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Anonymous — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:05:06 CST

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Shaker Baskets
Hand Crafted Shaker Baskets

S heldon Farm Baskets offers unique handmade and hand painted baskets. Perfect for any primitive or rustic country home décor. All of the baskets are hand woven by Susan Morello out of Barre, Massachusetts. Check out their online shop for a large selection of baskets (and free shipping!). The site also offers some information on the materials used and the process of how their made.

May 2008

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:47:49 CST

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4.	5.In the next few weeks submit your small retreat, backyard or beyond, for possible publication in a future Taunton Press book by architect Katie Hutchison. Read the call for submissions at www.katiehutchison.com/house-enthusiast/call-for-small-retreat-submissions-for-publication.html and email Katie@katiehutchison.com	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.
11.The Urban Market Houston,a 50 dealer antique show @ 607 E. Whitney Dr, 77022 - visit www.theurbanmarkethouston.comfor more info	12.	13.	14.	15.	16.	17.Old Crow Farm antiques & architectural salvage Spring Sale Event! May 17th & 18th. 9-4 Great antiques, country primitives, & funky finds! Earlham, Ia. 20 minutes West of Des Moines, Ia www.oldcrowfarmantiques.com
18.Old Crow Farm antiques & architectural salvage Spring Sale Event! May 17th & 18th. 9-4 Great antiques, country primitives, & funky finds! Earlham, Ia. 20 minutes West of Des Moines, Ia www.oldcrowfarmantiques.com	19.	20.	21.	22SW Gourd Fine Art Show-Kerrville TX	23.	24.
25.	26.A three day Outdoor Watercolor Workshop with Tony van Hasselt. Charleston, SC May 26-31. Contact Mary Phelps info@coastandcottage.com COCO VIVO Interiors & Fine Art Gallery 843-720-4027 www.coastandcottage.com	27.	28.Southern Light-Plein Air Paint-Out in Charleston, SC Judging by Tony van Hasselt a.w.s. Contact Mary Phelps info@coastandcottage.com COCO VIVO Interiors & Fine Art Gallery 843-720-4027 www.coastandcottage.com		30.	31.

Horse Brasses

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:48:58 CST

The hard-working horses of England, whether plow- or cart-pullers, have often carried the fortunes of the country on their strong backs. In return, they have been decorated for centuries with small medals called horse brasses, which are now highly collectible.

Historically, horse brasses have been made for a specific civic occasion—a parade, anniversary, or coronation—to hang from a horse’s leather harness or straps. Experts estimate there are now nearly 5,000 designs. They’re usually circular, under 4 inches in diameter, with an internal geometric design (star, snowflake, crescent) or a small symbol (anchor, swan, lion, cross). Most are made of inexpensive brass; vintage pieces will show the filed-off remains of two telltale nubs on the back resulting from the casting process. (Some were stamped out of sheet metal, although this technique died out just before World War II.) Rarer examples include brasses with bells in the center (called bell brasses), ceramic centers, miniatures, and those made as very special commissions, such as a medal for royal horses. Collectors also look for examples decorated with colored wax or enamel.

The vast majority of cast-made brasses found today were made since the late 19th century. They are most plentiful in England but are also available in the United States, having been brought back by tourists from states active in horse-related sports, such as Kentucky, Florida, and California. There are few if any American-made brasses, but some were manufactured in Canada.

Miles Memorial Hospital League 59th Annual Antiques, Books and Rummage Sale

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:51:31 CDT

GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:39:41 CDT

GROW BIOINTENSIVE
Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop

November 6-9, 2009 Willits, California

This workshop requires pre-reading and pre-registration.

Ecology Action will be holding a Three-Day GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming Workshop in Willits, CA, on November 6-9, 2009. This will be an exciting opportunity for in-depth learning of GROW BIOINTENSIVE® philosophy and techniques, which have been developed by the Ecology Action staff over a 37-year period.

GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming makes high "Green Revolution"-type yields possible organically, while using open-pollinated seeds and just a fraction of the water, fertilizer and energy resources of other agricultural methods.

