June Roomie Sale

We just finished the June sale yesterday. We were very busy and sales were quite good - I don't have the sales numbers yet, but I'm pretty sure it will be my best month so far.

My favorite thing this month is this huge sign. It was originally a drafting table top that I got when I was still in Colorado. I loved the patina and the price was right, but I wasn't sure what to do with it. My friend Lainey gave me the idea to make a sign out of it, and it couldn't have been easier. It was one of the first things to sell.

I did two of these french chairs and they both sold, and I sold all my tables as well. I hope I can find some more of these chairs for next month.

I finally am starting to feel creative and I did some very nice, small collages this month. I do these just for myself, following what ever muse is inspiring me at the moment. They were small, the size of a bingo card. I put them in the sale, not expecting too much (I didn't even take pictures of any of them!). To my surprise, I sold every one.

The inspiration for most of them was some new scrapbook paper and stickers by Tim Holtz. The paper is brown kraft paper with various images and the stickers coordinate with the paper.

It went very well with my style and other things I have, including a box of vintage photos. At first I wasn't sure about doing these, as it just seemed like cheating somehow - I mean, is it my art or Tim Holtz's? But the ideas just seemed to flow and I was happy with the result, and I was just glad to be creating again. I used some of the same ideas on these journals here.