My next show...

I have been working on some new things for my spring shows.  I think these lamps turned out awesome and I have been a little obsessed with them.haha  I have done about 20 something really cool ones and I have some more in my brain if these do well!

This one above I actually put a large hole in the back to make this a charging station for your phone or ipad!

I also got accepted into the 2 friends and Junk show in Joplin at the end of February!  Really

excited!!!!  If you are close come out and see me!

Where have I been????

Well, I have been really horrible about updating this page.  My life in the past year has just been crazy.  So many changes...personal as well as professional.  Things are starting to calm down now and I have vowed to myself to keep this page updated at least once a week.....I can do it....I can do it......haha.  Yes I can.

 I have changed direction in my creative life a little.  I have decided that I love shows but they are way too much work to do a bunch of small ones.  I have started doing the bigger vintage shows.  They are perfect for me because as you know I love junk, I love to shop and I love to create!!!

So far I have done the Kansas Barn Sale in Hesston....it is awesome and I plan to do it every year in october.  There is a great croud and it is a wonderful outdoor sale.

I have also done the Vintage Market Days sale in Wichita a couple times.  It is a great show also!

My next show I am in for sure is the St. Louis Vintage Market Days.  I am so excited for this one and have some great things I am working on!  I have more shows in the works....its gonna be a great year!

I still have my facebook page and my etsy shop....which I have also vowed to pay more attention to.... so be sure to check those out!  Until our next time, be inspiring and be creative!!!

Well, it's a new year and time for a give away!!!  You can be entered to win this blingy necklace  I made by.....

 

1- commenting on this post that you would like to be entered....be sure to leave a way for me to contact you!
 

2- go to my facebook page Theantiquepallet and share the give away post and comment that you did!

3- follow my pinterest page and repin my give away post....comment that you did!

If you do all three you get three entries!!!  I will do the drawing on January 15th!  Good luck to everyone!!!

Etsy listings

I have listed all the Christmas item I have left in my etsy shop for easier purchasing.  Just click on the link above to see everything in my shop.  Thank you everyone for your continued support!!  I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Some items to sell!

Hi all!  I have some items left from my shows that I can sell!  I will be putting things on here as I have time as well as on my facebook page.  Have fun!

This paypal button is for the Mitten box.  It includes two pair of new gloves, one pink and one gray, and a tube of peppermint hand lotion!  Great for a gift!  This set is $24.50 and 6.00 shipping.  Local pickup is free.  If you are local please contact me before paying so I can invoice you without shipping.  The same goes if you are purchasing multiple items!

The Snowman box is also available for sale.  It is $14.00 plus shipping and could easily be a great gift with some added goodies!  Email me if you are interested in this!  I have lots more things coming but since I havent done this in a while I am slow!  Haha!  Have a great day!!!

my junkie treasures!

Well, here are my junk treasures!  Lots of work cleaning them up for me but I can't wait to get started painting some of them!!!  Some I will use for display....the yucky red bowls that I will wash the red off of and the little suitcase and that old drawer may have to go somewhere in my house!!!  I use the old jars with lids to store my jewelry supplies in.   I got lots of old books for my jewelry and a new project I am wanting to do too!  Fun Fun!!!

Junk day with the girls!

Saturday I went to my favorite junkin place with my sister, mom, aunt, daughter and my poor little nephew!  We had a great day and I found lots of treasures to paint on!  I can't even wait to get started!  But I am still worn out, haven't even unloaded the car yet so I will post some pictures tomorrow.

We also hit an awesome antique store.  This place is just amazing.  I want to go in and never come out.  I can really appreciate the time and effort put into this place to make it look like an old town.  The antiques were awesome and the workers were very friendly....and believe me that does matter because the other place we went the workers were very rude and unfriendly and they won't be getting any more of my money! Anyway this place is in Doolittle Missouri....if you are in the area check it out, you will be glad you did!!!

I took some pictures of the outside....I didn't take my phone in so I couldn't take any of the inside but it is even more awesome than the outside!

