Busy Busy

 Well Worn has been busy, busy lately.  I promised myself that once I started a blog, I would not post the "sorry I haven't written for so long" post.  So this is not that post.



Our new booth needed a wall, so yes, Mr. Well Worn built a new wall on the hottest day of the year. 

The new wall

 
The weather was hot which is a lot more than I can say for this wall.  I decided to add dictionary pages on  the second hottest day of the year.



Our first booth has dictionary page flowers and dictionary wreaths as well as swags.  I wanted to incorporate the same idea with a little different twist.  So we have the dictionary page wall.  Once we did it, I decided to look on line to see if anyone else had done a similar wall.  What I discovered was something akin to "who hasn't done something similar?"  Even Miss Mustard Seed did a book page wall at a wedding and blogged about it.  I read her blog almost daily, so I don't know how I missed that post.  It's funny how you can think you've an original idea, and you come to find that it's not original at all.  Has that ever happened to you?

The full monty, I mean wall.

   

 

Dictionary flower in wall pocket

I think that the "dictionary flower" is an original idea.  I hope so, I really don't want to cruise the internet and find out that I am once again, not original. 

Don't even get me started on this, I'm afraid to look and see how many people have already thought of this!  I don't want to look and find other ruler hearts that are bigger and better than our humble little heart at Well Worn.
Squeeze some fun into your day or squeeze someone today,

Melony

 

Fat Kid Fun

I'm not much for TV, usually its the news every other day or so and any Sacramento Kings game.  If you follow basketball at all you know my guys need a miracle, but I digress.  Any how, TV was never my thing until lately...American Pickers  boo to the yah.  Storage Wars, Auction Kings, Auction Hunters and how about a little Chum Lee and Pawn Stars.  Man oh man.  I wish I had never discovered any of these, well except maybe Pickers.  Now I cruise the directory when I have a minute to see if there are any new episodes.  Terrible.  Well this all leads to Auction Hunters, I just think that Allen Haff and Ton Jones are stinkin' cute.  I love it when someone is excited about what they do.  So I give Ton Jones credit for today's post.  He and Allen found a mini bike in one of the storage units that they purchased.  Ton says to Allen, "do you know what that is?"  Allen replies something like "a mini bike?"  Ton says "NO!  That's fat kid fun right there."  I love it.  I'll leave you with some pictures of the start of my "Fat Kid Fun Day" and hopefully, I will be able to show you some completed projects in the next few days.
Have some Fat Kid Fun today,
Melony

already finished the guy in the back who's peeking through

wait until you see the after on this one

Yummy

she's a little wobbly, but we'll get her fixed up and give her a make over



Serious "Fat Kid Fun"



Annie Sloane, I've been waiting for you

not sure about this one yet, we'll see if it turns out

A Little Dizzy & Membership has its Privileges

I have had a little battle with vertigo since I've been back from my trip.  I apologize for the lack of posts and pictures.  I feel like it's getting a little better and feel as if I'll have a handle on it soon.  It's hard to feel effective when you feel as if you are on a swaying boat.  It does make me more tired, as if I'm being rocked to sleep 24-7.  But vertigo can't stop us from thanking our loyal supporters and fans!  So, Well Worn would like to thank our followers and future followers with our first coupon.  The coupon is good for August 1-15 in either of our two booths located at 8th & Main Antiques in Chico, CA.  If you live nearby, please sign up as a follower and shop.  We want to let you know that we are so grateful for your support!  The coupon is good for any thing you would like to purchase and as many things you would like to purchase as many days as you'd like to use it.  Basically 15% off for 15 days on anything in the Well Worn spaces.  We ask that you not share your coupon, but that instead you ask your family/friends to become a follower so that they can receive their own coupon.  We look forward to any comments you'd like to share and would love to hear what treasure you found in our humble little booth(s). 



I'll leave you with a couple of pictures that I took the other day at Well Worn.
Joy to you!
Melony





We've brought in some fun elements to compliment the vintage camera display

 



Sweet little white Nightstand

   



I'm ready for my close up Mr. Demille

  

 



Cute Turquoise Chair with Yellow highlights

  




Love.Vintage.Luggage

 




Fabulous Sewing Machine Base table with glass top

  








A little sewing vignette to compliment the new table

Well Worn is Worn Out!

Whew!  I'm back.  Although I had the time of my life, shopping, laughing and eating WAY (should I say WEIGH?) too many Tasty Cakes, it's so good to be back.  I thoroughly enjoyed Pennsylvania, loved the scenery and met such fabulous people.  However, the humidity I could do without.  There was one day at Saylorsburg that I knew I must have looked like I had just left a water park (fully clothed).  There will be no pictures of that day.  It was just too stinkin' hot to do anything extra; like click the button on the camera.  I'm looking forward to sharing a couple of the fun finds that we came across.  Some of them are already in our booth at Well Worn.  A little more news on the Well Worn front...We are expanding.  Well Worn is currently located on the second floor of 8th & Main Antiques in Chico CA  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eighth-Main-Antique-Center/121161784567401.  We have a good size booth directly to the left of the staircase.  We are adding a smaller booth in the "back building" that will feature mostly furniture.  There will be fresh and funky accessories in the "back" booth as well.  We will officially be in the back as of August 1st, so come on by and check it out.  I am looking forward to sharing some pictures of the progress from the beginning.  I can't say from start to finish, because our booth is never "finished".  Our vignettes and displays are always in the state of flux as we move things in and out.  For some this would be the frustrating part of Well Worn, for me it is the best part. 

