Dime Store Chic

The Vintage Home Market: Off the Hook!

Hello, My Friends!~~

I am finally recovered enough from this past weekend at The Vintage Home Market in Richmond, VA to post a lot of photos and to tell you how off the hook wonderful the show was for us! And oh my goodness, Tony and Marc of Feathernesters, staged the absolutely cutest show ever!

Here is the ticket booth they made from a salvaged Mexican bar, can you imagine! And Marc told me he spent two weeks making the myriad of fabric banners which he and Tony strung all throughout the show space.

The plain space at the Richmond Raceway Complex was magically transformed into a vintage wonderland!

See?

Talk about your suggestive messages! Isn't this huge vintage shop sign wonderful?

Now, here's the booth Suzy and I staged at the very front corner--a great space!

Our booth was huge and we brought LOTS of vintage goodies and handmade goods!

Suzy even brought some beautiful painted furniture from her home, which sold quickly!

This is half of our booth!

And this is the other half!

Like I said we had a HUGE booth!

We had decorated bins with items marked one to three dollars, like the dime stores (with a little inflation on the prices from this long past days). So fun! Folks seemed to enjoy digging and finding treasures!

Oh, and here is the outside of the building which isn't much, and I didn't capture it after Tony and Marc decorated the outside, but you get the idea that this area is mainly for NASCAR events.

Tony and Marc gave an award for the best looking booth. Suzy and I actually went for the most stuff in a booth award but that wasn't awarded. Here is the booth that won best looking booth...

How cute is this? A store within a store! The name of the booth is: Gypsy Doo Dah Day and Leila and her husband are the clver fabricators of this charming space.

So by Sunday afternoon, Suzy and I packed up the few remaining goods and headed to our homes.

This car Suzy brought and the poodles sold too!~~Tony and Marc are planning on having another Vintage Home Market in November. This past weekend was thier first event and what a wonderful beginning!~~~I know Suzy and I are VERY happy!~~~XXOO, Beth

The Vintage Home Market: Boxes and Boxes

Hello, My Friends!~~

Boxes and boxes! Preparing for The Vintage Home Market requires lots of boxes!

Boxes packed full of goods both handmade and vintage.

Boxes decorated with vintage wallpaper, maps, and music for corraling the myriad amount of small goodies we are bringing to the show--there are TONS of fun vintage things for a dollar or two each!

Boxes for storage, display and for sale!

 

And boxes in the form of plastic bins, which you can barely see beneath the larger vintage goodness ready for the show!

If you are in the Richmond, VA area this weekend please visit Suzy and me at the Dime Store Chic booth at The Vintage Home Market!

Thanks and see you next week after the show!~~~XXOO, Beth

Getting Ready For The Vintage Home Market AND 50% OFF Sale in Dime Store Chic on Etsy!

Hello, My Friends!~~

With the threat of a tropical storm creeping up the southeast coast, I am staying very close to home getting ready for The Vintage Home Market sale next weekend in Richmond!

The fabulous creators of this wonderful show will soon be offering a $1.00 OFF admission coupon from the $5 admission price on The Vintage Home Market facebook page. Please keep checking for this nifty savings!

As for my preparations, it begins with stuffing our dining room full and then making sure everything is priced and packed snugly away. Here is the grouping of fun vintage goodies that has taken over our dining room:

Such an assortment of vintage FUN!

Suzy and I will bring vintage goods for your home and for your crafting! Oh, and we will certainly bring our made from vintage textile and holiday creations!

We will have fresh to market goods, recent finds from estate sales and other great vintage sources!

I found what has got to be the largest carnival prize chalkware floorvase I've ever seen! Dig those twining roses!

Here is the sign I made for our booth. Please look for it if you come see us in Richmond, VA on June 15-16 for The Vintage Home Market!

Now, for all of you who cannot make the journey, I am hosting a special sale in my Dime Store Chic etsy shop from now until June 14th. Please enter the code (in all caps) JUNE50 at check out for 50% off your entire purchase before shipping! You MUST enter the coupon code to get your discount, I can't do it on your behalf. AND Dime Store Chic now takes your credit card!

Thanks SO much for stopping by and Have a Great Day!~~~XXOO, Beth

Lucky Me!

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I don't know if you have been floowing Linda over my My Vintage Soul, this lucky lady lives in an area of upstate New York where they have periodic big trash pick ups. Linda trolls the curbside cast offs in her hood and finds so many fabukous vintage treasures. Recently Linda so very generously hosted a give away of some of her found treasures. And I was the lucky commentor who won this delightful vintage bounty!

What a generous lady Linda is!

The craft booklets are a complete favorite! Oh wait--I LOVE everything!

Trim, heart pans, the largest heart cookie cutter I have ever seen, adorable prayers coloring book, deer, and so much more!

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The sweetest wrapping paper, boots, plastic flowers~~~SO many craft possibilities!

Thank you SO much, Linda!~~~XXOO, Beth

New Patriotic Wreaths and an Announcement

Hello, My Friends!~~~

Lately I have been aiming my attention in several directions: crafting, finding and listing goods on Dime Store Chic, and preparing for the June 15-16 The Vintage Home Market!

Last night I listed two new patriotic wreaths in Beth's Bagz!

Such fun!

