Sunday At The Alameda Anyone ?

Yes it's that time again ...

 time for another beautiful day at the

Alameda Pointe Antiques Show !

This Sunday June 6th

We will be in space #  

N 2

( easy, right by the food ! )

 Preview of the goods coming soon !

Good Dibs

If you could buy anything you want today

what would it be ???

Here would be just a few of my splurges

( all currently on 1st Dibs )

an antique men's french collar display 

an antique carnival photo scope ...

a gum dispenser ( no home should be without ! )

carnival mirrors from 1900 ...

what the heck, while I'm at it let's throw in some antique clown shoes !

Of course, you know I'm just getting warmed up !

What do you have your eye on right now ?

Happy Memorial Weekend !

Martin Mattox

song pairing: Gone With The Wind by Saint Privat


My wise yoga teacher often tells me to 

"Be the wind, not the tumbleweed"

But I have to say, when it comes to treasure hunting 

roaming around aimlessly through old neighborhoods 

like a tumbleweed 

is way too much fun.

After a long day of estate and garage sales

I decided to go check out my local Antique Mall

Not sure why ...

I rarely ever buy or go there ...

but the wind just blew me in

So glad because

I discovered an amazing looking space by

MARTIN MATTOX

Who are these "curators of style" ?

Tim and Linda Arbogast 

of Arbogast Design Group in Sacramento

is who

Their style and juxtaposition of curious goods 

stopped me in my tracks !

SO in love with this old oil portrait !

of course anything black and white striped stops me in my tracks !

wanted so bad to take this old factory cart with drawers home ...

and this lovely old Venus statue ...

Masters at merchandising

check out this HUGE section of blue lockers !

The big blue starbursty things ?

Old car wash brush sections !

Even the guestbook is cool ...

Thank you so much MM for the visual feast !

I will be blowing in again & again very soon !

Martin Mattox is located in the

Antique Trove, Roseville, California

( about 20 mi north of Sacramento )

Afternoon Flea Market Finds

Today was a gorgeous spring day so I decided to get out this afternoon to Denios, 

a local weekend flea market here in the Sacramento area.
Not exactly an antique show, 
more like a place to get a silk ficus tree, new tube socks,
a fleece Nascar logo blanket and some produce.
But there are garage/estate sale items peppered throughout
and, well, you just never know.

 ( the fish tacos alone are worth the trip ! )

For spending just like an hour, this was a good day

And look who followed me home .... oh, how could I resist that face ?   

Made of cement and almost 3 ft tall

with the perfect amount of erosion and chip factor

this guy made me do a little happy dance 
( aww, do I really have to sell him ? )

and the missing foot ... Mr doggie, you're breaking my heart !

I'm not a big wicker fan, but just think of all the cool things you could put in this

this antique"lady's cart" ... 

Someone special will love this signed 1955 painting by Abe Nussbaum

She made me smile 

I just couldn't leave this sweet gal behind in the flotsam and jetsam. 
 The detail is just amazing

We have a good time with the portraits here at the house of Golightly

Whether it's one I've painted or antique, we always have fun naming the subjects

and cooking up some sort of story about them

As for right now she's 
Mrs. Shrute ( Dwight's aunt perhaps ? ), a fun loving, 
slightly ADD ( takes one to know one )
music teacher

(  if you had your portrait painted, wouldn't you take off your glasses ? )


What kind of person does she look like to you ???

These will be either coming to the website and or The Alameda soon

I have a few more things but I think I'll wait 

( gotta keep a little mystery right ? )

Wishing you a wonderful weekend in the sun !

xoxo,

lisa

Packing my Fancies ...

For this Sunday's Alameda ...

There will be
goodies galore

from
glamorous glassware,

paintings
furniture

burlap pillows
both in brown and now
winter white

to
dreamy sweets wrapped in vintage ribbon and feathers
( so good with champagne ! )

Stop by and say hi ... I would love to see you

and wish you merry merry in person !

XoXo Lisa

*** I will be posting my exact location tomorrow or Sat ***

~ EXCITING NEWS ~

Christmas has arrived a little early for me this year ...
Just found out here that the
CINEMA sign along with other
Paris Apartment Boutique goodies
will be appearing on primetime television
this Sunday night
( still can't say which show just yet )

So thrilled to be a part of Claudia's boutique.
As she would say, " I'm over the moon !" ;)

On With The Shows

Had a blast at both my first Alameda point Show as a vendor and
at last Sunday's semi annual Pleasanton Show.

Both great days filled with
Free hee heeeezing dark mornings

massive amounts of coffee

old friends

and many new cool ones !

Beautiful

I really wish I took more pictures but here are just a few ...


freshly painted "vintage" portraits & decoupaged trays ...



repurposed ashtrays into ring dishes, doggie bowls ...
ribbons and loving cups from the early 1900's - the 1960's
well ... I totally addicted
and am creating and gathering like mad for the

Nov 1st Alameda
( that's right, the day after Halloween ! )

This time I'll be more prepared for a more stylish 4am entrance ? ((yeah right !))

Where o Where

Has Lisa been ?

So sorry everyone for my big vast gap in posts. Had way too much on my plate the last few weeks, and a few things, including blogging had to go on the backburner.

So here I am coming up for a little air, and saying ....

Hi !

and announcing that after Sunday,

I will no longer be
an Alameda vendor virgin

Yes, this Oct 4th will be
my very first
Alameda Antiques and Collectables Show
6am - 3pm at Alameda Point
( I'll be in touch with the exact booth location )

If you are in the Bay Area and love antiques, you already know what this is.
Everyone else, it's one of the best outdoor markets that's held every first Sun of ea month.
Over 800 vendors and it's attended by over 10,000 people !
ok, I'm a little nervous now, you will be gentle won't you ?

Here's a little sneaky peek for you ...

There will be some paintings ...



decoupaged goodies ...


Furniture ...

an antique champagne riddler from France ... horse show ribbons ...
a princess 300 typewriter ... etc etc etc etc etc

Come say hi if you can !