I just wanted to tell you all about a fun little event that is going on over at the www.sadieolive.com blog.  She has asked people to participate in finding something red to photograph and post on their blogs. So I thought I would help pass the word around as well as participate in it myself. I am going to have to come up with something clever to photograph. If you need more details go to Sadie’s site. Good luck on finding some creative shots!!

Ok, so I didn’t think I would be able to find many things in my home that were red, but to my pleasant surprise I found many objects to photograph.  Sorry but I couldn’t wait to share them with you so I am posting them a little early. Here we go!!

The pictures here are from a great book I own called the French Inspired Home. I just love the colors  in them mixed with antiques.

This shot was from April when I talked about how my family and I reenact a part of history during the Revolutionary War. Notice the British soldier AKA Redcoat or the slang term they used for them was a Lobsterback. It is odd that my brother and I are both wearing red too!!

This one was when I was recently in NYC. The Valentino display is about as red as you can get.

These few shots I recently took at a Red Sox game, how appropriate!!

Wow this was alot of fun. I wonder what the color of the month will be next month?

I don’t know about you but I had a nice relaxing holiday weekend. The weather was perfect for being outside and just taking in the sunshine. I hit a few yard sales on Sat and then went into Lexington on Sunday. We decided to go somewhere close for a nice walk so we went on over to the Hartwell Tavern. Built in 1733 the tavern was witness to the start of the American Revolution. Located along the infamous Battle Road the tavern acted as both an inn and pub. I took a few shots of this beautiful area. I am so lucky to live near such amazing beauty and history.

Tis the season for flowers and anything garden related so I thought I would share with you some of my latest thrift store, yard sale, and antique shop finds for my home. I was looking for a tin topped buffet garden table for my deck and finally found one. I added some great succulent plants to put on it. I just love the way they look. They are very zen with a french Jardin flair. The two small white chippy pots I found at my favorite consignment shop for a dollar.

As I move on over to the other side of the deck I have a small seating area. The wicker love-seat I recently bought at a yard sale for $25. I then found this great alabaster shell and filled it up with some more zen succulents. I am debating if I am going to keep it or sell it in the shop. What do you think? Would you guys buy it? The wrought iron shelf I have had for years. I love to load it up with flowers and anything garden related.

Here is my new gardening bag that I got at Target. I filled it up with garden gloves, copper flower markers, and all of my shovels and things.

The topiary I found a few weeks ago at an antique shop. I then purchased this cool galvanized chalkboard garden marker. So cool!!

Remember the orange bee tin I told you that I got at Brimfield? Well here it is. This is one of my favorite finds for my home. I seem to be drawn to things with bee’s on it lately. Note the Honey label. Here next to the bee tin I found this awesome Majolica pitcher. It has a big chip on the top of it but I only paid a dollar for it so I don’t mind. It is fabulous anyway!!

I have this crazy idea that I am going to set up a booth at Brimfield in Sept. So in the mean time I need to find some display pieces. While hunting around I managed to find this cool terrarium as well as this mirrored display shelf. Even though they are new they will be well suited for Brimfield displays. Along with them I have started to find more things for the shop and for Brimfield.

Here is the french architectural lithographs I found in NYC, along with a pretty french jewelry box, some french herb crocks, herb book, pretty salt and pepper shakers, a cool french bobin holder, vintage fabric, a pretty English pink tin, some vintage ribbon trim, and some great mirrored place card holders. Whew that’s a mouthful. I hope you enjoyed your long weekend as well as my new pics!!

Wow what a crazy week it was. It started out with a visit to Skinners auction house, Then Brimfield madness and onto NYC for the weekend. I have seen more antiques in a week than most people see in a year. But am I complaining? No way!! It has been so much fun hunting for more treasures for the shop.

We actually stayed in Hoboken this time because the hotel prices in the city were completely outrageous. Most of the average hotels wanted at least $400 a night for a basic room. Sorry but there is no way I would blow $800 bucks for two nights. I wont waste money like that.

