Jewelry for the September Shows in Minnesota

Anybody wondering where I've been?  Busy, busy, busy.  I'm preparing for two very large events coming up soon, a very large wedding, coming up soon, and have been remodeling portions of our home, including a new studio/office for my business.  (more on that at a later posting).

I hope some of you are planning to attend my upcoming two shows I will be a vendor at.  They are both in September, back to back.  I am frantically working to have enough items to keep everyone happy with, and will continue to do so until the moment the shows begin.  I like to keep my customers happy!

JUNK MARKET STYLE UNDER GLASS

Sept. 7, 8, 9 & 10

Otten Bros. Nursery

Long Lake, MN

For more info:

http://www.aajms.com/p/junkmarket-under-glass-fall-edition.html

JUNK BONANZA

Sept. 15, 16 & 17

Canterbury Park location

Shakopee, MN

For more info:

http://junkbonanza.com/

Necklace 1 is oh, so cool when worn.  Definitely a statement piece and can easily be layered.  It's creation of the focal was a multi part process with several techniques being used in its design.  I love the gorgeous hand carved wooden pieces that one of my favorite pickers unearthed for me.  The gorgeous focal surround was purchased several years ago and has wonderful patina to it.  The tassel on this piece is stunning and was a found element just last week in a new treasure trove location that I was referred to.  Love these unique elements that truly make the pieces come together.  Overall this piece was culled from 5 separate resources.

Necklace 2 - I am struggling to sell.  Yes, it is one I'd love to keep, but need to sell whatever I can get made up between now and the events.  This fabulous chunky stain piece is so elegant, but yet also perfect with an open shirt and jeans styling as well.  Love the mother of pearl treasures I've included in this piece.  This one just speaks to me.  One of my more upscale pieces, she is a real keeper.  The St. Chirstopher Protection Medal is unique and mimics with its circle of pearls the circle of pearls on the toggle closure of the chain.  One lucky lady will get to buy this piece.  p.s.  Maybe, she'll let me borrow it?  :)

Necklace 3 is a signature design with a bling design on its reverse.  I am well known for using vintage enameled pocket watch faces and than the addition of the flying sparrow on them.  It is recognized as a Mimi-Toria's Design when worn.  This one, however, has the addition of the reverse side with lots of bling and a fun totally different look to it.  Love it when I can create pieces that give my customers Bang for their Bucks with it being worn multiple ways, and/or layered.

Flea Market Under Glass - Saturday

My daughter, Emily, and I

worked together on Saturday

during the "FMUG".

The show was great!

I was selling as fast as

I could make them...

Here I'm writing up a sale.

So fun to have photos of me

working doing what I love.

Working with an out of state customer...

sizing a necklace to her specifications

for layering with another piece

of mine that she bought at

another time.

Fun!

I love that my friend, Mary

and her daughter, Hanna

surprised me by coming

to the show.

:)

All photographs are courtesy of M Kahle Photography

and Mary's talented eye...

My customer, Susan, shown here with me

got up at 3 a.m. and drove in from

Green Bay, WI,

with her dh for the show.

Amazing customers!

This vintage bisque doll

turned angel necklace

found a very happy home.

A few of the pieces I still had left

towards the end of the sale...

My precious daughter...

what a great helper

she truly is.

Lots of fun pieces...

this key was a fun find

and

was actually redesigned

from this original creation to

something better

for a customer that bought a long necklace

from me in the morning,

went to lunch,

and came back for

another one to layer with.

:)

I so love these prop elements in this photo.

The mannequin was transformed by me

(see the tutorial for that here).

My business sign tutorial

can be viewed here.

Flea Market Under Glass ~ March 3, 2011

This is a fun little video clip of Sue Whitney the mastermind behind this event, sharing a bit of what was offered towards the front part of the greenhouse at the "Flea Market Under Glass" event held last week-end. It is coming again soon...only 6 more months, and will be even better as we move into Show #2.

