Opendoor Studio

The Vintage Bazaar Dank Haus Chicago Spring 2012

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Views from The Vintage Bazaar

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Views of TVB this weekend ( february 11th and 12th)

Enjoy

Setting up at 8 am... waiting for the freight elevator to the 5th floor at the Dank Haus in Chicago

love potion NO. 9 ... my vintage Laboratory

My Daughter Aubrey created this vignette!

Views from the hipstomatic !

The load out at 6 pm

The Vintage Bazaar a Preview

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Vintage framed map of the Americas, and some vintage scientific finds.

Old American School Chairs ( a set of 6) and some great old globes and atlas'

Check out OpendoorStudio at the Vintage Bazaar February 11th and 12th 2012

You can find us in booth 20!

We are bringing all sorts of treasures! Opendoor style!

Here are a few new photos.

Let us know what you think.

OOAK Handpainted IPhone Cover

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I had an idea, as you might know by now... I am an idea person.

I had been looking at wooden phone covers on Etsy for months now

( like this one from EXOvault ).

After spending a fortune at the Apple Store for my phone,

I decided I would have to wait for my coveted wooden cover...

While browsing the internet, I found a clear cover for only $3.99 with free shipping.

Tossing thoughts of the wooden cover aside for now...

I decided to create an original watercolor,

Trim it to fit under the plastic cover and Enjoy!

top left: I phone in clear plastic cover. top center: blank tag, top right: Small watercolor set
center left: black Micron 20 pen. center: small illustration complete. center right: cut the tag to fit the plastic for the back of the phone
bottom left: complete illustration of the Lincoln Park Lagoon and the Hancock building in Chicago. bottom center: side view.

Bright Sunshiny Day a VestiesTeam Curation.

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'It's gonna be a bright...BRIGHT sunshiny day' by opendoorstudio

Some happy Yellows to brighten even the darkest day! enjoy some great VestiesTeam shops and some other fav's too! vintageetsysociety.etsy.com

Reversible Fingerless Gloves... WhiteNoiseMake... $48.00	Lemon Yellow copper Enamel s... SilverLinesJew... $33.00	Yellow Enamel Pan Trapezoid ... SummerHolidayV... $26.00	vintage canary yellow eyelet... somegirlsvinta... $28.00
Four Vintage Bright Yellow O... dearmacy $45.00	Vintage Melmac dishes, brigh... TarragonVintag... $34.00	1980s-Inspired Geometric Yel... z2aBc $34.00	Yellow Vintage Picnic Mug AmeliaBedeliaV... $6.50
SALE - Vintage Ski Boots, Br... CathodeBlue $24.00	Fused Glass Jewelry / Fused ... WoodAndGlass $20.00	MADE TO ORDER Felted Soap Gr... SoFino $18.00	Sunshine Yellow Crocheted F... mojospastyle $22.00
Inspiration Jar- Yellow II thedancingwren $12.00	large vintage yellow kobenst... RabbitAndRally $49.00	Avon Yellow Car After Shave ... TwoStoryVintag... $13.00	Vintage salt and pepper shak... thecupcakekid $19.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

New at the "Studio"

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Something for your Valentine.

Scientific flip charts from a 1924 Body book

Original Oil paintings, Valentines, Games and so much more!

What are you waiting for?... Shop OpendoorStudio today.

Valentine Vignettes

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Love the Valentine dress on the dress form!

A closer look. Cute little Valentine Chocolate box
( purchase a vintage box and fill it with candies from a local chocolatier)
that red box and rose are only $8.00!

Mary Ellen's cute cabinet. This would be darling anywhere in your home!

Pink Depression glass. Gather your girlfriends and have a Valentine themed Tea party!

Aren't these baskets cute! Cathy has adorned them with little tags using Scrabble pieces!

Be sure to visit Cathy and Mary Ellen at

Antiques of Winfield

You will find their booth directly down the stairs,

So Cute!

Photo of the Day 1/8/2012

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Large Art Glass Piece I made last fall With Jinny and Les in Douglas, Mi.

