Introducing Flea Market Style Weddings!

Our cordial invite says it all: Save the date!

Flea Market Style Weddings debuts January 2013!

We can't wait to share it with you!

And don't you love the bouquet in this picture? We fell in love with these vintage jewelry bouquets when we included them in the current Spring/Summer issue of Flea Market Style!

You can see and enjoy more of these beauties at ritzyrose.com!

Watch this space for updates on some things old, some things new, some things borrowed and some things blue!

Kim

Reader Query: Calling All Collectors!

Are you a collector?

We're curious and interested (OK, yes, downright nosy!) and we want to know:

What do you love to collect?

What makes your heart go pitter-pat when you spot it at a flea market? How many items are in your biggest collection? We're working on an article for an upcoming issue of Flea Market Style magazine, and we'd love to know what's on your "I -have-to-buy-that-for-my-collection-list!"

We may use your answer in our magazine, so let us hear from you!

You can leave your reply in a comment on this blog post!

Christine

Let There Be (Spring/Summer) Reprints!

Yes! Reprints are coming!

You couldn't get enough of the Spring/Summer issue of Flea Market Style, and publisher Harris has obliged with a second printing!

They should be arriving on newsstands and at big-box retailers by June 5; check the sidebar on the left side of the blog for more info!

There is also a limited number of issues that will be available to small retailers, so place your orders now! As always, there is a minimum order of 25; you can place your order with RetailVision by email at sales@rvmags.com or by telephone at 1-800-381-1288. Or, fax your order to 1-802-388-1291!

Kim

Paris, What I brought home

I know you all want to see what I brought back from Paris and I promise not to disappoint.

Shopping day one:

at the Marche' aux Puces St. Ouen Market , each item with a story of its own. Below is a close up of the smaller items. Lots of ephemera in there as well.

Shopping day 2:

Vanves Flea Market, where the vendors sold out of the backs of their vans.

So many wonderful things at this small flea market, and the prices were a little bit better.

Shopping day 3:

I tagged along with Val to a local resale shop where I scored this lovely canister set.
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Below are some of the items I'm keeping for myself. As a dealer I'm always looking for things that other people will want. But each of these things was purchased with me knowing it is what I wanted to keep for myself.
Lovely enamel thermometer, and iron English kitchen scale from the Vanves Flea Market.
Notice on the thermometer that at the freezing point it says "GLACE".
The scale turned out to be English but I don't care and at only $13.00 it was a bargain.

I love this rack, the hooks swivel and it has a wonderful old french label on it.
I did splurge a bit on it, but heck, I was on vacation and in Paris... so who cares :)
The hangers are also from the Vanves Flea Market
This label is what sold me on this rack.

Tiny little purses, (carried by girls to hold their church offering coins) and keys, package carriers from old department stores. In stores and shops of old, your purchases would be placed in boxes then wrapped in twine , these carrier handles would have a slip in the string to help you carry the boxes easily. They have advertising for the store where the items were purchased.
This is what I made from one of those tiny offering purses. The coin is an old French 10c franc, no longer used since they switched to the euro, and I chose the Madonna and child charm because France is so spiritual and filled with religious art, that these things will remind me of my visit.Be sure and check out my Etsy store soon, as I begin to list some of the other treasures.

Margo

Flea Marketing in Paris!

Bonjour

Hello Flea Marketeers everywhere. I am so happy to be back from my Paris Flea Market shopping trip, which was out of this world fun, and definitely a MUST on every flea marketeer's bucket list.

Day one of shopping was at the famous Marche' aux Puces St. Ouen Market, which is too large to fully shop in one day. Fortunately, our tour guide knew where the best places, to find bargains were.

Do you know what those white things are???? they are balloon molds, Ducks and Rabbits.

Fun french things everywhere, and a few English and German items as well.

Our old is their new, Their old is very very old.

Wish I could have brought it all home.

The market is full of these alleys, every one numbered so it's easy to find your way back if you leave something to pick up later. Vendors are nice if you are careful to say "Bonjour" before you go digging through their stuff, and ask before taking photos. Many know enough English to get by, and with paper to write numbers and hand gestures, you can get through on your own, easily.

Here I am with one of my finds, This one a gift for my Son the Photographer. And yes, I did the tourist thing and bought a bag that says "Paris".

Some vendors push these carts through the market and sell right out of them.
I paid this guy 2 Euros to let me take his photo :)

Traveling companion and tour guide extraordinaire, Valarie, shops at one of her favorite places.

This item was fabulous, and at $10,000 precious as well. I think it is from the textile industry. Each of those colorful spools holds a thick thread and it's huge. Perfect for my living room wall, but I could only afford a photo. When I asked if I could take one, the vendor asked me where I was from. I said "Texas', (which the French love because they watch the TV show, Dallas) and he said OK. I later was wondering what answer would have kept me from photographing.

You can read more about my travels, and what I brought home on my blog and Val's as well.

Au revoir

Margo