So excited that Sue is wearing two of my pieces of jewelry that I re purposed and created. They are adorable on her and she rocks my stuff.

Thank you Sue for all of your hours, and hours, and hours of work to create such a fabulous event.  You rock!

Flea Market Under Glass - Day One

The official extra sweet Ali Haupt, is the creator of this fabulous video from Day 1 of the event I just finished up sharing my jewelry designs at.  She is a sweetheart, obviously talented and a unique find and addition to the Junk Market Style team.  Thank you Ali for this youtube master piece.

A Natural High

Just a little update...

the FMUG

(Flea Market Under Glass)

event was

SUPBURB.

Who would of thunk it...

We were given the go ahead

after a successful pre-event

in the form of a 10 vendor trunk show

held January 29th...

Sheyenne and Sherri drove 12 hours each way from Montana to shop this show.  They ended up renting a trailer to bring their wares home, as their pick-up wasn't big enough.  They have great taste...fun style and are the sweetest ladies ever...  They each bought a fun necklace from me and have keepsakes from their experience here.  I know they'll be back again soon.  They were SOLD on the event Sue created.

Sheyenne chose this fun necklace as her wearable keepsake from the show.

"Penny", my penny doll necklace I created for the event, found a good home.

Penny and her new owner.  See that smile?  Penny was making her smile.  You see 2 years ago the Minneapolis Star Tribune did an artisan expose' about me as a jewelry designer whom was re purposing and creating jewelry with found elements and vintage finds.  Another penny doll I created a necklace out of and was named Claire was featured in that article and this lovely lady saw it in the newspaper spread, and came to the Junk Bonanza event to purchase her.  She was already sold to another customer and this lady was sooooo sad.  Fast forward 2 1/2 years and you're at the "Flea Market Under Glass" event.  Another artisan had Penny for sale and had turned her into an ornament.  I changed her up with a restyled outfit, new accessory bling I prefered, added the wings, took her down to the bare doll again and reattached the items I kept and added the new, wire wrapped arms for her to hang from and took vintage faux glass pearl beads and made rosary style links with them to create the chain portion of her.  I then added a cool padlock style toggle clasp and she was ready for the sale.  I spent an entire night creating the pearl/linked chain portion while watching the only TV show I ever watch each week, "the Bachelor".  Now, how fun is this story?  Customers like this lady and her excitement to find "Penny" which by the way, she loved better than the origianl doll necklace I had made, is what makes my business so much fun for me.

Talk about loyalty...

This photo is of me on the right, and Susan on the left.  I am changing the length on a necklace for her.  She and her husband got up at 3 a.m. to drive here from out by Green Bay, Wisconsin to come to the show to see me, as well as the other vendors.  They are friends I met while selling with Sue at other events and they've been wonderful customers and now friends through the Junking industry events I'm a part of.  Now how lucky am I?  Thank you Pat and Susan for making the trip.  I hope you weren't disappointed and enjoyed yourselves.      (photo courtesy of Pat McClearney-husband of Susan)

Yes,

in 4 1/2 weeks

the

FMUG event

was brought to you...

courtesy of a fabulous

Otten Bros. team

along with the

brain child of the incredibly

talented

Ms. Sue Whitney of

Junk Market Style.

A large area in the middle of the greenhouse was staged and created by the outstanding talented Sue Whitney of Junk Market Style.  These design styled areas were a wonderful addition to the overall experience of the "Flea Market Under Glass" experience and these living spaces helped people to be educated on re purposing JUNK treasures and turning elements into unique accents and useful items in their home decor, garden decor, etc.  This particular photo showcased an outdoor living space and was filled with wonderfully creative inspiration....

Notice the incredibly FRESH ideas for displaying your FRESH plants?

All FRESH plants were courtesy of OTTEN BROS. NURSERY

whom hosted this fabulous event.

 Me in my vendor space...Day 1.

My dear friend, Laura, came and worked for me on Thursday.  She was a huge help.  Thank you Laura...

