Let's Go Virtual Shopping Together...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhFIY4dzTLynTLTPHqOaMIoFbqpP-1ppThMJWrDCouEWBWJ4BfFRtjxWnBtpidaPhpWUSPymSY2BhGjfxTRjUdAiHluDKSd3vRENHaBZXXWaZ_vP40o4qtRQqo7io_V7LUbhj7RkLLwVl/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhFIY4dzTLynTLTPHqOaMIoFbqpP-1ppThMJWrDCouEWBWJ4BfFRtjxWnBtpidaPhpWUSPymSY2BhGjfxTRjUdAiHluDKSd3vRENHaBZXXWaZ_vP40o4qtRQqo7io_V7LUbhj7RkLLwVl/s640/021.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I often Enjoy Window-Shopping or Virtual-Shopping as much as I do the Real Thing.  Especially when Budget constraints proclude indulgences, I need Inspiration, or Stress and Tension levels are particularly high, it is a very Therapuetic form of Retail Therapy that Costs Nothing... so the Price is definitely Right!  *LOL*  So lets go Virtual Shopping Together today... we'll happen to be at my Antique Mall <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a> , so if you see something you want to REALLY Shop for and buy, you'll know where to find it.  *Winks*  The first two Creations in Images above and below were in my Friend Myko's newly expanded Showroom, she's so Creative that she never ceases to Inspire me.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7Plp5U880pLZVzVKGo-hJZuR3aJ7_jOoWS6sCLS-RhbwNCB7XcCZ6ykD6Zn039Qvsmow_s32Ll-3OXAm0W2gdZ_XoK5W2-UIAtXnvr8EyyM64Ued4gCt9UNW_30vXrqgayGDSvJZg53-/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7Plp5U880pLZVzVKGo-hJZuR3aJ7_jOoWS6sCLS-RhbwNCB7XcCZ6ykD6Zn039Qvsmow_s32Ll-3OXAm0W2gdZ_XoK5W2-UIAtXnvr8EyyM64Ued4gCt9UNW_30vXrqgayGDSvJZg53-/s640/020.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Altered Art Creations are some of my Favorites... utilizing a conglomeration of Lovely bits and bobs is so Interesting and Resourceful that I really Admire that particular Art Form.  And its Fun to Experiment with as a potential Project of your own to find Purpose for those Favorite items you've accumulated as a Human Magpie and are Attractive and Attracted themselves to you, but you weren't sure what to do with?  I'm Assuming if you're here you COULD BE a Human Magpie too, am I correct?  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmIWNmFO-t-J-tMJSKX_1nZVpPeZZa3FhAsm64flUxJLkfrAjiycKs8bXa6Z-zEPPyeJcp0V6XlrvG6Cgy2JCQtlfDhY-YfKqHHgSwT3FegdcP6vde-Sl1Dz-2HBJsA34PjWed4NBm43t/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmIWNmFO-t-J-tMJSKX_1nZVpPeZZa3FhAsm64flUxJLkfrAjiycKs8bXa6Z-zEPPyeJcp0V6XlrvG6Cgy2JCQtlfDhY-YfKqHHgSwT3FegdcP6vde-Sl1Dz-2HBJsA34PjWed4NBm43t/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And since I have a Mall Gift Card I haven't yet used, I could be considering the Purchase of this Old Memorial Button because the Woman reminds me so much of one of my own Dearly Departed Relatives... they could have passed for Sisters in fact!  Have you ever seen a random Image that eerily resembles someone you know or are Related to?  I always Wonder if they could be some distant Relation we or our Friends didn't know about... Connected to us in a long complex lineage that branches out further than we could ever Imagine?!?   This Button was priced at a Bargain so my Gift Card covers it, so if it's there in the Morning it will come Home to Bohemian Valhalla and sit side by side with the known Relatives Images... perhaps being Reunited with a Long Lost Relative, who knows?!?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrhO0F52n8nRZeUp-9f8q9MbFrmU3hVvXUoVhsKUZ9VZ76DVD3nl3CQiUgxOnOViClmH23HDfPWqYDlAtt9fDpDA1H4vewBOjBwM22PvAwG8HlevhQxVJD25lLqxBKCgQXQ2QOCUW_NY9/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrhO0F52n8nRZeUp-9f8q9MbFrmU3hVvXUoVhsKUZ9VZ76DVD3nl3CQiUgxOnOViClmH23HDfPWqYDlAtt9fDpDA1H4vewBOjBwM22PvAwG8HlevhQxVJD25lLqxBKCgQXQ2QOCUW_NY9/s640/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Jelly Jars and Conductor Tea Light Holders strung up on an Old Bedspring, how Simple and yet Enchanting... I could Imagine these suspended on our Mesquite and Ironwood Trees and Twinkling in the Summer Night above us.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMl1-wNIT3aeTG23bODoNk7R9-ms9eiaAiqCi6grH5BJhJ2IGLW9U-XGEGvU3FNmqjRtuNcFbHh1CiQwVjPMaIafR2ZR_gCYC9DCYYoXOGvztbuOBHbQ3GVQeduvw52yIhm7GIzEHUdOR6/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMl1-wNIT3aeTG23bODoNk7R9-ms9eiaAiqCi6grH5BJhJ2IGLW9U-XGEGvU3FNmqjRtuNcFbHh1CiQwVjPMaIafR2ZR_gCYC9DCYYoXOGvztbuOBHbQ3GVQeduvw52yIhm7GIzEHUdOR6/s640/048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And you might by now be Wondering just why I was Feeling compelled to go Virtual Shopping?  Well, it's a combination of keeping within Budget AND the necessary Stress and Tension Reliever.  You see, though Wednesday was a busy day of Working my usual Shift and then Hosting a Roundtable Presentation that kept me busy the entire day... it was also one of those Unexpected Crisis Days thrown into the mix... where you felt absolute Panic and then Relief that things weren't the worse case scenario by the Grace of God!  *Whew!* </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLN0Scgsa5adCuj7IarHxo3DAo4ju1Qgo8bYdHNNGHOlh8QCrU0xG2kRH8HamQx9FyK8XZqsBRk_Ygp-B_8e6Ra5ky2sLn237ptEy9qR9wc2chIdno2cSrTOqlOZj0Nqj6FuQ7n84dBEMj/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLN0Scgsa5adCuj7IarHxo3DAo4ju1Qgo8bYdHNNGHOlh8QCrU0xG2kRH8HamQx9FyK8XZqsBRk_Ygp-B_8e6Ra5ky2sLn237ptEy9qR9wc2chIdno2cSrTOqlOZj0Nqj6FuQ7n84dBEMj/s640/027.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>You see, right in the midst of my double Shifts that day I got an Urgent Call that The Son, his Girlfriend and the G-Kid Force had been in a pretty serious Car Accident on their way to bring the Kiddos Home!!!   A reckless Driver had caused a considerable pile up of carnage and Paramedics and Police were checking everyone out at the Scene as we spoke on the Phone!!!  My Heart literally stood still and I felt intense Nausea as I awaited the Outcome on whether everyone was okay and what extent anyone was injured?!?