art junk girl

Saturday Tales from the desk of Art Junk~

Laying on my studio desk here is a vintage quilt square I picked up on the way home from day trip yesterday. I took my son for a college visit 4 hours away. It was great "bonding" time, but I could not help flashing back to seeing him as a baby as I watched him sleep in the car on the way there. we got up at what my hubby calls, "o'dark thirty" to go. my son has always instantly fallen asleep in the car even as a small child any time we went on trips. he still does the same. instantly out! when he was young he did not sleep through the night and at times we would actually put him in the car at a last resort to get him back to sleep!
On the way up to the school I scoped out some possible stops. I was in serious flea-tiquing country! a real treat for me as antique stores are few and far between here and flea markets non existent. I LOVE flea markets and I love a good flea-tique place. I like to "look at" the nice antiques too, but the junk is what I love to rescue and repurpose, make new or give some love. I got this from my mom. she decorated our whole house with vintage finds when I was growing up. she loved french country, victorian things, roses and she passed this along to me. I really know what I want when I go into the shops so it doesn't take me long to spot things.
Ok, so what was I saying? ok, back to reality. If you click on the above photo it will take you to my flickr photostream and you can see the few things I got in the 25 alloted minutes I had at the end of the day when we were making the treck home. I promised my son to go in "just one" before it closed and he of course humored me. So, anyhow, now I am back home, ready to roll for the week, get some stuff done and get back to making some art! I need to get back in my groove after being gone only one day! But it's so nice to have a break from the routine and always so nice to come back home.
Hope you all had a great weekend. ~Lia

More Thrifty Finds!

When I spotted this tray (part of a set of 3 for $8!), I thought it would be PERFECT for my mom's apartment as she is still in walking cast and has to have stuff close by. She was using her sewing bench to put stuff on next to the couch! As soon she saw it, she put her sewing bench back in place! lol!
Anyhow, I kept one and gave her set of two! My hubby said they had similar one's when he was a kid! These trays are sturdier than my "nice" black ones!

I'll use this one by TV for my art junk and stuff. It matches with my decor too!! Regards, Lia

P.s. guess what hubby is watching! I like it too.

Thrifty Finds...

Thrifty Art Junk~ I scored 5 baggies of art stuff at a Thrift "super store" on my way home from eye doc! I had to drive about 40 minutes away to find a "cornea" specialist. The good news is that my eye is injury is "receding" and the great news is that I found 2 great thrift shops on the way home! yippee. they were like flea markets. now I can flea-tique in the winter too! lol! more to come on Thrifty Thursday and Friday Finds!!! Oh, and I was nice and shared my "stash" with my younger daughters...lol....p.s. I got some GREAT colored pencils! woo hoo, My oldest daughter bought me a moleskine journal for my bday. Here I come! Have art junk, will travel...

Vintage Song sheet find!

Found this fabulous box of song sheets for $6 on my summer junkin' trails (exits I make my husband veer off on...lol...). some are so pretty I want to frame, others I can use for my art and swaps :)! I love junking!

A Poem for my fellow junkin' queens!*



ON THE JUNKIN' TRAIL
BY LIA K.

I love to hunt for treasures
because it's so much fun
I try to ignore my husbands pleas
when I hear, "it's time to go hun!"

I love seeing those big ole billboards
Honey, "Antiques 1 mile ahead!"
my husband rolls his eyes and pretends
he didn't hear what I just said...

But sometimes I get my way
And lure him off the road
He insists on following me inside
To remind me there's "no room to load"

Before he finishes I've left him behind
playing "hide and go seek" in my mind...

I find lots of little nooks and such
with ephemera and photos in mind
Knowing that regular stores
don't offer anything in this kind

I like to rescue what people don't want
and make into something good
I know the people that were left behind
once did that when they could

The vases, jewelry and books bring me back
the nostalgia overwhelms me
as I overfill my sack

"Oh there you are" my husband chides
I can't believe I'm found
But the more I try to leave the past
the closer I am bound.

L.K.
7/2006


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