Booth 96 & Scary Mannequins...

Yesterday, I couldn't resist visiting a few antique shops...there's one in Scottsdale that seems more like a museum than an antique shop.

It has a lot of taxidermy animals, mannequins, and interesting collectible artifacts or "higher-end antiques"...just bizarre things.

Look at these wax heads from the Madame Tussaud's wax
museum of the Last Supper...very lifelike.

These figures were in the back of the store behind a bunch of picture frames...not something you'd normally see in an antique shop.

I have to admit that as much as I love wax museums, that I was a little creeped out by this display...yes, I know it's based off of Da Vinci's Last Supper, but....

Wouldn't you feel a tad scared being in this antique store all alone at night?

Here's a booth with antique telephones...not scary like the mannequins and various animal heads that adorn the shop. I think it's neat how much technology has evolved.

These telephones look like they have faces, don't ya think?

Here's a current photo of my booth..."Booth 96" at the Brass Armadillo in Phoenix.

The Brass Armadillo is one of the largest antique malls in the Phoenix area. I think it's about 40,000 sq ft and could take hours to wander through.

I just added a ton of Vintage-style scrapbook papers (12 sheets for $3), ephemera, vintage Bingo Cards, Shabby furniture, and other paperie curiosities. Great prices!

It's almost like a little mini Scrapbook store!
Be sure to visit if you are in the Phoenix area.

Brass Armadillo
I-17 and Cactus
Phoenix, AZ
Open 9am-9pm
7 days a week!

Vintage School Chair: BEFORE & AFTER

Here's a cute little vintage school chair that I gave a little make-over with some new CHALK paint (not to be confused with chalkboard paint).

I like the color (Provence), which turned out to be a blue-green after it dried. Annie Sloan Chalk paint comes out very matte and flat and no need to primer the piece before painting, which is a total bonus!

I need to add a wax finish and then this cute little number
will find a temporary home in my booth.

-AFTER-

After a HUGE sale that the Brass Armadillo had the previous weekend, I had to stop in Monday morning to see what sold and check out what my booth looked like...I didn't snap a photo of my booth when I got there, but let's just say that it looked like there was a party in there! ha ha!

I brought in MORE things and it's still not even full, but it's getting there...

I will be bringing in more goodies on Friday.

Booth 96 - BEFORE & AFTER

Here is another set of "Before & After" photos...

Above is the little booth at the local
Brass Armadillo antique Mall here in Phoenix.

All mine and waiting to be cute and full of vintage goodies!
The built-in picket fence shelves were a total bonus!

Here is the "after"...

Of course, this is what my booth looked like a couple of days ago, because I keep bringing in more stuff everyday and moving things around.

Although I'm not selling Scrapbook Papers in the booth (except for some retired-no-longer-available stuff), I hung up vintage-looking scrapbook papers on the lattice with clothes pins, which covers up the backside of the wood from my neighbor's booths.

People keep asking me where can they buy my stuff at and if I have a store someplace...and now I have a place to send my customers for the vintage goods.

Items are VERY reasonably priced, I have a lot of $1 Paper Brafting items on clearance, since it's stuff that is no longer available, but still prefect for projects.

I also have Vintage Ephemera, Shabby decor, vintage suitcases (I probably have more suitcases than the luggage carousel at the airport!), German Scrap, and more!

Thanks for stopping by "Booth 96"...