And I have been gathering, pricing, and packing LOTS and LOTS of vintage and handmade fresh-to-market goods getting ready for The Vintage Home Market! I'll show youw some sneak peek photos soon! But if you are anywhere near Richmond, VA on June 15-16 you MUST go to the Richmond Raceway Complex (site of the former State Fairgrounds) and stop by the Dime Store Chic booth! Suzy and I are bringing LOTS (and that is an understatement) of vintage goods for your home and for your crafting fun AND we are bringing our handmade goods too! We haven't taken Dime Store Chic on the road since Art & Soul several years ago, and were invited by the wonderful organizers who saw our booth in Williamsburg, VA last December to attend The Vintage Home Market. We are quite excited! Admission is only $5.00 and the site is indoors and air conditioned!

Would love to see you there!~~XXOO, Beth

Finds: Antique Book Cover

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Here is an interesting antique find:

A paper book cover decorated with gummed labels and cigar bands! An 1889 history book of the Adriatic countries was covered with this nifty collage of labels on bag-thick paper. In fact the cover is from a company as it has some of its own decoration too:

The underside of the cover with its curved flaps.

Don't you love the detail of the graphics teling you what size cover this is?

If this antique collaged cover and book are for you, you may find them both here!~~~Thanks for stopping by! XXOO, Beth

A Thursday Miscellany

Hello, My Friends!~~

I have a few photos to share with you today. A fun mixture...

Our kitty, Gyro, sleeping on our bed, hugging my childhood stuffed dog, blissfully unaware of the camera so close.

A cicada in our lettuce garden. I think about five million of his friends are on the way. This fine dude is 17 years old! Imagine. I hope he ejoys his time in the sunshine!

Mr. DimeStoreChic presented me with this delightful box of eye candy chocolates from Artisan Confections! I sampled them once but just couldn't bear the price even though I had never had chocolate that was as tasty as these. Why did he give me such a gift? I am 53 today. Dang!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!~~~XXOO, Beth

Estate Sale Adventures: The Green Room

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The past week brought a plethora (did I really just use that word?) of estate sales in our area. I went to one that began on Wednesday. The house was packed with lots of goods, some vintage, and nothing super appealing to the high end antique searchers. I heard one lady say: "There's a lot of stuff here but nothing quality." That was excellent for me as I don't look for antique store super high end quality, but I look for...you know...something that would have been at home in a dime store during the years from 1900-1980. I filled my two bags full of such goods including these:

Five unopend boxes of Kleenex cocktail napkins from 1967 in "avocado green" and "antique gold." How very Mad Men are the graphics on the boxes?! In case you would like them for yourself, I listed them here. A very interesting find. I mean how often do you find over 40-year old unopened boxes of groovy napkins in this quantity?

I hit another estate sale on day two of the sale. I found a few goodies including a blue wicker shelf from the 60's. It was marked one dollar. The lady taking money made a face when she saw the price and said: "I really need to check prices before the sale opens." And in the next breath she said: "We have been pricing this sale for two months." All I could think of was: "Two months is a long time and perhaps you should have walked around and checked the prices before the sale opened." I paid my dollar for the shelf. I got a steal in her opinion. Goodie for me!

In the same house I found this wonderful mod green wicker headboard...

This was located in what one time was the teen-age daughter's bedroom. My childhood bedroom had a similar color scheme of chartreuse. But I did not have this wallpaper...

Isn't it awesome? I looked all over the house for a spare roll tucked away but alas, found nothing. So I took it the wallpaper home in this photo. So here is the green room for you. A bit empty but with the headboard and wallpaper it deserves its status as the coolest room in a house full of quite dour furniture--no photos of that for you. You're welcome :)~~Have a great day!~~XXOO, Beth

 

New Look and New Goodies!

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My blog has been tidied up a bit and given a new name! I have always loved the title "Dime Store Chic" that I chose for my vintage etsy shop and decided that it described what I do, what I shop for, and my style very well. I am working on other consolidations as well. I am going to merge my etsy shops into one "Dime Store Chic" shop. That means handmade, vintage and supplies will be in one place to shop, and I think that will make it easier for everyone!

But until that happens, I am pleased to announce the addition of new pin cushions in Beth's Bagz etsy shop!

Included in the new offerings is this beach-themed pin cushion made with a vintage German water baby riding a flying fish!

Vintage milk glass "make-do's" pin cushions too!

So, I hope you like the new look. You may have noticed a new photo of yours truly. I took it myself. I really HATE having my picture taken. I don't smile well. I look practically creepy when I smile for pictures (remember that episode of "Friends" when Chandler tried to pose for engagement photos with Monica?--I can relate!). So bear with me on that score and I'll replace the self-portrait one day.~~Thanks, as always, for taking the time to stop by my blog!~~~XXOO, Beth

You're In The Right Place!

Hello, My Friends!~~

If you are looking for "Elizabeth Holcombe: Whimsies and Words and, instead found "Dime Store Chic," don't fret. You are in the right place!

I am having the fabulous folks at typepad give my blog a tune-up as well as a facelift. So the blog may look a bit out of sorts for a little while. My blog will be all bright and shiny soon! Please stay tuned!

In the meantime, please hop on over to my etsy shop: Dime Store Chic, for a gander at some fun new vintage goodies I found this weekend in Virginia's lovely Northern Neck. On the way to a fun sale, I passed this cute chicken coop:

I love the country!

See you soon with a new look!~~~XXOO, Beth