Presenters of the workshop will be John Jeavons, Director of Ecology Action and author of the best-selling book How to Grow More Vegetables (now in its 7th edition and at present translated into seven languages, including Braille), and Dan and Margo Royer-Miller, graduates of Ecology Action's Three-Year Apprenticeship and Co-Field Coordinators of Ecology Action's partner site, Golden Rule.

GROW BIOINTENSIVE Three-Day Workshops have been very popular since their inception 17 years ago—with 1,567 people from 46 states, the District of Columbia, and 26 countries already having attended. People from all walks of life and levels of experience—farmers, hobby gardeners, teachers, and representatives of large and small organizations—find the workshops informative and useful.

The weekend workshop will consist of lectures, discussion, and demonstration and will include a full range of information on: Soil Preparation, Sustainable Soil Fertility, Fertilization, Compost, Compost Crops, Efficient Resource Use, Crops for Full Nutrition, and Crops for Income—as well as the perspective and whole-system approach which tie all these topics together. The workshop will be fun as well as instructive and provide a unique chance to network and learn from others who have an interest in sustainable food-raising and living. The workshop cost is $350 if registration is received by October 9, plus approximately $70 for the publications. Lunches and a networking dinner are included; lodging and other meals are not.

Ecology Action is rediscovering the scientific principles behind this resource-conserving, life-giving method that is based on successfully tested agricultural techniques that are thousands of years old. These techniques can be the first step towards achieving food self-sufficiency while living more gently on the Earth. In a world with only 50 to 100 years’ worth of soil productivity remaining, this efficient food-raising approach that works with nature will be important!

For more information, please contact:

Ecology Action
5798 Ridgewood Road
Willits, CA 95490-9730
(707) 459-0150 · (707) 459-5409 (fax)
www.growbiointensive.org

Redware

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:52:46 CDT

Any American who ate a meal during the 1700s and early 1800s more than likely to eat from Staffordshire than eat i off redware plates and chargers. Red clay pottery had competition from glass, tin, pewter, stoneware, porcelain, creamware, pearlware, yellowware, and many other products. All it took to make the inexpensive earthenware was a clay, kiln, some glaze, a mold, and the abundant red clay found all around, as well as skill and knowledge. Full- and part-time potters cranked out dishes by the wagonload.

But by the 1850s, the drawbacks of redware began to dampen enthusiasm for it. It was extremely fragile and its lead-based glaze could be deadly. More practical ceramics, such as stoneware and yellowware, eventually became mainstays on American tables.

The once-abundant production of redware dishes means that there are many affordable examples in today’s antiques market. Mint-condition plates are the most desirable, but a few nicks and scratches normally do little to affect the price.

Design and color also influence a plate’s value. A few squiggly lines might raise the value slightly; a design such as a flower or bird would raise it sharply. And any sort of writing or human figure could make the plate worth as much as $10,000 to $20,000. Green is the most valuable glaze because it is rare, but plates also come in yellow, brown, orange, and black. Plates made by the Pennsylvania Dutch are the most treasured of all.

Miles Memorial Hospital League 49th Annual antiques, Books and Rummage Sale

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:04:18 CDT

Hayfield Antique Show October 2009

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:57:50 CDT

Hayfield Antique Show October 2nd & 3rd 15964 Gilman Road Leavenworth, KS 66048 Early buying Friday Oct 2nd 5-7p.m. $2 admission Regular hours Saturday Oct 3rd 9-5 p.m. Free Admission Looking for a high quality Antique Show & Sale around the Kansas City area? You’ve found it! The Hayfield Antique Show is coming up October 2nd & 3rd in Leavenworth, Kansas. Sponsored by Home at Last Antiques.

With dozens of your favorite dealers, you’ll likely find vintage treasures that are unique, rare, vintage and otherwise old. Not to mention antiques are “Green” living. It keeps more out of our landfills, and is almost always better quality than what you’d find in a store.