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWVxMV0jyH2Cj73yRY24MIGZHAHrtWf8MUuw4SGyRHYf7ycnLnGHR1Q8sE7kS7DZJZ8_2QGHkrJ0i3JWP8TxRqqVgB7TbrJpSUcIBxMR9crv6t3dCAuelVbeZT6Sy09UMGYKzTB-UvMFU/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWVxMV0jyH2Cj73yRY24MIGZHAHrtWf8MUuw4SGyRHYf7ycnLnGHR1Q8sE7kS7DZJZ8_2QGHkrJ0i3JWP8TxRqqVgB7TbrJpSUcIBxMR9crv6t3dCAuelVbeZT6Sy09UMGYKzTB-UvMFU/s640/052.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And it drove Home the Reality that Life can turn on a dime and in an instant be forever Changed!  By the Grace of God and the large SUV they were in, there was added Protection and the injuries they all sustained were not Life Threatening or really Serious.  And certainly could have been much worse given the scope of the Accident and the Images The Son Photographed at the Scene for future Litigation against the party responsible for causing the Accident.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy349zkNloORg6YXTskJETxJbkxdSOseGMOGcBVULts59_dRHmUmCdysJWcnmL1RVs0YeKUnQk08i2fOCgzjzd8JV5MHIJKlYCu6-eTS8dIes8MMEXjV8er-nIDzDBcsbjWeqHgyqJ2vu/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy349zkNloORg6YXTskJETxJbkxdSOseGMOGcBVULts59_dRHmUmCdysJWcnmL1RVs0YeKUnQk08i2fOCgzjzd8JV5MHIJKlYCu6-eTS8dIes8MMEXjV8er-nIDzDBcsbjWeqHgyqJ2vu/s640/046.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em> I couldn't Thank the Lord enough for His Divine Protection and Grace extended towards our Loved Ones and the Relief I felt that everyone would be Okay!  Even though sorting thru the Medical Claims chain of Responsibility for Payment, Insurance Claims and Litigation is certain to be a Process we're not looking forward to facing and enduring.  I won't say this wasn't a Good Time for this to happen, since there is never a Good Time for an Accident or an Injury... but we've already got a full plate and this just topped it off for me!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapebHatdGaASkNxz2m1LhRukmmybedrW96LAfIE3duGn-yotk_p7JgdSCAeOnjrNwliTM6R9vO4KxtIersZX9r2NfTuAnmO2B8ZAoV4PLcY55bnIcVzeBJRyK4G_wFlFBCU7KaQ7gw0yc/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapebHatdGaASkNxz2m1LhRukmmybedrW96LAfIE3duGn-yotk_p7JgdSCAeOnjrNwliTM6R9vO4KxtIersZX9r2NfTuAnmO2B8ZAoV4PLcY55bnIcVzeBJRyK4G_wFlFBCU7KaQ7gw0yc/s640/037.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Princess T had her Pre-Surgical Physical the Afternoon after the Accident and so I Assumed I could get her checked out again by the Pediatrician since she might have re-injured that arm she broke on the School Playground earlier this year, so I'm duly Concerned.   WRONG... her Insurance won't want to pay for an Accident related Injury where someone else was at fault and of coarse everyone is Concerned about getting Paid... so we need to get more Info about the other Guy's Insurance Carrier so that Medical Claims can be filed and we're not inundated with the bills... Yes, we'll be getting Lawyered Up Immediately... but I have no delusions about The Process being a pain in the arse!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFiPHqWdvPXFi6V2JWnobweep1Eo520bl3cM0O9mfPbR3H_pT-yHSn-h2FsGplNn8KRdOrSJ28265V_WA3DOATEwrMr1U27N7zJanaCOPuAgk7J2Rl0prlVKPUlmJlKH6bq9eDKndeq46/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFiPHqWdvPXFi6V2JWnobweep1Eo520bl3cM0O9mfPbR3H_pT-yHSn-h2FsGplNn8KRdOrSJ28265V_WA3DOATEwrMr1U27N7zJanaCOPuAgk7J2Rl0prlVKPUlmJlKH6bq9eDKndeq46/s640/028.JPG" width="522" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>The Young Prince hit his head on the Truck Window, luckily he has a hard head, but I still want to get him check out too.  And The Son and his Lovely Girlfriend both have neck and back pain from the rear end and side collision caused by the pile up around them!   These are two very hard working Responsible Young People... they cannot afford Injuries that make Working difficult... and now her Vehicle is Totalled, which was the one they often Shared to get to and from Work.  So there's a lot they'll be going through... and no matter how Old your Kids get, you go thru their Trials and Tribulations with them Intimately because it's very Personal and Close to your Heart!  There certainly is a wide Range of Emotion after hearing Bad News isn't there?  And so though there is intense Relief that things weren't the worse case scenario, there is still the Stress related to the Incident... and who needs that, right?  It is somewhat like a Boat Anchor weighing you down!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z6-jnnT-0ttT-7TKQwmtT1tFmcV8FHN-35anydTaklt2ZnkTRSHqSf3KeXhTgrymqndBLVvf4kKQ0ydsCR9nvutDY89sfIEaDE9BgJ_rwTCJgx1MSi1o2-4lotP4LU6wHMP2984tRKlO/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z6-jnnT-0ttT-7TKQwmtT1tFmcV8FHN-35anydTaklt2ZnkTRSHqSf3KeXhTgrymqndBLVvf4kKQ0ydsCR9nvutDY89sfIEaDE9BgJ_rwTCJgx1MSi1o2-4lotP4LU6wHMP2984tRKlO/s640/038.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And so a bit of Faux Retail Therapy was definitely in Order after I concluded my Presentation and all Work for the day had ceased and I could finally Let Down.   And Deal with everything else a bit later since they decided to bring the Kiddos back to her House after they were Released... and bring them Home the next Morning after everyone had sufficiently Calmed down and Rested after the Ordeal.  I knew The G-Kid Force were in good hands with their Uncle and his Girlfriend so I could have a Peace about having that extra day to Process what had just happened and how best to Deal with it.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KCpJMYQ8MrcYWZDazKchfMTRvGACHmxteFlWtJuovuC-wILbzksEbxAObnT_AwY5MwsPKHj9sNjdeNPBjpeLaBA78rEtu2gJVfRbyWNz8tSebzH4U4f8bLV1_FMojQj3OGuvM8fWc2fT/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KCpJMYQ8MrcYWZDazKchfMTRvGACHmxteFlWtJuovuC-wILbzksEbxAObnT_AwY5MwsPKHj9sNjdeNPBjpeLaBA78rEtu2gJVfRbyWNz8tSebzH4U4f8bLV1_FMojQj3OGuvM8fWc2fT/s640/044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>The Man had been particularly Rattled by the Bad News... as a Guy will, he felt like he should be Doing Something about it all to fix it and make it better... and of coarse with his own current Limitations he couldn't... and so that was very Difficult for him, he felt so helpless and useless... and that's an unhealthy Head Trip space to be in for sure!  