A New Home

 

Well...

Have I ever been busy this past week !

( not an excuse for not blogging ... well... maybe )

Tuesday Hubs and I headed south to Des Moines

for our " orientation" into Booth Vendor-ship at the Brass Armadillo.

 

You may remember  ,

with the cold weather in the frozen tundra of the Trailerhood,

I had quit having my bi-weekly sales.

 

I also hadn't been happy with my sales in Mason City.

And I had quite a bit of inventory left.

 

So my new goal was to find a new home for my junk.

 

Then came my EPIPHANY !

( don't you love that word ?)

 

 Em and I had gone to Des Moines a while back for Junk Jubilee,

and since it was kind of a "junkin" weekend,

we decided to check out the Brass Armadillo.

Thankfully,

 we had a very cooperative tour guide /chauffeur,

my good friend Rhonda.

 

I fell immediately in love ,

isle after isle of vintage- antique - junk - stuff !

H*E*A*V*E*N !

Even Em was impressed.

 Which makes Mama happy ,

 because she despised going to antique malls with me when she was younger .

( She said they smelled bad )

 

Both Rhonda and Em thought this was the place I should be with my junk.

I needed very little encouragement ...

 

Sooo..

Up to the desk I went to enquire as to what I needed to do to become a vendor.

My heart sank...

there was a 2 page waiting list to get a space.

The lady told me it would probably be March before something was available.

 

SADNESS....

 

Imagine my surprise when shortly after Christmas I got a phone call

from Toni at the Brass Armadillo wondering if I was still interested in a space !

 

Ummmm.... YES !

 

On Friday we loaded the trailer with a lot of my leftover inventory.

I had seen my space on Tuesday ,

and had arranged and re-arranged my booth

100 times in my head ....

but, of course, that's not how things work .

( or is it just me ? )

 

First order of business was to paint.

The previous vendor had a very bright yellow on the walls.

While I love a "pop" of sunshine ,

this was a bit overwhelming.

 

 

Yikes !

 

But when we arrived , we discovered there had been a roof leak,

(Thanks to winter ice build up and recent 50 degree days )

right above my booth and the one next to it.

It was still dripping a bit and the repairman wasn't coming till Monday.

 

But between one of the employees and my ingenious Hubs,

they came up with a temporary solution and the make over began.

 

Thanks to my friends Rhonda ,

we had it painted in about a half hour !

 

We made several trips with "stuff"

 and the "fun" began.

( the temps had of course dropped back to the "normal" teens ...brrr )

Again ...

Thanks to Rhonda !

( and the empty space next to us that we commandeered )

There is NO WAY we could have gotten it all done without her .

She has a great eye and with both of us on the same page,

Hubs didn't stand a chance :)

 

 

In progress...

 

And... 

" Making Home" has found a new home !

 

 

A little bit re-purposed,

 

 

a little bit vintagey junk.

 

 

 

And a whole lot of funky fun !

 

What  better way to begin a new year

than with a new adventure !

Long term goal...

keep it fun and full of beautiful junk ...

AND

Keep calm and don't FREAK OUT !

May be easier said than done...

 

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