| In the same metal theme I came across this pedal car. Kids spent a lot of time in it being kids and making memories. It is still in good working order but would look good on your porch too. |
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| Pointsettias, lime green cyprus, cement grey rabbits make for a pleasing Christmas color theme. Doesn't Sara do great displays...she and Ben came all the way up to help me. She said "I will help you - it's what we do". |
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| Christmas trees in metal olive buckets with twinkling lights and galvanized star ornaments continue the metal theme. The local, fresh wreaths smell wonderful... |
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| This wall is not done as we left the hand painted Christmas tree sign (on metal) behind when we packed the van. I will post pics of it tomorrow. My daughter Sara paints the best vintage looking signs! The garden art globes are made by another friend (thanks Greg and Leighanne) out of found metal pieces. We put buckets of fresh greenery in them but they would be awesome with pumpkins or big pots of summer blooms too. The Monticello Christmas show opens on Friday at 8:00 am. We have a display in the show too. Will post picks of it tomorrow.The show will be amazing and continues through Christmas As I type this my daughter and son-in-law are waiting for their ride to pick them up in Salem as he was closer than us. On their way home tonight they hit a deer on I-5 and their car burst into flames. They are fine. So I just got my Christmas present - thank you Lord for keeping them safe! Nothing else matters...nothing. |
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| From Haloween to Christmas? Not me as I love Thanksgiving. So today we changed out our space to a Thanksgiving display. |
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| From vintage French chairs to some nice squash in an unusual color. It is time to be Thankful..... |
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| Linen aprons to cook that turkey and your specialty side dish. |
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| Copper makes this display shine. The artwork is special. When I first saw it I felt like every woman right after the big meal. I call it "It took me 3 days to cook it and 20 minutes for them to eat it!" is what I am calling it. You understand.... So get into Monticello for the items in this display. On November 20th the Christmas Open House opens and this display will be gone. So have a wonderful time with family and friends... and always be thankful.... Mary |
