Brooklyn Flea 10.22.11

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Just some of the items you will see in my booth at the Brooklyn Fleas on Saturday, October 22nd. Look for me in space W10.

Brooklyn Flea / October 22nd

I am super excited to announce that I will be selling my vintage finds at the Brooklyn Flea Market this Saturday, October 22nd! Stop by to see some of the items pictured below:

1960s Zodiac Pasties / $5 each

Metal Milk Crate / $30 each

United Wooden Sign / $250

There will be TONS more available at my booth including items from rutabagasix and apkhandmade. Find us in spot W10 on Saturday. Send me an email if you're interested in any particular item from my shop and I will be sure to bring it along!

Clover Market

Have you heard of Clover Market? It is a lovely upscale handmade market that happens once a month at select times of year in Ardmore, PA (super close to Philly). This Sunday, the market will be open with over 70 vendors confirmed. If you're free on Sunday, head on over! Here are the details:

Clover Market

12 E. Lancaster Avenue

Ardmore, PA 19003

10am to 4pm

If you can't make it this Sunday, October 16th, be sure to keep November 6th open. That will be the last day the market is open until Spring 2012. Although I personally won't make it this weekend, I am getting ready for the November 6th market, which will be my first time there as a vendor with many items from my funretro shop. If you decide to go, feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of Clover Market!

Brooklyn Flea

On October 1st, I had my first booth at the Brooklyn Flea. For those of you out of the loop, this is one of the coolest flea markets around and was even selected by Budget Travel as one of the best in the country. My sister Amanda, rutabagasix, gave me a hand for the day (Thank you!) It poured for part of the day and we got soaked to the bone, but it was a blast!

Some shots of the booth:

127 Sale

I can't remember when or where I first heard about the 127 Sale. Probably because I was instantly entranced and floated in a daydream just thinking about it....

For those who don't know, the 127 Sale is a mega garage sale spanning the states of Alabama, Georgie, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and new this year, Michigan. That's about 700 miles of more items than you can ever possibly imagine owning. I own and live in a two family house which means I don't have nearly as much room as I like to pretend I have. Yet the idea of doing this sale has been Top Five on my to-do list for years and I decided this was the year it was to be!

Now, if you know me, you won't be surprised to hear that there is no way I was only going to dabble in this sale. Not me. I decided I was going full throttle and hitting every state in the process from Alabama to Ohio (I hadn't known about Michigan when I first planned it, and, alas, work required my attention so it didn't make the cut.

I initially planned to do this alone, just me and my Cocker Spaniel Casey. Then my sister, Amanda, joined in. A few days before leaving my Casey ended up with a hurt paw and couldn't make it. Happily, my longtime friend Eileen jumped in. Let me just say this: I couldn't have asked for better roadtrippers because three girls sitting on ONE bench seat in a pickup for six days and covering 2000 miles...well, you better like each other. And thankfully I love these gals.

The first few days were filled with rainy days and seemingly never-ending dark skies. Not being the girliest of girls, the weather didn't do much to slow us down. We trekked on for days and didn't head back east until the last day of the sale. Our truck was laden with treasures, none of which were regretted later on, I am happy to say.

Some of my treasures have been grouped and shown throughout. Perhaps you'll find some in my etsy shop, but don't be surprised if some never become available for sale. I have willpower but not that much!

You Never Know...

Some people shop for vintage items with careful calculation. They check every label and scan the item with serious precision. I, on the other hand, am completely different. People always ask me, "Where did you find THAT?" I always laugh a little because the truth is, I have NO system! I just look and see what catches my eye. That's it. No label searching. No previous research. Just pure instinct and a feeling like, "That's pretty cool". It is only after I get back home that I start going the typical route of researching value, etc.

So imagine my surprise when I began listing a dress a few days ago and found out that it was an original Oscar de la Renta maxi dress from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Pretty freakin' cool. Guess I should actually start checking labels since I can't even imagine what I have passed up by not checking all these years!

Here is the dress:

So I started searching around Etsy and found some other super awesome Oscar de la Renta maxi dresses. Here for your hippie and boho viewing pleasure:

This one is from Hemlockvintage's shop:

Here is one greenmarketvintage is offering:

And last but not least, a fabulous Oscar de la Renta dress from TripleGemini: