Treasures Birthday Sale This Saturday ... and a New Dealer too!

Just thought I would let you all know that we are having  our birthday sale this Sat. As always there will be discounts in every booth from 5 percent to 50 percent off.  The outside flea market starts 8:00 A.M.  That's Saturday September 7th!!  Don't miss it.  

... And while you are there check out this great new dealer Tisha, she's in the back corner opposite the main entrance of the south mall building ... She builds and refinished primitive furniture ...  I took a few pictures just to give you a taste!

Be sure to drop by and see us all on Saturday, both stores and a flea market all below regular price ... Does it get better than that?  I think not, see you then!!

White on White

 

Shades of white is what our front display is about right now ... cool, cool white, perfect for a hot August, don't you think?

 Kathy put the display together ... doesn't it look awesome?  Can you see the difference between the shot above and the one to the right?

 Yep, its the addition of the double chair bench ... more white, perfect!

My favorite part of the display is the lace mannequin.  Kathy also put that together, isn't she a beauty?  Well, an out of town dealer thought so and bought her with a few days of coming into the store, but not to worry, I understand that Kathy has another on the way!

Why not stop by and see her, before she makes the trek to sunny Cal with her new owner?  She should be here all week!

Flea Market and Birthday Celebration June 1st

 If its been a while, I thought I would show you some great displays around Treasures South!

 We are having our annual birthday sale, on Saturday June 1st, that's just two weeks from this weekend.

 So come on in and scope out what's new at the mall.  At our birthday sale almost all of our dealer will have a percent off sale up to 20% and 30%!!  And did I mention the outdoor flea market with bargains galore!!?

Save the date and we will see you all there!!

Trash to Treasure Canning Jar Lighting

So  here we are in the midst of the mason jar craze ... we have a lot of people coming into the store for jars, mostly for wedding reception center pieces, but for a few other reasons as well.   Danielle, shown below, came in to check out our blue mason jars for a school assignment she was doing.  She made the triple light fixture below from similar,  but different vintage jars.  Not surprisingly she won an award for the 'Best Overall Light'.  Congrats Danielle!!

 

 

Jeff, one of our dealers here at Treasures South, has been making light fixtures with canning jars as well.  The pair of sconces below are still for sale at the shop.

 

Don't they look great!!  Come on down and find some mason jars for your own project, or take home the school blue jar sconces!

A Very Happy Customer!

This is the story of a day at the antique mall.  On this particular day, a nice customer came in with the camera case shown on the left.  It was locked ... it had been locked for a very long time.  The nice lady used to have a camera shop ... one day a man came in with the locked camera case hoping the camera shop people could open it.

 

They fiddled with it, trying to pick it with bobby pins, nails and tooth picks, all to no avail, and really, it looks so easy in the movies.  The man decided to give the locked case to the camera shop because it could not be opened.  The locked case was used as decoration for 20 years.  Then the 'new' owner of the locked case brought it into Treasures Antiques hoping we could get it open for her.  By looking into the lock we figured it would take a flat key, with a piece on the end to push the button inside, then it could be turned.  We drew a picture of what we thought the key would look like. We got out the box of antique keys we have for sale, but there was nothing like that.

 

We told her she could write to the company that made the case, and she said she had, but buying a new key would be expensive.  Finally, Nikki, the magic girl, started going through the keys on the dealers rings, the ones that open the locked cases in the mall, there are at least a hundred of those. Sometimes dealers will include keys for items they have for sale in their booths.  Nikki found a key that looked like the one we had drawn, she brought it over and tried it, it fit perfectly ... with a little fiddling ... well you know how it ends.  There wouldn't have been a story if it hadn't worked.  The brand on the key was the same as the one on the case ... and now we have a very happy customer ... She has the case, the camera and a cool stack of antique glass photographic plates!!

 

 

Don't you just love a happy ending!?

 

Best Holiday Wishes to our Amazing Customers

Have your self a merry little Christmas, y'all.  Just wanted to share a couple of great Christmas photo shots from Lorianne, one of our great customers .... I love and adore her mantle.  She says that many of her items have come from our store!!

 

 

 

And this is her tree ... full of wonderful vintage ornaments ... as well as amazing up to date crafts.  It is perfectly homey, don't you think?

 Oh and ...

 ... here are some of our customers who came in on Saturday ... in two groups, but all in retro dress.  They had met before ... at Decades, not surprisingly.

 

The oldest young man in the photo above will be playing some serious Rockabilly music at Pat's BBQ in Salt Lake on January 19th ... his group's name is Mad Max and the Wild Ones ... See you there!

 

Thanks all, we have the best customers in the word.  They are friendly, engaging, and always full of fun ideas. 

Merry Christmas all!

Treasures Antiques 2012 Christmas Open House

I kept busy at work yesterday, getting the store ready for our Christmas Open House on Saturday, December first.  We will open at 10:00, as usual and will be open until 6:00.  

Its always fun to check out the Christmas goodies that the other 42 dealers here at Treasures bring in this time of year and I think this year we have a bumper crop of amazing vintage ornaments!

  The great vintage Santas are always fun. We had a gorgeous 20 something gal come in yesterday and she bought 2 old Santas ... she said she displays them in an open suitcase ... which is one of my favorite ways to display them.

Most of our dealers are going to have between 10% and 50% off all of their goods, (at least half of our dealers are discounting between 20% and 25%) so you may want to make the migration. There will also be punch and cookies all day at both of our 11,000 square foot stores!! If you are in the neighborhood it would be worth the trip.