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Weekend Shopping with Dad

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Not sure how you spent your weekend, but I spent mine shopping with my pop.  There were two antique shows back to back down south, combined with visits to various thrift stores.  Plus, putting the finished touches on the 1960s rickshaw we purchased awhile back and seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark on the really big IMAX screen!

While neither show had much with regards to clothes, I still scored quite a few items.  Saturday brought Antiques in the Streets in downtown Albany, and later that day my dad and I brought some fresh items (including the rickshaw! So if you’re interested, you must visit Retro Rejuvenation) into our space at my friend Lyndsie’s shop, Retro Rejuvenation, in the tiny town of Coburg in preparation for the Coburg Antique Fair on Sunday.

Retro Rejuvenation was hoppin’ all throughout Sunday, and Lyndsie had recently got a huge consignment of Bauer ware that drew many people into the shop.  Now I rarely talk about items I didn’t buy…but this is too cool not to talk about… I found a perfume spray vending machine…yes, you read right, a perfume spray vending machine.  You put in your dime under the cologne of your choice, then, holding your wrist or neck close to the spray nozzle push in upon the plunger to receive the spritz.  It was a little rough, but tempting at $65.  I ultimately passed, and instead dished out big bucks on a sweetheart bracelet.

In terms of purchases, I picked up this fabulous south of the border themed table runner, along with two Disney magazines featuring Zorro on the cover, and the Zorro plate and bowl that go with the Zorro cup I purchased awhile back at Antique Alley! So now I have the complete set!  I also bought this great salmon colored bangle from Lyndsie.

More scores included two Starburst bowls – one berry and one cereal, the previously mentioned sweetheart bracelet and an Egyptian revival brooch.

I also picked up two fabulous 1940s hats!  I’ve been craving one of these ladies fedoras for sometime, but never came across one that worked out, until I found this beauty.  Then I also got this glorious black velvet number.

And last, but certainly not least, I bought this amazing 1950s desk!  The Ikea creation we had when we first moved was planned to be temporary until we found something more suited to our mid-century needs.  But finding old desks is quite difficult if you are in the market for something that isn’t a roll-top.

I also picked up the final pieces for my Halloween costume…which I am planning on getting done before the end of the month.  I still have so much embroidery to do! I hope you had a lovely weekend!

Retro Rejuvenation

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Earlier I mentioned that my friend Lyndsie is opening up an antique mall in the small town of Coburg (located just five miles north of Eugene).  Over the last few days my dad and I scoured the house top to bottom selecting items to fill out our new space at her mall, followed by hours arranging and pricing all of the delightful treasures.

Lyndsie and her family have spent the last few weeks getting the place prepped for opening.  With its candy colored walls, Retro Rejuvenation will be a perfect 2,500 square foot shop full of amazing vintage pieces of clothing, kitchenware, mid-century furniture, ceramics, and even “mantiques”, thanks to my dad.

I love to see new and local businesses come into being, and it is even better that I get to be a part of it.

Lyndsie was such a doll, she let me shop her gorgeous items and I picked up two pieces I simply couldn’t leave without. But tune in tomorrow to see those beauties!

Retro Rejuvenation will be opening it doors this Saturday, but join Lyndsie for her Grand Opening party on Sunday, July 15th.

Vintage Ventures

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Today I received a mix of news.  First, the bad news…I received a text message from my friend Lyndsie, located down in Eugene, that one of our favorite vintage shops, Puttin’ on the Ritz, suffered a horrible fire.  We have yet to hear if their entire inventory is lost, and what this means for the future of the business.  All I can say is that I am devastated, and my thoughts are with the owners and I wish them the best of luck in moving forward in whatever direction they choose.

UPDATE: Puttin’ on the Ritz has decided to consign all of their recovered inventory to Julie of Fab Gabs Vintage.

Meanwhile, Lyndsie has been one busy gal! She recently leased out the space of my former upholsterer in Coburg and is looking for dealers for her new shop Retro Rejuvenation.  My dad and myself have joined her in her venture, and will soon being opening up another branch of The Atomic Hideaway inside her new antique mall.