This is the front......part of it.....

Some more of the front...but I didn't get it all.....

This is the BACK....wow!

more of the back.....

and even more of the back!  This place is 30,000 square feet too!  Quite awesome!

I couldn't find a website but here is a link to their fb page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Towne-Antiques-Doolittle/253410514728520

Be sure to check it out!

Old thermos with Santa!

Neat old thermos handpainted with Santa...rusty bell and star arrangement.  $24.95 plus shipping.

SOLD

Enamel Santa cup with snowy tree!

 

 

 



This is a neat old enamelware cup that I added a prim Santa face to and a snowy tree!  It is 14.95 plus shipping.

Wow! Where have I been???

Boy time does seem to get away from me fast these days!  I am still around, just with a busy life taking all my time!  I have been busy painting and making jewelry.  I already have two shows under my belt for the season that were a great success!  I have one more show coming up on November 10th and that is it for that.  I have been posting a lot on my facebook page because I can do that from my iphone.....multitasker that I am!!!   I am having a jewelry give away there too for an awesome old key that I soldered and stamped "heart" on....the key to my heart.  I am in love with it!  I need to make one for me!

The drawing will be held on Monday September 24th so go to my page and share the give away post to enter!  Be sure to like my page too!

I also have been painting and will be putting some great things on here for sale as well.  So be sure to check back!  The holidays are coming up on us fast!  Hugs to you all!  Chris

Mother's day weekend!

I had a wonderful Mother's day....of course I spent it at the ball park with my kids but I wouldn't have it any other way. Baseball is my favorite thing! Adam's team won second place in the tournament and it was a great time! Congratulations to all the HEAT players!

I have been painting up a storm to get ready for the Oma Noma Heritage Festival Saturday at the lake of the Ozarks. I will share a sneak peek of a few things I will have there!  I love how this little funnel turned out!  So patriotic!  The back side says "home of the brave"!

  This is an enamelware coffee pot....I love painting those!

I think this is my all time favorite of everything.....I know I say that about alot of things......but this really is!!!  I did this little box with a design from Terrye French (that is who I mostly paint).  Then I put little clay pots inside with fresh herbs.  It smells so good I really want to keep it for myself!!!

If you are in the area Saturday be sure to come see me on the strip in front of A Vintage Boutique!  I will have lots of goodies for sale!

Painting painting painting!!!

I have been busy painting and getting lots of neat vintage things ready for the Oma Noma Heritage festival on May 19th at the Lake of the Ozarks!  Here is a sneak peek at a few of the things that I will have there!!!  I hope you can come out at see me if you are in the area!!!

This is one of my favorites!  A vintage scale that I added a design from Terrye French on.  It is so rustic and primitive!

I love painting these old brooder lamps!  This one is painted all the way around so would be perfect on a table where you can see it all!!!

This is a fun little chopper that I have painted on both sides!  Of course I will still be adding all the goodies to these to dress them up a bit so they will even be better when they get to the show!!!

I am also having a Mother's Day give away for my jewelry.  I am giving away this awesome 1 1/2" pendant made with a vintage sparkly glass button!  You can share the post on my facebook page  on your facebook page or if you don't facebook you can share this picture on your blog and leave me a comment that you did and you will be entered to win!  I will have the drawing first thing on May 9th so I can get it out by Mother's day!!!  Good luck everyone!!!

A little bit of Heaven!

It is funny how something is there all along but you don't know about it until you go far away......that is how I found the little shop, A Vintage Boutique on the strip at the Lake of the Ozarks.....at the bead show in St. Louis!!!

I went down Saturday to visit with the owner, Sharon, about participating in the Oma Noma Heritage Festival in May.  Little did I know when I stepped inside that I was going to be in a treasure chest of vintage jewelry and many other awesome things.  Of course I can not resist the vintage bling....I collect rhinestone bracelets and brooches for myself and most anything else that sparkles but I also use vintage pieces to fashion my jewelry. 