It made him... and me... feel better when they all got Home Thursday Afternoon and </em><em>we could see them and Embrace them!  And now we just have to Support them in obtaining the best Legal Representation and Medical Care they will need to Heal from their Injuries and be adequately Compensated and Protected from Insurance Companies more intent on saving Money and attempting to defer Liability than doing Right by the Victims of an Accident.  I know how the Game is Played... it's an Ugly Game and not one I have a lot of Respect or Patience for.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdM1GCs9xicymlD75IDkrs6thGup9MVrh-Jw2bFeJaaIIMi3Y56cIek8qptcdV7KEQJpfTNqgR8hV-ArBDnukoyj9OquIaJWExvyz_VCXMYSE9R1TNEYw5jS9NCuCojbW1RGp9HaEmag6/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdM1GCs9xicymlD75IDkrs6thGup9MVrh-Jw2bFeJaaIIMi3Y56cIek8qptcdV7KEQJpfTNqgR8hV-ArBDnukoyj9OquIaJWExvyz_VCXMYSE9R1TNEYw5jS9NCuCojbW1RGp9HaEmag6/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And so I De-Stressed the best way I knew how without causing collateral damage... *Winks*... and I thought I'd finally show you one of my Fav New Vendor's Cases... the one I practically stocked my own Mad Scientific Laboratorie with recently!  *LOL*  I'm sure to be one of this Guy's Best Customers if he keeps Sourcing such things as this!!!  LOVE IT... this is Fantasy Shopping for me!!! </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfQjSlZP7IuBxa-AT6QYPmlgUYe6wS6jquIQcm-zJ2GxWGrGqBVCPIU4EJ8h6MIzaDAm8wEDqHzodzS8oETEQSUxHgK2JnhUS9VEqKmG5cxsLPB5VXgD_v6vuos5aKbAllF3IQUBFs947/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfQjSlZP7IuBxa-AT6QYPmlgUYe6wS6jquIQcm-zJ2GxWGrGqBVCPIU4EJ8h6MIzaDAm8wEDqHzodzS8oETEQSUxHgK2JnhUS9VEqKmG5cxsLPB5VXgD_v6vuos5aKbAllF3IQUBFs947/s640/043.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Needless to say it was Fantasy Shopping for many others too... during the recent Sale we all cleaned him out and so he had to Re-Stock and bring in a bunch of New Inventory!  *Smiles*  A good problem to have when you're a Vendor and see that everyone is diggin' your Vibe and Product!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92HJCkQ9JLvlu8uu5FKLUZwvQnf3d9rx6yUA4bKb5yR5X1SoDbsxLcMvZRPHD8y_ZTTjHNlgBLkjV8ZLi4E42sGEatcg7M2JdvZEMM0g_s8IP1FHUIAwPwqxwZLJFTouU0VOoe8M-zjpL/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92HJCkQ9JLvlu8uu5FKLUZwvQnf3d9rx6yUA4bKb5yR5X1SoDbsxLcMvZRPHD8y_ZTTjHNlgBLkjV8ZLi4E42sGEatcg7M2JdvZEMM0g_s8IP1FHUIAwPwqxwZLJFTouU0VOoe8M-zjpL/s640/042.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In fact, I can't wait to meet this Vendor... I know they must be Interesting and probably have some good back end Stories to tell!?  I don't even care if the Stories are factual, Fantasy or embellished... I just Love a Good Story and an Interesting Personality that Enjoys telling it!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7KYTl4g8P91iBeJJXsS4uUdqpngCK3gEPmW5OdYZJ0gozID7uEgt72NRPOUu2xrn93DhsokjSxhaRmmr5qiB3ZS6WASrGLExePTpqaPStcV33Imsq5Aad3Jz8CP70tUMV8cTRI5NGhUy/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7KYTl4g8P91iBeJJXsS4uUdqpngCK3gEPmW5OdYZJ0gozID7uEgt72NRPOUu2xrn93DhsokjSxhaRmmr5qiB3ZS6WASrGLExePTpqaPStcV33Imsq5Aad3Jz8CP70tUMV8cTRI5NGhUy/s640/014.JPG" width="634" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And the absolute most Appealing Treasure I Window-Shopped for this day would have to be, hands down, this HUGE Cauldron!!!  Yep, a Real Cauldron... which would be a Fantastic Halloween Prop don't you think?  Isn't the Patina Awesome?!  If I had this stocked with Dry Ice and sitting out front on the Porch of our Old Allegedly Haunted Homestead on Halloween Night... well... it would Scare the living bejeebers out of all them Trick-Or-Treaters... so on second thoughts... can't do it... or it would be the sound of Crickets and a deserted Homestead landscape... we'd have too much leftover Candy that never got handed out!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div align="center"></div></div>

Let's Go Virtual Shopping Together...

    I often Enjoy Window-Shopping or Virtual-Shopping as much as I do the Real Thing.  Especially when Budget constraints proclude indulgenc...

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Enthusiasm Fueling Sales

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrvZI4TtL-aQW62eDf0HbYUWhHHFAFnypaRf3TlCzXlTzdVIckJsgyteu3CamoWG9fgVVk0tp_5-hl-UU3jrkLeDlIfM-Qi_QfCajU6K4BhV16Yo1KdYjYFWJqpWmUYkZEUgHtW2txBpG/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrvZI4TtL-aQW62eDf0HbYUWhHHFAFnypaRf3TlCzXlTzdVIckJsgyteu3CamoWG9fgVVk0tp_5-hl-UU3jrkLeDlIfM-Qi_QfCajU6K4BhV16Yo1KdYjYFWJqpWmUYkZEUgHtW2txBpG/s640/007.JPG" width="468" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yesterday my Friend Pamela and I were asked to do a Presentation for our Antique Mall at the Dealer Roundtable on the Topic of Enthusiasm Fueling Sales.  It was being recorded for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">BRASS ARMADILLO i ANTIQUE</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></strong>site {this is the FB Link, I'm not adept at Navigating the i Antique site yet}... which was a bit nerve wracking for me, knowing it was being video taped as well as talking to a live Audience.  *LOL*   But I did feel it is an Important Topic to discuss... and to Encourage others doing what we do.  We really Love what we do so we're always really Enthusiastic about it and have a lot of Fun in the Doing of it.   I do firmly Believe your Attitude and Expectations are Mirrored in your Retail Spaces and contribute to the Outcome in a Positive or Negative way.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuSpVffzdI2B3Ed107m85Q_7VVCKPub_TFebVn8FySrjvfGY1a6_nmn9rN0WJg02Jbwz7GykVqcFz39s6AsUfzumRjpB1SbojlKB5C-uNa3gWQIxRNKxXvV98fAK6h4e0wUOWHmGYqHKt/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuSpVffzdI2B3Ed107m85Q_7VVCKPub_TFebVn8FySrjvfGY1a6_nmn9rN0WJg02Jbwz7GykVqcFz39s6AsUfzumRjpB1SbojlKB5C-uNa3gWQIxRNKxXvV98fAK6h4e0wUOWHmGYqHKt/s640/006.