Despite the fact that we had to take the subway into the city we had a great time. I think we walked about 15 miles in one day. Mainly because I had one goal, and that was to find all of the flea markets in town. I had done the research way before the trip to figure out where they were. I even got linked up with one of the flea market sites which is at www.fleaspeech.com.

The first flea that we hit was called Hell’s Kitchen. There was plenty of eye candy here, including furniture, old printing blocks and oodles of fabulous vintage clothes. NYC is the mecca for vintage designer clothes. You cannot walk a block without seeing something spectacular there. I must say like everything else in NY the prices were outrageous and the dealers weren’t really into haggling. I myself am a big-time haggler so needless to say I did not buy a thing at that market. Here are a few pics from Hell’s kitchen.

The second market we went to was quite a hike away from Hells kitchen. It was called the Garage. This place was filled with two floors of treasures. Again the prices were high but the merchandise was much nicer. I actually bought two beautiful French lithograph architectural plate drawings from a book. They are magnificent!! Here is a shot from the Garage.

On Sunday we met up with some old friends and their son and walked up through Madison Ave ,5th Ave, and then through Central Park. I took a few shots of the fashion eye candy, the park and some fancy 5th Ave architecture. I almost fell over when I saw some of the clothes and window displays.

Valentino’s display was one of my favorites. This white dress looks like it would fit me perfectly.

I guess you could say like most women I love clothes, bags, and shoes, One of my favorite shows is Sex and The City. I kept telling my husband if you see Sarah Jessica Parker let me know. Needless to say we did not run into her and Matthew. But I did manage to meet the actor who was recently in the Polaroid commercial and in a Subway commercial. I randomly just started talking to him on the subway and he told me he was an actor, artist and photographer. He gave me his website. I then went back to the room and looked at it only to discover his work on tv. Only in NYC right!! Please enjoy the shots of the rest of our trip. If you get the chance to visit the city do it soon before the summer heat kicks in. Believe me you don’t want to be on the subway face to face with a bunch of sweaty people. On that note happy hunting and enjoy the week!!

Aahh what a spectacular day we had at the Brimfield show. We started out relatively early. The weather was initially cool but warmed up throughout the day. The fields were brimming with excitement as deals were made left and right. The crowds were plentiful and if you dug deep down there were bargains to be had.

The first booth we stopped at had a European flair. so we were immediately drawn into it. While talking to the dealer in the booth I discovered that she was from Germany but resides in Pennsylvania. Doris Dixon is her name. Doris was so friendly and knowledgeable. You can check her website out at www.dorisdixonantiques.com . It was such a pleasure to meet her. Here are few pictures from her booth.

We bought a few treasures from her and then went on down the road to discover a friends booth from Concord.

If you haven’t heard of Nesting On Main then you are seriously missing out on something wonderful and magical. Their store has an eclectic mix of new and old things with a french flair. It is by far one of my favorite antique shops. The girls are always so friendly and welcoming. Melissa does the Brimfield show every year with another gal Carrie from another shop in Concord. Here I shot a few pics of their amazing space at the show.

To my amazement right next store to Nestings booth another talented lady Sue Bradford set up a lovely booth with a similar style to Nestings. I had my eye on a sweet little orange tin with a bee on it, and just had to buy it because I couldn’t get it out of my head all day. I went back at the end of the day and she still had it tucked away, so I managed to get it for a better price. It was my favorite purchase of the day. Here are some pics of her cool booth as well as some random shots throughout the day. Enjoy!!

After an eight hour day at the show we came away with some great little treasures to show for. We can’t wait for the next one !! Until then happy hunting.

As most of you probably know the Brimfield Antique show is starting on next Tuesday May 13. Brimfield is by far one of the premiere venues in the world to host an antique show. With over 4000 dealers spanning for about five miles, and lasting for one week you can find virtually anything from mid ranged antiques to very high end antiques such as a Rembrandt etching. Some refer to the show as being the mecca of antiques. I am so lucky that I live about an hour from there.

