bohemian artifacts . curious acquisitions

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

spring has sprang......

 hope all is well and you are setteling into spring....today i watch rain snow sleet and sun all appear through the shop window....they must have been filming a movie with a postman.......
the shop is showing some signs of spring and we had a great visitor monday... Kim Carson came in and did a segment that will appear on wzzm on Easter Sunday.....I will post the link........
 always wonderful when people can enough to spot lot the shop and show good local shoppes we all work hard to make you smile with delightful on of a kind things..........
getting the store stocked with lots of new yummies.......hope you can head our way soon......
1503 Lake Dr SE across from Wolfgangs (breakfast goodness)
open Tue -Fri 11-6
Saturday 10- 4

xxoo
patrice

Friday, February 8, 2013

the neglegent blogger

well......I have not blogged since December..........there was the holiday....
then some rest.....then January comes the month of doom and gloom for brick and motar shops..
everyone shopped lots in December January is like the hangover.....
 
 it is also my birthday month and this year I went with my husband to NYC I am 48 now so I am trying this whole upper case I thing if you read my blog you will know that grammer and english are greatly abused here I thank the nuns of Holy Rosary.....but I am getting off track....and i am already sick of the upper case i think...and yes i do have self esteem...just shifting up and down feels like a lot of extra work......
 the city is big and busy the New York Gift fair was also going on and we went to see wicked......
Elphba has changed me forever....it was a beautiful show......
 the cast puts on the show twice a day and is only off on Sundays....making me feel well...lazy at best
 loved the signs above the exits......
 blurry or not....you are now leaving oz.....that's just cool
 shot of the city..........
 great artist space....in the city.....NOT NYC.....grand rapids mi.....i have been cleaning and organizing my studio....working on lots of new designs........
 glitter is everywhere....2 size loving cups.....birds.....l-o-v-e and other words that will hang....
i am on a    r    o    l    l...................
 more studio shots........
 120 drawers each getting labeled and filled with ephemera, paints, and other supplies.....i am determined to become the organized artist this year..........
 this table is an old hospital gerney one of my friends that's normal said..."you know that's had bodies on it...gross" well now it's glitter centeral...i think it likes its new life......
 wanted to include on shot from the front of the store......if you live close stop in and if your visiting.. i can always ship it.......
last shot top of the empire state building...........must be the air...people look blueish up there.....


best to you xxoo
patrice

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

around the shop






hope to see you soon
xxoo

Monday, December 10, 2012

best night e-v-e-r

 shop hop was the queen's ball...hats for one and all.....you can't see it but if you were there
you know we have worker bee hats and king and queen crowns....the night was
magical and without so many wonderful customers and my crew here it would have been
impossible to do...so thank you all!
 
 pretty and handsome is a job requirement.....hee hee
 people eating drinking and being merry
 crown and cupcakes.........
 front of store before the shoppers...........
 bath area....filled to the brim with yummys
 ornaments are everywhere
 votivo red currant....please santa
 shoppers...
 the best sweetest people ever......
 snowballs are flying out of the store.....literally.....
 queen bee and santa......
 worker bees and a customer.....
 they smiled all night these two lovelies
can't wait till next year.....

hope to see you soon @elements
xxoo
patrice

Monday, November 19, 2012

fa la la la la





starting to deck the halls at elements.... snowballs, wonderful ornaments some are so cute they scream year rould happy.....seibold vintage lavender sachets.....stockings from Old White House, Trophy Wife Ribbons.....let the games begin!

xxoo
patrice

Friday, November 2, 2012

prop sale

 every so often as new stuff comes in to display on I let certain prop pieces go so here they are...
first come first serve  1. above metal wire plant stand 3 foot tall 16 inch round 35.00
 glass siplay case beveled glass top thick plate glass, 2 wood shelves color of bottom not picture
glass on left side needs replaced (reflected in price) case is 25 deep 48 tall  5 ft wide 100.00
 pink orginal paint counter there is a drawer that slides in top with built in dividers open bottom
wonderful pale pink color 19 deep 2 ft high 3 ft tall great patina and cracking paint 40.00
 top view of cupboard
 primitive white cupboard orginal cream paint 33 inches deep 3 drawers bottom shelves inside
95"tall almost 8 foot.....she's  beauty 200.00
 drawers....
 hardware of cabinet
 fun metal 4 drawer piece it's on its back in this shot 19 across 13 tall 2foot 4 inches deep  45.00
 different view great industrial piece
  old cast iorn sink solid and heavy would be great in farmhous kitchen
41 across 20 deep 21 high the gray square covers the drain and is wood it was just used to level in shop 85.00

all things sold as is I will mark sold when no longer available.....

Hope to see you at the shop soon I spent all day resetting the floor layout....planning ahead for
shop hop which is the first Thursday in December (the 6th)

xxoo
patrice