Order 2011 Spring/Summer Flea Market Style Today!

Order Flea Market Style Magazine (Spring/Summer 2011 issue) for your retail shop today!

(We are dying to share our new cover, but we need to keep it a secret just a bit longer.)

Last call for February delivery for retailers. Order deadline is Friday January 7th 2011.

If you are a retailer and would like to place a bulk order (minimum order 25 copies) please contact Kellie at Matrix Distributing: kpeterson@matrixdirectservices.com or by telephone: 757-482-9997 (extension 221).

You will absolutely love our new issue! Flea Market Style Spring/Summer 2011 will be available on newsstands in February. Don't miss out!
Cheers,
Ki

Happy Holidays from the Flea Market Style Team

Wishing you a Happy Holiday! May all your hopes and dreams come true in the New Year.
Blessings,
Ki, Heather, Margo, Stacey, Tim, & Christine

Guest Blogger Post, A Vintage Christmas

"A Vintage Christmas" has kind of been my theme this year. For the first time, I decided not to buy any new Christmas decor for the holiday season, except for some fresh greenery. Keeping things simple, has really allowed me to focus on the creativity of combining elements I already owned to make all of my seasonal vignettes...

I spent the whole year selectively picking up items at the flea market that appealed to me for either their beautiful patina, unique look, or many times just because the item made me smile...so I figured, why not gather those items up to create a little Christmas cheer for my home??!

Here I used a vintage mason jar to hold my tree seedling, old German beer bottles, stacked books, a perfectly faded ornament, and a vintage caddy to create a look that will work for Christmas and into the winter months as well. I completed the vignette with hand stamped tags I made saying peace, love, joy.

My warmest wishes that you too have a little vintage goodness in your holiday season this year!!!

Tracey from French Larkspur

Angel Project: Quick & Easy

Okay, I know I am not the only one that waits till the last minute to throw a holiday project together. If you have a few salt and pepper shakers lying around or can borrow some from a friend, you can make the cutest little angels in just a few minutes. My kind of project!

If you need the complete how to instructions, head on over to my blog for the details.

Stay warm and happy holidays!

Ki

Bed Spring Christmas Tree Project

Well, It wouldn't be the holidays without a junkified Christmas tree. Flea Market Style contributor and junker extraordinaire, Cammie Metheny, has topped them all with this creative tree. So if you have an old bed spring leaning up against the shed, grab a bolt cutter and impress your junk buddies with this simple project.

For the complete how to instructions, visit Cammies blog. Hope you are staying warm and enjoying the season with family and friends!

Cheers,
Ki

Guest Blogger Post, Using Vintage Papers

Plain box that you can find at any craft store decorated with a vintage map and sheet music

One of my favorite places to shop in my town of Castle Rock, Colorado is The Barn. It is an old barn that has been converted into little shops. Each of the old stalls is now a shop that sells vintage and new items.

The Barn is my go to place when I am needing something vintage, chippy and full of character.

I told the shop owners to let me know when their Christmas things were in because they are always wonderful at taking vintage items and creating something new and beautiful with them.

As we are packing away our fall decorations and bringing out our boxes of Christmas goodies I thought it would be fun to see how we can simply incorporate some vintage papers into our holiday decorating.

Clear, glass ornaments decoupaged with vintage German papers, sprinkled with glass glitter and tied with "Noel" made on a printer

I knew they would have perfect ideas for us to use!

I want to make these tussie mussies for advent. What a fabulous idea. My children will love finding their little surprise each day leading up to Christmas

I love papers...old and new a like. So, incorporating vintage papers into my Christmas decorating is fun and easy.

This is a great example of how you can take the things in your home and "dress" them up a bit for the holiday with vintage papers

Vintage papers can be easily used to make beautiful wreathes, banners, place mats...the uses are endless.

If you have wonderful ideas of how to incorporate vintage papers into holiday decor please leave a comment with a link to your blog...I know we would all love to see it!

If you are in the area stop by The Barn and say "hello". You will not be disappointed!

Jeanne Oliver