Part of my trip to Chicago was planned around being able to go to the Kane County Flea Market in St. Charles, IL. I will not bore you with the hours of driving to get there and back from downtown Chicago - nope. Sparing you all those details because I love you that much.
I also love flea markets. I try to hit them wherever I travel. I can tell you the one I went to in Rome was proabably the most disappointing ever - have no idea why. Okay, back to St. Charles ('cause rating them all is another story entirely). This is my first time hunting and gathering as a person who makes jewelry. It was a whole new experience for me. What fun I had digging through bins, all the while thinking "I could make a cool necklace with this".
Do you know what happens when you are a gluten-free vegetarian and you go to an out of town flea market without stopping for healthy snacks to bring along? You find only one thing to eat for lunch.
What else did I find? Very old keys, metal tags from liquor bottles, discarded bits and bobs of vintage jewelry and get this..........pieces off old cars and old car keys. Who knew? I could care less about cars. I have no idea what year or type of car I drive. It's white and the air works, that's all I care about, but these car parts called out to me - "Jeanette, save us - make us into something pretty". What was I to do but oblige? Remember, I feel bad when I put a piece of bruised fruit back in the grocery store. Here are the few pieces I've put together since getting home last weekend.
Fun no? There's more to come, so much more...
