The Antiques & Collectibles Faire yesterday was such fun! I got a pile of great stuff, and by no design at all, the theme of my purchases seems mostly to have been 60’s-70’s:
No sooner had I said “oh! I’d really like to find some sewing patterns”, than voila!
A dollar apiece and both my size. I am strangely attracted to the jumpsuit, and wish I had some black stretch jersey to make it *right now.* But I am trying not to buy fabric (ok, you can forgive me that huge length of incredibly cool 70’s home dec fabric in the top picture, right? the Alameda Faire only happens once a month). So I’ll have to file it away and wait for the right moment and sale fabric. I do think I have something in my stash for the flirty little mini-dress, though. I love those poufy sleeves!
I got a huge amount of ribbon for a very good price:
What will I use it for? I don’t know. If you have some good ribbony projects up your sleeve, please do share.
I also got my initials in old typewriter keys, also no idea just yet what I’ll use them for:
And some amber-colored chandelier crystals, which I have vague visions of using to make a long, dramatic necklace on a heavy gold chain:
Which I think would go very well with my imaginary black jumpsuit.
Of course the best thing about the day was the company. Natalie brought the coolest little rolling bag so we could carry our purchases in comfort and style, and Camilla got some very cool stuff (which she’ll likely blog about herself!). And several other very fun non-blogging buddies were there as well. It was beautiful, hot, and crowded with a very cool mix of people. There was so much to see that we had to cry uncle before we even reached the end of the fairgrounds. Maybe next time we’ll go earlier and try to make it all the way!