Tax-Free Sales Weekend in Newnan

One of the benefits of being a Georgian is that we have a tax-free sales weekend right before kids go back to school. Mainstreet Newnan is participating in an extended tax-free sale.. everything is 7% off. So come on down this weekend and scoop up some great new items. Saturday is Market Day downtown as well. Hope to see you.

Back to Reality

School is about to start for some of us Georgians.. yes we officially will start back August 7th. Summer is over.. back to reality. To help get you back into keeping house and keeping your sanity, a few new products are being introduced at The Flea.

coming at the end of this week will be our line of Eco-Friendly home products like Laundry Detergent, Fabric Softener, Dryer Sheets, Linen Spray, Hand Lotion and Hand Soap. All in the amazing scents of Lavender, Verbena, and White Lilac.
Whimsical Magnets will get you motivated in the morning.

New 1/2 aprons and appliqued tea towels are in. Sorry for my awful pictures.. lesson learned never to take pictures at night! Also new to The Flea is the very unique mixed media jewelry from artist Lisa Souers. She and I participated in the Curious Sofa Art Show a few months ago and we became friends. Her keys and numbers series can be customized for you.

Why was the book in the hospital?

It broke it's spine! This was the joke my 7 yr. old told me after eating his popsicle (the jokes are on the stick). I got a good laugh then remembered that I wanted to show you all what we found the other day. Boxes and boxes of old lawyers books. We have them upstairs for sale for $1.00 each!! What can you do with them you ask......

Artist Sue Blackwell makes gorgeous sculptures with them.

Etsy entrepreneur "Rhymes with Magic" sell them in her etsy shop.

You can cover them and stick them in your library.

or you can take off the covers and use the insides to make some gorgeous displays.

See you at the Flea!

Back In Stock

The amazing soy candles "Scentsationals" are back in stock. Only $15 each.

New scents to tempt you.

Shellicious

Inevitably someone will come into my store and ask about the seashells. Yes we have several different varieties for sale.. in Newnan!! I just love them. I always say you can take the girl out of Florida but you can't take the Florida out of the girl. So cruising through my bog roll recently I found this posting from This is Glamorous. I love the seashell chandeliers. We once covered a lamp with shells and it was gorgeous. In fact I have 2 more sitting on my pantry floor begging for me to shell them up.

And when I am ready to shell them up, I will look at Christa's South Seashell company for a little inspiration. I did just buy 3 busts at the antique shop for displays. Maybe I can shell them up when I am done with them.... hmmm.
My final bit of inspiration comes from the lovely mermaid looking necklace I found online. I can't remember now where it was but it showcased wire and unusual objects. Yes indeed it does.

Happy Shelling!

Fit for a King or Queen!

This week in art camp we were Royal Artists indeed! From paper silhouettes with fabulous Amy Butler paper backgrounds..... To watercolor castles........

To lovely royal portraits that would surely make Queen Elizabeth smile......

Our campers this week were treated to the best royal art experience any child could ask for!

This week Daly and I are taking off for the beach. But we'll be back to finish out our summer series with more next week. Check back and see what my campers cook up for your sweet tooth!

Happy 4th of July Ya'll

Have a safe weekend.

Looking Towards 2010

Yes it is true.. I am already looking forward to 2010. Well February 21-24, 2010 that is. The Art and Soul Retreat has now open its' online registration doors and I am ready to go baby.

A few years back, Jenni and I traveled to the Art and Soul retreat in Portland, Oregon and had the best time. I learned new jewelry techniques, met the famous Sally Jean Alexander, and had a blast with my BFF. What could be better- VEGAS! Yes, this year the retreat will be traveling to Las Vegas.

Want to join us? Start saving your pennies and go to the Art and Soul retreat website for more information. It would be fun for our first Flea Field Trip.

Art Camp Week 3

This week we went on an Outdoor Adventure without the bugs and heat! We painted these fabulous daisy fields, painted butterfly magnets, made firefly jars, and drew an animal in our camera lens. It was a great day for making art! Join us next week for Insects on Tuesday and Fit for A King and Queen on Thursday. Sign up today!

Art Camp Week 2

Hello again! This week my little artists created work that truly soared to new heights! From watercolor hot air balloons like below: To adorable wooden race cars....

To one of my favorite subjects to paint, the bicycle, we had an amazing day of creating.