This will be my fifth time going to the show as a collector but my first time as a dealer. In the past I would say that I never found any great deals there but at the time I wasn’t reselling anything that I was buying. Now it is a whole different ball game.

The show is held three times a year. May, July, and Sept. Apparently the May show is the best one to attend. The weather is generally cool and all of the dealers are coming out of the long winter and are ready to buy for the upcoming year. The July show is way too hot for me. The Sept show can be warm too but I would rather take my chances then. This Sept I am actually thinking of selling at the show with my mom and possibly another good friend of ours from California.

This past Tuesday we spent the day with our old friend Dona shopping in Concord and showing her our space in the shop. We hadn’t seen her in about two years, so it was nice to reminice and talk about antiques. Dona has always loved antiquing. Although it is not her full time job she claims it is a sort of therapy for her after a stressful day at work. When I told her the name of my site she thought it was perfect!! Dona is in a group shop in California. Her specialty is vintage hats, silver, fur and pretty Shabby Chic things. What was interesting to me is the fact that she does well selling furs in California. Who knew!! Out east it seems difficult to sell something like that. I guess different parts of the US have different trends.

Here I have taken a shot of us after a day of shopping, as well as one of my favorite flower shops in Concord called Winston Flowers. They have the most perfect beautiful flower arrangements that you have ever seen. Enjoy!!

Stay tuned for next weeks lot of photos of the Brimfield show and wish me luck on finding many new treasures!!

Despite the weekend being rainy and cold it was jam packed with fun. I managed to find three rummage sales on Saturday in Wellesley at three local churches. Although each of them had entrance fees I still managed to find some great things. Sorry I didn’t bring the camera to take photos, but I did manage to take some great shots at the Red Sox game on Sunday.

 Generally when you think of going to a ball game you wouldn’t really expect to find great design, but as usual I seem to have this uncanny way of finding something pretty in an unconventional setting. Here are some of the shots that I took today at the game.

I really love the graphic numbers and colors that are throughout the park.

Here is me and my favorite Boo. He is one of the biggest and loyal Red Sox fans I know!!

I think sometimes objects can show their true beauty when pictured in black and white.

By the way as usual the Sox kicked some serious butt!! Go Sox!! Enjoy the shots.

Over the past few weeks I have been finding some beautiful new things for my space. In the next week or so I will be putting them in the shop.

The first item that I wanted to share with you is an old Made in Italy garden fountain. In it I have diplayed an old map from Paris and some vintage Bingo cards. I think it would be great in a bathroom, or possibly in a garden filled with flowers. The possibilities are endless!!

Here is a pretty Majolica plate to add to anyone’s collection.

Another vignette in the shop with some old cheese boxes, an old galvanized scoop with vintage keys, marble eggs in a pressed glass pedestal dish, a cool celluloid bell with a bee on it, and a small green planter to brighten up anyone’s table.

Don’t you just love this old galvanized apple and fruit carrier. I have added some faux flowers to add some color to it. It would be great on a bench or hanging on a wall as a catch all.

How about this old child’s school bench. So cool!!

This painting would brighten up anyone’s home. It just screams spring!!

Here I found three sets of old french impressionist artist books from the 1940’s. They all include some awesome book plate prints of the artists work. As you can see they are Degas, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec. They are all so fabulous!! Here is a sampling of a few of the prints from each of the books.

I found this great Audubon styled painting on wood last week. I just love the earthy colors.

I love these Alabaster birds made in Italy. There is something romantic and cottagy about alabaster don’t you think?

This old green chippy medicine cabinet came from the barn that I previously posted about. It had been hanging on the barn wall for many years.

