Smalls For My Antiques Booth

Anyone who has an antiques booth, online, or Brick and mortar store would love to sell only big ticket, big profit items. The reality is, the "Smalls" as we call them in

 The biz (Groan) make up a large percentage of our sales.

"Smalls" are all the little items we sell to fill up our shelves and fill in around the big ticket items

Over the Holiday I spent a fun day working on transforming some smalls

A small tool box 

I painted yellow and then applied a waterslide decal with graphics from the Graphic Fairy

Two vintage metal frames 

Got a coat of white paint and rose prints from an old Avon address book

An Old Avon jar, always a good seller when I...

...Spray the lid heirloom white and lightly distress

An antique mirror went from brown

To a fresh white with rose waterslide decals

A wire boot

Got a coat of white paint and along with the little picture some ribbon and bling 

Candle sticks are a great seller...

...When I paint them white and hang a couple crystals on the arms.  I get my crystals from Freedom Crystal

And that completed a day of smalls!

All ready for my booth at Orange Tree, nothing is priced over $20 

A note for those who might want more details:  I prepare everything before I paint by wiping it with a deglosser, you can find it in the paint department.  I spray one coat of primer and then 2 coats of  Rustoleum Heirloom white.  Depending on the piece I follow with one coat of a clear satin acrylic spray or wipe on poly acrylic.

Happy Creating!

Carol