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I Expect to do Well, if I didn't have that Expectation then I wouldn't be Surprised when the Outcome wasn't so good, because I would Feel that having low Expectations and a Negative Attitude likely Contributed to that Outcome.   That's not to say that having Enthusiasm alone is enough, it isn't, but if you're Passionate and Excited about what you're Doing, it tends to be Contagious and brings an Energy to the table that is Evident to others and Shows in your Work and your Countenance... and that is Attractive.  </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7I9-sMxIntsPiaAECs4dinF1oZCjkYS7OAgZB7Pag6TkUdKL26ODH3PjDuWwvhSMogtsJg7bEDryK3zxa5wVHrbJbi4kEU2mT7DR-wS-JNX7dpqO5cUL5D8FePkwk_nvdoXthS_MjkQr/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7I9-sMxIntsPiaAECs4dinF1oZCjkYS7OAgZB7Pag6TkUdKL26ODH3PjDuWwvhSMogtsJg7bEDryK3zxa5wVHrbJbi4kEU2mT7DR-wS-JNX7dpqO5cUL5D8FePkwk_nvdoXthS_MjkQr/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Success leaves Clues and every Successful Person I've ever known has been Passionate about what they do for a Living, they're immersed in it.  In such a way that you know they're 'doing them' and it's an extension of themselves and being In Purpose... so it's just a matter of Refining the Process to get it just where it needs to be.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2X_x0I4hkiJrWwufPb0iNSOjaT2W4daV8wfG0tvE05sOlUVu2Tm9KcA5ZN7sJUeHA7cy8KpFFMafKfsP0uqVL4Gbo2mHQVu82u69vXYXCqaoD58sNTLQPOWXU1Y1kck6bqrJaY7UVhDA/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2X_x0I4hkiJrWwufPb0iNSOjaT2W4daV8wfG0tvE05sOlUVu2Tm9KcA5ZN7sJUeHA7cy8KpFFMafKfsP0uqVL4Gbo2mHQVu82u69vXYXCqaoD58sNTLQPOWXU1Y1kck6bqrJaY7UVhDA/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it's Vital that during the Refinement Process that you Maintain your Enthusiasm and Joy, resisting the Temptation to Give Up, Give In or Give Out prematurely.  Or get all Gloom and Doom... since all Good Things worth Doing and Having take Time... and a certain amount of Educating yourself about... and require WORK!  Just because you're drawn to and Love something doesn't necessarily mean you will become an Expert instantly... and there's always so much more you can Learn and be Mentored by those who know more than you do about it.  And nobody becomes Successful taking shortcuts, being lazy or laissez-faire about your Business.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdk81kaXgTij7M75Bps7hNEt6lop48nN0qt9kIu-BDP0wLsH4JW0h3EZ7NM6bMg8oLxFvC5A7LYRCFpYsuTdHL8sojUzrTFk_BGp92ztllYLwFCYZ76Xha8OlMaAnvDt2Fmz_i0BR4ATt/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdk81kaXgTij7M75Bps7hNEt6lop48nN0qt9kIu-BDP0wLsH4JW0h3EZ7NM6bMg8oLxFvC5A7LYRCFpYsuTdHL8sojUzrTFk_BGp92ztllYLwFCYZ76Xha8OlMaAnvDt2Fmz_i0BR4ATt/s640/001.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  There will be bumps in the road of any Journey, even those worth taking that have a Fabulous Final Destination.  Expect them and continue to move forward with Confidence and Tenacity, Maintaining your Focus and your Drive!  Utilize the slower periods to do those things that will require the Freedom of Exploration since you won't be so Busy that you cannot Remodel, Reinvent, Experiment and Explore Refining your Vision and your Retail Spaces.  I Intentionally Enlarged the Vision during the Summer months because I wasn't so swamped with the busyness of the Holidays and times of the Year that Seasonal Visitors abound and my Retail Spaces would be more crowded.  It gave me the Luxury of Time and not such an intense sense of Urgency to Rush forward and not get it right and just the way I wanted it to be.  It could be a Work In Progress, being Refined and Evolving without as many Distractions.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Teg9DLRBHYbUS_MibiVikD0fPEr5VbW_P9DkPPlrgY2RwgEPx3GWIDWoPXMAxX72NF-RPq80PhY0hf1dT4nsBr6Y_hgcsWLeEMiMoPGPJrQn8tAPlyGIaPz3bWLZHl0D-f1Zh3_3hzTA/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Teg9DLRBHYbUS_MibiVikD0fPEr5VbW_P9DkPPlrgY2RwgEPx3GWIDWoPXMAxX72NF-RPq80PhY0hf1dT4nsBr6Y_hgcsWLeEMiMoPGPJrQn8tAPlyGIaPz3bWLZHl0D-f1Zh3_3hzTA/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I also take the Time to cultivate Relationships with my Customers and potential Customers, to find out what they're Passionate about or Hoping to Discover, what they may be doing and trying to Source for?  I've heard some Wonderful Stories and been able to better Assist those Customers in finding the Found Treasures Available for that Special Project, Client, Creation, Event, Brick and Mortar Shop they are Sourcing for, Room they may be Transforming, Personal Collection they're adding to or the Gift they Hope will blow the Recipient away!  Shared Loves and Enthusiasm between Like Minded Souls makes for Stimulating Conversations, Cultivated Contacts and a Following of Loyal Customers with the Bonus that some even become Friends!  And being a part of a Bigger Picture at an Antique Mall, I don't just do it for myself and my own Personal Gain, but for the other Vendors as well... I don't want to be the only one Prospering, I'd like for us ALL to Prosper and Enjoy Success so we can Rejoice in it as a Team for our Mall and have Customers Satisfied with every visit!  Self-Promotion is Good Business, but Promoting and Encouraging other Small Business Owners and Artists is just as Important IMO... the Laws of Reciprocity never fails to Add Blessings!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9VkbGPWEq5oWlsrXweep8U2SUSzpOUaWWQyWCw592c5HRC8kFVGhU7lvh1PqmUvDxl_TL-zDh4lsG1yngEVygXrWoiGMXUsUvj1cGRbyeGYKqT8yokaFJBwXPrztV8X4Kl0ShXiWPI2I/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9VkbGPWEq5oWlsrXweep8U2SUSzpOUaWWQyWCw592c5HRC8kFVGhU7lvh1PqmUvDxl_TL-zDh4lsG1yngEVygXrWoiGMXUsUvj1cGRbyeGYKqT8yokaFJBwXPrztV8X4Kl0ShXiWPI2I/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>My Sales have remained Constant Year Round and I attribute that to the fact that I Work the Spaces often and pay Attention to what seems to Work and what doesn't seem to Work in the area's Demographics and I make constant adjustments accordingly.  