It's Flea Market Time Again!

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We are excited to being our 2012 season...
Planning the markets we will be attending and adding inventory to sell.

We have Applications out there and are waiting for responses

Some of our favorites are
The Vintage Bazaar in Chicago
and
Viva La Cottage's Flea market in July in Door County!

We have so many great industrial pieces, rolling carts and plenty of "warehouse chic" styling!

We will be attending Elkhorn and will be bringing the little travel trailer along too!
Who knows....

Keep Tuned in here for more information on the shows as they become available!

Here are some views from the years past!

if you LOVE color... we've got it!

notice the sod on the table!

this photo was from 3 years ago... my colorful trophies...an original idea!
These sold to Tommy Hilfiger for their ad campaign

vintage market and art faire at LIL RED SCHOOLHOUSE

This past season at elkhorn... note the numbered chairs

this past fall at Elkhorn, Wi

Fast forward to 2013

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It's only day ONE of 2012... Please...

Someone fast foward me to 2013... 'cause 2012 has not begun very smoothly!

Praying for family unity, love, caring and compassion!

New for 2012 Prop Rental from OpendoorStudio Wheaton, Il

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OpendoorStudio Prop Rental

New in 2012

Vintage Prop Rental for your Party, Wedding, photo shoot or film making needs.

please email

martha @uz2blayton@aol.com for more information.

Below you will see an example of some of the fun items we can offer available for rent!

Vintage oil drum table, Maniquin

old wood shelf, bowl, desk . camera collection
and various globes

clip hangers

painted trophies

typewriter, vintage phone, map of the US, globe.
sorry the desk is no longer available for rental

various vintage garden tools

arrows, billiard balls

book ends and various books
this collection is multi colored
red, blue, beige collections available

Vintage camera

vintage duoflex2 camera

vintage military bar pins

various pennants in sizes from small to large

saucers, troughs, buckets, coolers, tables of varying sizes

vintage luggage, rolling cart, chairs, buckets, pennants,

Vintage insulators, tackle boxes, row boat paddles, bottles and jars

Globes, wall decor, ladders in blue and yellow, wood handled mugs, picnic coolers

various paper, old lunch pail, clips, scientific items, jars, etc.

vintage duo fles kodak camera

various butteryfly and moth prints

globe

darts, arrows, vintage game pieces

vintage jars, marbles of all colors, sewing notions in jars,
vintage game pieces in jars

vintage numbered books, old safety reflector

vintage lettering

scientific items

various sporting items, files, racks,license plated, decoys,

vintage signage, wonderbread sign, shell sign ( not pictured)

vintage 12.5 foot travel trailer

vintage pricing labels

various vintage games and game pieces

Please contact martha at uz2blayton@aol.com , Opendoorstudio.yahoo.com or Opendoorstudio.etsy.com for more items or to see a viewing of actual items available.

Ties of all kinds!

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Macy's Chicago Mens department

Photos of the Day

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State Street Chicago

Macy's Chicago Christmas Eve 2011

Happy New Year... From My Family to YOURS!

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Wishing you and yours a delightful NEW YEAR!

Back to our Creative Roots!

2011-12-26T23:05:00.007-06:00

Feeling like I had been missing my creative roots...especially this Holiday Season...
My Daughters and I decided to create"One of a kind" projects!
Among them... this pretty, colorful scarf!

Laying down the fibers. Approx. 25 strands of beautiful and colorful... Noro, 100% wool.
this is old stock from about 2001

Years ago...
I had chosen my Etsy shop name to be

Opendoorstudio.etsy.com...

It would be a place for all things handmade,

one of a kind items...

but instead,

It turned into my Vintage shop!

It was supposed to have been...

A place where I would sell my one of a kind paintings, Photographs and handmade items
including my Scarves!

Fast forward 4 years...

My Daughter Aubrey approached me to help her create a scarf

I was delighted she asked me

and

It was wonderful to have had the chance to share my knowledge!

Together...

We enjoyed making this felted scarf!

This time... as a gift for a boyfriend's Mom

for

Christmas!

