The Vintage Bricoleur is One

The Vintage Bricoleur is One.

  We celebrated our Anniversary last wekend with 20% off most items in the store, some great Giveaways, refreshments and fun visiting.

 

I am still working on editing the photos from my big camera, but I wanted to share some random shots from my iphone.

French wire shelf hanging just outside the door.

We always have a chalkboard with the definition of "bricoleur" displayed somewhere.  Here is one hanging over a vintage chest done in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - Old White.

 Here the mantle that  Danny and I were working on up to the last minute.  I love the way it turned out. I will share more about how we created it soon.

The vintage newspaper books didn't last long.  This was a fun display.  It has many layers.  As items sold we just made adjustments to it.

 

There were lots of pretty winter decorations.

This adorable little snowman found a new home.

Snowshoes, tree globe, red table scrarf, paper mache snowman, and snowball candle.

  I love it all!

 

 Headbands and necklaces from Bombshell Betty Shop.

These are some of her leather cuffs. 

 I love mine!

 

Sparkly tree topper.

Scrabble ornaments and a "Let It Snow" hoop.

 

Vintage sheet music wrapped boxes.

Paper flower gift tags.

 

It you notice, most of the items are handcrafted and repurposed items.  We try to carry that theme throughout the store.  Everyone was so creative!  Sheet music, game pieces, hoops, buttons, hardware, leather, sewing notions and burlap were all used.

 

The back of our T-shirts. 

 Available now in the store.

 

 

Thank you for your support this past year.  It has been a good year and we are looking forward to the next one!  Come visit us.

 

The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

 

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Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

 

 



The Blogger's Luncheon @The Vintage Bricoleur

Last week we held a Blog Luncheon here at The Vintage Bricoleur.  It was well attended with about 17 local bloggers from the Northern Ca. area.

Courtney from French Country Cottage was our guest speaker.  She covered many topics that were so helpful to some of us not-so-experienced bloggers.

Here we are watching a power point presentation.

Beth, The Daily Paragraph

Lynne & Laurel (soon-to-be-bloggers)

Kim, Lazy Cowgirl

Linda, Life and Linda

Joy, The Olde Farmhouse

Helen, Wildberry Ranch (Hi Mom!) *read her post about this event*

Paula, Windmill Farm

Kim, Not Too Shabby

Ellie, Rust Dust and Roses 

Laurel, Laurel's Quilll

Melody, Willy's Wife

Terry, The Vintage Bricoleur

Nicole, The Little Blog * read her post about the event*

Courtney, French Country Cottage

*she was so kind to place my button on her side-bar*

Me again.

The whole group including Connie and Oops it looks like I forgot to get a better pic of

 Jonelle, Jo Traveler (third from the right) *read her post about this event*

This is Connie Spade working her magic. 

 She gave each of us a 5 minute hand or neck massage. 

 Wonderful!!!

Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports (916) 410-4884

We can't forget the Luncheon part of the day.

Box luches from High Hand.

This event was held in the event area of the fruit sheds.  High Hand has a wonderful resturant called

 The Consevatory, and a well known Nursery.

Turkey Sandwich choice.

Vegetarian Salad choice.

Peach iced tea, coffee and cookies.

And the Giveaways!

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint *we carry this in our store*

Coupons for the Loomis Spa and Boutique

Lavender Sachets

Gift Certificate

Here we are again.  Each of these ladies brought something important to this gathering.  Intelligent questions, tips, advice, friendship.  It was nice to meet you all.  I hope to have many more visits, if not face-to-face, then through our blogs!

Now, if you missed this event and are interested in attending one like this, we will be holding another one in the Fall.  Just send me an email so I add you to the already growing list.

terry@thevintagebricoleur.com

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

What to expect at the Blog Luncheon

Things are wrapping up nicely for the Blog Luncheon that will take place on Friday.  This event is being hosted by myself, and Courtney from French Country Cottage.

There have been some questions about what to expect, and what to bring.

~First come check in at The Vintage bricoleur to get your name tag and to pay if you still need to.  10am.

~Power point presentation

~Tutorial hand-outs

~Lunch and Giveaways

~Q/A session

~Open forum time

Optional things to bring.

~A laptop

~A notebook for taking notes

~Business cards

~Camera (as any good blogger should do)

We will be wrapping up around 2pm, so there will be plenty of time for you to explore the rest of the sheds at High Hand. The shops are all OPEN till 5pm.

The Vintage Bricoleur

Truckee Mountain Rug Co.

3 Vigne

The Tin Thimble

Mandarin Valley Candles

High Hand Art Gallery

High Hand Nursery and Conservatory and Flower Market

Look for these big fruit sheds.  Go inside to find The Vintage Bricoleur. 

