Red Shed Originals ** Creating Collectables

Our mascot, Red Sparkles, is already Celebrating Summer! He wanted to show off just a few of the new treasures that have come into the Red Shed in the last few days and will be available for sale at our Saturday Spectacular Sale on June 28th.

These precious baubles are made from giant french antique crystal chandelier pendant drops that we found at Marche aux Puces, The Paris Flea Market. We have fused antique documents and prints (also from Paris) to the crystals to make fun, one of a kind show stoppers. These are not made as necklaces (they would be too heavy and range from 5 to 7 inches long), rather they are made to dress up your boudoir, lampshade, mirror, or perhaps to use as a wonderful fan pull. We only have four!






Red loves these adorable Altered Art Masterpieces gracing the Red Shed! Michele Jones has been hard at work turning vintage bottles, decanters, even salt shakers into gorgeous trophies to dress any table or mantle. She has used her vast collection of vintage jewelry, religious icons, and precious antique finery to create beautiful pieces that will make your jaw drop! Each one is a unique jewel!

One more fabulous item that is not on the web site. Well, actually, there are two angels below. Our friend Margo (aka, our good and talented friend, Robolady) dropped by for a visit, and we asked her to stand by this wonderful angel so that everyone could see how large it is.

This is a piece just takes your breath away! Wouldn't it look great in your garden?
Hope to see you all at the sale on Saturday. We have lots of new and wonderful items that are NOT on the website, so you will have to come and visit us! Remember we are closed until Saturday as we get ready to help you

Celebrate Summer at the Red Shed!

Saturday Sale!
June 28th
8am - 3pm

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Relax on the Porch. Visit with Friends. Refresh at the Lake...
Find everything you need to Celebrate Summer in style, at the Red Shed. Slip-covered couches, white linen covered farm tables, antique birdbath fountains, vintage lounge chairs, wicker rockers, vintage umbrellas, antique statuary & urns, outdoor chandeliers & more!!
Also.....
Michele Jones just returned from another buying trip to Paris! Look for more wonderful antique French treasures! We designed many unique jewelry pieces from our french finds..we sold out last time, so we know you love them! Don't miss this sale!
Lots of new items and many summer markdowns.

Junk Market Bonanza
Antiquing Trip
Sep. 10 - 14
Join the Red Shed Girls in Minnesota for a guided trip to vintage shopping "heaven"! Check out the exclusive extras only for our group!
$779.00 includes space in a moving van to bring back your treasures to Texas! For prices from other states and Deposit Deadline visit
www.RedShedOnline.com

Anatomy of an Antique Window Sign

Here's a small project that I have been getting ready for the June 28th sale.
I had this great old cabinet front. Perfect wavy glass. Beautiful molding.














I painted the outside black, but left the molding natural. I then printed out the words I wanted to add, measured and attached them backwards, so that I could paint on the reverse side.












Results! For all those (like us) wishing they were in Paris!












See you all on June 28th!

Valarie

Red Shed Girls & Friends in Paris

Our Paris Flea Market Shopping Trip 2008 was wildly successful! Everyone said it was the best trip they had been on in their entire lives! (Just wait until our 2009 trip!) What is not to love? Great company, fabulous architecture, flowers in full bloom, and Fantastic French Antiques! We wanted to share why we loved our Paris trip so much. Of course the company was the best!

From left to right, Michele, Lana, Theresa, GiGi, Jodie, Lynn, Valarie.

We arrived at the fabulous Hotel Littre, and our huge rooms. If you have ever been to Paris, you know how rare, cool, large digs like this are.








We got out our maps and within minutes we were headed to our first Antique Street Fair....

Oops, maybe we had a glass of wine first, but then we went straight to the antiques.

Here are a few things that we loved....

The next day was a little sight seeing around Paris. You can see why we adore this city! The weather was perfect and the flowers were blooming!

The following day it was off to shop at Marche aux Puces Saint Ouen, the oldest and largest flea market in Paris. Here are some of the eye candy displays .....

Do those Angel Wings look familiar? They were about half the size of the pair we had in the shop and they were 300 Euros a pair! ($550.00).



The next day we went to the Vanves flea market, much less formal....here is an idea of a display at Vanves....
This is a perfect example of what fun "JunK" you can find at a French Flea Market. Love the gorgeous concrete statue, thrown on the ground near a barbecue grill!





Here is Gigi, geared up and ready to go....

So what did we buy? Everyone focused on the following criteria:

*A specific thing we collect.

One person was looking for antique crosses, another antique pharmacy bottles & equipment, French linens were EASY.

*Things that are uniquely French or have French writing.

*Things that were not too heavy and easily packable.

*Unique or Beautiful things that we could not find in the US.

So here are some examples.....

WWII wire casts. We loved these and wished we had bought more.

Gorgeous French Documents from the early 1800's

To the right is a French Porcelain Milk Pasteurizer. I pulled it out of the dirt in front of a truck. It has a terracotta container on the inside that lifts out. It is TOO gorgeous now that it is cleaned up! (so I broke the "not too heavy" rule)

The canisters below held original recording cylinders from the French Opera House. They were marked with the song titles and where they were recorded.

Above you will see metal first prize ribbons for French food competitions, fabulous bone brushes with a glass holder, French antique canvas maps, wonderful monogramed french linens, and the person that can correctly tell me what the small cloches were used for, a couple of hundred years ago, will win a prize (we do know the answer!).




These are just a few examples. To see all of our Paris photos and most of the things that we purchased follow THIS LINK.







To see some of the treasures we purchased in Paris and have for sale at the Red Shed go to http://www.redshedonline.com/ and go to "Current Inventory".







Now remember the pretty room at the beginning? Here is an "after" picture. Yes, we had a lot of fun....





Now, how to get it all home safe and sound?




Our final night we had the the very best seats on the front of the Bateaux Parisian Dinner Cruise. The boat has a glass ceiling and all of the gorgeous buildings, bridges, and monuments were illuminated in all their glory as we floated down the Seine. This may seem kind of silly, because I just got a new camera and I didn't know that you can't hold it sideways when you are taking video, but hopefully this will give you a small idea of the magic of Paris.









If you read this whole blog, THANK YOU! It was our first effort, and we have yet to figure out how to space the words and photos properly, but at least we can only get better!



Please send us an email if you would like to join our Paris Flea Market Trip in 2009, details will be on our websites for the Red Shed Antiques and Riverside Travel in the near future.