We have a winner!!!!

Hello all!  Let me start off by saying that you guys really wanted this chalkboard... like really!  Thanks so much for entering and if I could convince the Mr. to make one for all of you I would... but I need him to do other things... like patch the hole in the ceiling where the weird-o leak came through the light fixture... very strange.  Anyhow, the winner is Lauren Hitch!!!  Lauren, email me at michelle at vintagejunky.com and I will get the process started! Thanks so much for all the love and support.  You guys really are the greatest.  

Okay, now I have to manage to put the boy down for a nap, totally rearrange the house quietly and before the Mr. gets back... I go this wild hair (whilst in the shower, washing my hair) to move some stuff around and give our space a little switcheroo.  If it stays, I will share photos next week. 

Wish me luck! *wink*

bye for now!!

Friday Etsy Favorites *Vintage Goodness*

hello all!  It seems like it has been for.ever since I did a Friday Etsy Favorites.  But, since we are still at home while the Mr. is running the shoppe, I thought I would do them... and break my own rules.  You see, I sometimes don't show what I really, REALLY love if it is vintage... sometimes it seems that someone swoops in and buys it from me.  So, today, I thought I would show you all the *Vintage Goodness* that I am lusting over...

oh my.... look at that vintage perfections... patina... rust... love!

found~ urgestudio

love the aqua on this sweet religious medallion

found~ petitbrocante

need.more.vintage.trophies.

found~ sadieolive

If I ever was going to go crazy nuts and start collecting millions of one thing, I think it would be vintage bride and groom cake toppers... adore this one.  We had a great vintage cake topper

found~ izzydaisy

I wonder if I would enjoy upholstering more if I had this sweet aqua number...

found~ The1829Farmhouse

What is not to love about this little carafe set?

found~ EmporiumGitane

adore this sweet office note pad 

found~ GillyGrey

okay, I have oodles of ironstone.  And a couple of these same dishes already... that doesn't stop me from wanting to get these as well!

found~ froggoestomarket

I have this strange fascination with vintage dishracks... I don't know what it is... maybe it is the pretty aqua coating or the fact that they are really useful... whatever it is, I think this needs to be in my cupboard!

found~ fadedplains

and this sweet little diver stamp... well, I didn't let it get past me... it is mine.all.mine.

It reminds me of this motel in Eureaka Springs that the Mr. and I drove past when we took a little trip.... it was called the Joy Motel and it had this great image of a diver on it.

even though this is gone, this shoppe has loads of fun vintage and handmade

found~ smilemercantile

Okay, so go pillage my faves and make me so sad!  The hyena and I stayed at home today because he still sounds sick.  So, we are going to work on our third art project of the morning and maybe take a little nap in a bit.  Have a lovely weekend!  Oh, and there is still time to enter to win the Custom Chalk Giveaway!

bye for now!

Custom Chalk Giveaway

hello and happy Wednesday! Hope you are all having a wonderful week.  To be quite honest, ours could be a bit better... we have some weird home repair issues going on... somehow our downstairs light globe was filled with the dirty washing machine water... very strange and we aren't really sure how it happened or how I didn't get electrocuted when I flipped on the switch.  And, the hyena is sick... ugh!  So, last night was a long one.  I am sure to get it...  a 3 year old doesn't remember to cover his mouth when he is half asleep and holding you close.  Okay, stepping away from the negative and onto the positive!

 I was at the shoppe the other day and was getting together a little giveaway and all the sudden it came to me.... I had the perfect giveaway right in the shoppe... Mr Hughes!  No, not giving him away (at least not today... I need him to deliver furniture *wink*)  I asked him to giveaway one of his great chalkboards and he jumped on board and chalked up a little board to announce the giveaway!

This is the first board he did way back in August or September.  After he did this one, he quickly started getting orders for custom ones and then he opened up his etsy shoppe and he has done quite a few really great boards for weddings and birthdays and anniversaries.  It is awesome to watch him start with a chalk design and eventually work up to something permanent.  We carry ready made ones like menu boards at the shoppe and some fun smaller designs as well.  The one above though is mineallmine!  *wink*

I have been after him to do a birth announcement one and we have a few more new designs planned for that line that he will chalk up soon.  Oh, and this one is random names... trust me... baby hughes was *much* larger and born at the beginning of August (still waiting on my mommy badge!)