Here is the process:

selecting roving for the flowers

It had been 8 years since I had pulled out the fibers and I was so happy she was willing to learn.

I had the roving on hand so it was fun to choose from these bright colors
to
Create our signature COLORFUL florals!

some alpaca locks that were hand selected in Estes Park Colorado!

laying out the floral design

details of a woolen floral

adding colorful fibers!

A little "glitz' for the flowers... note the center... sequins on cotton thread.

the design is complete

The felting process beging... layers of cotton towels, bubble wrap then voile, followed by the fibres and more voile... add some suds and water to begin the felting process.

continue the felting process. " roughing up" the fibers ... and continuing until your piece is " ONE"

close up's of the finished product!

Christmas time around OpendoorStudio!

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Our tradition is to mix it up every year!

This year, we painted little canvas'

Aubrey's little portrait of our Cat ... Ellison.

Hannah's depiction of Santa!

My little Red flyer wagon

put up the white tree,

dotted it with colorful vintage style lights ...

...and adorning it with zippers for garland !

Enjoy!

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'My Guy and What I think HE NEEDS for Christmas' by opendoorstudio

A VestiesTeam Curation... along with some other fav shops! Merry Christmas to you and YOUR guy!

BLACK FRIDAY SALE Extra Larg... VintageLancast... $90.00	Vintage Travel Bar Set, Leat... ProfessorTiny $24.50	Vintage Sparklets NY Corp. S... ElmPlace $65.00	Men's yellow and gray st... LittleShopofCr... $15.00
Faux Bois Tape Dispenser WiseApple $16.00	antique binoculars from Le C... FlumeStreet $37.00	Vintage Paint by Numbers of ... dirtybirdiesvi... $26.00	Rare Tobacco Smoking Pipe &q... ArtyStore $19.99
Antique World Pulldown Maps ... jerseyicecream... $1800.00	Vintage Shaving Brush Collec... theButterDish $39.00	Mens Wrist Warmers, Beige Fi... MoonHalo $33.00	recycled Bike crank clock pixelthis $49.00
Plans For Global Domination ... StudioZen $9.50	Chunky Man Cowl in buttersco... KittyDune $50.00	Hollow Book Safe with Flask ... ConduitPress $60.00	Vintage Gold Metal Sign Lett... CaityAshBadash... $2.95

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday T

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'Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale ... a Sneek Peek' by opendoorstudio

some wonderful shops and their items on Sale for the coming weekend! enjoy! marthaopendoorstudio.etsy.com and my bloghttp://www.opendoorstudio.blogspot.com

Fabric Beaded Cuff Bracelet ... BeadSoupJewelr... $34.00	BLACK FRIDAY SALE New Vegan ... paintedlips $12.95	Blue Butterfly earrings - Bl... BeautySpot $18.70	Lotus Art Falling Into You. ... debrossehardes... $35.00
BLACK FRIDAY SALE Earth tone... maslinda $31.50	BLACK FRIDAY Sale..30% OFF.M... cookoutsidethe... $28.00	BLACK FRIDAY SALE Autumn Win... MissVioletLace $88.15	Black Friday Sale White Barn... lucysnowephoto... $22.00
15% OFF Black Friday Sale Vi... BreesTreasures $55.25	Pre Black Friday Sale--FREE ... prettywit $14.00	Black Friday Sale - Serving ... MelindaMilksha... $27.00	Black Friday Sale - Victoria... MelindaMilksha... $207.00
Pre-Black Friday Sale Gourme... tetoncocoacomp... $19.80	Black Long Scarf With Pompo... crochetlab $16.00	Pumpkin Spice - Cold Proces... 0SerenDipity0 $2.00	Under 10 Dollars BLACK FRIDA... PillowThrowDec... $25.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

VestiesTeam shops sharing the LOVE!

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'Look who's having a S A L E !' by opendoorstudio

Award Winning VestiesTeam shops that are having sales! enjoy and...Please contact your local "vestiesteam sale"s associate for more great finds! Toys, second floor, ... Cameras... 3rd floor. Ladies room 1st floor and to the left!

