random summer finds ~

 Hello Motley Junket friends!  Hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend! 

I popped into Heritage Square Antique Mall first thing this morning with a load of random summer finds to layer into Booth B002!  It was such a pleasant surprise to bump into Susan of Must Love Junk.  Susan is such a sweet gal who shares our same design style and love of rusty crusty vintage goodness!  She's got as much of a crush on cubbies and wire baskets as we do!  Her husband commented that we might have been separated at birth!  Love it!!  Susan just recently started a blog called Must Love Junk........I'm sure she would love it if you would pay her a visit!

I snapped some photos of what you can find in store at Motley Junket right now.

 suitcases and flags

 vintage handmade dress with red and blue rickrack.....

 cubbies!!  and tarnished silver and other little bits.....

 vintage tomatoes......they still have their little Japan stickers intact....

 vintage french provincial nightstand.....great condition.....I left it as found but it could be transformed with paint to fit any decor......

 

 fisherman stuff.....

 

 galvanized tubs and a rusty crusty old tractor seat......there's also two grain sacks left.....

 a bundle of barbed wire......if we were true "Picker Sisters", we'd turn this into a VERY expensive chandelier!  :-)

 vintage monogrammed leather satchel.....

sweet baby ephemera.....look at those cheeks!

 lots of little bits like Bingo cards, Beano cards, plastic letters and game pieces in jars....

 Motley Junket..........our place filled with random vintage finds

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

finds ~

 Happy Memorial Day weekend!  The Motley Junket girls are hoping you all have a great time this weekend with your families and friends!  For those of you who might want to do some antique hunting, Heritage Square Antique Mall is open all weekend!  We have some great new finds in stock right now!

 

 

We update our Motley Junket Facebook page regularly too, so if you are on Facebook and enjoy that social venue, please stop by and like us!  We would love to connect with you there too!

Happy weekend!  Have a fun and safe Memorial Day!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly and Keely

this weekend happenings ~

 Good morning!

Junkers and vintage lovers will be in heaven with the happenings in Central Ohio this weekend!

Get your junk party started with the Rural Society Antique and Garden Show in Mt. Vernon on Friday morning.  We won't be set-up there, but so many great people will be like Lisa of Urban Farmhouse, Janet of Open Market Style and Lisa of Collected Over Time just to name a few!

Then, on Friday evening, the antique mall that Keely and I call home, is having it's Customer Appreciation Night from 6pm - 10pm!  I hear it's quite a soiree with loads and loads of new merchandise, vendors slashing prices and cake and punch!  CAKE?  Did someone say CAKE?

Keely and I will be delivering new goods to the booths before Friday, but here's a look at our our most recent offerings......

Motley Junket (Booth B002)- April 2012

 Georgie Emerson Vintage (Booth C004) - April 2012

We will both be there, so come say hello!  

Heritage Square Antique Mall

Friday, May 4

6pm - 10pm

I've included Facebook page links to all of these, so you can LIKE each of us and stay updated on what's new.

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

happy yellow chair ~

Isn't this the happiest yellow chair ever?!?!

I am totally crushing on it!

Amazingly, its original owners taped the bill of sale to it, so it shows that it dates to 1970.....what a great year that was I might add!

This happy sunshiney yellow beauty is currently available for sale at Motley Junket, booth B002 at Heritage Square Antique Mall! 

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

Paris Apartment at Georgie Emerson Vintage ~

 If you have a free minute, pop over to Polly's other blog at Georgie Emerson Vintage to see how she filled her other booth with her Paris Apartment collection!

Here's a few photos to whet your vintage appetite!

You can also find both of our vintage businesses on Facebook!  We would love it if you would come over and LIKE us!!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

spring at Motley Junket ~

Hello friends!

It has been over a month since I've posted here.  Unfortunately, I lost my Mom which caused my world to turn upside down.  I took a break from just about everything, as I'm sure you all understand.  My Mom's illness was lengthy......I have been her primary caregiver for over six years.  I feel so grateful for having been able to spend time with both her and my Dad before they passed.  And I feel very grateful for the good days we had together many of which are my forever memories.  Despite the fact that my Mom was sick for a long time, she had a great week right before she died..........we had lunch together nearly every day, made a visit to the beauty salon, and wheeled around in the glorious sunshine.  In addition, she was in terrific spirits showering us with ornery comments and giggles.  I believe that week was a gift from above.  

Any of you who've experienced loss know that it takes time to get your spirit back.  It has been important for me to continue with creative projects to distract me and keep me busy.  

Today Keely and I spent the day at our Motley Junket booth at Heritage Square Antique Mall getting the place all shaped up for Spring!  We find that if we give ourselves a theme or inspiration idea, we both individually start pulling things together that somehow just end up mixing really well!  Our inspirational theme this time was "garden party".  We brought in an interesting mix of items and I've got lots of photos to share, so here we go!

 I've said this before and I'll say it again, I am not quite sure how we fit all our eclectic stuff in this small space, but every time, I'm amazed at how it all makes it in there!  Last night when loading the car, my husband said to me "you think all of this is going to fit?".  And of course I had to remind him that Keely would be bringing a load of stuff too!  

It did all fit with some creative maneuverability and Keely's very impressive ability to effectively stack and layer stuff!  I have learned so much from her!

Thanks for visiting Motley Junket.......we appreciate it so much!

Linking up to Jen Rizzo's "Show us your Shoppe" linky party!
www.jenniferrizzo.com
Thanks Jen for doing this....what a great way for all of us girls to get the word out there about our little shops that mean the world to us!

Take care, and keep dreaming ~

Polly