Than you throw in a mix

of 40+ hand picked junk vendors

along with a sprinkling of

fabulously talented

Artisan vendors

and

finally add the incredible

networking that the Otten group did,

Junk Market Style Events,

incredible vendors

and

the added boost of KARE 11 TV

filiming onsite and running

segments of 2 minute snippets

and it all

='s

the most incredible

opportunity ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karla (left) was a vendor and friend I brought into the show and Carolyn (right) is my loyal friend and helper.  Carolyn worked with me on Friday, and arrived the night before from a FL vacation and still helped me out.  Amazing friends I'm blessed with.   I love you ladies!

 One of the pieces I created Friday night, which SOLD on Saturday.

 SOLD this morning on Facebook.

:)

More details will follow

in future posts.

"Flea Market Under Glass" Event Starts Today

Good Morning my lovely blogger friends. 

 It's 4 a.m. the day of the big event, and I cannot sleep...

What does a girl do? 

 She goes online and promotes the show...

truly, you will not want to miss this event.

My jewelry aside,

it is an incredible site to behold.

The entire place is rocking...

and you'd never know that it's still Winter.

Details of my Penny Doll Angel girl. 

I spent an entire evening,

creating the rosary style links

on this little precious girl.

She is being showcased...

on my angel manequinn.

A simple but fun necklace!

An ultimate mix of JUNK elements

are used to create this

one-of-a-kind

design.

Some fun

JUNK and QUEEN

inspired

pieces.

A few even humorous designs.

This one has the jist being...

vaccinate your dog

to

avoid the bullet.

The show is at Otten Bros. Nursery in Long Lake, MN

It's a fabulous greenhouse,

currently being used to house the

"FLEA MARKET UNDER GLASS" event,

thus the garden inspired pieces.

My cabin was the inspiration

for this fun design.

Ahhhhhhh,

Spring

take me away

to the 15,000 sq. ft.

Otten Bros. greenhouse

turned into an

indoor Minnesota

Flea Market extravaganza

which includes

wonderful JUNK

incredible displays

by Sue Whitney of Junk Market Style

and 40+ fabulous artisans

and vendor areas.

I even created some

vintage redesign

Bridal bling.

And beach inspiration...

yes, it will one day be warm again in Minnesota,

the snow will be melted

and we'll be romping on the beaches.

Besides,

I'm off to Mexico for some

fun in the sun,

sand,

surf,

and ocean.

A girl needs some fun when she's ready to hit the big "50".

See you on the beach...

I'll be the gal with

NO JEWELRY,

NO CELL PHONE,

and

NO COMPUTER

for a week.

:)

Don't worry,

I will still have my camera,

my inspiration magazines,

will have my nose on the ground,

looking for found elements to create with,

but inbetween the walks on the beach,

the playing in the surf,

and the fabulous food and drinks,

I will vow to slow down,

enjoy my family,

and catch up with

some reading.

Sorry for the quality of photos and lack of editing. I remembered at the last minute to take some photos with my cell phone, and borrowed them off of my facebook page.  Will try to post updated photos as the show goes on.  It runs today, March 3-5th and the link is provided above for more information.



Creating for the "Flea Market Under Glass" Show

As I work my little fingers to the bone,

attempting to create enough jewelry for this upcoming show,

I am trying to remember that somewhere

 buried under a fresh foot of beautiful fluffy white snow,

 that the promise of Spring (flowers and grass)

is still here in our Minnesota landscape.

As warm weather starved Minnesotans,

we crave these signs of Spring,

in our homes,

adorned on our necks,

and in our front stoops, porches and walkways

outside our homes.

With this in mind,

I will plan to provide,

you my customers,

with some fun and fabulous treasures,

to help you get through the long

remaining Winter months.

Stay tuned for more peeks,

of new creations,

as I give my fingers a rest

from creating jewelry

and instead will edit photos to share.

Now it's back to creating for me...

Can't wait to see what the Lord

provides me in way of designing for this show.

It's going to be fun!!!!

Hope to see you there...

March 3, 4 and 5th!