This week's agenda for Daly is the Ragin' Cajin'...I am thinking there's going to be shrimp on Tuesday so I am thinking about stopping by. At least a little gumbo Daly? On Thursday my students will be going on an Outdoor Adventure. We'll be making firefly jars, painting butterflies and an outdoor landscape. There's plenty of room so please call today! 770-683-2825! See you next week! Jenni

New Totes

I am loving the new tote bags that we just got in at The Flea. Made with a durable oil cloth material, these bags will be great for you next outdoor adventure. They would even make the most mundane task like going grocery shopping, more pleasurable.

small tote $10

medium tote $12

large tote $14

Back from New Orleans

We are finally back from our 10 day trip through Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, and Gulf Shores. My Mother-in-law is visiting us from France for 3 weeks and we thought a little side trip out of Georgia was in order. The one thing I couldn't get over was all the alligator souvenirs you see in New Orleans. Coming from South Florida, I thought we had the market on Alligator heads.. but not even close!!

Heard about the Cafe Du Monde from a brochure and they were right.. the best beignets ever!!
We had our fortunes read by a very reliable source...

And then we were itchin to see the real thing.. Swamp Tours here we come!!

Glad to be back home now. Can't wait to see what our visiting artists do next week at camp. Thank you Jenni for offering to blog about it for us.

Art Camp Round-Up

Hello there Flea readers! I'll be guest blogging over here on Fridays to give you a peek at the week's art camp adventures. This week Daly hosted Gone Fishin' on Tuesday where they made some great Father's Day gifts. I understand these projects were really "fishy". My little artists chewed their way through the day creating these fun projects:Self portraits with giant pink bubbles were a favorite project for many. The giant bubble is a wooden doll head painted pink and glued on. Here Gracen, Abbey and Abigail show off their folksy portraits. These were created on a canvas board with acrylic paints.
What kid doesn't love a bubble gum machine? These were created on watercolor paper with watercolors.

This project was inspired by our story of the day, Icky Sticky Bubble Gum. The main character, a frog, gets stuck in some icky sticky bubble gum, just as these little silly frogs have. These were created using acrylics on canvas paper.

And of course we chewed bubble gum ALL DAY! We even had a bubble blowing contest. This little sweetie won by far! Next week Daly is "Going on Safari" and I'll be "Moving Right Along" making Hot Air Balloons, Bikes, Rockets and Race Cars! Call 770-683-2825 to sign your child up today! See you next week! Jenni

Outside These 4 Walls

Taking a page from my artist BFF Jenni, I am going to try to sell my encaustic paintings outside of these 4 walls, The Vintage-Flea. Yes I am packing up 8 little guys to send to The Curious Sofa art show in Kansas. These are a little different then what I have done in the past. I painted on scrapbook paper, then mounted them on foam board. Finally I put them all in a 11x14 driftwood frame. The request I had from the store owner was to keep my art under $100. I have priced these to be $90.00 each.

But my favorite piece of art right now is from this wonderful caricature artist Dave Washburn. We found him at the Cotton Pickin' Fair a few weeks back. He can even do caricatures from photographs. Check him out at www.davewashburn.com.

Happy Friday

Wanted to show our cute little vignette that Julie came up with at the shop. Super Mom is what I call her.. aren't we all? She is showing off our very popular Cotton American Flags. (These babies flew out the door last year.) We have huge buntings for $36, the standard 3'x5' flag for $36 and the hard to find 20'x8" pillar flag for $42. We also have antique reproduction wall mounts that hold up to 5 flags and Americana primitives. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. The Vintage-Flea will be closed on Monday in observation of this holday.

on the color wheel

Cleaning out my magazine stash today I ran across the March issue of House Beautiful.. their ultimate color issue. The magazine asks "How much color is right for you?" and "Are you neutral or bold?" Since I am wanting to redo my master bedroom (again) I thought it would be easy to answer these questions... but I find that I am a little of everything. How about you?

Are you Cool? Shades of blue feels restful and soothing.

Are you Warm? Neutrals and Earth tones allows the interiors to breathe.
Are you Deep? Rich colors like chocolate, fuchsia, orange always add drama.

Are you Bright? Caribbean colors like citron, turquoise, coral.

Or are you Intense? Confident jewel tone colors like indigo, eggplant, corn and kumquat.

I like them all!! It will be a hard choice.