Just a sample of many things seen at past shows are: Vintage advertising and signs American country furniture Bookcases, shelves and cabinets Architectural items, tables and chairs, clocks
Antique accessories for the bedroom, bathroom, dining room, guest room, living room, or kitchen
Furniture big & small – armoire’s, beds, dressers, dining room tables & chairs, cupboards, pie safes, chimney cabinets, and more.
Garden favorites, glassware, guy stuff, Hoosiers and hutches, tin toys, dogs collectibles, cast iron, Vintage jewelry, lighting, lamps & linens, mirrors, rugs, copper & silver or aprons and pillows are also commonly seen.

Whether you are into refinishing old wood, refurnishing your house, home apartment or dorm, you’ll find interior (and exterior) decorating ideas and designs. You may come across a salvaged find, an early handcrafted piece of rhinestone jewelry, or maybe it’s just seeing what the latest ideas are in “repurposed” items. That’s industry speak for showing you how to take cool old stuff, and turn it into home decorating & furnishing ideas that will make your friends envious, and you look like Martha (only better), Rachael Ray, or any other iconic figure.

Vintage Holiday Decorations for Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are likely to be found here. You don’t have to be an interior decorator to know what to do with your finds. Ask the experts at our show and we’ll give you lots of ideas on how to repurpose a wonderful find.

Wood furniture, cabinets, wall shelves, cubby holes (organizers) and more in walnut, pine, maple, cherry, oak, birch, mahogany, veneers, and other premium woods. Might even find log style furniture. This could all be painted, stained, finished, unfinished, have good old flaky paint, or have centuries of wear showing a beautiful patina.

Styles you may find here could be Art Deco, Contemporary, Amish, Oriental, Folk Art, Early American, Farmhouse, French Country, Cottage, Cabin (naughtical) and Lodge decor, Shabby Chic, Asian/Chinese/Japanese, Shaker, Rustic, European, Modern, Victorian, Mission Arts & Crafts, Colonial, Federal, Early American. Items from 17th, 18th , 19th & 20th century periods

Kansas County's in easy driving distance are Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Miami, Shawnee, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Ft Leavenworth (post) Missouri counties in easy driving distance are Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingstone, Ray, Platte Counties. The Hayfield Antique Show is a great place to spend the day.

Less than an hour drive from these cities to name just a few: Kansas City, Lansing, Leavenworth, Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Shawnee, Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park, Mission (Shawnee Mission), Prairie Village, Leawood and Gardner on the Kansas side of the state line. If you are from the Missouri side of the state line, then these cities are just as easy to drive from: Platte City, Weston, Kansas City, Liberty, Gladstone, Kearney, Excelsior Springs, Smithville, Parkville, Lee’s Summit, Raytown, Raymore, Belton, Peculiar, Independence, Grain Valley or Grandview.

Check it out at www.halantiques.com Brought to you by Home at Last Antiques.
Contact Jill Cook at jcook@j2systems.com or 913-680-7228 for more info.

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Chalkware

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:31:31 CDT

Called poor-man’s porcelain, chalkware was the immigrant’s savvy answer to a growing demand in 19th-century America for ornamental figurines. Using fast-drying plaster of Paris (which sets white and powdery like chalk), small teams of craftsmen created products that sold for pennies. Plaster did not have to be fired in a kiln like pricier ceramics, and decoration could be quickly hand painted rather than glazed.

One family, a rented room, water, plaster, and a few jars of paint were all that was needed to create a menagerie of small, colorful chalkware animals, birds, portrait busts, and fruit compotes to sell door-to-door. Image peddlers, as they were called, strolled city streets hawking wares they carried on boards above their heads. Some took along unpainted pieces as well, which they would decorate to a housewife’s liking right on her doorstep.

Though chalkware was a commercial product, today it is appreciated as folk art. The difficulties of modeling plaster gave each figure a coarse, almost clumsy charm. Forms are often imprecise and dependent upon painting for descriptive details. Because each piece was hand painted, two casts from the same mold can vary according to the skill or taste of the decorator.