I try to keep things Fresh, pay Attention to Presentation and Ambiance, bring New Inventory in often and try to find out what my Target Audience wants in our Location.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60b-nlgc2wGk5kxoZjza41EwGZ3fWLZNhAR6XJchbxru70m4SLzCUeOwr_z6thRFqc2R52HBLJlSH5VNe86Ysx7RvAvv4zUE-xSQlB302wiCrpcYK0jNNBodoLy2WzYA0vZsqVYGUd5o0/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60b-nlgc2wGk5kxoZjza41EwGZ3fWLZNhAR6XJchbxru70m4SLzCUeOwr_z6thRFqc2R52HBLJlSH5VNe86Ysx7RvAvv4zUE-xSQlB302wiCrpcYK0jNNBodoLy2WzYA0vZsqVYGUd5o0/s640/010.JPG" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>When I enter certain Fav Retail Spaces often, I ask myself why do I Enjoy that Atmosphere and Space so much that I return again and again, even wanting to Share the Experience...what are they doing Right and what is Drawing me in and keeping me Interested?  Is it the Inventory, the Styling, the Look, the Presentation, the Vibe, the Ambiance, the Visual Impact, the Mood it all Evokes... or a blend of all of that?  Or something more Specific and Special that the Vendor Offers?  And even... the Vendor or Artist themselves... because lets face it, we've all done business more often with those whose Personality and Treatment of us was a Positive Experience and not a Negative one!  No matter how Talented... or what is Offered... Negativity or Bad Customer Relations is Off-Putting for sure!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1D_LYe7FX33Xf35fHe_PmM9T3r6BGlPvTm3GWS8ScT3xDBYaYT7aTvNLpEkzqfdOd58ig7571Fbi8WwFTyf3kfAal08TaJMed3dCxPyVW0YNU_mb3iNNBYMiX_VpC1F1vQBMmK2Rokvv6/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1D_LYe7FX33Xf35fHe_PmM9T3r6BGlPvTm3GWS8ScT3xDBYaYT7aTvNLpEkzqfdOd58ig7571Fbi8WwFTyf3kfAal08TaJMed3dCxPyVW0YNU_mb3iNNBYMiX_VpC1F1vQBMmK2Rokvv6/s640/013.JPG" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I do 'Me' in my Retail Spaces and therefore I don't particularly Feel any sense of Competitiveness towards any other Vendors or Artists even though there are over 500 separate ones in our 55,000 Square Foot Antique Mall because they're doing 'Them' in their Spaces and it all can Enhance the whole Shopping Experience for our Customers and Offer them so much more Variety!  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOX1wtySdT8f_3bIUzAYFQtN8lpeAtkL2Qw2rfDVJAR7LHPlglqUxj1sw1MDmucsjJEM_Z-d6X5gWs9STPHyHTDqV9nFgQHYfRbuUQsIuWAAtv_KS9_SP3UT0bkhcXJZfDB1uW1-6gRXL/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOX1wtySdT8f_3bIUzAYFQtN8lpeAtkL2Qw2rfDVJAR7LHPlglqUxj1sw1MDmucsjJEM_Z-d6X5gWs9STPHyHTDqV9nFgQHYfRbuUQsIuWAAtv_KS9_SP3UT0bkhcXJZfDB1uW1-6gRXL/s640/011.JPG" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I can be as Eclectically Fun and Funky as I wanna be in what I Offer because that is doing 'Me' Authentically.  It's how I Roll in Real Life and in Decorating my own Home... and my Retail Spaces are just another Extension of my Personal Aesthetic, Personality and Passions.  You can find anything from Collectible Wood Faced Limited Edition Teddy Bears to Antiques and Architectural Salvage... my Love of Old is vast... my Passion for Vintage, Collectibles and Antiques is wide and many things Intrigue me... so if I Love it and think you will too, I'll Source it and have Fun Styling my Showrooms with it... the Weird and the Wonderful combined! *Winks*  I Hope you stay Enthusiastic too my Friends... because I truly Believe Enthusiasm Fuels Sales and Success!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div align="center"></div></div>

Enthusiasm Fueling Sales

      Yesterday my Friend Pamela and I were asked to do a Presentation for our Antique Mall at the Dealer Roundtable on the Topic of Enthusi...

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I Love Pickin'!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAibVMVS_tKAGxaTyQJkhhUv87Hd521HfxbQtxBC2UgJY6zSr28vyB9ZQo0ubppre4IfJmNmPhfSkLzIU98DTmLDCl2Rp9tNezU1zRZuARLLT5uq9lrwN0zdzTQJSR7BDeislU5PREYes0/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAibVMVS_tKAGxaTyQJkhhUv87Hd521HfxbQtxBC2UgJY6zSr28vyB9ZQo0ubppre4IfJmNmPhfSkLzIU98DTmLDCl2Rp9tNezU1zRZuARLLT5uq9lrwN0zdzTQJSR7BDeislU5PREYes0/s640/003.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I Love Pickin'!  The Thrill Of The Hunt is Intensely Satisfying and Gratifying to me, I can do it for Hours, regardless of how I'm Feeling Physically or Emotionally.  I'm in The Zone when I'm on the prowl for Found Treasures, I should have always known I could do this for a Living.  I look forward with Eager Anticipation to every 'Pick'.  I only Wish I had sufficient Space to Organize and Inventory it all while it waits to become Showroom bound... and so I Restrain myself from Pickin' too often, but only because of that particular Limitation.  You see, I don't need a big 'Pickin' Budget, it would be Nice to have one, but I don't need one to have a Successful 'Pick'.   </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMQaETPzgujSVYbtmsKCAdMnJF7UoJ0xGzFpVLBe6nkmcBCU5cib2CJtXlQs6gU7R8OeuLq-QTbxYAz5zFhMDrRcG1tBGXDIZAQGK6aHF8JZYaYZkfcBRPVkyWxnNbR8zTwphBdUolbB1/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMQaETPzgujSVYbtmsKCAdMnJF7UoJ0xGzFpVLBe6nkmcBCU5cib2CJtXlQs6gU7R8OeuLq-QTbxYAz5zFhMDrRcG1tBGXDIZAQGK6aHF8JZYaYZkfcBRPVkyWxnNbR8zTwphBdUolbB1/s640/002.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'm a Digger... I can dig thru mounds of Trash in Search of that Treasure waiting to be uncovered and Discovered.  I don't mind getting dirty, in fact, the more offputting it would be to some folks, the more Assured I am that I'll find something that was Missed because most wouldn't bother to Search there or Believe that something Worthwhile could be 'Scored'.  You'd be Amazed at some of the Treasures I've Found being a Committed Digger!  