We did it. We have a tiny, little room at Brother's Antique Mall & Annex. We have spent the last three days slowly adding things and arranging stuff. It has been so much fun. The sign above really says "Small Studio".
I tend to buy small stuff and John tends to buy bigger stuff. It only took a minute to realize how much small stuff it takes to fill a booth. So, we are a work in progress at this point, adding more each day. When we arrived today at the A-Mall, we were pleased to see that 5 items had already sold! Some of the things we have to offer are cabinet cards, wonderful old boxes, coffee bags, Metal signs and numbers, Victorian albums, small bottles and jars, tins and lots more. It will grow as we get the hang of this. It is quite different than our retail show booth.
Brother's is located at 6132 Wooster Pike (Rte 3 South) in Medina. Our room is located in the main building not the annex. Visit Brother's when you have a chance. There is lots of good stuff in all the dealers "booths". It has long been a good place to shop for us.
Looks like fun!
Posted by: cheryl Smith | Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 07:11 PM
Your display reminds me so much of the Country store my husband, MIL and I ran years ago. It was set up in an old house so each room was set up very similar to how yours is. We had lots of antiques, collectibles, crafts and art. Hope you do well with your sales. Your stuff looks great!
Posted by: Cindy Lietz, Polymer Clay Tutor | Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 07:54 PM
*desperately tries to crawl through the screen*
Posted by: Lelainia | Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 10:23 PM
I can't wait to go visit there....I've always wondered about that place but never made time to stop...I'm in a hunt for red and violet and mustard antique glass bottles to add to my collection of cobalt and green glass bottles...Love that you two are having new adventures.
Posted by: Jean Wrightnour (no blog!) | Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 10:41 PM
So happy to see you taking this step, Ginny! What fun. I just wish I could get there in person.
Posted by: Judi | Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 10:58 PM
Congratulations Ginny and John! I've never been to Brothers but maybe I'll go now and maybe we'll meet there?
Posted by: andrea | Friday, 18 June 2010 at 09:56 AM
Oh, Ginny! It's so LOVELY! Congratulations! Now I need you to come on over to my house and decorate. :)
Posted by: Shelly Massey | Friday, 18 June 2010 at 11:46 AM
Ha! So you only get to have a store if you don't have to go there to run it every day? Sounds like a perfect compromise! It looks fantastic, Gin and John! Congratulations!
Posted by: Aimee | Friday, 18 June 2010 at 07:41 PM
I love the hands in the top photo! I have a collection of hands (wood, metal, ceramic) on top of the library card catalog in my studio. It's fun to be working and look up and see them waving at me.
Best of luck on your new venture.
Erin in Morro Bay
Posted by: Erin Perry | Saturday, 19 June 2010 at 12:35 PM
Love the set up and all the wonderful goodies...how interesting that "5" items had sold, your current magic number! Wondering if I'll have time to visit on Thursday before Teesha's class in July? Is it pretty close to Avon Lake by any chance?
Posted by: Maria | Saturday, 19 June 2010 at 01:55 PM
oh joy -- yet another new place to shop. congrats to you both, it looks way cool and we love the drive to medina.
Posted by: linda and opie | Thursday, 24 June 2010 at 08:50 AM
Wish I were closer. I can see a lot of things that I would buy!
Posted by: Seth | Thursday, 08 July 2010 at 08:03 PM