Tulsa Trip and Ellis Paul concert

Hello All! Happy Sunday! 

It was just last Sunday that the hubby and I traveled to Tulsa, OK for a much needed day of fun. We checked out the Flea Market...didn't find a thing that we  had to have. So, we went on over to Affair of the Heart at the Tulsa Fairgrounds. I've never been, so I was happy to finally get there. They had about 850 booths, in a giant Air-conditioned building! There was SO much to see: big letters, vintage windows, kinda reminds me of Pinterest in Person!  The Prim creations of Polka Dot Pig Primitives, aka Julie Miller, was a must see. I have a little collection going on of her stuff.

It was folk singer,Woody Guthrie's 101st Birthday! 

Celebrations going on in Downtown Tulsa! The "Guthrie Green" was alive with music, craft vendors, lots of folks enjoying the afternoon on the lawn. 

We went to the Woody Guthrie Center just across the street. 

It's a wonderful tribute to the man and his legacy of music. 

I didn't realize that he was an artist, too! 

I especially enjoyed  seeing his sketches.

 This wall of screens greets you near the entrance. 

It switches to different photos, words, etc.

Love the mural on the outside wall.

 My very favorite part of our trip was the Ellis Paul concert

at the Hardesty Art Center! 

It was originally scheduled to be in the garden venue beside the building.

Rain and some loud thunder changed that to an indoor concert.

Ellis Paul has been, and IS one of my favorite singer/songwriters for many years.

Check out Ellis' website HERE. 

He sang lots of his new music for the upcoming album. 

They are GREAT!

Kick Out The Lights/Johnny Cash is a FUN "audience participation" song.

My hubby even sang! 

You can hear "Chasing Beauty" on his website....or HERE!

 It's a beautiful song.

 This is Ellis and I taken after the show. It was so nice of him to sign autographs and take photos. I'm sure he was tired after playing on OKC on Friday, and then Woodyfest in Okemah on Saturday.
Thank You to Ellis for sharing your talent!
Also, thanks to Scott Aycock for putting on the show!

Yes, that is a McCartney shirt that I'm wearing! LoL!

 Here's the Art Center.

They had an amazing Fiber Arts exhibit going on.

Check out Tulsa, OK if you are ever in Oklahoma!

We had a super nice time! 

Now to get some painting done!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

julie

Flea Market Finds!

My flea market crazed husband missed a few weekend hunts, mostly due to the hot weather. He's a happy camper now with the super nice Fall temps! Had to show y'all a few finds for today.

 Great old coffee tins in nice condition!

We have a large collection of milk bottles. Where to put them all?

 Some of this will go in our Etsy shop!

 I can see a root beer float in the tall soda glass. 

As kids, we would go to the soda fountain at the drug store after Sunday church!

The yellow tinted glass may be Depression Glass.

 This bottle is our favorite find! 

If you are watching the Ken Burns film,"Prohibition," on PBS, 

it tells about Coolidge and Near Beer!

Another view of the bottle.

 If anyone knows about these three bottles, we'd love to have info on them!

One bottle has vinegar in it. Another has oil. If you can tell by the photo, there's an "indentation" in the middle. They are probably not old, maybe some sort of kitchen bottles?

Leave a comment if you have any ideas. 

Well, tomorrow is another flea market day, so we will see what he comes up with! LoL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week!

julie

Flea Market Friday

Hello All!

Here's a few items that I'm listing on Etsy today and thru the weekend.

This teapot is by Arthur Wood. He produced pottery in England around the early 1900's. It's so pretty in person!

Gotta get the old glass doorknobs out! :) I don't know much about them except that I really like 'em! They look great as architectural accents.

This is a little tin cup with a circus theme. It has an elephant, a clown, and a horse and cart around the sides. I always wonder who may have used stuff like this and where they lived.

These glasses are pretty neat! I remember going to Hardees back in the 70s when they had the larger sizes with a hamburger. :) We collected them all. DH sold them years ago, and of course now, he wishes we had them back.

Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam are the 8 oz. size
from 1976. The Grandbaby has a couple favorites that we kept just for her. Perfect for little kids to drink their milk! There's a character at the bottom of the glass when you've finished.

We are off to celebrate a Birthday with our now 25 year old.

Happy Friday, and have a fun weekend!

Bargains Galore on 64!

If you love junkin', it's the place to be this week.

Bargains Galore on 64!

It's 160 miles of yard sales, antiques and collectibles, along highway 64, from Fort Smith to Beebe, Arkansas. Highway 64 parallels I-40 in Arkansas. People come from all over the country to search for hidden treasures, long forgotten from Grandmas attic. There's lots of plain ol' bargains to be had for everybody's taste.

The top 3 photos are from War Eagle, just to give you an idea of our wares. Everything from crocks, kitchenware, and tinware, to figurines and McCoy pottery.

I love the old straw hats and the green "hat lady!"

We leave the marbles at home! :)

This is the day before it started in 2007, setting up with our big tent. The area that we were in had about 50 vendors all in one place. That's the back of our booth to the right. There are individual booths all along the highway.

