A SUCCESSFUL ITALIAN EASTER MARKET!!!!!

The entrance sign (and one of Rita's birdhouses)

Cordelia Mendoza, me, Kim Kelly and Rita Reade before all the excitement began.  We were too exhausted after to take another picture.

As with each sale like this we have had, there are always several people who show up, oh, at about 8:45a, while we are still furiously pricing and doing last minute things.  Oh well, at least people are excited to come and see what we are offering.  I have to say that we had not-so-great weather today in Coronado.  It was quite cool and we even had a few rain sprinkles, which, luckily, didn't amount to anything.  It didn't stop the people from coming, though.  We had a steady stream of people for the entire time.  All in all, a very successful and fun time was had by everyone.

MORE FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET

A few more pictures of what I've been working on.

I decided to decoupage the drawer insides.  One down, two more to go.

A wrought iron stool.  For some reason it looks like a spider to me.  A happy, friendly spider, but a spider nonetheless.

Close up detail of hot pink welting

Slipcovered bench

ITALIAN MARKET IN CORONADO

To view the invitation, click on it.  This is not an invitation-only market.  Please feel free to come and bring all your friends.

Below are pictures of what I am working on for the sale.  

Black frames and various wrought iron items.

Pillows galore!

The ugly brown dresser transformed.

Woven cotton potholders

Black Bistro chairs (4 available)

White Bistro chairs with striped cushions (6 available)

Mosaic-topped table

Dress-form lamp base, ready to embellish, comes with a make-it-yourself lamp shade

Lamps, some with shades, some without

AN ITALIAN EASTER MARKET -- CORONADO STYLE

Well, it looks like scanning the invitation and uploading it to my blog didn't work out as well as I had hoped.  In case you really can't read it, the important details are:  Kim Kelly and I are having another Italian Market at her house on Saturday,  11 April 2009 from 9a-1p.  For more information you can call either call Kim at 619.437.4800 or me at 619.435.4098.  We did this last year and it was a lot of fun.   Rita Reade will also be joining us.  Below are shots of some of the items I'll be selling.  I still have lots of work to do.

And I just realized (I am editing this on Saturday morning) that you can click on the invite above and enlarge it for easier reading.

These are some of things I am working on.

Lots of frames

A cute dresser

Primed and ready for it's new color

Half way through painting the frames

Caution Wet Paint

PRACTICALLY EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE

I delivered this chair and ottoman slipcover on Sunday to my client in La Jolla.  While I was looking around at all I have done over the years in her home, I asked her, "Is there a room in this house that I HAVEN'T done something in?"  We decided there was only one.  Every other room has my work in it.

This pillow is a photograph I took and then printed on fabric.

The valences are clipped on to the panels for easy removal.

Large, floppy pillow

I had to make two different fronts because I ran out of fabric.  Hey, it happens, but, luckily, the pattern was such that centering the scroll detail worked, too.

This chair has a lattice/cane back and needed to be 'warmed' up.

Back view

Over view of sofas with new throw pillows

This picture shows the pillows, the chair and the new valances.

This is the dining room.  The valance, window seat cushion and pillows and the chair backs are all in the same fabrics as the living room.  This room was done probably three years ago.  

The back detail on the arm chairs.