Last we spoke, I posted about the upcoming Clover Winter Market weekend. It was my first foray into the two-day, indoor extravaganza, and what an event -- I'm still not fully recovered! Fun friends, fabulous finds, and festive drinks -- what more could you ask for?
Friday night Mr. VJIMT and I loaded in our wares -- two big cars full of vintage junk. Saturday morning brought in the early-bird buyers, who received bags of swag and free mimosas with their entrance fee. The weather was a little bit snowy, but that didn't stop the crowds.
This was the front of my space on the first day. Practically everything in this photo sold -- telephone table, phone, french horn lamp, teapot, books bound with lace and key, chalkboard signs, and ball jars.
Sue from Vintage Rescue Squad drove three hours from DC to chat with us and a few other vendor friends. She also gave me one of her fab calendars and this awesome porcelain sign as a belated birthday present (our last name begins with "v"):
This guy and his sister stopped by separately to talk about the vintage green Hermes typewriter I had available. He took my business card so he could read the listing from my Etsy shop.
Later, his mom came and bought the typewriter for him as a 13th birthday present. Cool kid, cool gift!
Here's the front of my space on Sunday morning. Had to do some rearranging once the red telephone table sold.
This was the space previously inhabited by the green typewriter. More rearranging!
I had some Campbell's Soup ads that sold to a man who was the Corporate Chef at… Campbell's Soup!
The black and white photographs were a popular item. Eventually the whole lot sold on Facebook after someone saw this photo on my VJIMT FB page.
Keys, game tiles, crystals and flower frogs were also popular items. I am especially fond of my silver spinning lazy susan tray.
Speaking of spinning trays, everyone wanted to buy my not-vintage metal display piece. Must have been the aqua color I spray painted it!
My BFF Regina spent the entire day Saturday helping me sell, which made for lots of fun. Especially since we had these:
And the best story of the weekend? As we were sipping our lemondrop martinis, a shopper asked if the glasses were for sale. They had actually been part of my display, but were forced into action over plastic cups. We slugged down the drinks, wiped them out with a towel, and wrapped them up as SOLD! Product placement at its finest!
Can't wait to do it again next year!
What sort of paint did you use on your spinner rack? I finally got one (okay, TWO) and I put it together (SO MANY SCREWS!) and now I want to paint it. I am notoriously a horrible painter. Can I do it??? I want an vintagey jadeite green color. Your booth looks great - I would LOVE to come shop!
Posted by: Shara | 13 February 2015 at 12:14 AM
Two words.....BUCKET LIST! This looks like such a fun show! And anyplace that lets me shop for vintage junk while sipping mimosa's is my kind of place!
Erica
Posted by: Erica | 11 February 2015 at 09:21 AM
Sounds like you had a wonderful time! ~~Pam
Posted by: Pamela S. Wade | 11 February 2015 at 12:05 AM
Oh Gina. I love everything about your booth. It definitely inspires. If I were there, I wouldn't want to leave, especially with Martinis and great company.
That aqua display piece is gorgeous, and I can see why it was coveted. The Hermes sells itself. Still not ready to let go of mine. I adore your sign. Did you have a print shop print it on canvas?
And is that round orange with teapot a tin? ♥♥♥ Okay, I'm done....;)
Posted by: Maria (MagiaMia) | 10 February 2015 at 10:05 PM
Looks like a fabulous sale!!
Posted by: Bev | 10 February 2015 at 06:21 PM
Queenie enjoyed seeing you there.... Looking forward to Spring Clover Markets!!!
Posted by: Cindi Berrier aka Queenie | 10 February 2015 at 01:31 PM
Looks like it was a lot of fun!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | 10 February 2015 at 12:49 PM
Wow! You had some great stuff! Is that a needlework clock in one of the photos? Does it actually work? I've never seen anything like that!
Posted by: Mary Steinbrink | 10 February 2015 at 12:01 PM