Photo Courtesy of Lyndsie Denton

Next week I will be heading down to Eugene to help out with sorting, pricing, and moving items into the new space.  Since this location will be manned by my dad, we look forward to bringing in “man-tiques” (auto memorabilia, and such) and possibly older, turn-of-the-century items.  I look forward to spending time with my dad and helping out a dear friend.  I want Lyndsie to be successful in this business.  She is a girl who loves the style and glamour of the 40s and 50s, and has a super keen eye for fantastic items (just check out that dress already in the window! And the fact she’s using Starburst in her design)!  Sometimes I simply can’t believe the things she scores!  The antique world needs to know that it is people like myself and Lyndsie who are the future of this business, and we want to keep antique and vintage items alive and pass them along to homes where they will be loved.

I hope to keep you up to date on our progress.

Yee Haw!

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Awhile ago my dad came to visit and we did what we always do when we’re together…shop! One of the places we stopped in at was Monticello Antiques.  For the most part the mall leans toward the current vintage trend of catering to the designer/shabby chic market, so the place is full of once beautiful furniture now painted white and all that kind of junk. (My feelings toward this trend could be an entry in itself) But, there are some real vintage treasures to be found.  There are cases full of vintage jewelry, as well as clothing scattered about including this beauty…

When I saw this hand knit “Cowichan” sweater with its fab cowboy motif, I had a hard time containing myself, but the price tag scared me a bit.  Plus it wore a little tight, and had a little too short of sleeves – so short that I couldn’t wear many of my western wear with it – probably because it is most likely a child’s sweater. So I talked myself out of it.  But when I got home and it was all I could talk to Pat about!  So, we woke up the next morning and went back out there to buy it.  And I haven’t regretted it.

Do any of you have items that once you got home you instantly felt a need to return and purchase?

Glad for Gifted Gloves

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I am quickly becoming the go-to girl for anything deemed “vintage” by my friends and relatives.  Over the weekend I met up with my mum and my second-cousin, Bobbie, for lunch.  We popped over to the Multnomah Village area and ate at my favorite restaurant there, Fat City, a small diner that has served up yummy dishes for over 30 years, as well as the location where former Portland mayor fired Police Chief Jim Davis in 1987 – a favorite PDX history fact of mine.  After a tasty meal at Fat City Cafe we stopped into Multnomah Antique Gallery (sadly, the only antique shop left in the area) where I drooled over some darling coats (despite the good prices, I resisted since I really don’t need anymore coats) as well as some wonderful rhinestone brooches, before settling on a pair of snake skin spring-o-laters.

I’m really looking forward to wearing these at an upcoming vintage luncheon later this month.

After our small excursion we went back to Bobbie’s for more chit-chat and Bobbie presented me with some items from her late-mother’s estate, including several pairs of wonderful gloves!

I was thrilled to accept the items that had once belonged to my late great-aunt, especially since two pairs were the sheer kind for summer time wear.  The pair on the far right, although you really can’t tell, is a pair of swede plum colored gloves! A color I did not yet own!

I hope 2012 is treating you well so far!

Flea Market Morning

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It’s been awhile since I updated, but it’s been a busy week. I’ve been frantically buying last minute gifts, not to mention all the wrapping (this year I’m boycotting gift bags! Boxes, paper and bows all the way!), we shot our Christmas photo ourselves, which was a trying experience that lasted two evenings, I have a pile of Christmas cards to create, and not to mention the mother-in-law came over for dinner! But in the meantime…

This morning we popped over to the Antique Alley flea market to see what goodies we could find…

While there were many, many items I wanted to snatch up and call my own, I had to resist…My new favorite holiday outfit, as seen above as I was explaining the poinsettia, was getting loads of comments, as was my new snood (purchased here) and poinsettia, which I purchased along with some other vintage Christmas corsages at Bohemian Vintage.  You’ll be seeing loads more pictures of this favorite new dress and bolero set as more holiday posts roll in…

As for my purchases…well, I did buy a few gifts, and then a few for myself, including…

This fantastic Rudolph brooch and this celluloid greens and lantern pin – I can’t seem to get enough of the figural Christmas jewelry. And then I snatched up this pair of turquoise and gold metal flake earrings.

Well, I guess it’s back to the Christmas card grind…Ho ho ho!