Get organized!

Well actually get organized and look good while doing it! Our display this month is about brass and enamel words and letters/numbers to organize your pantry or make a big old perpetual chalkboard for yourself. And while you are getting organized wear some Repent clothes that set you apart and show your fun style. The brass numbers/words/letters are made locally and help you label your pantry or hang on a necklace for your best friend (or yourself)! So come on into Monticello Antique marketplace and do some shopping. Get organized and have fun doing it with Repent Antiques!

Sneak Peek

Guess I have taken a break from blogging! Not intended really but life just happens sometimes. The weather here in Washington has been wonderful and spring is ahead of schedule. I have been having fun discovering what is coming up in my new yard. Someone before me liked plants so I am off to a good start! Not enough hours in the day!

So here are some pics of my new display. Repent Clothes! Vintage lace and recycled shirts and slips to layer for the casual lifestyle with a little extra! It all started a few years ago when I bought a cotton shirt I just loved - the fabric, the style and the pockets! The price was a little high but I figured quality was a good purchase. Nope - the first time I washed it  shrunk up! So using my sewing skills I added length to it with some vintage lace. Every time I wore it women would ask me where I had purchased it. So now I have finally made some for sale. 

The other part of the display are some locally made brass and enamel tags. From letters (wear your initial) to numbers (put the number on her birthday package as the tag) to words ( tie them on jars or make key rings). I just love them and have some plans for using them in my new home. I have also almost finished a GIANT chalkboard perpetual calendar using the number tags. I will post pics when it is done.

So I will make a better effort to post as I change displays. Or you could gather up the "girls" and do a shopping day at Monticello in Portland. I could provide lunch! So enjoy spring here cause it sure beats what the east coast is getting... Mary

The display from nowhere!

Now that I live in Washington, right across the beautiful Columbia River one would think selling antiques in Portland, OR at Monticello Marketplace was going to be so easy. Remember - I used to live in Cottage Grove, OR and had to drive two and a half hours to get to Portland. But our new home has no place for my antiques. Yes, we are working on getting a barn built but it takes months. So this new display literally came from nowhere. I had no place to set it up - I am a two and a half hour drive from my current warehouse - so it was a difficult one. It happened and has sold well already. The primitive hutch and chippy table sold the first day. I never even got pictures! So I was back in today with more furntiure to fill in the gaps. I am always amazed at how many wonderful customers come up to me to say how much they love our booth. It is heartwarming. So from nowhere it came but I got it done. So on a cold, rainy day go do some shopping at Monticello on Stark in Portland. Maybe I will see you there!  I look forward to 2015 (and a barn) and the promise of new things to come. Celebrate and may the New Year be one of your best.... Mary

Christmas Cheer

Santa has come to our booth in Monticello. We did a traditional red and white Christmas with a garden twist! There are lots of lemon cyprus topiaries and rosemary trees to brighten and scent any room in your home for the season. There are two large vintage watering cans - one is a red Hawes from England. Fill it with holly on your front porch for a grand welcome! There are vintage red paper bells to hang and Balsam and Cedar candles to scent the air. I love the large white snowflake stars that light up - Silent Night style. I even made simple stockings from some vintage kitchen curtains and they hang from the white mantel from an assortment of sad irons. So the Monticello Christmas Show starts on this Friday. Get in to see the magic and enjoy the show. Repent Antiques is up front in our regular booth as I decided not to be in the show because of our pending move. We are awaiting word from the underwriter so that we may sign and start hauling! Have yourself a grand Thanksgiving full of family, friends and good food. We will do the same.

Finally Fall!

It is finally Fall! We had rain and now cooler temperatures too. The light is just dirfferent -have you noticed it too. I love it and the energy that comes from a new season. So we made our way back up to Monticello to add some merchandise to walls and shelves that had sold. I even had friends texting me pictures of empty spaces (thanks Janet and hope you found some cool treasures). I added a collection of sweet 1940's samplers, a large wicker basket that I hung on the wall and a well built wicker chair with a new cushion. So the Fall Show ends on Sunday and it has been a good one - we sold alot of furniture too. We will load up what is left and back into the warehouse in Cottage Grove it will go. Then I will load up Halloween and change out the front display that you see here. So watch for that and enjoy the beginning of Fall. Think I will go make some squash soup..... Mary

White pumpkins

 I love white pumpkins. I have nothing against the traditional orange ones but the white ones just send me. We had them last year too but this year the grower grew a few different sizes besides the big ones. What fun to decorate with. And I am not the only one who likes them because Monticello just called me and six hours into the show we have sold out of the big ones! So if you want a big one you will have to give me a day to get them up to Portland. 

 Our booth at Monticello has been taken over by cows, pigs and sheep too.

 A wonderful wooden trough to pile with pumpkins.

So come see what the fuss is about. I am so ready for fall... Mary

Monticello Fall Show

 Why I LOVE my Sprinter! It holds so much and makes my job so much easier. So from this pile came this fall display=

 The dresser is so wonderful. It is grain painted to look like pine and has hand carved wooden handles!  One of a kind.

 The little 2 1/2" mason jars can be place settings with water and a fresh flower. They also slip over little white lights! How cute are they!

 Willow trays that are 36" or 60" to pile with fall pumpkins and berries!

 We have every color and shape of pumpkin from a local grower.

The Fall Show at Monticello kicked off at 8:00 am and runs through September 28. Go see all the displays and get your home ready for fall. The dealers add merchandise daily. I am taking two more boxes up on Saturday myself. So get up to Portland for a day of shopping. Maybe I will see you there... Mary