I have saved the best for last. These amazing wall paper panels came out of the barn as well. They are from the late 1800’s and are all hand painted on linen canvas. The first green border panel I was told was French Nouveaux. The second blue border is French as well. The last border is probably dutch. I am actually going to Skinners to get a full appraisal done because of the fact that they are so rare. I can imagine whoever buys them would frame and hang them up and display them as fine works of art. They are by far one of the coolest things that I have found in all of my hunting journeys. Again I would love to keep all of these things for my home, but then I would have nothing to sell in the shop!!

Well that concludes my new but antique items for the shop. If anyone would like to buy any of the items please contact me and we can discuss pricing. I hope that you have enjoyed my latest finds. As the summer goes on I will continue to add new pictures of new items. As always happy hunting!!

What did you all do this fine Patriots Day?  Did you go watch the Boston Marathon?  Maybe catch a Red Sox game.  Or did you go to Concord and watch the Patriots Day parade? 

Although Massachusetts celebrates Patriots Day on the Monday. The official day that the Americans and British fought was actually on April 19.  As I previously mentioned my family and I have always taken part in the Patriots Day festivities.  We belong to the Sudbury militia and fife and drum group. Sudbury has always tried to reenact the day as it happened. We do this in remembrance of those who fought for our countries independence . This means getting up at 4:00 am and marching the 10 miles to Concord. I have only done the march about nine times, only because for many years they didn’t allow women to march.  This was because there weren’t any women who actually marched that day. So for me it is a privilege. Here are some pictures of the days events.

Through the  years  of participating in the march I have made many  good friends. Two of whom have been dear friends of the family for years. I have included them in a few pictures with me and with my father.

This is Dan and Betty.  They are by far two of the greatest people you will ever meet.  Dan is a man of many talents. I think he has played every instrument in the group including the fife, snare drum, and base drum. He has been a member of the fife and drum group for many years. Not only is he talented but has always been filled with a special kind of enthusiasm for history that we have all grown to know and love.  As for Betty she is Dan’s lovely wife. Married for many years the two share their love of history. Betty told me that she has also done the march for about nine years. I don’t know what I would do without her marching by my side.  She is in better shape than I am that’s for sure!!

Here are a few more pics of me, my father, my brother and me marching over the North Bridge. All  in all it was a fabulous day. We had many spectators awaiting our arrival to Concord. For me it was very exiting to see all of these people waiting for us at the bridge. I guess we were famous for the day!!

Remember the barn that I recently got to tour? Well now you can too!! They are having a Barn sale in Worcester Mass on April 19 at 108 Apricot St. 8-12.

There will be a ton of items up for sale. The sale is more of an estate sale, but will still have some great bargains for everyone!! Some of the items included are antiques, a three year old John Deer riding mower, and many other new and old housewares, paint and crafting supplies. If you have any questions about the sale please contact me at design@antiquetherapy.com. So come on by, grab your coffee and feast your eyes on some great deals. See you on Saturday rain or shine!!!

The votes are in!!

Drum roll please…………….. # 7  is the winner!!!

Antique Therapy- An inspiring cure for the common design, will be my new tag-line. I will put it up soon on the sites header. I am still debating if it will fit on the business card or not.

After some technical difficulties I have decided to change the design layout. I felt the pharmacy tag was a little to busy to be a business card. But I have found another way to incorporate it into my brand. I really liked it as a header on my new guestbook. I was lucky enough to find a black paged book and add in some chalkboard like features. I really like the way it came out.

My business card is almost complete. I still need to edit it a bit, but here is a sample of the first draft. The design is an old french label that I found in a book. I just love the colors and soft look. The card background is actually brown although it looks pink here. Please let me know what you all think.

The last picture is my new label for pricing my antiques. I again found an old french label and just inserted my business name. I then added some twine to tie them on.

I wanted to thank all of you for your votes as well as the continuing support and kind comments that I have received throughout the last couple of weeks. It really means alot to me that you are all enjoying the site. If there is anything that you would like to see on here please feel free to leave me a comment or send an e-mail to me. Until then enjoy the rest of the weekend!!