Yes, 'The Boy Christ' was a recent Dig 'Score'.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvNPFsuEbqlwMzkIGTHx8tMKAZSIOsYIIY1mQnbJ3ViSHZ4CIrldUywJP31yKyHnD2DKiPxygJ9Dx3ZGM1xmQnJ50B0aGU35q0fJvCK2KXE31tvkiNzLL8WSY7AkNiJ0Wy3icEh9WUIEt/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvNPFsuEbqlwMzkIGTHx8tMKAZSIOsYIIY1mQnbJ3ViSHZ4CIrldUywJP31yKyHnD2DKiPxygJ9Dx3ZGM1xmQnJ50B0aGU35q0fJvCK2KXE31tvkiNzLL8WSY7AkNiJ0Wy3icEh9WUIEt/s640/001.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So was this Awesome Old Canvas Image of a Hollywood Glam Starlet in an equally Awesome Old Frame!  Very 1930's Fay Wray Type Beauty, though it's not Signed and so I'm not sure who it is exactly, she's just who it reminded me of.   </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFHlepep0VVqGpG3NaIVxBTILN2Y207EjA2m0HdunE3ObB4jEvNJazTsrTJbkVk3pZQqDtdXKusuVQwTmrowuNLLD2ocM6UPyiSdHo8XxAPfRmsDMuyruHrihpWzHry2YqVvNiPni7GYE/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFHlepep0VVqGpG3NaIVxBTILN2Y207EjA2m0HdunE3ObB4jEvNJazTsrTJbkVk3pZQqDtdXKusuVQwTmrowuNLLD2ocM6UPyiSdHo8XxAPfRmsDMuyruHrihpWzHry2YqVvNiPni7GYE/s640/001.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><em>My Maternal Nanna's Old Portraits in her Youth always looked Flapper Era Awesome like this, she got Married in a Flapper Dress and Flapper Pea Hat in fact, very Theatrical she was from Years of being on the Stage!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV39jCfN6yMPOYmW20LDyTIH5yeauWvJu2m5H7Hda-qdWJmZmmd1b7l8Vg_4QYowH9NhhNivmU1PmTScWjK4JwWq9RVzBHGfNDRrf5Ldv2e9MbBe32oP5K9j7fKiJdxC0Bkrht4-6bHKCc/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV39jCfN6yMPOYmW20LDyTIH5yeauWvJu2m5H7Hda-qdWJmZmmd1b7l8Vg_4QYowH9NhhNivmU1PmTScWjK4JwWq9RVzBHGfNDRrf5Ldv2e9MbBe32oP5K9j7fKiJdxC0Bkrht4-6bHKCc/s640/010.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>So many things I've Decorated our Home with to Accessorize the Dream Purchases were 'Picked' and Cost a pittance... so it was easier to Save for and Invest in the Anchor Pieces that were the Fantasy Buys.  You see, I also Love a Restoration Project... bringing something back to Life or into a New Purpose after it has been damaged and/or discarded by others and considered Worthless or Trash. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBqEbagEqHqQf0JWs0OnSrZ3gubI_3T6B3kqllXdJY2Cxu0T8Gch2rl380kgCGeCsRJwhS2S6tZPTO4bZ3r-WgxEyyoBGBgWvQLDj2G9ku_0gI8WTRb6R5ixB1kYC0rIRJiakeemWxQBW/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBqEbagEqHqQf0JWs0OnSrZ3gubI_3T6B3kqllXdJY2Cxu0T8Gch2rl380kgCGeCsRJwhS2S6tZPTO4bZ3r-WgxEyyoBGBgWvQLDj2G9ku_0gI8WTRb6R5ixB1kYC0rIRJiakeemWxQBW/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I Love to Imagine the Potential of a Thing... or Decorate with it just because of it's Intrinsic Value.  I take my Seam Binding out of the Package and Decorate with it until I'll be using it for a Creation or Project.  I Like the way it looks just draped over other Beautiful Things.  I could be duly Inspired just beholding a Sea of Colorful Seam Binding or torn Strips of Vintage Velvet.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lcvrbQFGf_ukQezZYVbqgwznqVtGCfNLiqBTlSktdJMRkOgYDt3p_ZxcWrfpf5Xi1uVZWe5-DhfBsuJbffcZJl699GmoRvm6jD3vz3tT-Rz-X0NOuQf-d-WTl7W6w0N-7fmkdp4JiI_P/s1600/206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lcvrbQFGf_ukQezZYVbqgwznqVtGCfNLiqBTlSktdJMRkOgYDt3p_ZxcWrfpf5Xi1uVZWe5-DhfBsuJbffcZJl699GmoRvm6jD3vz3tT-Rz-X0NOuQf-d-WTl7W6w0N-7fmkdp4JiI_P/s640/206.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In fact, I could layer my entire Home in Colorful Seam Binding and Vintage Velvets!  I have piles of them everywhere and my Tapestries and Vintage Velvets are some of my Oldest Fabric Collections and several were Inherited and I remember from Childhood Gracing all of our Homes.  Mom also had an Insatiable Appetite for Exotic and Luxurious Fabrics, it must be Genetic with us, having that Luxurious Fabric Craving Gene!?  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXhD05QzX-Aob9BTuZXBNm9qhNrjue0BxhgxPbO0uZ5YoueYGEMlwLH3gmJ4aSVHbyC5IOs6ZnhyphenhyphenIzV-E-qtBCamR_OLHlryQvMTpAWEC69h86yMGMgidkV-CibHz8V16NmxPX5-NKljV/s1600/272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXhD05QzX-Aob9BTuZXBNm9qhNrjue0BxhgxPbO0uZ5YoueYGEMlwLH3gmJ4aSVHbyC5IOs6ZnhyphenhyphenIzV-E-qtBCamR_OLHlryQvMTpAWEC69h86yMGMgidkV-CibHz8V16NmxPX5-NKljV/s640/272.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I'm always paying Attention to other Lovelies I see that Intrigue me... so that I'll Recognize the Value of such Things when I'm on a 'Pick' and Digging... because it is thru Educating myself over a Lifetime of Exposure to the Good Stuff, that I've Learn to Recognize it where ever I may come across it!?  I've come across it in some very strange ways indeed, you wouldn't Believe it in fact!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zuupAf-xhAaM7jTSpVUZfn8oVMEV-953OAQjcrRAVvRSY8emqer1DfVmJasKLbtOSDyeONJgO-BZtI5yZzB7gVadklK1n8d4Upr05pPhkACX99hu4iGNAZFi4KwTUGRsHsfSKs_mJzMY/s1600/273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zuupAf-xhAaM7jTSpVUZfn8oVMEV-953OAQjcrRAVvRSY8emqer1DfVmJasKLbtOSDyeONJgO-BZtI5yZzB7gVadklK1n8d4Upr05pPhkACX99hu4iGNAZFi4KwTUGRsHsfSKs_mJzMY/s640/273.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I've always had an Admiration for the Antique Doorstops, especially the Lovely Floral ones... I always stop and Admire those I've seen in Antique Stores and Shows so that I could Recognize the Real Deal, opposed to the many Reproductions out there.   I always wanted to begin a Collection of them even though they aren't Affordable to me as a Collectible.  But over the Years I've been able to begin a Collection of them anyway, by Discovering some on Digs!!!  