I Brake For Vintage!

Especially cowgirl style! My heart races when I see a yard sale... I always snoop through the local thrift store, even when I'm on vacation, infact I prefer to shop vintage where ever I go! ... and don't get me started about flea markets! I enjoy shopping online too... I am listed in the Handmade Product Shopping Directory, http://www.dmpmc.net/THMD/ recently they added a new section... The Arizona Vintage Loft and I found a shop who is all about what I like to call TexMex style. If you like vintage cowgirl collectibles and clothing you must stop in Cowgirl Junk www.cowgirljunk.etsy.com/

Kelly, the owner of Cowgirl Junk has been selling on ebay since 1998 and has been selling on

etsy.com since 2006. Her shops original name was Highway to Hell Antiques and Junque.

Kelly started going to yard sales with her Grandmother every Saturday when she was about 7, and as soon as she was old enough to drive she needed a bumper sticker that said "I brake for yard sales, thrift stores and antique stores". She wore vintage clothing in junior high, and still has some vintage clothing she wore in high school! When asked if she considers herself a cowgirl...she replies... " I live and breathe it... I have 5 horses and a tractor!" "I wear boots with formal dresses on the rare occasion I have to go formal. I think it was at the Autry Museum where I read, in the heyday of rodeo and wild west shows there was 1 cowgirl for every 100 cowboys. I became rather obsessed with collecting any and all things those rare women might have used or owned.My own home looks like a cross between a working ranch, lodge, cabin, victorian, gypsy wagon, dude ranch, shabby, cantina and bordello. I even built my own old west town facade around my swim'n hole... complete with jail, blacksmith and saloon!"

If you like western themed collectibles and accessories you must visit this fun shop!

www.cowgirljunk.etsy.com/

I made it through the work week. Well, actually, I work three days but it feels like six! I got alot accomplished today. I am making bird feeders to sell at the Chocolate Festival next weekend. I am using these pretty tea cup and saucers I found the Salvation Army, and attaching tomato stakes to them. I thought about selling them in my etsy shop but I don't know how to go about mailing them because of the length.

I am also working on magnets for the fridge. I want to do a cowgirlish theme. There are so many ideas swirling inside my head, I have trouble keeping up at times. I was in my art room looking for something and when I opened one of my boxes I discovered Scout and Jinx hiding with the bird houses and flowers! Those two just love going into that room and getting into mischief. I just had to take this picture of Olive and Cooper waiting to shopping in their doggie bag. They are so cute! I love my furbabies so much! Well, back to my art work.

Oh, I almost forgot, I was invited to join the Faerie Zine at Flickr. I am so honored and excited. The site is private but you can view the groups administrator's blog. Her name is Lisa Kettell and she is listed under my favorite artist list to the right of this blog. Just click on her name and you will enter her magical world of art and whimsy! Have fun!