This is the outside of the shop!

I was quickly drawn to this little case.  I have never seen so many bracelets that I wanted in the same place!!!  And the prices are great too!  Vintage necklaces hang above and of course lots of the beautiful memory bracelets that I love.

I immedietly thought of my dear friend Tanya from Bead and Needle when I spotted this case!!!  She makes beautiful jewelry and has been my inspiration for many years.  Check out her blog and her etsy shop, you will be amazed!  Anyway, she collects bakelite and I was drooling for her at the beautiful pieces here!

Sharon also creates beautiful  jewelry herself!

She carries purses, vintage and new, hats and lots of other treasures.  You will not enter without finding something you love!  I highly recommend if you are visiting the Lake of the Ozarks you check out The Vintage Boutique!

It was really an all around exciting day....Sharon sent me to the Old Time Photo shop across the street and they fixed me up with a dress and hat from 1930 for the Oma Noma Heritage Festival.  I have never done anything like this before and I am really excited.  Its going to be a lot of fun!  Plus I get to check out some more vintage jewels....that is always a plus!

So please come out and see me on May 19th right in front of A vintage Boutique on the Bagnel Dam strip.  I will have lots of painted things ready to go home with you and some of my handcrafted jewelry!  It will be a fun day for all and I look forward to seeing you!!!  I am not real sure about the outfit, I am totally loving the hat, but this may be the only chance you get to see me in a dress!hee hee



Bead show!

Had a great time at the bead show again this year!  Loved getting to spend 5 whole days with my daughter who is living there while attending the St. Louis College of Pharmacy!

I got lots of neat beads.....all sparkly of course and I have already started on some new things!

This bracelet was my first project when I got home!  It is a memory wire bracelet that I added a small soldered pendant to.  It is tied on so you can wear it plain or tie on a different one for a change.  It didn't last long though and is on its way to its new home!!!

I also started on some fancy chains that you can hang your pendants from.  I seem to be picture challenged with my jewelry though.  This necklace is just so sparkly and beautiful.  Made with smoke colored crystal beads and glass pearls in grey with a large clasp for hanging your pendants and baubles.

Here it is with a pendant on it!

And of course don't forget to get entered in my give away!  As soon as I reach 200 likes on my facebook page I will be drawing for this awesome vintage key pendant!  Just like my page and share the post about the give away!!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Theantiquepallet/108605762598026

I finally painted!

Well, I have been wanting to paint this box for so long!  I knew if I left it out in my way I would get to it sooner or later!hee hee  I typically don't do many spring things but I just love how this turned out!  I'm working on some eggs too so those will be coming soon!  This box is 36.00 plus shipping if you are interested just send me an email!  Thanks!

Another give away!!!

I'm having another give away on my facebook page!  Just click the big facebook link to the left and like my page!  Be sure to share the post and leave me a comment that you did and when we reach 200 I will draw for this vintage key necklace!

Giveaway!

Be sure to go to my facebook page, Theantiquepallet and like it!  I am having a drawing for this necklace as soon as I reach 100 likes!  I will do a give away for every 100 for as long as I can keep up!!! Please share the post with your friends too!!!

I have decided that since my fb page is for both my painting and my jewelry I will alternate weeks!  This week is for jewelry and next week I will be puting something painted on there!  So be sure to check in often, you never know what you will find!!!

I am computer challenged it seems!

I wouldn't have thought it but I think I AM computer challenged!hee hee  I have been working today setting up a facebook page for my goodies and trying to link everything together and I am thinking I may pull my hair out!!!  This stuff is so confusing considering I do not know html!  Well, for now till I get it all figured out come on over to my facebook page the old fashioned way and like my page! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Theantiquepallet/108605762598026?sk=wall

Or you can use that GREAT BIG ole F to the left!  That you can not miss!hee hee

I will have a give away every time I hit 100 likes!  It will be  jewelry or a handpainted item!  Everyone who likes me will be entered to win!  Thanks for following me.....even though I don't know where I am going!!!