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Our fearless leaders brought all kinds of goodies for everyone and a few prizes as well.
Heather sent us off with some instructions for finding some great vendors. And then we were off....
I'll post later about all the great stuff we all found, including this mystery item.
I'll just leave you with one thought until then - does this woman EVER take a bad picture? Sheesh.
And, is that a cute little chair or what?
Jeannine is an incredible book artist, journalist and teacher. I've learned a lot from her and was honored to be asked to contribute to this book. Tons of people showed up for her talk and to see and handle the projects in the book. Everything was made from recycled materials, repurposed into book structures - and what a variety! Several of the artists from the book were there.
Jeannine signed the book and I was able to get the signatures of a few of the other artists, including the every wonderful Marcia Moore, the phenomenol Richard Troncone and Charlene Matthews, proprietor of Charlene Matthews Bindery. Some of Jeannine's colleagues from the L.A. Times and other newspapers were there as well.
I tell you, this woman is a class act. Not only did she tell everything about how she made each piece, but she demonstrated a very cool book and prepped extra copies so that people from the audience could make it along with her. I'm not going to say anything else except that my family members will be seeing this particular project in their Christmas stockings.
On top of that, she brought refreshments and everyone received a goody bag with all the makings for one of the projects in the book. And when I say ALL, I mean ALL - even a glue stick and a needle and thread! Of course, the package itself was as cute as can be.
PLUS, this lovely little gift, made from an old math flash card. Jeannine's packages in her classes are equally wonderful.
All in all, a great day with a great lady.
Get there early. Park and Pay. Admire the view. Walk over and stop for a piece of german chocolate cake that I will regret later (I know that sounds like a weird breakfast, but you'd have to be there). Do the northside outdoor first. Do the southside outdoor next. Go into the parking structure booths to escape the sun. Have great conversations with favorite vendors. Go home. Gloat over my treasures.
The cake is from a wonderful family of three generations who cook up a storm. While they have more "breakfasty" things, the german chocolate cake is their absolute BEST, so once a month, I have cake for breakfast. So there.
You can get anything at the flea market - succulents in snail shells,
Vintage glass in amazing colors,
Repurposed vintage clothing (the green velvet jacket was supposedly from the Wizard of Oz and then newly embellished)-
But, I bought none of those. Here's what I got -
Caution. Items appear larger than they are in the mirror. This "chest" of drawers is about 8 inches high.
And the big find of the day
I have no idea what I'm going to do with these, but I couldn't resist them. The boxy silver things are capacitors and I am assured that there is nothing toxic or explosive inside. I'm thinking a bracelet...
While you're thinking about that, I'm going to go to bed and tomorrow I will post details of the other goodies.
Hmmmm....next Sunday is the Rose Bowl Flea Market and there's a Somerset gathering....hmmm....
