THE WINNER

THERESA CANO OF GARDEN ANTIQUES VINTAGE!!

I think yall know how low-tech I am, so I just wrote everyone's name who left a quote on a piece of paper, folded them up, jumbled them up, and drew. Congratulations to Theresa. Hey Theresa please email me your address to ronbinky@verizon.net.

Thank you all for entering and for reading my blog. New photos of the shop coming soon.

Love to all, Binky

GIVEAWAY LAST CHANCE

Today is the last day to leave a comment and enter to win a copy of the summer issue of Where Women Create in which my little studio is featured. Just be a follower and leave a comment on the previous post to be entered. I will announce the winner tomorrow.

Here are a couple more shots of the studio. A rusty junk chandelier that Ron made and a paper moon ornament.

FEATURE IN WHERE WOMEN CREATE MAGAZINE and GIVE AWAY

I am so honored to have my little studio featured in the summer issue of Where Women Create. What a fantastic magazine! I have loved it since the very first issue.

Many thanks to the incredible Jo Packham for the opportunity and to Amy Boland for the photography.

In appreciation to those of you who follow my blog I am giving away a summer issue of Where Women Create to one of you in a random drawing. Just be a follower and leave a comment to be entered. I will announce the winner on May 15th.

Here are some snap shots I took.

SNAPSHOTS OF THE SHOP FEBRUARY 2013

Although I appreciate the asthetic of mid-century looks it has never been a style I personally wanted in my home. We do sometimes have a few pieces in the shop that we just can't pass up at estate sales and flea markets. This Vintage leather and teakwood West Nova scandanavian chair is a case in point.Ok, Ok, The look is sorta growing on me,probably not ever for my home, but I think it's a great look for a man cave or a younger couple just starting out.

I know I showed you a shot of this cement mixer yesterday. This is a look that I totally love. I really almost kept it. I was going to put a weathered piece of round wood on top and use the cement mixer as a sort of pedestal for our t.v. If it doesn't sell pretty soon, I many just have to do that.

This is some lighting that Ron put together. These all sold right away. He is working on more, hope to show you those in a day or so.

More snapshots of the store coming soon!!

OLD PAPER

It's always the right hue of old. The black lettering against the aged patina of vintage paper ephemera has always intriqued me. When I lived in Fredericksburg, Texas back in the mid 1990's I papered my bedroom walls with antique newspapers and sheet music. .

In that same home I fashioned scalloped shelf paper from chinese newsprint and decopaged my dining room chairs with old hymnals.

The walls of the kitchen in our current home is plastered with pages from vintage dictionaries, old books, and antique sheet music. I used aged and yellowed book pages as a backdrop for my jewelry assemblages

In the shop pages from a 1930's dictionary are displayed on a collection of clipboards and bits of antique emphemera are strewn atop a vanity sharing the space with starfish and a crusifix on a blackened silver tray.

Yesterday I was gifted this box of vintage newspaper by my dear friend Robin Brown

As usual the patina is that perfect yellowish aged paper color. The images and stories are fascinating.

And the wheels in my head are spinning faster than a printing press with ideas on how to use this wonderful gift. Stay tuned, hopefully I can show you finished projects soon!!!

Fifteen pieces of Binky la Faye Original Jewelry just added

I found some really wonderful little antique trinkets at the Llano City Wide Garage Sale a few weeks back and I was inspired to use them in my jewelry.

Vintage Rhinestone bracelets, a porcelain doll hand and an antique tintype are the main elements in this creation.

A wonderful little flat bottle, a vintage ladies knife and a monogramed watch fob dangle and jingle from an ornate knife blade.

an assortment of vintage trinkets including a little compass, a belt buckle, an anchor and a dime safe hang from the ornate handle of a victorian utensil.

This may be my favorite. An antique tintype forms part of the chain that holds a Texas centinial pencil, a leather case with a tiny sharpening stone, a pearl handled manicure piece among other treasures.

Fifteen new pieces of Binky la Faye Original pieces have just been added. Prices range from $10 to $85.00. For more information please call the store at 325-247-2500 or email me at ronbinky@verizon.net.

CAROL HICKS BOLTON'S FRENCH CONTAINER

Sometimes the key to getting a treasure is being there soon after it arrives. This is one of those opportunities. There are at this very moment, 350 pieces from France, handpicked by Tim and Carol Bolton which are being unloaded as you read this. For first pickin's there is no better time than the present to make a great discovery. Below is peek at some of the lux chairs, french farmhouse finds, and an assortment of oddities just wheeled off the container.

For more information, you can call their shop at 830-997-5551