Booth pictures throughout the year from my booth in Angel’s Antique Mall in Opelika, Alabama, as well as pictures from other malls I’ve had booths in. I try to add creativity and imagination in the arrangements and vignettes. Perhaps there’s an arrangement that will inspire you to something much better than mine. A fantabulous booth!
Good grief! Halloween’s tomorrow and what have I done as far as decorating at home? I located the box of Halloween decorations. Pulled it out, but never even opened it. I did find some quick spots for the decorations that have been bought throughout the year. No thought given to placement – just find a clean spot and put something there – and nothing to write home about. But I did decorate the booth. Again, nothing over the top like I’d like to do, but at least there’s something there.
A good bit of that has changed already. Several things sold and I’ve brought in more stuff. But I didn’t want the holiday to get by without doing something on the blog!
It all has to be replaced with Christmas and Thanksgiving immediately. The city wide Christmas open house is next weekend. Too early in my opinion, but they didn’t ask me. Wouldn’t have cared what I said anyway.
The doors of the shop are closed. Oh, I’m still keeping it – as long as I can pay the rent – for the central hub. The place to take things before they go out to a booth and to take pictures and pack and ship. And to work on stuff. Dare I say… paint furniture? That’s in the plan. We’ll see. There’s still plenty of stock at the shop, too. I truly don’t have to shop for awhile, but of course, I will.
When I first heard that there were thoughts of a new local antique mall, I couldn’t get over there fast enough to claim my spot. I was the first. Had my pick of all the spaces, so I chose a bright, well lit room. The beginnings of arranging are here and the empty room is in this post.
So here is how it looked the first day open. Click on the pictures to see a larger view.
It amazes me how so many of the big things aren’t there now. Just a week later. If you didn’t read about the opening, peek at the post before this one.
If you’re interested in any of the small things you see, most are in my Etsy shop and on the web site.
It’s done. Finished. I’m all moved into the brand, spanking new antique mall, Pickle Patch Market in Sylacauga, Alabama. The first open day was last Saturday, July 30. It was a soft opening with the grand opening slated for sometime in October. But oh… my… goodness! Never in our wildest dreams did any of us anticipate the crowd that showed up!
People were circling the parking lot trying to find a place to park.
There were a couple of times the checkout line was so long it was snaking around the corner and into another part of the building. I don’t have any pictures of that. I was busy trying to help get the people checked out. My pictures, or even my words, can’t describe how phenomenal the opening was. I can’t even guess at the amount of people who came through. Some just curious, but many more were there to buy, buy, buy!
I took lots of pictures of the booths that are of interest to you and me. Meaning, the booths with vintage, antique and hand made things. So, prepare for a feast for your eyes. You can click on the pictures for a larger view. Actually, please do click on them. The small pictures are not so good. Not that the big ones are great, but the bigger ones do look somewhat better.
Heading off to the right and making the big, zig zag circle…………
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Those two are our friend Pam’s booth. She did quite well. Sold a lot.
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These two are our friend Teri’s booth. You can see – and buy – her artwork on Etsy at
A Drop In the Bucket.
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A cabinet full of pottery and glassware. A new friend also named Wanda.
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New friends, Scotty and Linda. That door made into a hall tree in the first picture? It now resides at Melanie’s house.
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I believe this booth belongs to some teacher friends.
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Melanie and our friend Lisa are sharing the booth pictured above. Sorry about taking so many pictures, but I just love it!
New friend Lynn. Yes, she sold the trunk. And the big table you barely see in the third picture and the green table also in the third picture. I was a little annoyed that the green table was already sold before I even saw it. Guess who bought it? Tiffany, The Cranky Queen! So I suppose if I can’t have it, and really I wouldn’t have been able to use it anywhere in my house, I’m glad she got it.
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Friend Lisa. Another Lisa. Not the same one who’s sharing a booth with Melanie.
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It’s not all old stuff. There’s plenty of variety. This booth has books. The little girl saw me taking pictures and posed a bit.
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Ummm… I don’t know these people. But they have good stuff.
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Amy’s booth.
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Cindy’s.
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And finally, we’ve circled around to Tiffany’s booth. Booths, actually. The last picture is of her closet booth because she didn’t think she had enough stuff for a whole booth!
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Tomorrow will be a few pictures of my booth. If you see anything in any of these pictures you’re interested in, let me know. I might can hook you up with the seller. But be aware. The booths have already changed drastically. So much sold. Most of us are very pleased with the first few days.
The Pickle Patch is in Sylacauga, Alabama on highway 280. Either on the left or right, depending on which direction you’re going. (Giggle, giggle, snort.) OK. If you’re going south, it’s on your right. Past the Wal-Mart shopping center, Home Depot, a red light and the Krystal/Piggly Wiggly/Big Lots shopping area. If you’re headed north, it’s on your left. One of the first businesses you’ll see. There’ll be a school then a service station then the Pickle Patch. Come for a visit! They’re open Tuesday-Sunday.
The Camellia Garden Club, Tiffany’s a member, had their September program at the shop last Friday where upcycled vintage items were turned into planters. It was a chore to have everything ready, but a deadline was something I needed or I’d still be puttering around trying to get things ready for fall and Halloween. Tiffany came a few days and lent her magical decorating hand to polish things off and Melanie helped when she could. May I say that I have The Bestest Friends? They have lives and jobs, Melanie’s full time, Tiff’s part time, and still found time to help me out. They will be blessed. Last weekend the three of us spent time at the lake, they (them?) creating garden junk, me (I?) making tags. (I realized in this big re-do that millions of things weren’t priced. I hate that, don’t you? No wonder people were always coming up to me asking how much things were. I’ve made a boat load of tags and still have that many more things unpriced!)
I wanted to share with you pictures of the garden junk projects and the club ladies, so here they are.
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I’m saving the Halloween decorations for a later time. We’re planning a Halloween girls night out at the shop, dates to be announced.
Hi! I'm Wanda, the owner of Just Vintage and this is my blog where I talk about buying, selling, and decorating with all things vintage. I want to help you learn what to buy for resale and maybe give you inspiration in decorating, even if it's what NOT to do.
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