Red and Black Vintage Sign L... OhSoRetroVinta... $14.00	Vintage Mid Century Modern M... LaBestia $13.00	vintage metal letter L ename... RecycleBuyVint... $5.00	Vintage Plastic Sign - Typog... goodmerchants $5.00
Vintage Mid Century Modern T... modernlogic $135.00	SALE Ransburg Retro Metal Ca... DwellLovely $28.00	SALE - Black 80s Biker Goth ... NakedVintage $49.00	SALE Kodak Twin Lens Mini Co... BrownAndBlack $28.00
SALE - Necklace, Vintage But... MalcolmStudioS... $19.00	SALE Individual Bakelite Pok... theartlyons $50.00	SALE Pair Black Faceted Clip... VintageLancast... $3.75	Vintage Toleware Tray - Pain... catnapcottage $29.99
Cash. No sale. MademoiselleCh... $45.00	SALE - Vintage 70's Woma... JodysVintage $12.35	40% off sale coupon code 404... perniejaynevin... $50.00	50% OFF SALE: 1945 Black Hil... JacquesOliverC... $4.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

FELT like Christmas

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'FELT like Christmas ... ' by opendoorstudio

ok.... so it is NOT all felt... but there are some pretty great shops represented here! please click on them and enjoy their finds! marthaopendoorstudio.etsy.com

Crochet Cuff Red Bracelet W... callmemimi $15.00	Cherry felted wool earrings ... TonyaUtkina $12.95	Candy Cane Striped Vintage S... zwzzy $52.00	Red and Green Christmas Felt... lesalikes $13.50
Red and White Striped Decora... PillowThrowDec... $29.00	Fingerless Gloves, Hand Warm... JumiFelt $33.00	18" Yarn Wreath with Fe... TheFeltedBean $40.00	Gift For Him Under 50 Antler... lucysnowephoto... $40.00
Cocktail rim sugar - Candy c... dellcovespices $3.75	Green Christmas Reindeer Ant... AldariArt $18.00	Santa Travel Mug Cozy Coffee... KnotworkShop $15.00	vintage MOSCHINO red patent ... storyofthings $225.00
Elf Pops DaintyButton $27.95	Felted scarf ruffle collar... galafilc $67.00	Retro Cola VonDulce $7.00	SALE Blaadje bag victorialogan $32.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Front Page Collection! 11/20/11 Congrats to all!

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'Simple Abundance ... a Thanksgiving Gift Guide' by opendoorstudio

Lovely, warm, inviting things for YOU and your home! including plenty of " award winning VestiesTeam shops" I am thankful for lots... i hope you are too! marthaopendoorstudio.etsy.com

Winter tree photo: FREE SHIP... sparksoffire $40.00	Vintage Chinese Sewing Baske... gardenofsimple... $16.00	Footed Cutting Board Rustic ... grayworksdesig... $85.00	Capricorn Rising - mens scar... blackbirdtees $24.00
Hall China Dishes, Set of 5 SugarStreetVin... $26.00	Ultra 1970s Avacado Green Ho... ClubChartreuse $25.00	Bermuda Pottery Bowl - Candy... EyeCandyandMor... $17.50	Vintage Yellow French Armcha... RhapsodyAttic $175.00
Lemon Lime and turquoise ear... MagpiesShop $20.00	Earwarmer of Your Choice - F... halpal28 $20.00	Geometric Tribal Wedding Inv... DawnCorrespond... $425.00	Fall decor 6 fabric ornament... paperjar $14.00
Vintage Painting, Fall Scene... BingoBox $60.00	Vintage Seam Binding : Thank... jerseyicecream... $26.00	Vintage Planter Thanksgiving... CalloohCallay $20.00	Vintage Acorn and Pine Cone ... BeeJayKay $30.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Photo of the Day 11/5/11

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Photo of the day!

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Morton Arboretum Nov 1st
a walk with Julie
check out more photos at OpendoorFineArts.etsy.com