When I was a child every saturday morning my Dad would get up before daylight and head out to be first on the scene at the local flea market. Often I would get to go along for the ride. I remember being so AMAZED that you get so much cool stuff for next to nothing. I would come home with boxes full of costume jewelery, barbie dolls, baby cloths, doll house furniture, stuffed animals, all for the change in your pocket. Daddy collected books, old cameras, coins and antique tools. We would both get so excited about the treasures we would find.
I will always fondly remember those moments I spent with my dad and I dedicate this blog to him. Although he suffers from cancer now and has sold off most of his collections, he still to this day loves to go to the flea market ever so often on a Saturday morning and I still love to go with him.
Always being artistic as a child I guess I followed a natural progression into crafting and repurposing items. Because I have NO storage in my home, I tend to store my flea market finds in the trunk of my car until I am ready to work on them! I have made and repurposed many things over the years, some of which I will be sharing on this blog. My main priority is to get moving on the things waiting for me in my trunk and see what creative inspiration I can come up with to share with you! On with the show!
In the Trunk this week I have a couple of Good Will lamps, 2 Lamp shades, some unfinished doll house furniture and a couple of old books. The books I bought specifically to make into pocket books using a tutorial I found online. Today I am going to see what I can do with these Old Lamp Shades!
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