While the 20th-century eye looks for signs of the human spirit in the individuality of each piece, the original chalkware owner was more likely to focus on resemblances. Chalkware was an imitative art form, executed in the style of then-fashionable Staffordshire figurines. From sheep and peasant couples to the ever-popular spaniel, many chalkware forms were modeled on imported ceramics. However, although comparisons between Staffordshire and chalkware figures can be made, no one has ever identified a chalkware piece that was cast directly from a Staffordshire figure. Chalkware craftsmen, it would seem, did not buy the expensive imported figures to make their molds.

Instead, they made their own models with the goal of capturing the general look of the more expensive wares. They were also selective in choosing which Staffordshire forms to imitate, opting for dogs, cats, and squirrels over cows and for patriotic and pastoral themes over figures from literature, mythology, theater, or sports.

Italian immigrants in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York carried on the bulk of chalkware production in America from 1840 to 1890. They worked in barely furnished rooms and abandoned houses, rarely staying in one place long enough to set up a home or a shop. Some itinerant peddlers sold their wares on city streets; others traveled deep into the countryside.

Although chalkware has been found as far north as Maine and as far west as the Mississippi, it was eastern Pennsylvania’s German population who proved such an enthusiastic audience that, until recently, collectors mistakenly regarded chalkware as a homespun craft of that region. Experts attributed the vibrant, often garish paints on chalkware to the local taste for color and proposed theories as to how a tradition of plaster figurines so strong in Italy could have developed and flourished in the German community. This misunderstanding of the origin of chalkware led collectors to believe that it was an exclusively country art form favored by those who could not afford pricier ornaments. The truth is that plaster ornaments were just as likely to have decorated urban homes as rural homes, and, while they were certainly very popular with working-class people, they also appealed to Victorians of more than humble means. Victorian interiors were dark, with heavily draped windows. Indoor lighting was expensive and inefficient, but rows of inexpensive, colorful chalkware could brighten a room.

The majority of chalkware pieces depicted animals—sleeping and sitting cats, poodles, spaniels, squirrels, roosters, parrots, deer, and sheep. Religious figures included angels, nativity scenes, Madonnas, kneeling children, and Saint Nicks. During the first half of the 19th century, portrait busts and relief portraits of royalty and political figures such as Napoleon and Josephine were made, but they soon fell out of fashion. After 1860, the range of chalkware that depicted people focused almost exclusively on working-class heroes such as firemen, idyllic peasant couples, George Washington, singer Jenny Lind, and social reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer.

What does your chalkware look like? Let us know what you think of this "poor man's" artwork.


An example of a chalkware Halloween Bunny figurine created in 2009 by Vaillancourt Folk Art.

An example of a chalkware Halloween Bunny figurine created in 2009 by Vaillancourt Folk Art.

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Anonymous
Nov 12 2008, 7:16 PM EST
I have a bust of a unmarked victorian girl reading a book. She is definately chalk. She is wearing a lace hat and lace collar. Cream in color with a brown glaze. Her left elbow is resting on top of two books and she is reading a book. Looks like she may be about 1910-1920. The number 1431 is pressed on the back of the bust on the top book that her elbow is resting on. It looks like the letter "N" is on the bottom. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I haven't had any luck in my research.

Anonymous
Feb 22 2009, 7:09 PM EST
I have the same bust except the hat and collar are blue. My mother-in-law gave it to me. I think she biught it
in the late 40's in easterb Colorado. Dee.

29th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show

ProfilesPR — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:55:42 CDT

The Largest Summer Antiques Show in the Nation Returns

to the Baltimore Convention Center Labor Day Weekend, September 3-6, 2009

(Baltimore, MD) — Art and antique aficionados from across the country and around the world will celebrate the final days of summer at the 29th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show Labor Day weekend, September 3-6, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Guests will have the unique opportunity to view and purchase from the collections of over 550 international dealers drawn from the United States, Canada, France, Italy, and England all in one place, all at one time. Showcased collections of fine art, furniture, Asian art and antiquities, American and European silver, jewelry, porcelain, glass, textiles, American folk art and more ranging from the antiquities to the 20th century will line aisle after aisle at the largest summer antiques show in the nation. The show also includes a 60-dealer Antiquarian Book Fair offering rare books, first editions, autographs, fine manuscripts and unusual bibliographical material.