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ByYpdQhze7dhQA9IsKClx18L1-M8ilANQ9S96uIYvOgqP4fEguyoMQGewJWjqpuC_EHWlvw97XnT8QwkrtoxKy-QGHgdcBj_2J-eTfBnuK9Q4oWC0-kXg6MauXAG0wgw3OnsYk_4u_XI/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ByYpdQhze7dhQA9IsKClx18L1-M8ilANQ9S96uIYvOgqP4fEguyoMQGewJWjqpuC_EHWlvw97XnT8QwkrtoxKy-QGHgdcBj_2J-eTfBnuK9Q4oWC0-kXg6MauXAG0wgw3OnsYk_4u_XI/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>This Lovely matching Pair for example I got in a bagged Lot for under two bucks on a 'Pick'... along with other items in the bag I Flipped for over ten bucks and so they were Beyond Free... I could keep them for my Budding Antique Door Stop Collection and still make a Profit from my 'Buy'!  *Winks*  Since most Antique Door Stops of the Genre I Love are around $80+ each, this was an Exciting and yet totally unexpected 'Score' of pure Serendipity.  I Love when that happens, don't you?</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGxvpccHz_o_owihTxWvlUHgMukMHDrp5amtwQO1_fgOrQ09CGQ1StCcDySgA8imchITu4JDY_bj5YQ-QIkHxRWlMx_WIL1DyDOhyphenhyphenarUtIHV7DNXpcWjGNTVSr7-d_2GUgOfWCrmLgSL6/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGxvpccHz_o_owihTxWvlUHgMukMHDrp5amtwQO1_fgOrQ09CGQ1StCcDySgA8imchITu4JDY_bj5YQ-QIkHxRWlMx_WIL1DyDOhyphenhyphenarUtIHV7DNXpcWjGNTVSr7-d_2GUgOfWCrmLgSL6/s640/004.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em>And I'm always trying to Learn about what I don't know much about and the Tricks of the Trade... lately I've been sniffing Vintage Barbies... {long story}... and sorry Pamela, but she doesn't smell like Crayons to me so I don't know whether or not she's as Old as Me, she sure looks like it tho'!  *Winks*  So I'll have to run her by you and get more Intel!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4-_6M2Onoc7iXGwd_rGM7a88unMqHbXKxuhaQ6b_DAE8urcFiCmIrNy09soEoiwArnq9QgHfcNFmEXSjdRIPxadVuYNUMEonRzU66u6w1-s-A5Yo1b1nncS1jR_1AEL50l8Me5VLSR4U/s1600/295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4-_6M2Onoc7iXGwd_rGM7a88unMqHbXKxuhaQ6b_DAE8urcFiCmIrNy09soEoiwArnq9QgHfcNFmEXSjdRIPxadVuYNUMEonRzU66u6w1-s-A5Yo1b1nncS1jR_1AEL50l8Me5VLSR4U/s640/295.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I don't just 'Pick' what I would particularly Collect or Decorate with... it makes it easier to part with those Found Treasures that are very Nice and I Like and know I can make a Profit on, but aren't particularly Tempted to want to Keep.   But I never Buy what I can't make Money on or what I don't Like or Love and wouldn't even remotely Consider putting in our own Home.  If I wouldn't be caught dead Decorating with it, why would I think you would?  *LOL*  And since the majority of my Customers Appreciate my Vibe and particular Aesthetic... so they are naturally my target Audience and Following... I keep that in Mind when Sourcing Inventory.  If I don't at least Like it or Love it, they probably won't either.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oGiYHiHLUQW89ISfU74RuRUj-kMpqRIRAOfeKamiibZazUCwD-sqVHhWgvsRRl51hLlJbrDtDcH1BR9dAmJtwys7leFz1q7LiVWopwS7ZfZ1bGcyQlI4KsTEZ3pTnFMzks3hYS7Pp5oo/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oGiYHiHLUQW89ISfU74RuRUj-kMpqRIRAOfeKamiibZazUCwD-sqVHhWgvsRRl51hLlJbrDtDcH1BR9dAmJtwys7leFz1q7LiVWopwS7ZfZ1bGcyQlI4KsTEZ3pTnFMzks3hYS7Pp5oo/s640/019.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>I don't always go Full Tilt Me when Sourcing Inventory... but there is always at least some of Me in the Choices I've Selected.  And call me Crazy, but I've often 'passed' on Items I know I could make Money on, but which aren't my Aesthetic at all so I won't even Consider them. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQooTplCj2RR5VuxwDYkGiTi_1T3-OKKsSNGzrJqm1yDn-dqgyOWeux-iQ3Rer5X5INo0fqNRuQSD8vL1MeNnhMe_zubP0clCodnbOolEiZO_6uNom3sgVb_2ZLqahBILnE6R36uTZ6z6c/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQooTplCj2RR5VuxwDYkGiTi_1T3-OKKsSNGzrJqm1yDn-dqgyOWeux-iQ3Rer5X5INo0fqNRuQSD8vL1MeNnhMe_zubP0clCodnbOolEiZO_6uNom3sgVb_2ZLqahBILnE6R36uTZ6z6c/s640/013.JPG" width="502" /></a></div><br /><br /><em> I don't just want a bunch of disparate objects in my Showrooms... I like the Weird, the Wonderful and the Quirky, so you'll often find that being Offered... but if it doesn't 'fit' the Vibe it would just look out of place IMO and that would probably bother me far more than it would any Customer.  *LOL*  They don't have to be Functional or Perfect... just Right and Fitting.  Yep, Old Zither that has seen better days was a Dig 'Score' in a pile of Trash... I think it Looks Cool even tho' it's falling apart.</em><br /> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpFQLsVV4ZE_XnnVQyp2HPpSTINjWcEOL7LNNxwHC-RlSLx0UYXIvKZiGzW1HLCuIMKBSf0TBBrTCfyWeZ_dHaRgmSDht32ICpj-F5WihL24QeBMPP5Rh0XZ8p97KCXRhkxdQvsxnGgi/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpFQLsVV4ZE_XnnVQyp2HPpSTINjWcEOL7LNNxwHC-RlSLx0UYXIvKZiGzW1HLCuIMKBSf0TBBrTCfyWeZ_dHaRgmSDht32ICpj-F5WihL24QeBMPP5Rh0XZ8p97KCXRhkxdQvsxnGgi/s640/021.JPG" width="522" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Presentation is always Important to me... both in where I Shop when I'm seeking out those Fantasy Purchases and Anchor Pieces for our Home... and in my own Showrooms.  It is a dichotomy of sorts that I don't mind 'Pickin' in a Mess or a Mound of Trash and Digging, and totally Revel in it... but when it comes to those Special Purchases or my own Sales, I want it to Look a certain way and the Presentation is so Important to me. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgPun8gQ3j_ioYc7G46jDzd8T-MFpBZ1yUl8ilBfUfFtVrL-TJFhD6lMZEwVkmD1DdCp7aSzv2mZOqGLBnkQoJ0oBDJCAzhqHxDQ60iD2Iney8Nr6uxtBBs3aJfqkgQzjURnaaKIkDPJm/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgPun8gQ3j_ioYc7G46jDzd8T-MFpBZ1yUl8ilBfUfFtVrL-TJFhD6lMZEwVkmD1DdCp7aSzv2mZOqGLBnkQoJ0oBDJCAzhqHxDQ60iD2Iney8Nr6uxtBBs3aJfqkgQzjURnaaKIkDPJm/s640/033.JPG" width="532" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>You see, it must be the Expectation... that if I walk into a Brick and Mortar Shop that Specializes in what I Love... or Attend a Show or Event... the Art of Display is Paramount to me and will usually set the Atmosphere for Buying those Special Purchases.   But, if I'm at a Flea Market, Junquing or Scavenging, I don't Expect as much in the way of Presentation and Styling because that's the Nature of finding a Diamond in the Rough and a Bargain at those Venues.  