How about a Seaside Wedding?

Having our stores located in the gorgeous seaside town of Carpinteria, California

has inspired a number of themes and windows in our two Whimsy shops.

We thought a beach or seaside wedding window was perfect for June and all

the weddings that happen around this time...

This window has been popular with our customers so far--we have sold many vintage wedding

toppers, and mercury glass seashell candle holders and some old galvanized buckets

with chalkboards painted right on for a number of great concepts you might dream of!

We have always rented our vintage items to some catalogs that shoot around

here like to the great folks at Pottery Barn, and with all the recent requests to

do so, we have officially launched our vintage rental program!

Come on in, get inspired, and take a look at some great

vintage items you may want for your wedding or event !

Where did our followers vanish to, dear blogspot?

We were so honored to have you following our blog and there was a major

glitch with blogland, and all our followers have disappeared.

We would be so very happy if you would kindly sign up to follow us again,

it's lonely here without you!

Thanks so much,

Karen

Urban Habitat

An inspirational building with high woodbeamed warehousy ceilings,

is the home to a great furniture and decor business called Urban Home.

We found ourselves there by chance in Burbank, CA.

In between my dreaming of having a Whimsy in this cool space, I admired the feel of the

dark woods and eclectic accessories.

My eyes were open for a cool new light for our dining room and you will

see some really fun ones here!

The wall art was different and really graphic.
Loved the mirrored effect of this grid!


I asked the man working about this straw hanging light which

was more than fun and wild but he wasn't able to locate a price for me!

Needless to say, I am always drawn to the vintage looking

decor! Loved the clockface/mirror.

If you are ever in Burbank, take a stroll into this fun large space

filled to the brim with new, but really cool decor.

http://www.urbanhabitatstyle.com/

A doll of YARD SALE I went to....!

Every year a remote neighborhood has a multi house neighborhood sale

and a few weeks ago, we headed out to this year's version.

It was really a huge disappointment BUT, we walked up a steep driveway to find

the most amazing doll collection I had ever seen in my zillion yard sales I have been to.

I am not a doll person, but can you imagine how long it took to set up her displays?

They were priced for a high end auction, not a yard sale,

so I admired, asked to snap a few pics--then hopped

in our truck to see if we could locate some amazing

treasures somewhere else for our Whimsy shops!

I don't think I ever get tired of Saturday mornings...in fact I

often dream on Friday nights about hitting the perfect sales

and scoring fun fun old finds. Some weekends are dreadful and we come back with very

little--while others we have so much pouring out the sides of the truck--that we have to run home and drop off a load and head out to pick up the rest.

It's almost Friday and ...then you guessed it.............it is Saturday morning and I

get to do my favorite thing----HUNT and GATHER! I love my shopping days!

Good luck to all of you, my fellow bloggers who love the thrill of the hunt, just like me.

Spring into Whimsy for some New Finds!

Our window on Linden features a vintage Schwinn bike with

lots of baskets ready to fill with farmer's market goodies or flowers or beach gear!

Check out this fantastic beauty college vintage suitcase that

is lined with an amazing blue and white polka dot liner!

I am in love with the all original chippy white

antique cabinet that once belonged to a begonia

farmer and hasn't been moved from his farm in 90 years!

Our country garden display welcomes you to our store

at 962 Linden Ave. We have 2 wonderful bell cloches displayed in and on the cabinet.

Look at the huge one on top left of the vintage cabinet!

Our very own copyrighted A, B, Seas...that Alan and I created!

You can choose from our original photos and spell out any word.

4x6 photos are $2.95 each and we will gladly ship to you!

Choose from, sea glass, driftwood, seashells, seaweed, sand, and

pebbles letters! Give us a call. These are mighty popular!

Some great new finds in our vintage clothing spaces.

Cool dresses and cowboy boots, always!

Find some cool coastal decor!

Several different sizes and styles of our seahorses!

We have fun mermaids, too!

Love the selection of totes in both or shops. A new shipment from London

just in of unique totes! Check them out at Whimsy at 5042 7th Street!

How about this 50's trike for your little one?

Love the original paint and this puppy is solid!

They don't make 'em like this anymore!

Love the Swan table, too! Original paint and decal. Perfect for a bedside

table or in the living room next to your fave chair!

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Hope to see you soon at WHIMSY Antiques!

{2 stores---2 styles}

5042 7th Sreet

962 Linden Avenue

Carpinteria, California

open every day at both stores!

Call us if you see something you want shipped

(805)684-1222 or (805)684-7211

Green News at Whimsy!

We're very proud to announce

Whimsy Antiques

to be the first certified Green Business in Carpinteria!

read all about it here!

Look what's hatchin' at Whimsy!

I instantly fell in love with these adorable face pillows that are screenprinted.

I have a HUGE collection of vintage children's books because I love illustrations.

These pillows are certainly inspired from such books and lovingly handmade and would

be awesome in a child's room thrown on a bed or a chair.

I can see young children playing with them, naming them and enjoying them adorning
their sweet rooms. Each face has a personality with different hair color and some with freckles .

I arranged them in our "Spring" inspired window at Whimsy on Linden, and my original

idea was to have the "Moms" in bird costimes, as if they hatched the adorable pillows--

but I went with fun aqua vintage linen dresses and a simple stated

window to make the faces be the focal point!

Hurry in to see and take home some unique pillows and see what else is hatchin'

at our two Whimsy stores!