Lemon Meringue

Long time, no posting.

Today I "officially" got my Traders License so that I am now truly and fully an "official" Antique Dealer! Lemon Meringue in Arbutus is by appointment only, but my booth in Old Ellicott City (Antique Depot Booth #200) is open 7 DAYS A WEEK!

In case you all haven't been following (and I haven't been posting...) the Lemon has hit some hard times. Cassie is long gone and Samantha is currently packing her bags to move out and become a hairdresser. This all came so quickly that I thought I would have to close shop and move out myself... but no. I am determined to stay in Arbutus for at least another year (I'm interviewing a possible roommate tonight since the last one didn't work out) and I'm excited to keep truckin' as Sole Proprietor of Lemon Meringue Thrift & Gift.

With that said, the official lemon website will be overdue next month and instead of renewing my URL with godaddy.com I have decided to ditch the paperless zine and make a blog more thrift oriented. Zines really should be made out of paper anyway... duh. 

Please continue to follow me with my new and more dedicated blog:

www.lemonthrift.blogspot.com

Hope to see you there!

Frosting Pink

If you haven't already noticed... I'm really into "kitschy kitchenware". The sweet little pink and white Pyrex glass container below is from a set that Cassie and I bought when we moved in together and I think it was the beginning of my obsession. Sadly, we had to split up the set of four when she moved out. It was like getting a divorce and deciding which child to keep. But now I'm over it and I've indulged myself into the world of vintage kitchen accessories! How cool is this yellow water jug? I love its retro plastic spout and (although hard to see in this picture) its dancing Dutchman (with a Dutch Maiden on the other side) declaring "Water!" The glass keeps my tap water ice cold (and I'm proud to say that it is not leaking anymore!) and the spout protects it from that god-awful "refrigerator taste" that sometimes creeps into water pitchers with open tops.

On the topic of refrigerators... I've been storing "Frosting Pink Paint" (a color that I whipped up myself with a little OPPS! red paint and a lot of white primer that was just sitting in our laundry room) in ours. I've been painting a lot of old furniture lately and I've found that the fridge keeps the paint from hardening too quickly. I've also learned that it's important to have other things to do when waiting for paint to dry. If you just stare at it you will get impatient and be sure to smudge it up. So I've been keeping myself busy with books and photographing the "Frosting Pink" in my fridge.

On a side note, after being inside my refrigerator: I would like to say that my roommate is wonderful. Not many people can deal with odds and ends of furniture being left to dry in the middle of their living room day in and day out, but Samantha never complains. I constantly have wet brushes and rollers taking up half the dish rack and color splattered protective sheets covering our beautiful carpet, but she swears she doesn't mind. The "Frosting Pink Paint" just below her pudding cups and DanActive Yogurt seemed like it could have been the straw to break the camels back, but Samantha just laughs and pays no attention to my kooky ways. We should all be so lucky!

February-Thrift Look of the Month

Even though it is now March, I took these pictures on February 24th just in time for my THRIFT LOOK OF THE MONTH!
How can you totally not love this girl's coat? I really have a thing for fur hoods this year but I've always appreciated furry collars paired with fur cuffed at the hands. It reminds me of "That's So Raven" although she sported purple/aqua coats with sequins added to the mix. This coat is a gentler version of that, more like "That's So Flower Child" and totally something Kate Hudson would have worn in Almost Famous.
This Asian Statuette caught my attention as she was fanning herself amongst the glassware.

Loved the glassware by the way... the sunlight was shining just right. It made this ordinarily typical Coca-Cola glass pop next to these mysteriously RPS stained glass cups. I looked up RPS and the first acronym that popped up stood for Rock, Paper, Shotgun in the "strategy gaming society". ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services also showed up, but I'm crossing my fingers for the RPShotgun!

Corny as this granny plaque is, (probably from a woman named Norma who kept it in the kitchenette until her family had to clean out her house and hightail her to the nursing home) I like it.

There's always a slew of double-boxed Titanic VHS tapes, but I like how this particular thrift store also kept other movies saddled up next to their duplicates. Gotta love the American Pie, There's Something about Mary, Jerry Maguire triple trio.

Surely these sandals have a story, but I'm not quite certain how to capture the long-forgotten essence of summertime slip-on sandals with basket weave-like butterflies at the toe. Maybe next month my thrift adorned muse will be wearing them!