Ma Chambre....

Even though it was over 90 today here, I decided to stay in-doors and take advantage of some free time that seemed to come out of nowhere.  Now trust me because when you do flea markets and such, free time is such a rare luxury that it's ridiculous.  Of course, that's only if you're doing Flea Markets full time like I do.  Anyways, I've always loved the look of chalkboard walls such as this one I found on Apartmenttherapy.com here:

I love their use of dark rich colors and the soft flickering lights from the tea lights.  I am not completely there with my room as you can see the pink wall and door next to my small partition wall (the other side is my office) but I thought doing my chalkboard wall was going to get things started with a huge punch of change in the original set up.  You can also see one of my Art Deco dressers as well.

Tomorrow's Just an Excuse Away.....

good grief....where to start.....Monty, Dior, Rodin, Le Labo......

My older brother and I....1987?....on my dad's motorcycle

love Burled Walnut....

So that's what I did with my time today! lol  I must admit that I had my sister come in and go through all of my collected items (still in moving boxes no less!) and she arranged everything on top of my dresser.  She's a Visual Communications major and she is immensely immensely talented. 

The long lost photos.....

As promised, here are a few of the photos that were trapped in my camera.  I finally got a new cable and decided to upload these real quick.  These were taken at The Long Beach Antique Market just a few weeks back.

definitely changing it up....

This milk glass lamp lights up throughout the entire body.  I had to put it away because of the gusty conditions but it will be available this Sunday at The Irvine Antique market.

This Buddha head was the first thing to go that morning!

Art Nouveau items are always fun

These postcards are totally worth framing.

too cute

Antique Love Letter lots....you won't find them anywhere else at the flea markets here. I guarantee it.

WWI French Sailors working out......or doing the YMCA....not sure

The Ever-Present Menu of course

These frames were fun to make.

C'mon, everybody needs a Madeleine pan!

 See you all this Sunday at The Irvine Flea Market!

a much needed update

Although I've been selling at Flea Markets for over a year, I never really thought I would be where I'm at right now.  I suppose that doing flea markets was something I thought was only going to be temporary as I had plans on continuing my education but it would seem that fate had something else in mind entirely.   

Ça Va was another idea that I thought was going to be temporary to pass the time as I anxiously got closer to my enrollment date for school however after several successful sales, it appeared to be something bigger than I imagined; something with a concrete future that I not only was beginning to love but also a future that is tangible.  I felt my imagination and creativity just exploding with every new piece I picked up and my work has definitely changed from my first solo sale with Ça Va. Not only will Ça Va continue on, it will be expanding with an actual shop with store front quite possibly within the next two months.  There will also be an expansion with what I will carry such as my own art work and other interesting pieces as well. 
 The only problem right now is that when I moved into my new space, I seem to have misplaced my camera's cable so I have not been able to upload images from the last few shows.  Trust me when I say that the new pieces I have are very different and certainly reach our further than the typical shabby chic style I once limited myself to.  

The Irvine Flea Market at The Great Park is coming up this Sunday and I'm very excited as I've got some cool stuff for sale.  I'll try and get some pictures taken with my phone but the camera on it isn't the best.

Bright Sunshine and a Gentle Breeze at The Irvine Flea Market

I'm seriously loving this cool summer as it is making for amazing days at the flea market.  This past Sunday at The Groves Antique Market at The Great Park in Irvine brought lots of new faces and lots of new sellers too.  I actually really enjoyed taking a break and walking around to see the new venders and what they were selling.  It's nice to see such variety from one vender to the next as one too many stalls with all of the same thing can be overwhelming.  Some very cool things I did see were an antique Japanese Samurai Winter Coat with armor, some antique French chairs, a vender with books only from the 19th century, a beautiful chandelier with all of its antique crystals intact, a set of black antique Chinese dressers, and lots of cool vintage hats.  I wish I had taken pictures but my phone decided to not play friendly and I forgot my camera thanks to accidentally sleeping in over 30min lol. 

Here are the few pictures I was able to take and two extra that I felt like including.  I will be at The Rose Bowl Flea Market this coming Sunday with some very very cool stuff.  I will post a picture or two before the weekend of what I will be bringing.

I'm slowly but surely working on my chalk skills!

So many books and not a minute to sit and read them lol I'm glad most of these found a good home on Sunday.

I've had this awesome phonograph player for awhile but decided he needed a good home.  I also magically stumbled across a large collection of 1930s Victor Classical records the day before and sold them all in less than an hour.  I got to play one on the player at least and the sound was awesome and the records were in mint condition too!

Every time I'm in LA, I stop by my favorite Danish bakery in the world called The Hygge Bakery.  It's on Hope Street just a block down from FIDM.  Everything I've had there is amazing and they are beyond friendly.  I took a bite of my Napoleon Hat before I could snap a picture but oh dear lord, it was so worth it. 

I found this little Dakin original at a yard sale and just had to have it!  Named him Kaiju and he has been bringing me luck ever since I picked him out of that dusty box I found him in.  My other cats seem to find him threatening but I'm sure they'll come around haha

last minute deliveries

With all of the time and work it is taking to get my new place together, I certainly did not expect to receive new items this week.  With that being said, I was thrilled to see my mailbox over stuffed with packages from France this morning.

Here are a few pics of some of the items which I am more than sure will be added to the packing list for Sunday at The Groves Antique Market at The Great Park in Irvine

Back to organizing and such!  See you on Sunday :-)