Is it Spring yet?

As you can see... Sping Fever has kicked in!

She Had Taken Wing

Feathered Friends - A Chorus Line

Have a happy day!

only two weeks away!

We are getting close to the sale at my house, and I am just a wee bit excited!

We have artists bringing pottery, jewelry, art, tie-dyes, photography and so much more.

My Mom is coming with vintage buttons and costume jewelry and there will be lots of tag sale tables set up. I will also have some vintage wares at very reasonable prices.

Of course SWEET MOJO will be set up in the sunroom, so it's a perfect time to smell all of our scents!

I wish some of my bloggy friends lived closer, I know we'd have a ball!

The Plenty To Do Farm

I am hosting an Arts-Crafts & Tag Sale at my house on July 24th & 25th! We will have lots of crafters & artists from the Etsy Maine Team setting up their wares along with Tag sale items & vintage goodies.

I am using my blog today to show the potential vendors the space we will have!

Sweet Mojo & Junque Revival will be set up in the sunroom off the deck. We will also have a table of decorative tag sale items. I'll also be selling some vintage goodies....

We'll close off the driveway and have vendors set up along the front
For those who like shade, there's plenty of trees to set up under, and for the sun lovers we can start around the gardens
And id we have enough vendors, we'll take it to the back field!

I am working on the posters now, so I'll post it with all of the details soon!

The Owl Who Knew Too Much

A tale of an owl

There was a church with a very old bell tower that sat on top of a hill in a small village in Maine. From the church you could see the village on one side and the ocean below on another. In back of the church there stood a small stand of trees where an owl lived. The owl would sit for hours on top of the bell tower to hunt for small moles and other delictable treats. The villagers felt very superstitous about this old owl. They knew he knew their secrets, because for many years they felt he was listening in on their most private confessions. To appease the owl each villager commissioned the local Metalsmith to make them a doorknocker in the shape of an owl. They felt their secrets would be safe with the owl if they showed him the respect he deserved. The Metalsmith and his family became so well known in the area for their owl doorknockers, he created this necklace for his daughter and wife to wear.

Summer Challenge

The Etsy Maine Team is having a summer challenge!

For me, summer in Maine has lots of different meanings, but one of my faves is the time I spend right here at home in the country. Surrounded by gardens, fields, woods, butterflies and birds, I am constantly finding inspiration! I created BFF using a vintage Grange name tag holder. I used an image from my antique photo collection to make the little fairy-girl, who became best friends with the little bird, both born the same day in a secret Maine garden in the woods.

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

If you'd like to see all of the entries from some fabulous Maine artists, just go to Etsy and search (under handmade) MAINESUMMER

vintage to wear and to decorate

Urban Boho

I just put this new piece up for sale at Junque Revival

I wanted to keep it a bit more modern then my usual look. I combined a vintage drawer-pull plate with an antique victorian button, but kept it light on a simple copper chain.

I have a second shop at Etsy where I have been selling vintage items and destash. I've found some boxes of old treasures in the second story of the barn from the antiquing days. There are finds that I forgot I even had. I've kept a few found-objects for making jewelry, but most I'm cleaning out in hopes they'll find a new home with a new appreciation!

This Goddess wall plaque is ultra shabby-chic

I adore this English bone cup and saucer....

Whenever I look at it I think how fun it would be to have a garden tea-party!

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Last fall I found a stray kitty at my bird feeders. It's occured to me that I haven't kept you all posted on our little Bella. Well she's not so little anymore. It didn't take long for the dirty bag-of-bones to clean up! Here she is 9 months later.....

As you can see, she knows a good home when she sees one!

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So after writing this post, I'm finding it will definetly take a little getting used to here at Blogger. The one issue I just had, was that the photos went straight to the top when I uploaded them, making it a total freakin' pain! I usually write, add a photo, write some more, add another photo. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but if anyone has some advice, I'd love to hear it! After all these years of blogging with the same service, it might be hard to change my ways!