Anyhow, they are amazing art and I am not just saying that since he is my Mr.  And, we are so excited to give one away! So, I am guessing you would like to know how to enter....

Okay, first off... sorry... this giveaway is only open to the continental US.

Go to custom chalk on etsy and let me know which design you would like to base yours off of if you are the winner and leave a comment on this blog post.

For an additional entry, go to custom chalk.com and "like" it on Facebook.

If you want another entry, "like" Vintage Junky on Facebook

And, if you want more entries... blog or tweet about it.  

Leave me a comment for each thing you do to enter... it makes it easier for the random counter.

The board one of you will receive will be 18" x 24"  and you will work with the Mr. to create your design based off one of the ones in his etsy shoppe.  I will announce the winner February 1st!  Good luck!

okay, back to coercing baby hughes into drinking some more juice!  

bye for now!

In the Paper!

Hello and happy, happy Friday!  I just wanted to share a lovely little article about the shoppe that was published in The Tennessean today!  We are so excited and humbled that they wrote this nice article about Vintage Junky.

I always feel a little goofy when I have to talk about myself and what I do, so I am glad I didn't come across as a total goofball in the article.  Isn't that weird that I feel goofy and I have a blog?  And, just in case you would like to read it and can't make out my photos of photos, here is the link to the article.

And, I reworked the shoppe yesterday... I wasn't feeling the red Valentine's look, so I messed with it and I think I like it much better than before... it is more me... I added a blue table and was able to breathe... I had to balance the red!

I do like bright punchy red when mixed with aqua-y blue

I also foofed and fluffed the front... well, I mean, the whole store.  In this petite space, you can't really change one thing without changing everything.

And, if I am being completely honest  with you... it already looks different.  I guess it is good though, it keeps me from changing the house on a daily (hourly!) basis *wink*

Hope you guys have a wonderful weekend!

bye for now!

The Smallest Shoppe Keeper

Hello all!  Hope your weekend was great!  I feel like it has been forever since I blogged... if you saw my workshop you would understand!  I have been working on some really fun projects for clients.  The past few weekends, I snapped a few photos of what's been going on at the shoppe.

And, usually, baby hughes is the life of the party.  On any given day, someone will walk in the shoppe and they are *enthusiastically* greeted by baby hughes.  Normally, he will hand you a card, shake your hand, and ask your name.  This kid... I think he is going to be a politician.  He introduces himself giving his full name veryfast.    He is charming (most of the time *wink*)  He has been known to kiss and hug you goodbye and run after you and tell you to be careful.  He is a handful.  God must have known not to give me a boring child that would get overlooked by a mommy like me (slightly absentminded, busy, and constantly planning.)   We are so blessed with this little man.  He keeps me on my toes and laughing.  

He is why I started this crazy business!  I mean, don't get me wrong... I love it.... but one of the biggest benefits is being with him.  I can get over the no paid vacations and paying for my own health care since I get to spend my time with this little guy *smiles*

Now for the shoppe talk: I have changed the shoppe several times in the past couple of weeks.  

I added some garden-y type stuff to Spring it up!  I am yearning for Spring!!

I added a bit, just a bit of Valentine's and red.  Can I tell you... I am NOT a red person.  I have very little red in our home and I don't have much at the shoppe.  I do love vintage valentines and decorations, but I am itching to take this down already.  It just doesn't floooowwww.  And, I guess that is sort of the point of red, to stick out.  

The Mr. created this chalkboard out of some salvaged furniture parts and added his lines *wink*  It sort of goes with our Save the World, Buy Vintage theme.  Of course, I have rearranged the shoppe since these photos were taken... I got a wild hair during lunch on Sunday and put the Mr to work once we got to the shoppe.

Okay, Flying Fairy School is just about over, so it is about time to get to work.  I will try to not be such a stranger!

bye for now!