Here's another view of our spot.

Hubby is so dedicated to his passion for antiques...
in 06, he'd just gotten out of the hospital the week before, from having an angioplasty!
We made it through just fine, with lots of attention to staying cool, and not overdoing it.


We used to have 3 smaller tents. They were the easy, pop-up kind. Happy to be down to ONE now, but we still have to read the instructions each time! Lots of pipes and poles to put together!

This year we will be in a new spot, in front of my niece's home!
It will be so handy to go in and rest and cool off
if we need to.
Looks like the temps will be forgiving, too. Supposed to be low 90's and low humidity! Yeay! Much better than the 106 degrees from past years!

If you're near Arkansas this week, be sure and travel Highway 64! You don't want to miss it!

Flea Market SUNday!

Hope y'all are having a nice relaxing Sunday! I've been playing around with my DD's new camera, so I thought I'd share some more pics of old stuff.

This lil mad guy was my older brother's toy when he was a baby!

(My brother is 67 now!)

I thought it was sortof an odd looking toy for a child!

He's cute in spite of his tough looking exterior.

Reminds me of a kewpie doll.

The backside view is too funny!

This is a beautiful handpainted teacup.
It has no markings on the bottom.

I don't understand why the design seems unfinished on the back?
Anyone familiar with these?


Here's an old soda bottle. Love it! I wonder what it tasted like?


Here's a view of part of our milk bottle collection. Pardon the dust!
I need to get all these down for a good cleaning and sorting. We have way too many! I hope to have a few on Etsy soon.

Thanks for visiting!

Oh also, we are getting ready for a big antiques sale on Highway 64 in Arkansas! If you are in the area, it's called "Bargains Galore on 64!" 160 miles of yard sales and cool collectible stuff from Fort Smith to Beebe, Arkansas! Everyone sets up along the highway, so it's miles of flea market fun!!
It starts Thursday, August 13th through Saturday, August 15th.
I will post more on it soon!

Flea Market Friday is back!

Oh my, I've missed more than a couple Flea market Fridays!

(almost missed this one! LoL!)

Here's some vintage bling that's oh so sparkley in person! I ran across a box full while packing up one of our curio cabinets. I don't have a clue when it comes to this stuff.

DH just sees an item that he likes and grabs it up if its a bargain.

The silver items above are my favorites. The one at the top left has a pin back and I think it's a "tussy mussy?" It holds some sort of small flowers or maybe lavender. At the bottom left, the silver container held maybe matches. It has what looks like a flint on the inside.
Here's some pinks and purples!

I like the reds and golds, too!
The little round key fob at the bottom right has a clip on the back, and it's a pretty pearl type inlay. My descriptions are probably way off! Please leave me a comment if you have any info on some of these items.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Flea Market Friday!

Happy Flea Market Friday!

The sun has finally decided to show up, after about 3 weeks of rain (almost 10"!) I was beginning to think an ark would be necessary. DH tried to mow the yard and had to get help when the mower got stuck in the mud!

On a positive note, it was great to be able to get out and take some photos. Hubby found this Biscuit Jar this morning, and had to bring it home. I grabbed it up to show for Flea Market Friday!

It's a gorgeous Limoges China Biscuit Jar.

I am amazed at the wonderful condition that it's in.

This will be on Etsy probably tonight. I will have a couple more goodies listed there as well.

I found this good link that gives info on collecting Limoges pieces.

More posting soon! I have the weekend off...except for the big "to do" list! LoL!

Have a great Saturday and Sunday!

Wow! Friday Already?

Happy Friday, Everyone!

Here's some Flea Market Items for this week.

These will all be listed in my Etsy Shop asap.

I love the pretty floral design of this China plate by Lefton.

The stand comes with it.


This is a beautiful framed piece that is perfect to show you for Mother's Day!
The silouette is of a mother and child waving to the ships coming in to shore.



It's painted ON the glass.
I'm not sure the correct name for this type of piece.

The background is a print INside the frame, with the ships, cottage, etc.

So pretty in person!

Ok, this is not Mother's Day related, but DH and I just love crockery and bottles of all sorts.
This is a quart Whisky bottle from Scotland.

It dates from the 1800's

I just wonder where it was from, like in a pub or something,

and who was drinking from it at the time!

I'm always fascinated by the history of these great old treasures.

That's all for today.

Hope everyone enjoyed seeing these finds.

Happy Mother's Day weekend!!

Flea Market Friday!

I made it under the wire! Here's more of Flea Market Friday!
This is a little different as the item today is NOT for sale. :(
But, I am hoping someone out there can shed some light on this cute little girl.

She's been in our collection for a number of years.

It looks as though she is traveling through space on a rocket?

Note the little dog in the window of the ship.


If anyone has any idea on the background of this figurine,
we would love it if you left a comment or email!

Here's the marking on the bottom.

Please, check out our Vintage shop on Etsy! Yes, it's open!!

Oakleaf Hollow Vintage

I'm enjoying digging though all our old stuff!
Some of the collectibles, I'd forgotten we even had!

Thanks for stopping by!!