Day 1 - Moore Girls - more stuff!

It was a great first day!  We draped white sheer glitter net everywhere to cover the back "walls"

Then we started loading the shelves.  We still have much to do, but for 1 day - we already have over 600 items in our little space!

One of the services we offer will be preserving  and restoring handmade doilies, dresser scarves, linens and more.  So I was wondering why our grandma's had so many doilies everywhere and here's what I learned:

• they hide the dust
• someone spent hours making them
• they can cover a spot or blemish on furniture
• they can preserve surfaces
• can be used as shelf liners
• act as a barrier between food and a surface
• prevent sliding
• can be wrapped around food to keep it warm
• provide a decorative touch

and my own reason:

• because they remind us of Grandma Moore!  So we have loads of linens in our little space.

The wire dressforms are a perfect way to display the jewelry we've made:

Colleen is making these wonderful glass totems.  For serving candy, snacks....or just to look pretty.  Aren't they gorgeous?

We have a ways to go to get the showcase full, but I do think we have a pretty good start!  See that gekko?  Colleen made that out of art clay silver!

And are you ready for this?  I've made 120 cards this summer!  I had no idea there were that many!

Several hand-painted silk scarves and we will be adding more in the new future.  What colors/designs would you like to see?

In the lower left hand corner is an antique bedside commode - it even has a porcelain chamber pot!

We had such a fun day putting this together.....and tomorrow, even more stuff is going into our space.  I just love the look we have and the direction we are going in - a venue to showcase our art and make it available to others to purchase.  Just so much fun!!!

Setup day!

Today was my birthday and it was also the only day we could move into our new space at the Marketplace Shops here in Canon city.  So I started celebrating on Wednesday and did something a little fun every day this week!  We had 4 hours to set up and started out with bare "walls".

3 sets of white cases and a huge showcase, 2 tables and I think we have a good start.  All of the dressforms will be used to display jewelry.  We're going to have dolls, (doll repair), vintage doilies, lace, jewelry, stained glass, hand painted silk scarves, cards, oh - just a ton of things!

We'll be offering vintage fabric repair as well.   Tuesday, we'll be down there to add a ton more stuff and probably some white sheer fabric over the "walls".

and this is the showcase that we brought back from Arizona.  6' x 3' x 3'.  Very old, original glass, very fragile, but it truly shows off everything!

Vintage linens on all the shelves which we will fill up this week.  As of right now, there are 273 times in this space and it barely looks like there's much at all.  But to set out that many items in 4 hours, plus get all the cases in there, I think we did a great job!

So with my 62nd birthday, I'm starting on a new journey with my sisters.  We're calling it Moore Girls - more stuff, and I think the name is just perfect!  It's been a perfect day, and now, the adventure begins!!!

Located at 731 Main street in Canon City, Colorado.  If you're ever in town, come see us!  Open Tues - Sat, 10 - 6.  Be sure to friend the store on facebook here!