Bluedoor Vintage Garden Show and a few other thoughts

Spring seems to be a long time coming this year. However, please join us next weekend for the very popular and famous Bluedoor Vintage Garden Show.  We are all hoping this will help spring get here a little sooner. All the dealers at Bluedoor pull out all the stops to help put on a show that helps celebrate vintage garden. There is usually a big turn out for this show so plan on stopping by to see all the great product we have been saving just for this show.

Also, stay tune for lots of information about new products we are working on as well as shows we will be doing this year. We will be exploring some new directions this year in our quest for working on interesting repuposed creative projects using vintage. We are also planning on doing a different show every two weeks this year. Some of the shows we are very excited about and look forward to sharing them with you. So stay tuned.

As always we will be at Bluedoor here in Grand Rapids and at Then and Now in Petoskey. We have some new ideas and thoughts about product we want to offer at those spaces so check us out over the next few weeks and months.

In the last few months we have also ramped up our Etsy site and have been very pleased with the results and response we have received for those of you that have supported us there.

So lots of exciting things happening for us and our business this year!

Indie Vintage this weekend

We will be doing this show on Saturday. If you are in the area come check us out. This is a great show with lots of interesting dealers. Gate opens at 9:00am Saturday morning and is a one day show.

Celebrating Easter with Spring Handmades

Welcome Easter Welcome Spring

It has been a long winter here in Michigan

and we are ready for the joy of all things new

It gives us and extra bounce in our step

We scheme and plan a bit more

of our garden

of flowers

of summer shows

party dresses!

Shop our spot @ Blue Door Grand Rapids, Then & Now in Petoskey and our ETSY shop seen on the side bar here.

And have a wonderful blessed Easter!

ps..... I just made this sweet bunny for Olivia our first grand daughter :-)



A few pictures of Bluedoor

Picked up a few of these industrial, galvanized tray/drawers this past week. They can all be found at Bluedoor here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

We also have a grow collection of light fixtures. This is one of the things we are looking to add more of to our space.

We also picked up this week an interesting collection of picture frames made out of vintage house trim. These would make great mirrors or frames for pictures.

Cj's has also been working on some new designs for her repurposed clothing. It always interesting what she turns out of her studio.

 Currently Bluedoor is open seven days aweek. So if you are looking for something to do this afternoon stop by and check us and the other vendors in the store. The store is locally owned and stock by your friends and neighbors here in Grand Rapids.

Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace: March 9th show details!

Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace: March 9th show details!: Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace- March 9th at the Fountains in Carmel. Hours- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Address- 502 E Carmel Drive, Carmel, ...


This is a great new show for us and are set up at this one day show on coming Saturday. We are bringing lots of product and have a double space to fill. Tony and Melissa VanderArk who are set up across from us at Bluedoor will also be at the show and should be set up close to us. So stop by and check us out!

Pale & Interesting

Dan & I have been quite taken by this book, Pale & Interesting bu Atlanta Bartlett & Dave Coote. It is decorating with whites, pastels and neutrals for a warm and welcoming home. It seems to be our "winter" theme in our booth lately here in Grand Rapids at Bluedoor so I thought I would share a few photos with you. Please contact us for pricing on any piece that you see here. Always glad to help.

Thanks for taking a look!

Dan & CJ

Dreamy Bedding

Fall & winter are always a time of nesting for me & I have always loved fine cotton sheets, down feather beds, pillows and comforters, quilts and wool blankets. As the days grow darker and colder I burrow in.

As an Interior Designer I find great joy in dressing a bed, working with the fabrics to create that inviting aaaaaahhhhhhh bed. Once a few years ago my Mom was helping me put clean sheets on my bed and making the bed. With the poofy layers of a down feather bed, down pillows and a down comforter she couldn't resit turning around and falling like a snow angel into that marvelous mound of down!

 I carry a couple of lines of favorite bedding through my Interior Design studio and one of them is Traditions Linens. I was reminded again this week what an awesome company this is when a new package of fabric samples and bedding catalogs arrived in the mail. They are a bedding company that sells custom made duvet covers, shams, bed skirts & shower curtains as well as coverlets in a wide range of patterns and colors, beautiful wool blankets, towels and incredible sheets. Here are a few images of their products that I sell.

Another really great thing about this company is that I can purchase fabric by the yard for upholstery, window treatments etc. from them. I have done that as much as I have ordered bedding.

These are a few of the new fabric samples that arrived this week - so pretty!

Also this super cool stripe linen market bag has been discontinued and there are a few left. Any one interested contact me. They are available @ a close out price of $45.00 plus tax and shipping.