A ‘Frightful Fete’!

Join us Sunday September 11th at the Blue Door in beautiful Livermore (CA!) for a special gathering of artists and antique dealers!  Click on the photo below for more info…

See you there!

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Destination Danville!

The annual Heartland Danville Antiques and Art Faire is tomorrow…a Mementos tradition for Labor Day. Nestled among the trees in beautiful downtown Danville, it is always a treat.  Amazing artists, antique dealers and entertainment make for an enjoyable day.  And food – the FOOD!!!  The restaurants in the area are wonderful!!!

Mementos celebrates FALL and HALLOWEEN at this show…time to get out the pumpkins and gourds, ghosts and goblins, and burlap!  Gotta have burlap for your fall decorating!!!
Happy Fall Y’all!
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Next stop…Paris!!!

Mementos is travelling all the way to France this month!  Well almost.  We are doing a travel theme at Room With a Past.  My space is stuffed with all kinds of fabulous items for home décor and gift giving.

Some of what you’ll find…

A FABULOUS window. “Paris Marche Aux Puces…Jewelry, Feathers, Flowers”… (a one-of-a-kind custom piece by Mementos!  This vintage window is B.I.G.)

Hats and lamps, journals and tags, beautiful glassware, a SPECTACULAR 3 globe hanging lamp, canvas shopping bags, baskets and more!

Burlap wreaths, wire baskets, perfume bottles, a vintage serving tray, framed art…

A little of everything, just like a Parisian flea market!!!  And of course, there has to be at least one of these:

My favorite lettered sign - ”Keep Calm and Carry On”…which can, by the way, be custom made to any size you want!  Really!  Email me for info…

Stop by this weekend and see what other travel treasures you can find at the Room. Click the logo below for more information…you’ll be so glad you did!

Mandi

Ahoy, Matey!

Room With A Past was open this weekend the place was packed full-to-the-brim with amazing treasures!  This fun fellow and his treasure chest of fabulous finds met customers at the door…

…and there was more shopping than a land-lubbing, vintage-loving shopper could wrap their hands around at every.  single. turn.

 

I can safely say that if you did NOT get into the ROOM this weekend, many of these treasures are GONE!  But rest assured…the August opening will be just as spectacular.

Life’s a BEACH – find one and enjoy it today!

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Happy Fourth of July!!!

 

…or as we like to say…Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave!!!   Have a spectacular holiday filled with family, friends, food and fun.  Isn’t that what it’s all about?!

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I Love Color!

My taste in decorating has changed over the years…evolved from 80s Country (think red and blue, gingham and hearts) to Cottage white washed furniture and BIG cabbage roses.  One thing that has never changed is my passion for COLOR!  I love the ‘Shabby Chic’ look of a pale palette, but it just isn’t me.   And I adore the Paris Apartment look of black, white and gold, and the ‘all white and cream’ look that is in now…but it’s not me either. I need COLOR!  Lots of it.  Reds, yellows, greens…in all shades.  I’m even loving orange right now!

I’ve been going through photos of my space at Room With a Past from the last 5 years, it looks like my love for color was obvious there too!

The photo above was my first month at ‘The Room’ in April of 2006.  This picture just makes me HAPPY.  Those amazing cabinets flew out the door, oh how I hated to see them go!

Lots of pastels in the Spring of 2007 (above!). I get a kick out of bringing ‘imports’ in to the shop!  That white cabinet on the right was imported from Orange, CA.  lol

More color!  Summer 2009, love the red and yellow ‘barn stars’ (up high) and the red, white and blue of the flag and 4th of July décor, and the mint/sage greens.

Dramatic colors here – red and black for Valentine’s Day 2010!!!  I designed the ‘LOVE’ banner that hangs across the front…one of an ever-growing series of banner ‘kits’ I do that have become popular….and all are quite colorful.

The faded color of Vintage sheet music has to be one of my all-time favorite things to work with. It is  on the bulletin board in the background, in the oval frame on the right, and it is decoupaged to the bottom of the tray on the chair.  “Keep Calm and Carry On” has been a popular theme for several years now.  You can find it framed, on note cards, pillows, on tags and lots of other places in my space…in all kinds of great colors.

Is burlap a color?!  It should be, LOVE it!  Have used it for years in my own decorating and add it to pillows, water bottle bags (top shelf, above) and make garlands from it.  So versatile (and yes, quite messy!).

Which brings us to 2011 and a pretty pale space above from this spring!  I don’t plan it so much as it just evolves around what I’ve recently gathered.  Sometimes I’m drawn to whites/creams/burlap/sheet music, other times it is lots of color like this months gathering for the start of summer:

What’s YOUR favorite color?! 

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Welcome Summer!!!

Mementos is celebrating the June opening of Room With a Past with a new CHALKBOARD BANNER kit!  Ready to personalize (yes, with chalk) with your own greeting, or for a special event or occasion.  The Banners are made with easy-to-care-for material (just wipe clean with a damp cloth!) and come in two sizes, either 4” or 6” long ‘pennants’, and are available in 10 letter and 15 letter lengths.  Each banner comes with chalk and an idea sheet of things you can write to personalize your own banner.  ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Congratulations’, or ‘Merry Christmas’ fit nicely on the longer one, and ‘Princess’, I Love You’, or ‘Welcome!’ look great on the shorter one.

(Shown: one 10 letter banner with 4” ‘pennants”.  12” of ribbon on each end for hanging)

The banners are in the shop starting this weekend (see the link above for days and times!!), in assorted sizes and colors. They can be customized to your own needs…want more letters? A different color of ribbon? Lots of possibilities to choose from! Email Mementos for more details…just follow the ‘profile’ link on the right side bar.

Have a Sunny Summer!!!

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