Pasadena City College Flea Market

This is the view from the parking structure at Pasadena City College Flea Market, Sunday AM, Sept. 5th, 2010. There are two outdoor areas on either side of a parking garage with 3 floors of stuff.

This is one of my favorite paper dealers, Vaughn. I like to go early to his booth first. There's always lots of other collectors who have the same idea and we fight over his attention as he puts stuff out, poor guy.

Beatle Fan Scrapbook, 1963-1967.  Vaughn had this last month, but wanted too much for it, I thought. As I drove home last month, I knew I'd made a mistake. I thought about this all month along, and hoped it was still available. It was and he came down a little in price. It's in pristine condition, no missing pictures, neatly made and perfectly lettered. Lots of little flower drawings!

           I love this photo, and I don't remember seeing it before. Looks like it's from Life or Look Magazine.   You can see the jelly beans (jelly babies) being thrown at them in concert.

                                                    
                                                            I could look at this forever!

                                         These are real Beatle Bubble gum cards. Not the blurry
                                         ones that have been reproduced and sold at swap meets.

                                                  Great photo, a little worn around Ringo.

                                                                  Beatles in India.

These are the last pages. Article from WEST, which I think was a Sunday supplement to the LA Sunday Times. Interview with Paul about the Beatles songbook, with great 60's art. The 

person that put together this scrapbook took great care to cut carefully around all the curlicues and outlines.

                                                                               
                                   More purchases from Vaughn and other dealers-- great dog print.

                                                          Nice calendar art from the 40s.  

                                                     German Shepherd Art from 40s.

                                                   More calendar art 1940s.

                                        This is another one of my favorite booths and dealers. They have lots of miniatures and stock from old games. This is a great place to get Scrabble letters, Monopoly game pieces, and just about anything else you'd want to put in doll houses or shadowboxes.
                                                                                

                                          Here's their card & info.

                              
Here's some Xmas items-- wax candles 1950s. Little Nativity 1960s. I'll use these in Xmas shadow boxes. That's all for now, next weekend, the world famous Rose Bowl Flea Market. Happy antiquing, collecting and crafting, everyone!                              

Shadowbox Gallery

These are cigar box pet memorial boxes I made for friends. The Liam box is a combination of doll house furniture, scans from art books and photographs. The Spud box is scans, photos and antique bracketing from a Victorian glass dome unit. (See below for example.) I have another spare piece of the bracketing that will up for sale on RubyLogan.com after Sept.2.

Maybe I should start at the beginning-- I collect old stuff, and I'm always looking for ways to display it. (No sense leaving it in a drawer.)

This is one of the first ones I made, from a prepared box from Martha Stewart. The paper is pretty, but the box isn't very deep. Victorian photographs, scrap metal, doll house rug, Victorian china butterpat dish, calling cards and Victorian Mothers' pin.

Here's another in a craft store box. The butterfly theme is really pretty for a young girl. It includes buttons, jewelry, coins and other mementos.

This was made from a smaller cigar box, about 6" tall. I got the idea of using cigar and found boxes after seeing the Day of the Dead altars at the Folk Tree Gallery in Pasadena, Ca. Jesus has three levels of paper behind him for depth: two palm trees, columns, and, an extra layer on his hands. Jesus and Mary are from Victorian postcards, and the frame around Mary is a German Dresden coated with gilt wax to tone down the shine a little.

Who doesn't have Elvis and Beatles stuff just laying around the house? The Elvis box is made from a glass top cigar box, I'll have a few of those up for sale on RubyLogan.com soon. The Beatle Box is made from a pink backless box I found at a thrift store. Both Elvis and the Beatles use scans of pages from authentic teen magazines, and I'll have some of those available soon for your crafting needs.

Happy Antiquing, collecting, and crafting!