Kitchen Scales Anyone?

Another B58 Best Seller... Kitchen Scales. 

They are becoming harder and harder to find as we are out junkin' these days.

 

Do you have one yet?  Maybe you need to make a trip up to the ACM and pick one out for your own home. 

 

Perfect for a little added "whimsy" in a kitchen corner! 

 

Remember Booth 58 is your vintage whimsy headquarters!

It's Black and White

I recently bought a bundle of old black and white photos.  All the scenes include the same family with their beloved pets and new automobile from the turn of the century.  Mom and I love looking at them imagining their story....

 We like to tuck black and white photos throughout our store vignettes.  For some reason, they add something to the scenes we set up with our old junk... a softness... a realness... a story.... 

Some of the pictures that we use are our own old family photos...from my grandparents' era.  When we fluff the booth and move things around, they make us smile and chuckle a little as we move Grandmother Theodosia or Uncle Park from spot to spot... They seem to smile back at us and say, "this is fun...isn't it?"

Even though we don't know the full story behind all these pictures, there is a story.  It makes us happy to think these folks' stories live on..... in the midst of our funny Booth 58 junk.... History in black and white...

Small Smiles

"It's the little things in life that make life big" - Have you heard that quote... similar sayings?

We agree in Booth 58.  We love "smalls".....  We keep the booth stocked with smalls... lots of smalls! 

Here are a few smalls from our spot that make us smile today:

Mom used these silhouette tags on our Christmas packages this year... boys for the boys and girls for the girls....
Too cute!  perfect for Valentines

I might snag these sweet tea cups for a Heart Day tea party with Sister

lots of corners crowded with lots of smalls

Lots of little things to smile about.

What's New?

Here are a few new things in Booth 58 this week:

We've added a load of treasures from the sea..... like these glass floats and some new nautical postcards.

 This find is one of my faves that Mom and Dad happened upon recently... perfect for a patio or corner in a garden.  We perched it up high in the front of the booth. 

Big Brother has claimed this vintage record holder as "his" if no one purchases it soon. He has already decided that it will be the perfect art drying rack for his room. It looks like we are training up little "repurposing thinkers!" Way to think out of the box, Sweetie!

We've added some partiotic "tuck"- like this shipping tag banner that Mom made. Simple, cute, and just enough...

So, that's what's new in Booth 58 today.

Constants - Part IV

Constants.... Part IV - Last But Not Least... "What are constant sellers in Booth 58?"

"Tuck" is the little extra stuff that we add to vignettes in the booth - to make it different - to add charm - to make it stand out - to give something that extra "umph" it might need.   Sometimes we use old black and white family photos, postcards, sheet music, or book pages.Most of the time our "tuck" ends up being merchandise too.  

We constantly "tuck" in vintage hard bound books and vintage reproduction flashcards, postcards, gift tags, greeting cards, and bingo cards.  All of these extra little goodies tend to be big sellers. 

  Sometimes we laugh at our sales report when we see that we sold mostly $1.50 postcards or flashcards on a certain day.... We think the folks working the cash register must get tired of our silly little items.  Sorry, yall!