Adding to the event’s cultural experience, the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show will once again present an educational lecture series that is free to the public as well as show attendees. The lecture series includes presentations on a wide variety of topics by respected dealers and industry experts.

The incredible diversity of dealers combined with the solid quality of items as well as educational programming makes the Baltimore show a significant event for guests and exhibitors alike.

WHAT: 29th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show

WHEN: Thursday, September 3 - Sunday, September 6, 2009

HOURS: Thursday, September 3 12 pm – 8 pm
Friday, September 4 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday, September 5 11am – 7 pm
Sunday, September 6 11am – 6 pm

WHERE: Baltimore Convention Center
Downtown at the Baltimore Inner Harbor
One West Pratt Street
Two Main Entrances:
West Pratt Street Lobby
Charles Street Lobby

ADMISSION: Tickets are $12.00, good for all show days

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call the Palm Beach Show Group at 561-822-5440 or visit www.baltimoresummerantiques.com

The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is produced by the Palm Beach Show Group, nationally recognized as the largest, independently owned art, antique and jewelry show producers in the world. The Group operates several of the most prestigious antique shows including the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, February 12-16, 2010, widely recognized as the largest show of its kind in the United States; the D.C. Spring Antiques Show in Washington, D.C, March 4-7, 2010; and the DALLAS International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, November 5 - 9, 2009.

Heritage Star Country Curtains

Newbey — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:49:03 CDT

Heritage Star Valance	I saw these Heritage Star Curtains and Valances in a magazine this weekend.

Portsmouth Garden Club Festival of Trees

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Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:59:52 CDT

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JUNK JAUNT near DES MOINES, IA

PrimitivePeddlers — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:09:44 CDT

PRIMITIVE PEDDLERS - ANTIQUES, PRIMITIVES, JUNK for REPURPOSING

Primitive Peddlers
Spring Send-OFF - A unique outdoor shopping experience.
Three barns and a cabin! Two old retired folk!
Antiques, Primitives & Funky Finds Sale

May 16- 17, 2009 Sat. and Sunday 9 a.m. -4 p.m.

Garden & lawn items, totes, stools, benches, ladders, windows, gates, porch trim, woodwork, doors, enamelware, goat cart , furniture, pumps, farm items, "man"tiques, and gobs more! Creative crap wagon is heaped with $1 items for repurposing (6 for $5).
Identify our mystery item and get $5 off your purchase.

Between I-80 & Winterset on Hwy 169, then 1/4 mile east on 148th Street. Or between DeSoto & Winterset on #169, then 1/4 mi. east on 148th Street
Watch for signs. 515-729-1835.

Asheville NC Quilt Show

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:12:29 CDT

In the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina! "Carolina Blues" - Asheville Quilt Show, August 7 - 9, 2009. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday, 10:00 am - 5 pm. Admission $4 plus Arboretum parking fee. Over 200 quilts and $6,000 in prize money. Demos, vendors, music, storytelling. For more information visit our website at www.ashevillequiltguild.org; phone 828-658-8180; or email julesjoy@yahoo.com. The show is hosted by The North Carolina Arboretum, www.ncarboretum.org.

Conejo Valley Days

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:10 CDT

It's time for the 2009 Conejo Valley Days Carnival in Thousand Oaks, California! It will be held Wednesday, May 6 through Sunday, May 10 at Conejo Creek Park South off Janss Road. There will be all the things you love - carnival rides, great food and games and the monies raised will help the local non profit organizations and their project. It's a win win situation. Come on down and join us! For information, call the Conejo Valley Days Hotline at (805) 371-8730. See you there!