In addition to my addiction to vintage Christmas and vintage dishes (and vintage fabric and vintage tablecloths…), I am now officially addicted to selling at vintage events.
It is So! Much! Fun!
At least after all the hauling, unloading, sweating and setting up is done and even that’s pretty fun.
As I type this, I realize it’s possible I have a twisted vision of a good time.
Last week was my second vintage event as a vendor, this time at Plucky Maidens Junk Fest in Portland, OR and it was as terrific as my first experience but in its own unique ways.
Yet another fabulous venue, throngs and throngs of shoppers (on a Thursday afternoon, no less) and even a celebrity brush with fame!
Here are some of the things I sold at this event:
Furniture of all sorts – a gray & white painted dresser, some Mid Century Modern side tables (wish I had a hundred of those), a vintage wood settee frame with rusty coils, vintage typewriter tables and an Adirondack chair.
Milk glass vases of all shapes & sizes.
Little bottles. These were voted ‘Most Popular’ by the other vintage items in my booth.
Vintage cameras. Far and away the winners of ‘Most Likely to be Picked Up, Examined & Used to Take a Pretend Photo.’
Vintage yearbooks – I sold several from the early 1960’s. I still wonder what the man in a suit & tie who bought them will use them for?
Hand-painted vintage signs. I live in the Columbia River Gorge (aka The Gorge) and so do these buyers.
Vintage chalkware fruit and vegetables.
Vintage ice cube trays. As if on cue, every person who touched these said, “I grew up with these!” (So did I. Many memories of my fingers getting stuck to them…)
Oh, and the brush with fame? Emily Henderson of Secrets From a Stylist and last year’s winner of one of my must-watch TV shows, HGTV’s Design Star, stopped by after I posted a comment on her blog letting her know about Plucky Maidens.
Such a fun day!