A little housekeeping. The followers feature was experiencing technical difficulties, so please try again.  Should you run into problems or it is just a big pain, please contact us so we can look into it.  We appreciate our followers so much!  Thanks so much for your support we can't convey how much it means to us. 

I added two quick shots from the booth, they are not the best quality, but they are the best I have at this time.



Find Some Joy Today,
Melony



A cute little marble topped desk







The ladder back chair in front of the desk
 plus a little light reading

Sure, Sure, Shopping and Shoe Forms

We've been so busy on this trip! Shopping and then shopping, and oh, a little more shopping. If the Hubbs is reading this, shopping doesn't necessarily mean BUYING. If he's not, well it doesn't necessarily mean NOT buying. Anyway, since we've been so busy and I haven't taken many pictures due to some technical problems, I thought I'd just post a picture from the booth. When I get back there will be so much to share. I'm just on sensory overload at the moment, so it will take a while to process everything so that I can share in a more organized manner.  I have a hard enough time staying on track and struggle to write with a smidge of coherence, so it is best that I rest up before I blab.  But, I do have to write about one thing I enjoy...When you speak with someone around here it's so great when they let you know that they're listening to you with the affirmative sure, sure.  The best part is the way that they say it.  It sounds like shoe-a, shoe-a.
I. LOVE. IT.  I'm so going to let my friends on the west coast know that I'm listening with a
"shoe-a, shoe-a" when I get home.

I have a thing for wood shoe forms.  Well Worn has a few, some even have pointy toes. I kept a pair that say "pip" on the side. I'm a sucker for any type of typography, graphics or numbers. These shoe forms have all of the above. I've seen a few of the folding rulers made into stars in blog land, however the stars are usually folded a little differently. I like to fold mine the same way I would draw a star. Which do you prefer?


Happy as a dog with a pork chop,
Melony

Boy Scouts and Bus Stops

Worn Well has been on the antique chase for items for our booth at Well Worn.  (Confusing I know, I may write about it someday.)  My cousin and I have been searching high and low in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania.  We have met some wonderful people along the way.  We found some fun vintage items at the Boy Scouts rummage sale and even received curbside service.  I wish I could take a Boy Scout along to all of my "picks" they are so helpful and polite.  Maybe I should contact the Boy Scouts and see if I can have the boys earn a "picken" badge.  I think part of the process would be to help crazy antique dealers load up their vehicle and to teach the dealer the correct way to tie knots and such, so they don't quite look like the Beverly Hillbillies as they transport their wares around town.  I think I would have to get used to being called ma'am, but it would be a fair trade.  It was a treat to have someone carry my treasures out to the car and open the door for us and even say "thank you."  What a fine bunch!  We drove an hour or so to a yard sale that advertised vintage and antique items.  We met two fun ladies who directed us to go to the Bus Stop Flea Market; but only after we had shopped their yard sale. I guess we looked like we would drop our vintage luggage and go running to the Bus Stop if they made it sound too good.  Betty and Ellen were so helpful and gave us some insider information about places to shop.  Once we made it to the Bus Stop Flea, we met two more adorable ladies, Judy and  Charlotte.  The girls really took care of us, getting prices, making sure that all our items were taken to the front so that our hands were free to buy more....hmm.  Charlotte is a woman who knows her priorities.  She made sure I knew where to go to purchase the all important ice cream sandwich; hey, I am on vacation.  If you're in the area, I would recommend that you check out the Bus Stop Flea and shop around.  Since it's a Flea Market there is a wide variety of items, from tube socks to a horse drawn carriage.  Once we finished shopping, we came home for a little breather.  After the short rest it was to Mama Nina's http://www.mamanina.com/ for a divine dinner. I am shopped out, worn out and carbed out.  It was a great day. 
Breathe,
Melony

Thanks a lot Underwear Bomber

The fear of flying is a major concern for many travelers, including some of my good friends.  For me the fear of flying was never an issue, until now.  Now I have to worry about being searched by TSA...Seriously, this kept me awake for a little while last night.  The questions that ran through my head were those somewhat like those that ran through my head many years ago when I went on first dates.  What do I wear?  What shoes will work the best?  What about my hair?  Yes, the hair thing.  If you've been following the news, recently TSA was under fire for checking a woman's hair.  The big hair thing shouldn't be a problem for me on the trip from home, it's not too humid here.  But the return back?  There could be problems.  High humidity makes for very big hair in my world.  Also, like a first date, what will they expect from me?  If I show up with my overnight bag will I send the wrong message?  Then there is the problem of being on the FBI watch list.  I realized all too late that it was probably an unfortunate choice of words to refer to my cousin as I did it my last post.  I won't use the word, since that will make it appear three times in as many posts.  Yes, the word I used in my heading for this post.  I waffled, and then thought, oh, well, I'm probably already on "the list" so just do it.  So fear of flying gets another wrinkle. 
Choose happiness today,
Melony