You can email me for any other questions.

terry@thevintagebricoleur.com

See you Friday at 10!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Sharing a Bit of My Home ~ Part 1

On this blog I usually share

show pics,

store pics,

 workshop pics,

 you get the idea.  It is not a lot of personal stuff.  Anyway, I thought I would dedicate a few posts to my home.  I think it is important for you to "see" a bit of my personal space. 

I have shared pics of my mantle before, it is one of the only places that I can decorate, because I don't have a lot of wall space.  This 97 year old house is instead "blessed" with many windows and doorways.

This is how my mantle looked in the winter in early evening. 

We love this big old fireplace.

This is the mantle last summer.

(Yeah it hasn't been changed in a while.)

This is how it looked the other day with the morning sun streaming through the windows.

(No fires right now, just a coal bucket full of pinecones.)

Simple, just the way I like it,

but it has been a while since there was any change.

So...

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I changed things up a bit.

I used the same pitchers.  And candle.

And salvage architectural pieces.

But I added the big graprevine wreath and preserved boxwoods. 

I LOVE the boxwoods!

My favorite pic, one more time.

See the antique bayonet?  It makes a great conversational piece....

Coming up next, my Poppy room

Sharing a Bit of My Home ~ Part 2

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Don't forget about the Blog Luncheon that I am hosting with French Country Cottage this coming Friday June 29th.  If you are interested please email me terry@thevintagebricoleur.com.  We have some great Giveaways!!!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Giveaway time at The Virginia House with The Silver Craftsman

I have been waiting for this one.

Jillian at The Virginia House is hosting a Giveaway with The Silver Craftsman.


Jillian is giving away a $20 gift certificate to


The Silver Craftsman.

(I have one of the pretty bracelets like the one in the photo above.)

So go on over to
 The Virginia House (my friend)
to enter, and check out
The Silver Craftsman (my nephew).
  There are many items to choose from and during this Giveaway, shipping will be free at the etsy shop!

Enjoy your day!
Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Attention Local Bloggers ~ Repost

As most of you know we hold Worshops here at

The Vintage Bricoleur.

On March 1, 2012 we will hold a Blog Forum.  I am excited about this.  My idea is to get local bloggers together (or those who want to start a blog) to share their own blogs, share a few of their favorite blogs.

AND...

A special guest will be here to help answer any questions that you might have.  She will be able to help with how to do link party, how to do a Giveawy, blogging for bliss vs dollars and so much more! 

What an opportunity to meet face-to-face with other bloggers and to get your blog name out there to grow your blog.

So if you live in the general area of Sacramento, sign up to be a part of this Workshop.
Call (916)261-9079
or email terry@thevintagebricoleur.com

 The class is $25.00.  Bring your laptop if you like.  (And your camera as any good blogger should.)  You will be able to enter your name for a drawing at the end of the class.  Refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

6 PM

@The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

Here is some feedback from one of our workshops,

Good Morning,

    I just wanted to take the time to Thank You for the wonderful evening.  I really enjoyed the class and love my necklace.  You have such a lovely shop that it is like going to a relatives for the holidays.  You know, when you look forward to seeing how they have decorated.  You have such a warm and loving enviroment that it is enjoyable to spend time admiring your disign ability and your warm spirit.  

thanks again, 

Isn't that nice?

  We love doing these Workshops and I think this

 Blog Forum

 is one that we will be repeating often.

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AS STATED IN THE TITLE, THIS IS A REPOST.  WE HAVE HAD GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS WORKSHOP/FORUM SO I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY RIGHT TO POST THIS AGAIN.  THERE IS ROOM FOR FEW MORE!  GIVE ME A CALL, (916)261-9079

COURTNEY FROM FRENCH COUNTRY COTTAGE IS OUR SPECIAL GUEST.  HERE IS LINK TO A POST SHE DID ABOUT THIS..........
HERE.

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

A Winner A Winner

O.K.  we have a winner.

I want to thank everyone who took the time to
enter this Giveaway,

to become a follower

 to post about it either on your Blog or Facebook page

 and to Like The Virginia House and

The Vintage Bricoleur.

Also I could not have done this without one of my favorite bloggers

Jillian

from The Virginia House.

She created an awesome sign that truly looks vintage, and I am sure that Jana will be proud to hang it in her house.

Did you catch that?

Jana said...

                                          I follow your blog and love all your stuff!

Congratulations Jana!

Thanks again everyone!

Terry (one of the bricoleur)

Giveaway Ends Tomorrow

That's right my Giveaway that has been going on this week ends tomorrow.

Check out this post on The Virginia House blog to find out more about it.

You can also go here and read the first post I wrote about it.

You don't want to miss out on 

this.

Don't forget to leave separate comments to for each thing that you do.

The winner will be announced Monday September 26th.

Have Fun!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)