This weekend is hopefully going to be a filled with finding loads of wonderful vintage items.  On Saturday, the town of Albany plays host to Antiques in the Streets.  They will even have an appraisal table.  The event starts at 8 am! The next day, just a little further south, the quaint town of Coburg (located five miles north of Eugene) has their annual antique fair.  Over 350 dealers bring their wares to the park area in the center of town.  The event begins at 8 am as well.  I’ll be attending both events along with doing some more thrifting in the Eugene area with my dad.  Maybe I’ll see you there!

Meanwhile, last night was Dealer Night at Antique Alley – food, fellow dealers, and more vintage inventory!  I realized that my small bookshelf wasn’t cutting it, and bought a new, taller shelf to replace the smaller one, but it turns out, I had enough room for both selves!  I was thrilled!  So there are loads of new vintage goodies in at The Atomic Hideaway, including clothes, shoes, a working Polaroid camera, photo stills from movies, more vintage patterns, more vintage pulps, more ladies hats, more fedoras, more items in the $1 Suitcase, and a set of Pyrex bowls.  Not to mention lots of markdowns too!  The Atomic Hideaway is located inside Antique Alley at 2000 NE 42nd Ave, in the heart of the Hollywood District.  Shop online too! On Ebay and on Etsy!

I will be listing more items hopefully next week.  I’ve been kind of swamped lately.  I have got to get our wedding invitations out next week, which means printing, cutting, and putting them together.  We had to put off printing them until we met up with the event planner at the location, because we had some timing questions that would affect what time the wedding would be.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Well, here it is…Friday.  I spent the good majority of my week sorting through and doing research on the soft core pornography posters that I discussed earlier.  All of them are available to look at on my Facebook fan page.  Click to take a look.  I am choosing to make them available on Ebay instead of Etsy, seeing that Etsy is a better realm for clothing and accessories, and not kitch or posters.  So far I have only posted two on Ebay.  Notifications of listings for the posters will be via Facebook and Twitter.  I also spent a good chunk of time sifting through over 500 45s to put in my space at Antique Alley.  So if you’re on the Portland area, and dig 45s, go check ‘em out!  Only $1 a pop!

Meanwhile, I just listed this stunning black gown by Jane Andre on Etsy.  Talk about Holly Golightly!

I would have kept this beauty for myself, however, it’s itty bitty, just like Miss Hepburn was too.  So if you have a 24 inch waist and $75, go for it!  As I mentioned in the listing, I believe this gown can be easily shortened to provide a much more versatile cocktail length.

As for the weekend…My mom is coming to visit, and we’re going to do some shopping and hopefully some sewing so I can get started on my Halloween costume!  Hope you have a lovely weekend, dear readers!

I spent this past weekend antiquing with my dad.  He came up from Eugene to pick me up, and we drove back along 99, hitting up all of the shops and malls along the way.  On Saturday we went to the small town of Brownsville.  Located about twenty miles north of Eugene, Brownsville is a quaint little town with a handful of antique shops in its old fashioned downtown.  It is also the location of where Stand By Me was filmed, and every August they host a Stand By Me car cruise weekend, followed a few weekends later by their antique show in the park.  I love going to Brownsville, and I love that this show is in the park, under the shade of large trees, however you have to comb over the show about three times to make sure you got to every booth, since it isn’t exactly the most organized show, meaning there aren’t aisles really, but just sections that follow pre-existing walking paths.  But regardless, there are always wonderful things to buy and see!

Some of the highlights…this wonderful crimson Alison Ayres dress that I picked up for $8.00.  Sorry about not being able to see the neckline, but it’s just a simple circle neck, nothing special.  Also picked up a 1940s brochure for Seaside, a brochure from the 1946 Rose Festival, and an information guide for Civil Defense in Portland from 1959, and my favorite item, rhinestone Ike earrings!  How outrageous, right?  I had to have them since I have a brooch that matches them exactly!

Additionally, over the course of our antiquing road trip, I bought some things for my shop and my dad provided me with some items as well, including a collection of 1970s softcore porn posters…

No, my dad is not a porn fanatic or anything…about 25 years ago he bought all of the movie posters from this cinema that was closing.  About 2000 posters in all, and these were among them.  I figured the softcore ones may be hot right now, considering the grindhouse and cult market that is out there.  Some come with lobby cards and/or stills.  These will be available on Etsy in the near future.

I’m back up and running on Etsy! Finally!  Etsy items will be items I simply don’t feel comfortable putting in my antique space.  These are expensive items (usually $70 and up), extremely fragile items, or extremely small items of clothing.  Women love to see if they can squeeze into a small this or that, and often this results in items becoming damaged.  So if you’re a teeny tiny girl, come see what I have in store!

Also, tonight is Alex Sandra’s Tiki Fashion show at Tony Starlight’s! Not sure if it’s sold out or not.  Give ‘em a call! I can’t wait!

With arms full of vintage clothing and 1950s dishes, not to mention Patrick loaded down with fixtures, we shuffled into Antique Alley to load into my antique space. After building a shelf and doing some final pricing at the shop, I was able to proudly present my space, The Atomic Hideaway, to the antique world!  I’m thrilled to have a space of my own.  Selling on Etsy just wasn’t working for me.  I’ve never been a big fan of buying online, let alone jumping through the hoops to sell online.  I sincerely respect the people who have the patience to buy and sell online.  For someone with little patience, like myself, it just didn’t jive.  I’ve been getting lots of help from my parents, who were pioneers in the antique world in Eugene.  And they seem proud of me that I’m moving along quite quickly for being in Portland for only two weeks.

So, if you’re in the Portland area, come visit me at Antique Alley, located in the heart of the Hollywood District, at 2000 NE 42nd Ave.  There are loads of fabulous booths to check out, along with other antique malls just next door and across the street!

With 48 days until graduation, and subsequent moving, I’ve been giving serious thought to job opportunities, and have settled on the thought that I would really enjoy opening up a vintage clothing store…seems so obvious, doesn’t it?  Well, I figured to get the ball rolling, (while also waiting to find a shop front) I’d open up and Etsy account.  So, I’m proud to present Atomic Hideaway Vintage!

It’s been pretty nerve wracking to say the least.  I just made my first sale yesterday, quite quicker than I anticipated, I must say, I doubted to make a sale within my first month of listing anything!  Anyhow, I’ll be posting when I list a new item, just to give a heads up.  Here’s a taste of what’s available right now!