It Helps if it's Displayed Well or somewhat Organized, but it isn't Necessary to me or Important on a 'Dig' or 'Pick'.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPTa0b6c83LmhxsMTiXzmHKfL-Jw3jOR4_HwBl9WSN0f_WRrudnWFmcylLuT3vVSDuRqYPZQPfp3PWQ-l8NAdBhPtdPnMUGJWbvQmC0gC5kEu26Gd7ayI-elCGx1i4oynx-YaxdZnlBDi/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPTa0b6c83LmhxsMTiXzmHKfL-Jw3jOR4_HwBl9WSN0f_WRrudnWFmcylLuT3vVSDuRqYPZQPfp3PWQ-l8NAdBhPtdPnMUGJWbvQmC0gC5kEu26Gd7ayI-elCGx1i4oynx-YaxdZnlBDi/s640/001.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And right now my Home is a Hoarded Hot Mess of the Piles of Found Treasures from the last few 'Picks' that either haven't yet been Sorted into 'Keep' and 'Sell' Piles or Inventoried for the Showrooms.   I'm trying not to let that Cycle bother me so much anymore, knowing that it's all a Work in Progress.  *LOL*   This Gorgeous Antique Beveled Mirror was 'Scored' on a recent Dig, buried under Trash!  It's Screaming to be a 'Keeper' and since I'm already a Collector slash Hoarder of Antique Mirrors, it could end up being Kept... since I actually 'Scored' TWO on the Dig and don't have as much of a Love Affair with the other one.  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_wroklOekkuAbEEA1fFh8D-i3IZmHHWqEoNXm_nRKUGyvku1WDa8sMpFHcfKMnDQJTLs3FV49mq4GnYL7NYmithdkhcNGEIQg6C7wX3cBgZpTMpvOY2R7GbDXA7tbes_FmLPXca2y1Oa/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_wroklOekkuAbEEA1fFh8D-i3IZmHHWqEoNXm_nRKUGyvku1WDa8sMpFHcfKMnDQJTLs3FV49mq4GnYL7NYmithdkhcNGEIQg6C7wX3cBgZpTMpvOY2R7GbDXA7tbes_FmLPXca2y1Oa/s640/002.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The other one is equally Heavy, Old and Beautiful and has a Rounded Top... but I'm really Connecting with the Egg and Dart Details on the Old Wood Frame of this one and it's larger impressive size.  Believe me, these Old Mirrors weigh as much as a Boat Anchor!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSlwhw1CfCD6TbPflu4ovRRTWX8OotARCfpEHH950owSbLLjfcFhJ_IxAz6_T_y8_xYVjEH0cbW2LxRj_b8Xl01uKkxX12B3M52IVAUIWe_WRXKPDblHrwYUfQ0SEzqP2jjY43BLDpcPy/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSlwhw1CfCD6TbPflu4ovRRTWX8OotARCfpEHH950owSbLLjfcFhJ_IxAz6_T_y8_xYVjEH0cbW2LxRj_b8Xl01uKkxX12B3M52IVAUIWe_WRXKPDblHrwYUfQ0SEzqP2jjY43BLDpcPy/s640/010.JPG" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Both have some of the Cool Hazing of Old Mirrors that I Love, I never see that as a Negative aspect of the Aging Process of Old Mirrors, but if you do, there are Products on the Market now that allegedly remove it... I wouldn't know if their Claims are True since I always keep my Hazing.  And in looking at the Shambles reflected in the Mirrors, I realize that the G-Kid Force did NOT pick up all their Art Supplies off the floor before they left for their Sleepover at The Son's Girlfriend's House!  They tend to kick things UNDER Furniture to give the Appearance they Cleaned, knowing that Grandpa and I rarely get down on the Floor anymore to check, lest we can't get back up!  *Le Sigh*  So see... these Old Mirrors are good for Recon Missions so I can Justify propping them all over the House!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWTZIwBU4lk87Axs0Dw00sRfU3K6-Vgf0xuCsb9JdJk_hilaZ3g84P3-DuMjjltrip3ZsQqMG-Xfpbo_jfObrUFqlyjJ4rSXYWANHP6p-HDW7FpudjJF5m89m5zCLn54yEfc_oMqP0Wmj/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWTZIwBU4lk87Axs0Dw00sRfU3K6-Vgf0xuCsb9JdJk_hilaZ3g84P3-DuMjjltrip3ZsQqMG-Xfpbo_jfObrUFqlyjJ4rSXYWANHP6p-HDW7FpudjJF5m89m5zCLn54yEfc_oMqP0Wmj/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>But I can't blame all the Mess on the G-Force, most of it is admittedly mine, you would think I'm Moving Out or something.  Especially with all the Old Suitcases I have laying around with the piles of Inventory!  *LOL*  I keep 'Scoring' them and though I've Let Go of a good many, I still have a Vintage Suitcase Hoard of Epic Proportions... so if I was ever to Run Away From Home... you know... I'd be Golden for enough Suitcases to do it with!  *Winks*  Yeah, can you see I've STILL got being a Stowaway for the next Trip to Vegas on my Mind?!  *Ha ha ha!*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8V3D6tzUgBjjmqyC7yGc21MBKzc5cHhYuShkK0MCgoiziI3tgf6oRcWuOWu5391TlKQdCzc0yW77YW7GEH1FeSoJnGWvqeASjZqyUNihMQVxy49JO31ERYGtEamhHxxMgZd02AbKXGUL/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8V3D6tzUgBjjmqyC7yGc21MBKzc5cHhYuShkK0MCgoiziI3tgf6oRcWuOWu5391TlKQdCzc0yW77YW7GEH1FeSoJnGWvqeASjZqyUNihMQVxy49JO31ERYGtEamhHxxMgZd02AbKXGUL/s640/011.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I've even got my Running Away Shoes... well, if I was Fairie Sized that is... aren't they Adorable!?!  And Perfect for that Fantasy Getaway?!?  And Yes, that IS another Old Mirror from the Antique Mirror Hoard.  A LARGE Antique Mirror propped on a Bed in the Guest Room, just because it's so long it's the only place it would fit for now... just to give you an Idea of how ridiculous my piles have gotten lately! *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9EIsh1FlIjpqI3rIKi4kISAEQyqu8iZoo-JuDI4NibH6j1xUmOjMbdFNQO4hDAi0qCEkOvNx4Bd1dzmn4-QMsGe-2u0s5HtTK9tbzmtueL5l73dsXYsMwmF9DjRwZjfHhIXVLXPI_1lv/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9EIsh1FlIjpqI3rIKi4kISAEQyqu8iZoo-JuDI4NibH6j1xUmOjMbdFNQO4hDAi0qCEkOvNx4Bd1dzmn4-QMsGe-2u0s5HtTK9tbzmtueL5l73dsXYsMwmF9DjRwZjfHhIXVLXPI_1lv/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Yep, 'Scored' them on a Dig too... amongst a pile of Old Shoes... some tiny Magic Slippers... I can only Imagine the Wee Princess that had once worn them... alas, too small for Princess T to do the Cinderella Thing with, Believe me, she tried valiantly to squeeze them on!  *LOL*  But, ah... how we LOVE Pickin'... you just never know what The Thrill Of The Hunt will uncover!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div align="center"> </div></div>

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