Roost Reimagined

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Black Autumn... A Vintage Inspired Halloween ONE WEEK AWAY!

I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. I feel like Summer was just here. Here we are slowly melding into a new season. Fall. I love fall. Fall is the time for harvesting, gathering, and watching the colors of our surroundings change.

Like a squirrel preparing for winter I have been busy preparing for the Black Autumn show next weekend October 7th and 8th. I've been creating away fun accessories, and accents for you and your home. This week my focus will be about putting it all together in the Roost Barn. I have some super fun staging ideas that I am dieing to try out for this show.

So mark on your calendars:

October 7th from 4-8pm

Early Buying night with first dibs on Black Autumn finds,

appetizers and wine.

October 8th 10am-4pm

Free Admission and Creepy treats

Roost Barn is located at:

6067 78th Ave SE Salem, OR 97317

Here are some pictures from last year's Gothic Glamor Show

Thanks for looking and we will see you next week!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Where will you be on Friday night and Saturday afternoon?

I'm heading over to South Salem this Friday night to check out my friends Vintage Trifles and Molly Mo's Vintage Halloween Bootique. Every year I miss this wonderful event as my Roost Halloween Show is always the same weekend. This year Martha (Vintage Trifles) has moved the date and I am so excited that I get to go. Here is the info for the event and be sure to click HERE to visit her blog for sneak peaks of the sale.

September 30, 5-8 pm, $5.00 Early Moonlight Buying

October 1, 9 am-3 pm Free Admission

Lots of treasures -- vintage and handmade,
lots of treats and lots and lots of fun!
More info below.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Deepwood Vintage Flea Market Pictures

To all my blog friends and followers, I am so sorry for my absence from blog and facebook world. I was so bummed that I didn't get any pictures of the flea market last weekend as I was so busy with the running of the show that it completely escaped my mine to take pictures of my booth. However I opened my email today and received a gift that immediately made me smile. Tressa from Tresa's Treasures her blog is here had taken pictures of my booth and was nice enough to send them to me.

So a little late but here are a few snaps of my booth at the Deepwood Vintage Flea Market.

Monday, September 12, 2011

New upcycled creation...

So for a while now I have been creating some super great jewelry, and kitchen accessories from vintage spoons and knives. It has always been the forks that have stumped me the most. They definitely have the most going on with all those tines but I hadn't been able to come up with anything other than garden art or some sort of mini easel out of them. So here is my newest take on the old vintage fork...

Regular unaltered vintage fork

Cute little crickets

Napkin holder/ place card holder.

This was a fun 15min project that one should not do without the proper tools. Although it looks easy it was more work than I originally thought. Maybe due to lack of sleep too.

I have been running ragged this weekend and today working on last min projects and new items for the Deepwood Vintage Flea Market this upcoming Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th.

If you haven't grabbed your coupon for $5 off the PRE-show soiree in the garden on Friday night scroll down and copy, paste, and print out the coupon and come hang outr with us from 5-8pm.

Wine, food, and live local band.

Hope to see you there,

Sarah

Friday, September 9, 2011

Grab this coupon and save money!

Join us on September 16th for a Pre-Show Soiree for the Deepwood Vintage Flea Market. Grab this coupon for $5 off entry. Entry include food, wine, LIVE music, and first buying rights on all the vintage market finds!

Sorry picture is so terrible I had to scan it on my computer to get it on here.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Upcycled project for the Deepwood Vintage Flea Market

So as many know I am hosting the Deepwood Vintage Flea Market this year.  I was pondering over a theme that I haven't done yet for an event and came up with a sort of play off of Alice in Wonderland.  But knowing Roost Reimagined it has to be VINTAGE and it has to REIMAGINED.  So I went to work digging through the Historic Deepwood house and found these little pretties in the attic.

So although the flamingos DID fit in the garden and they DID fit into my theme they however DID NOT look all that cute.  So I set to work REIMAGINING them.  Here they are with a fresh coat of paint.

So I couldn't just let the poor things be bald could I?  So I went ahead and gave them some feathers.

So after adding the feathers I decided that they needed a little vintage bling.

 So I originally planned on all the flamingos being all the same so I only had 19 crowns.  I was expecting around 15-19 vendors for the show.  However I have around 30 vendors for this years show so I had to improvise. (Crowns are upcycled from UGLY cupcake toppers)

So here is what I came up with for the additional crowns. 

I used vintage lace that I glued in a circle with hot glue, then spray painted it with silver rattle can paint, then soaked it in Elmer's glue and coated the whole thing in silver glitter.  I think it almost turned out better then the original crown.  Now I have some variety and they are still super cute!

Here was my inspiration for this crown.  I found it on Pintrest.

Hand sewn Victorian lace cast in gold. Click here for web page.

Here they all are in all their upcycled glory!

I have several other projects but I may just have to save them for the event.  You'll have to come on out September 16th and 17th click here for more information.