mummified. easy peasy halloween decorating.

mummify that pretty little dress form

you have hanging around the house

by just wrapping her with cheesecloth.

my cheesecloth happens to be dirty old estate sale cheesecloth,

but you can easily grunge up new hardware store cheesecloth 

with a brief tea bath.

add a dollar tree skeleton necklace, stick her on the porch, and

she is ready to scare all the little kiddies

 in your neighborhood.

adding new things at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

come by for a visit.

p.s.  last weekend i mummified my last 4 dress forms

        and sold them all.  sometimes it just takes a little

        something extra.

teeny tiny.

SOLD

at only 4 inches high this teeny, tiny vintage wire gutter cap

cbc

{couldn't be cuter}

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

haunted autumn.

SOLD

two sizes of vintage metal sign letters now available.

pick your own letters, numbers, or words

at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

domes of doom~ easy peasy halloween decorating.

more diabolical decorating...

and easy.

take those domes you use to cover

cute kitties and other sweet things

the rest of the year...

and fill them with dollar tree skulls.

add a big splash of orange

with a border of vintage tickets

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

november 1 the terror can be over

and cute things can reign again.

just like that.

the domes of doom are now all sold.  black and orange

tickets still available.

come here, my little pretty...

all this week i have been working on my spooky display

for this weekend's elkhorn flea market.

just picture me rubbing my hands together and 

thinking diabolical thoughts.

these "poison bottles" are in my easy shop right now.

love those dollar tree spiders.

come into my laboratory

anythinggoeshere.etsy.

tools of the trade.

i love good tools.

both my grandfather and dad were skilled carpenters.

they always had quality tools in their workshops.

calipers are SOLD

these lovely american calipers are a recent estate sale find.

i couldn't resist a little macabre humor

 in doing their photo.

this week i have been working on my display for the elkhorn flea market 

this upcoming weekend

it is going to be all about dr. frankenstein's laboratory.

~~~~~~~

beakers and lab glass

wire baskets

old black box cameras

industrial dials and gauges

mummified dressforms

spooky bottles * black boxes

and

some fun vintage store displays.

~~~~~~~

calipers available at anythinggoeshere.etsy

an apple with a surprise inside. yes, santa!

last time you saw this photo i was selling the scale.

today i am selling the vintage wooden apple toys

in the basket on the scale.

here you can see them in the front row from

the article about my wooden apple collection in

country living magazine.

they is part of another gradual destash of a long time collection.

these guys came together from an estate sale.

SOLD

they have a funny surprise inside.

yes, a gang of tiny santas.

and they are leaving here together.

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

loving these storks

SOLD

saturday at the estate sale of a former antiques dealer

i found one of the cutest things i have seen in a long time.

a 1930's stork baby shower centerpiece.

 charming whimsy at its best.

are these guys cute, or what?

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

things i have never seen before~ 1930's wallpaper seam rollers with bakelite rollers

when i am out shopping for anythinggoeshere.etsy

i am always on the hunt for things i have NEVER seen before

during my 40+ years of being an antiques dealer.

last sunday morning i found another one, 

or i should say 3 of them.

SOLD

these are 1930's wallpaper seam rollers with both

bakelite rollers and wonderful wood-grained handles.

such great detailing for such simple, utilitarian items.

now available as an instant collection

at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

having fun with my stuff.

i am always playing with my stuff.

couldn't resist making something fun with

this old clock case before i sent it off to be sold.

luckily 2 of my tiny dogs agreed to having their photos taken

so i could give you an idea what to do with this thing!

just listed at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

now it is back to the salt mines for me.

easy peasy halloween decorating...

you know by now that i like an easy holiday decorating project

and this one couldn't be easier.

just a handful of old clip-on curtain rings

 some old tickets

and 

a few altered instant ancestors.

i have the old german curtain rings

and the vintage orange and black tickets

available at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

you are on your own with the instant ancestors.


p.s. the skulls are from the dollar tree.

for the love of a wire basket.

last weekend i attended a barn sale that happens in our area

every couple of years.

and i got several nice things to 

sell in my etsy shop.

but this vintage wire office basket is by far

my favorite purchase.

SOLD

i love a good old wire basket

and this is a gem.

see it at anythinggoeshere.etsy.

yummy.

mcclelland barclay lily pad bookends

sunday i was out before the sun was up poking around my favorite

parking lot flea market.

this is the kind of place where display is a blue tarp on the ground. 

then i spied these beauties.  the vendor and i made the deal

and i was on my way.

i thought they were nice, but it turns out they are really, really nice.

i couldn't find out anything about them on the internet and 

i couldn't read the maker's mark.

i was stumped until i decided that those are water lily leaves.

then it all came together.

they were designed by mcclelland barclay (1891-1943) around 1930.

he was an very well known new york illustrator, 

as well as a designer of jewelry and decorative items.

i hate doing research.  i am "a buy it and sell it" kind of girl,

but this Monday morning tracking down information about these bookends was fun.

well, back to work on listing the items i am going to sell.

it was a busy weekend at le shop, anythinggoeshere.etsy.

come by for a visit.

look at those gray hairs.  who could they belong to?????

anythinggoeshere.etsy on etsy's front page!

those are my beakers in the bottom row!

anythinggoeshere.etsy and Completely Coastal

i sold this beauty earlier this summer, and today it is featured in a fun post

about displaying your beach treasures in wire baskets.

pop over to see the rest of the post from

maya@completely coastal.

i love the combination of wire and nature.

don't you?

halloween lite

SOLD

a few days of cooler weather and my thoughts

turn to............... halloween!

yes, the calendar turns to september

and my mind starts thinking about scary and creepy stuff.

all the paper clamps are SOLD

truth is, i don't go in for the really scary stuff,

but my recent large purchase of vintage lab glass

has given me some fun stuff to create with.

SOLD

a little dr. frankenstein's laboratory.

SOLD

and a scary specimen.

SOLD

bubble, bubble. 

toil and trouble.

and

some antique french ink bottles 

thrown in for comic relief.



the lab glass and french bottles are available
at anythinggoeshere.etsy.