Monthly Archives: June 2011

Project Vintage POP :: Workin’ the Flea Market

Real Life, Real Life : Alix

This weekend I got up at the crack of dawn and dragged my bleary eyed booty to the Alameda Flea Market. It all started a few weeks ago when I began to tackle THE GARAGE for Project Vintage POP. Otherwise known as the crazy vintage wasteland. It was exhausting but really fun sorting through everything! You already knew I had a shops worth of vintage clothing, but I also have tons and tons of “stuff”.


(Um, I couldn’t resist…i’m keeping the tray! Thanks for making me reconsider Jenny….Frecklewonder, the vintage enabler!!!)






Time for a little break. Whew!

FINALLY everything was cleaned, carefully packed and ready to go! My friend Stephanie (aka Pineapple Princess) came over the night before to spend the night. Before you think we had a fun slumber party lemme tell you that she was selling with me and we had to get up at 4:30-5:00am. YEECH! It’s true. Vendors have to be at the flea before 6:00am. It’s a ghastly hour but it did take us some time to get set up!


I can safely say our booth was one of the most colorful. We had kitschy cuties, awesome vintage clothing, a cool kitchen area and tiki and western goodies. It was a blast!

I think the hardest part was successfully displaying everything! The clothing racks are great but you don’t want all yer tchotchkes to be a jumbled mess. The tricky part is having things on different levels! I brought that book case up there as a way of displaying shoes and other fun items!

(and he BOUGHT the lady! He bought her for the frame but i made him take the photo too…heh)

It was a looooong day. Some things I fretted that I sold far too cheaply…other things I marveled that anyone bought! We were on our feet for over 8 hours and boy were we pooped! We made some good cashola though, which was the other purpose, and met some really lovely folks! I would definitely do it again, now that we know the ropes.

By the time I got home I was soooo exhausted, grimy and sunburned! I’m such a granny I could barely walk, haha. Wolfie was making fun of my sunburned shoulders and cheeks….and frazzled hair!


Greg was awesome and went and got us pizza from my favorite place and I kicked back to count my cash and rest mah weary bones. All in all, it was a darn fun day!

PS…..Come July I’ll be takin’ my Flea Market Roadshow online, so you’ll all be able to grab some great goodies! Stay tuned for more info!

Vintage Kiddo Retro Round Up!

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Hi hi Everyone, I’m back! I’ve been traveling for work last week and nutty busy going to estate sales, seeing cute new babies of wonderful friends and having missionary downfalls with family as the temperatures finally begin to warm up in the Bay Area. Huzzah!  Sadly, sleep has been rather elusive, but that means that I must turn to the darling Internet to amuse me with dandy vintage finds. And hoo-boy–did I find some gems.

So with no further ado–the round up!

This weekend I saw J.J. Abrams Super8, which was set in 1979 and revolved around a bunch of 12 year old boys.  I loved the movie, but I particularly loved the vintage  toys most of all that were shown in the background.  I grew up in a household of boys in the seventies, so I had vivid memories of them painting models like the ones featured in Super8.  And this sweet vintage Matilda van model kit made me smile ear to ear. From Ebay seller, reeds-real-deals.

I love little pastel vintage dresses and this sweet summer voile one is just perfection, perfection, perfection. From Ebay seller, msna2001.

I know transportation is a very popular theme for boys clothing, but I think this vintage Nascar white jumpsuit is a genius offshoot.  From Ebay seller, mooses12951.

As I child, my cousins and I would fight over which Village People character we would want to marry.  (Shaking head…) But I’m sure we would have fought over this brilliant vintage Macho Man t-shirt–in blue glitter no less! From our dear Robot Parade 4 Kids!

I love the great Stride Rite box almost as much as I love these great oxblood mary janes with the sweet Pilgrim buckle. From Etsy seller, White Wash.

I like to think that Glee’s Mister Shuester character is bringing vests back!  And you can start your little kiddo out right with one as sassy as this little plaid vintage friend!  From Ebay seller, nwiowarocks.

You know what would make a great puzzle? A smiling mama bird with a strawberry print kerchief carrying her baby birds in a nest on a branch riding a flower speckled turtle wearing a groovy red, white and blue hat. Well, hey! There it is! From Etsy seller, Aimee’s Scooter.

Gah! I had one of these when I was growing up and made soooooo many calls to Raggedy Ann, Mickey Mouse, and various characters from books with this gem. And it was so olde timey looking too! From our friends at Sweet Shop Vintage!

And the award for best product description this year goes to  Fuzzymama for describing this vintage smurfy gem of a puzzle, “100 pieces of musically inclined smurfs happily doing their thing.”  Genius.

I will do a feature next week on all Fourth of July U. S. of Yay vintage round up, but I HAD to share this wonderful little patriotic shirt with you all. I don’t know how 3 Ring Circus finds such great goodies!

One last one that was also featured in the main characters bedroom in Super8. And it would make the ultimate Father’s present too… You guessed it…

G.I. JOE! With kung-fu grip, natch.

I had to show a close up of that bristle head that I used to touch when I brothers weren’t look. It was the most bizarre texture ever. I love how this one has aged into salt and pepper.  From Ebay seller, Supercarsparts.

Happy Monday, friends!

We Love Stripes // Stripe Mania with decor8!

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If you like to read design blogs, then I’m SURE you’ve read my friend Holly Becker’s blog, decor8. Besides being one of the top deisgner bloggers in the world, she is also one of the nicest people around and has a great goofy side to her too (as evidenced by her tuesday twitter dance party!). She recently posted a fun little challenge called Stripe Mania. Since we all love stripes, why not get a whole collection of photos of bloggers wearing stripes?? I thought it was a pretty fun idea. Here are my photos of Wolfie and I in all our stripey glory!

You may be thinking, “It’s summer Alix, is this a picture from winter? You’re wearing tights and a sweater? And Wolfie? Jeans and long sleeves??” Well welcome to Summer in San Francisco, friends! We have had cool and rainy grey skies ALL WEEK LONG! Boooo. Well, as I always say, San Francisco likes to arrive fashionably late to summer. We’ll start getting warm come August!

We have had a busy busy weekend. I’m selling at the Alameda Flea Market Sunday…and if you follow me on Instagram (galexina) or twitter, then you’ve seen sneak peaks at all the crazy vintage mania I’ve got going on. Wish me luck!

Only Two Days Left in Fuzzymama Giveaway!

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Update: ALAS, THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER! Thanks to all who entered.

Last call for vintage lovin’ mamas! A genter reminder to enter this whiz bang of a giveaway!

Friends, We have an AMAHZING giveaway from one of my all time favorite Etsy sellers–a $50 gift certificate to Etsy vintage seller, Fuzzymama.

Why, oh why is this so grand you ask? Because Fuzzymama has more than 200 items of vintage awesomeness including one of the best curated and well priced selections of kiddo clothing around.  Mmmhmmm… I discovered Fuzzymama early on in my Etsy foraging trips for the weekly MK Vintage Kiddo Round Up and I found myself coming back again and again and buying again and again too.

Giveaway ends Monday, June 13th, 2011 at noon, PST. Winner will be announced Monday, June 13th at 8:00PM-PST.

Enter it here!