B*S*

BS

- what was the first thing that came to mind?

Hmmm, probably not the image I was hoping

to create with my business. LOL!

It all started with a vintage stamping set

that I found at a Flea Market.

The letters were perfect for stamping my distressed

pricing tags.

bella shabby

- Wait ! I can't stamp a shortened version

BS

all over my tags -

Some things need to be thought through

when choosing a business name.

I toyed with

bella home

but then my intials would be

BH

but thats already taken by these talented guys.

We're vendors at their Flea Market in July so having

the same stamped intialed tags as theirs is not an option.

I went through Hundreds of names . I spent days on this

( I can get a bit obsessed)

Then I came up with this.....

It fits perfectly on the tag - simple .

beautiful

my goal when I am out treasure hunting - finding beautiful

vintage treasures.

Like this one ,

a Victorian water pitcher with a

ceramic liner. I have been junking forever and until last

summer I hadn't ran across one of these.

The first one sold right away , hopefully this one will , too.

Here is one of my favorite finds of the wwkend.

Shabby white opera glasses! Maybe they are binoculars but

Opera glasses sounds so much better.

Either way they are shabby white paint - love them!!

It was a bit of an

Ironstone

buying week end as you can see from the photo below.
Which is very good as it has been selling well out of

our new space at Monticello.

We kept running into our junking friends

Debbie and Bob at sales this weekend.

I always enjoy seeing them - they are so nice!!

But, then Debbie and I have to do

Rock, Paper, Scissors

to see who gets to buy the Ironstone and Transferware!!
Not really , but we do like the same things.

Like Debbie I have Christmas on the brain.

We'll both be vendors at

Monticello's Christmas show which opens

December 4th and goes through December 27th .

This show

promises to be one of the Best ,

be sure to mark it on your calendar.