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Vintage French Childrens Book Fables de La Fontaine / Rare 1982 Edition Illustrated by Romain Simon / Gautier Languereau Publishers
Vintage 1960s Sundress Cocktail Sheath Dress / Advance 9770 / Size 18 Bust 38
Vintage Maxann Charm Bracelet with British Style Charms and Enamel Hearts
Author Archives: Lynette
Brookhaven Bazaar Fall 2010
Brookhaven Bazaar is coming soon! 5000 square feet of antiques and hand-crafts in a charming 1917 Grange hall. Over 60 vendors contribute….everything is beautifully displayed in boutique-style vignettes. This fall we feature dozens of gorgeous vintage pieces of furniture from … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven Vintage Marketplace
Tagged antiques show, Brookhaven bazaar, Christmas, furniture, Halloween, Holidays, Shopping
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If you can’t take it, you ain’t gonna make it
” I still have a lot of folks come up—black and white—who try to discourage me, and it don’t even faze me anymore. I don’t let nobody tell me what I can’t do. Only time I say I can’t do somethin’ … Continue reading
Posted in Heroine quotes, truth and courage quotes
Tagged courage, helping others, hero, quote
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Anatomy of a Halloween Display
We did a major re-do of the shop yesterday and I thought it would be fun to show how our displays come to be. The first thing we did was dismantle the front window display, moving the summer displays of … Continue reading
Posted in New displays at Penelopes, Penelope the Shop
Tagged Halloween, Lori Mitchell, shop display, vintage
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The Consequences of a single headstrong moment
“Perhaps marriage is the greatest test we are put to. That’s what I tell my young couples. It’s a case of facing up to your responsibility for the consequences of a single headstrong moment, when you may be drunk with … Continue reading
Nudge the spirit towards a place where it can flourish
“Important events–whether serious, happy, or unfortunate–do not change a man’s soul, they merely bring it into relief, just as a strong gust of wind reveals the true shape of a tree when it blows off all its leaves. Such events … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, flourish, important events, quote
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Tag Sale 2010
Welcome to our annual Tag Sale 2010! Our big feature this year was 100s and 100s of books. Paperback and hardback, old and newish, Fiction and nonfiction….the selection was amazing. Many came off our container from England. And all were … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor Markets and Fairs, Penelope the Shop
Tagged sale, shabby cottage, sidewalk sale, tag sale, vintage
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Nothing is Better for Self-Esteem than Survival
“We can’t all be Marco Polo or Freya Stark but millions of us are travellers nonetheless. The great travellers, living and dead, are in a class by themselves, unequalled professionals. We are amateurs and though we too have our moments … Continue reading
Deep Dish Taco Pizza
I like to call my style Martha Lite. It’s where I give the appearance of being fabulously creative and energetic and quite frankly, an over-achiever, with the minimum amount of effort. That dream I shared on a previous post (Ms. … Continue reading
You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be
“As I look back on the trip now, as I try to sort out fact from fiction, try to remember how I felt at that particular time, or during that particular incident, try to relive those memories that have been … Continue reading
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Tagged lessons, strong woman, travel
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Empathy is at the heart of the novel
“A novel is not an allegory…..it is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is … Continue reading
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