Things have been so busy with the antique shop and all of the goings on here that I have not had an opportunity to do much of anything but work. Don’t get me wrong I am not complaining, when you love what you do it is never “work.” Read the rest of this entry »

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We are located at 9230 Pflumm Road in Lenexa, Kansas. I will post some photos soon, they are on my computer at the store. I still have dealer space available but it is going quickly, I accept consignments in the shop especially that of local artists, I would love to have some folk art pieces or handcrafted furniture pieces. Yet I am open to seeing what you have.

On Oct. 18 we are having a “community garage sale” in the shed behind the shop. Many people are bringing items to sell. We will also be recruiting members for FOOT or Friends of Old Town. On Oct. 23rd. I am doing a free appraisal clinic at the shop from 7-8:30 pm. Additional classes and community activities will be on a signboard in front of the store and here on my blog. We are working with a group of families who have kids and adult children with special needs and hopefully our first project will be creating beautiful Christmas ornaments that will be for sale in the shop.

I welcome any group who needs a place to meet in the evenings or Sunday to my shop. I want to give back to the community and this is just another way I can do that.

Oh my gosh what an adventure this has been. Many late nights getting inventory cleaned and priced. Obsessing over the way furniture and display fixtures were placed. Ironing aprons, doilies, table linens, cleaning windows, cleaning up from the road construction and the dust created from that, cleaning up from the leaking roof…. and on and on. I loved every moment of it and it has been very well worth the time spent.

I still have SO much more inventory to bring into the shop. My consignments have been wonderful from a Tom Seely sleigh bed to Bart the stuffed bear (he is pretty fabulous).

I kept somewhat of a journal about my experience of the month and a half it took for me to get to the point I was ready to open the doors and will work on getting that posted along with photos of the store.

My website is still being redesigned but I have found a terrific young man who is doing an amazing job and I hope to have the new site online in November with loads of new inventory.

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My Granny’s Attic Antiques and Collectibles is going LIVE…. if you live in the Johnson County Kansas area and are looking to rent “booth” space please contact me.

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I recently mailed a vintage glass pitcher to a customer; wrapped in tissue paper, wrapped yet again in bubble wrap and the box filled with packing peanuts. I want items purchased to get to their destination intact not in bits and pieces. This is how I have packed items for 8 yrs now.

The customer was displeased with my use of styrofoam packing peanuts and how ecologically irresponsible it was of me to use them she also shared with me all of the other options, all of which I was well aware of and had tried. So I thought I would take a moment and post my thoughts on packing materials here for all to read.

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You may have received the email that has been going around about the people remodeling their home and finding a Sears catalog from the early 1970s.

Well, I just purchased a 1974 Sears Catalog at an auction and have had a blast going through it. My youngest daughter has just about broken ribs laughing at how we used to dress “way back then.” You know, it doesnt’ seem like it was all that long ago.

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