Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers

The other weekend my husband took me to Orlando for a concert I was dying to go to and we ran across a Flea Market close to St Augustine which I had seen but never stopped at before. I was kind of concerned that it would be more of "dollar store" type stalls but suprising there was actually some good stuff!

One of the best booths was full of vintage Salt & Pepper shakers stamped with "JAPAN" on the bottom...needless to say my skills in buying in bulk came into play and I got more than one set....

This is probably my favorite set... Little Red Riding Hood & The Wolf

Pair of Puppies in Berets

This little sweetheart is what originally caught my eye but was missing it's pair which is sad but I'm in love with her!

The Flea Market was somewhat indoors and the temperature outside was hovering around 100 degrees which is bad enough without being enclosed in a metal building with no ventilation! By the end of the trip I was a disaster but in heaven~ as always when it comes to junking~

We are planning on hitting up the Goodwill and some other junk stores down in Destin this weekend so hopefully my friend won't kill me...she's not super into junking and I had to explain we are looking for treasure and vintage goodies at the junk stores...not used underwear!

Vintage Aprons!

I don't know what it is about an apron that I love...the full form fitted aprons, the half aprons, the mini "apron" belts. I love them all. I think it's because it's almost like playing dress up and they are so functional it just makes them that much more loveable!

Here are some of our new ones I'm drooling over~

Cherry Print with Ruffle Front

$22

Grey & Blue Polka Dot~

$22

Pink & Grey with Ruffled Skirt~

$28

Vintage Green with Banded Waist~

$22

Vintage Pensylvania Dutch Half Apron~

$14

Smocked Gingham Half Apron~

$14

The Lavender "Gracie"

$14

When I was trying them on the mannequin ("Josephine") I almost became a little jealous but that's not weird at all right??



Coming to the Shop~ Vintage by Nina Books!

I was so excited yesterday to get my store copy of Vintage by Nina in the mail!! We ordered copies for the shop which are in the process of being translated in English now and will be available in mid-Septemeber so in the mean time we received the international version and the pics...oh man the pics are just gorgeous and slightly magical. Everything is in these wonderful shades of greys and whites and some blues and you really don't even have to be able to read it to appreciate what a fantastic designer Nina Hartman is....let me share~

You have probably seen this rolling around the internet but let me share some new pics I came across that I hadn't recently seen of her home and shop~

This is Nina's actual home~

I love this pic! There are several pages in the book of vintage circus and clown costumes hung with old ballet slippers...I have such a thing for anything vintage circus~

Do you see the tiny little birdcage?

too cute!

No a few pages from the actual book~

Wonderful huh? It's jam packed with pics like these, literally every page of wonderfully yummy pictures!

If you are interested please email us because we have a limited number of copies and will take pre-orders with delivery as soon as they get here!

The info for the books is as follows:

Shop photos via Flickr

Book Photos via Atelier de Campagne

Title: Vintage by Nina

Language:English 

Hardcover: 164 pages

Dimensions: 10"x 9"

More than 300 colour photographs

Price: $66

Email us at: thedovecoteshop@gmail.com



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Concrete Bee Skeps & Books & Crowns Oh My!

I know it's been forever but I promise I have an excuse! We did Scott's Antique Market a little over a week ago and I stumbled upon the most fantastical concrete ever, yup ever! But before I could get it on the blog I had LASIK....I'm no drama queen but I'm fairly certain that my eyes were burned out of my head....there were about 5 hours where I lost time! So that was Friday and my vision is recovering and it's still pretty blurry (ironic huh?) So I've got my face smushed to the computer screen in an effort to share some of these amazing finds that will work their way on Etsy in the coming days!

These Bee Skeps are unbelievable, they are molded after an antique English Bee Skep that had crusted mud and straw still on it which gives this one so much detail! It really doesn't even look concrete~

These book are also molded after old books and come in several sizes but are perfect for leaving in the garden or outside since they can't be damaged!

Jumping Rabbit Stake...this is the small one but my favorite....

The large one...so much character!

French Tom Pot

Bird's Nest...can't you just see them with moss in them or candles for a centerpiece on a table?

Flaming Hearts with holes so they can be hooked. These will probably make their way on to a sign because they are the perfect size for such a thing!

In the midst of not being able to see I did decide it was a good time to start sewing some new patterns for burlap bins, aprons and garden belts...makes perfect sense right??

Sewing Roomn via atthepicketfence.com

Beautiful Birdcages

Ever since I was little my Mom has "oohed" and "aaahhed" over birdcages...crusty metal ones, old wooden ones and even many of the chicken coop variety. I don't know what it is about them but they are just "born" beautiful. When we did Scott's last week we had quite a few we took and sadly (or happily) there is only one lone one left so I was browsing thru some sites today and ran across some outright gorgeous cages that are really just mini works of art~ Enoy!

If this were big enough I would live in it :)

Can you imagine having this on your patio??

This is an idea I will be copying....

I would love to run across this in person! How perfectly wonderful to have on your apartment!

This whole vignette is just magical. I would take it all...even thee feather duster :)

Flea Markets & Scott's Next Week

This coming week is time for Scott's Flea Market again in Atlanta (June 8th-10th)! I love going and this time we are going to have an indoor (booth #5656) and an outdoor space (#77). Please stop by to visit and remember we are in the SOUTH building :)

If you're friends of Atelier de Campagne on Facebook you have probably seen all the magnificent pics of the Remnants of the Past Antique Show that is being held this weekend...If not then let me share some of the wonderful pics they have been posting and please let them know I sent you and be sure to friend them~

Shabbytown USA

Debra Hall Syle's Booth

Atelier de Campagne's booth

LA Junk

and last but not least a Beautiful Mess~

Hope to see you at Scott's this coming week if you're in the area!