We've rented a flea market booth!

What were we thinking? I was ready to donate all the rest of the stuff in the basement. As a matter of fact the DAV truck was coming to our street in a few weeks! But Mickey said HE was just going to rent a booth and put the stuff in it!
It was quite a wreck when we rented it. The back wall was brick but painted yellow. The floor is concrete, but painted hunter green and sponge painted with white blobs. So we went to work.
We hung burlap on the back walls and white fabric on the sides (to cover the dusty chicken wire!) Then painted the floor a clean white and I stamped these fleur-de-lis on it! Yesterday I filled it up with HALLOWEEN decorations and dress-up supplies!

Wednesday~Noon...

The painted floor



Hung some shutters


And Voila! Yesterday at about 2:30!




Wish us luck. We chose the STD flea market that's close to the MSU campus~ Hopefully the kids will find some costumes for Halloween!

Peace,
Sheri

The "Sale before the Sale"

His wife thinks it's funny. His obsessive-compulsive behavior!?!?! This is Kenny.


Tammy, aka Skip to my Ewe's is his wife. They came over yesterday to pre-shop. First pickin's at the garage sale. Kenny has a booth at a flea market and Tammy told him he'd love some of my junk!! You see I have the same OCD that he does. We call it garage saling. Others call us junkers... Whatever you call us, it's addictive. Searching through someone elses junk to find just the right treasure. Kenny will tell you it's always the stuff at the bottom of the box in the back of the garage that's the best. You have to work for it. That's where alot of people miss "the good stuff". They're not willing to get their hands a little dirty.

You know when you have a husband with an obsession it's hard for them to say ANYTHING about our buying wool. That's my hubby in the back of the pic. Holding Jimmie Dean. He's a bass fisherman. Talk about obsessed!!! I told him if he started looking at my wool stash, I'd start counting rubber worms and lures.

Here's a better shot of Kenny's treasures from last night. His truck won't hold another thing!


Renee' and her lovely daughter Haley came over last night too to pre-shop. They made a haul on crafting supplies. Haley's art teacher is letting them expand their creativity and do some altered art projects. She got some good stuff too! Renee' is one of my friends that I hook with at Simply Fibers. (She also works with Tammy) Sorry I didn't get a picture of them.


I also thought I would share with you the "Secret Garden" that Mickey built for me on Mothers day. We filled it up with plants that we divided from our other gardens in the yard. This one is way, way out back.


See that dark black spot in the upper right of this picture? That's my new garden. Like I said way, way back. Our lot is real narrow and deep. Something like 400 feet deep!

I'd better get back to pricing things. I keep pulling out more junk. When will it end?

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend. And BE SAFE!
Peace,
Sheri