Marburger Farms - Garden Edition - JUNKMARKET Style

This video clip is fun to watch. It shows Sue, of Junk Market Style educating us about what to look for when planting garden containers, and was filmed at Marburger Show in Texas this past Spring. The Marburger Show is one of those things on my bucket list to do.

Click on the link below to see this video.

Sue's Video at the Marburger Farm Antique Show

Fun fact is cute and funky little Sue is sporting a Mimi-Toria's Designs necklace during the filming of this clip too.  Although this clip may be a bit old, many of you may not have had the opportunity to see it yet, and it is filled with interesting and educational information.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.  Sue is always a hoot and so entertaining.

Marburger Farms - Garden Edition - JUNKMARKET Style

JUNKMARKET Under Glass and Mimi-Toria's Designs

JUNKMARKET Under Glass 

"MARCH MADNESS" 

March 1, 2 & 3, 2012

Hours will be:

March 1  8-10 Early Bird Shopping (see info. below)

March 1  10-6 p.m. (Thursday)

March 2  10-5 p.m. (Friday)

March 3  10-5 (Saturday)

I am so happy and excited to be a part of this great event.  I have been having some recent back issues, but have been working hard to provide you my customers another wonderful experience and will have new lines of jewelry available as well as some of my trademark pieces that my customers have come to love and define a Mimi-Toria's piece upon appearance.  I will post photos as I get a chance, but it's time to get back out to my workshop and get busy.  So here's the details...

Otten  Bros.  greenhouse  will once  again  be  hoppin'  in a few short weeks March. Yep!  That's right....  were baaack!  And once  again all of your favorite  vendors  and vintage finds will be here, and  you will be able to shop in a warm and inviting greenhouse!   Now how fun is that?

Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping is located at 2350 West Wayzata Blvd, Long Lake MN. JUNKMARKET Under Glass hours will be Thursday at 8-10am with Early Bird Shopping.  Beat the crowd and get the great buys and scoop up the one of a kind finds before anyone else! Remember, the early bird gets the worm!  Early Bird Shopping admission is $20 which is good for all three days!  Regular shopping hours start Thursday from 10am-6pm, Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm. Regular Admission is $5 for each day.

Hope to see you there!!!!

Video Clip - Mimi-Toria's Design

Mimi-Toria's Style

A sampling of some of the treasures I've been creating with for the upcoming Junk Market Under Glass Fall Edition.  See more details below and you will not want to miss this show.  There will be a fabulous line up of vendors at this event.  Quality all the way...

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.

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!



"Girlfriend Time" at "Flea Market Under Glass" Event

I just received this as an email and had to share it with my blogger girlfriends.

Enjoy!



"I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman, whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends.

At first everyone laughed, but he was serious.

Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely.

Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym.

There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged—not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!

So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health."

So here's the deal...Sue Whitney of Junk Market Style and Otten Bros. of Long Lake, MN have teamed up to bring us girlfriends together.  The fresh idea is a "Flea Market Under Glass" and the dates are March 3-5, 2011 in Long Lake, MN at Otten Bros. location.

To read more about it and find out about some of the awesome line up of vendors and artisans that are going to be showcased at this event, than check out these sites:

http://www.aajms.com/p/flea-market-under-glass-march-3-5.html

http://www.aajms.com/p/upcoming-events.html

So go ahead, and grab your girlfriends and come visit us at the event.  There's a two for one coupon for this event too.  So cheaper to come with your girlfriends...  Now how can you pass a deal like that up?

Hope to see you in March girlfriends!!!

Join Me at the Trunk Show this Saturday (1-29-11)

Please plan to join me this Saturday at this venue :

'Pamper Yourself, You Deserve It' Trunk Show

Saturday, January 29, 9am-4pm

Otten Bros. Tropical Greenhouse

Click on above link for details, directions and hours of event.

Please note... these jewelry items are for sale this Saturday only at a local Trunk Show.

Thanks for peaking!

Baby Necklace Design

Baby Necklace shown layered with a shorter necklace shown below.

759 Necklace

Mother Optical Lens Necklace

Pocket Watch Grunge/Porcelain Reversible

Necklace with Two Sided Heart

Side 1

Side 2

Junk Love Necklace

(Red Heart)

Bird Crown Necklace

Long Grunge Watch Necklace

#53 Necklace

Glass Encased Red Medal Necklace

Mixed Metal in Paris Necklace

#47 the Charm Necklace

Vintage Silver Bow Necklace

Artist Optical Lens Necklace

Long Pocket Watch/Crown Necklace

I Left my Heart in Paris Necklace

Rust is a Must Necklace

(a Junkers De lite Piece)

Resin Eiffel Tower Necklace

Rhinestones and Bird Necklace

This is a sampling of just a few of the pieces I'll have this Saturday at the Trunk show at Otten Bros. Nursery location.  This special event is part of the Sue Whitney, Junk Market Style/Otten Bros. special event programming.  I hope to see you on Saturday!

For those of you that aren't local to the metro area, I will plan to post jewelry for sale through my blog after this Trunk show is finished, so early next week. 

I now have the ability to accept Paypal as well as personal checks for purchases.  Plan in the future to SHOP for my jewelry creations, from the SHOP tab at the top of my blog for jewelry available to be purchased.

Tell me your thoughts....
Do you like the large photos I've used?
Or are the pictures way to big?
Please give me your opinions.  Thanks ladies!