QcumberZ and Weekend Trash

I made it down to Qcumberz this weekend and restocked the space.

I found this folding wood vintage easel while garaging last weekend.  It has a drawer for paints and brushes that sits behind the print.

Isn't she lovely.  The sketched fashion model art is from the thrift store.

What else did I find to take to the shop?

This gorgeous vintage dresser that I couldn't decide if I should keep or sell.  In the end, I didn't have any room for it in my house, so down to the shop it went.

Here's a better photo of it I took from home before I went down to Phoenix.

This end table/nightstand made it down there too.  Chandler says this is one of his favorite things I've ever painted.  He likes the futuristic look of it.  Does it remind you of Buzz Lightyear?

I paid $1.00 for these Anthropolgie bowls and measuring cups at a garage sale.

Here's a photo of the collection I found on-line.

The funky rock balls with the cool display stand was $5.00 at a garage sale.

The little light-up vintage owl and the vintage ballerina wall art were from the thrift store.

Here's a closer look because I heart owls.

Saturday was a lot of fun in blue jeans, but Sunday is the only day I dress up.
I think my trashy church outfit was worth the $11.00 I paid for it.

The skirt is from April Cornell and I paid $6.00 for it at a thrift store in Tucson.  These skirts run around $100.00.  The shirt is Tommy Hilfiger and it was $1.00 at Goodwill.  The shoes are J. Crew and were $4.00 at Mesa Thrift.  Eden's little dress is from The Children's Place and was $2.99 from Goodwill.  Chandler's $1.00 vintage tie was the only thing I found a few weeks ago while out garage selling.  I love that he already knows vintage means special and cool!

I hit one garage sell this weekend and I found Mayer something he's always asked for.  A Tony Hawk half-pike for his tech-decks.

What's great is after I paid $5.00 for all the skateboard ramps, the homeowner of the  garage sale looked through a big box of old toys and pulled out about 10 tech-decks, which she threw in for the same price.  One tech-deck is around $5.00, so this what such a sweet deal.
Eden played in her $25.00 thrift store play kitchen I found at Mesa Thrift.

Her little shirt, a Frances Elizabeth Original I found at Goodwill for $2.99 and is quite the show stopper.

 Eden is serious about playing house. Notice she's using the lid top of a can of spray paint as a cup.  She's recycling so young!  That's my girl.

Speaking of playing house, the counselor picked apricots, plums and apples from the fruit trees.

As I sit here blogging, he's pitting the apricots for freezing.  He's a smoothie lover, that man!  The apples are for applesauce, applesauce cookies and a much-desired apple crisp.
How was your weekend.  Hope it was a great one.  Hugs!
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What makes something valuable? I think it's in the inspiration.

I was browsing through the Anthropologie catalog and came across this easel.

Image found here.

It’s interesting and has some fun character.

I never thought of an easel as a work of art, all on it’s own merit, but it is.

This easel seems to have decades of stories to share, all about paintings started and finished on its ledge.  Stories about color and brush size, lighting and strokes.  I can imagine the owner/artist having a relationship with this easel, like a photographer with his camera.  Works of art sprung forth, all teetering on this easel.  

I would love to see them, all of them.

This easel is priced at $2,100.00.

I found this easel out thrifting.  

I paid $10.00 for it. 

I brought it home, put it on craigslist and sold it for $20.00.

So, what’s the difference?

Could I have thrown some paint on it and sold it for $2,100.00?

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then who holds the checkbook?

If money can’t buy me love, but I love Antropologie, then where does that love get me.

It gets me inspiration.

Remember my surfboard I found at a garage sale?

I put it on craigslist.org and it sold to a designer named Jeremy who’s working with Jimmy Buffet’s restaurant called Land Shark.  He’s going to hang the surf board from the ceiling and use buckets of beer as light fixtures.  

A surf board chandelier, if you will.  

 Jeremy promised to stay in touch with before and after pictures.  Land Shark is opening in Florida’s Myrtle Beach. 

A primitive trunk Kelly sold at QcumberZ worked as inspiration for archetict Joe Murphy.  Here is is pictured in our booth.

He used it in a home he just decorated in Paradise Valley.  The home is featured in Modern Architecture.   

I was so much fun hearing from Dave Merrick, artist of Indigo Wolf.

Remember this blanket I purchased while out thrifting?

I wanted to sell in on eBay, but my kids loved it too much.

You can read about that story here.

Dave Merrick emailed My Dear Trash and convinced me to keep the quilt for the boys.  He said:

I painted that back in 1993. Since then, the image has been around the world (on prints, tapestries, wrapping paper, t-shirts, etc.). It became a blanket in around 2003. I'm really happy that your little ones love the blanket. I hope you keep it (but understand if you sell it). I have my studio in Colorado. 

Needless to say, I'm keeping the quilt.  It's that much more special after hearing from Dave himself.  

You can see how Dave work's his inspiration  on the cool youtube clip.

Hey, that's a great easel.  I wonder what he paid for his?