Flea Market Treasures are in the Trunk

                  

I poured my tattered treasures from the flea market onto the table. Amethyst beads, a postcard’s message; "Bon Baisers," a brass star on stripes of blue, a white feather, a faded pink satin ribbon that barely holds a bow, a tarnish copper nest with grains of pearl, and a glass locket with an image of a boy who seems to look as if he has something to say.

Frenchhusband looks at the bits and pieces then looks at me and shrugs, "You have expensive taste Corey!" He says in jest.

"Oh I know I do!" I winked and thought to myself, "Little does he know what’s in the trunk of the car!"

Photo: Yesterdays glory.



Comments

57 responses to “Flea Market Treasures are in the Trunk”

  1. You naughty pirate of the flea markets! 😉
    That handwriting makes me swoon, sooo beautiful, like a kiss in the air, materialized.

  2. Oh you make me laugh with your stories and treasure troves and your gorgeous joy you spread to so many.
    Spread the love
    share the joy.
    Love Jeanne
    X0X0

  3. Paris Parfait

    This is a familiar story! My husband is usually shown only part of my finds, until as the eight-year-old daughter of a friend says, “he’s in the mood to look at them.” Such great discoveries you’ve made, Corey!

  4. So tell me, Corey, do you ever get caught up in the “gotta get the best buy” quandry that I found myself in at the market last week? You wonderful treasures; I just get stuff.
    I think I need more practice. Yeah, that’s it…more practice!
    Meilleurs voeux!!

  5. Open that trunk! We want a peek. We promise not to spill the beans.

  6. That’s funny!!! I needed a good laugh this morning.

  7. LOL, sounds like me…Too funny!

  8. Wonderful, finds, photos and words and just for the record what is in the trunk of the car?

  9. lol… been there done that !! If I bring them in one at a time… he wont notice !

  10. Corey,
    Sounds all too familiar. My mother always old me I had expensive taste…then she said, “You are going to have to marry a millionaire”…maybe that is what I am waiting for!

  11. The picture makes me want to reach out and touch your treasures!

  12. This is my most favorite post of yours by far!!
    Is there a body in the trunk..?
    Anybody we know?

  13. When I was a full time quilter I sometimes wondered if I should hide fabic on the hangers under my dresses…….. Dh would never notice….
    (Finally able to post comments again – from my work computer)

  14. You naughty girl 😉
    Did Yann see what was in the trunk finally? I’ll bet he didn’t merely shrug his shoulders when he did 🙂

  15. Ha ha you are so funny dear Corey, I love this post! I also love all your new treasures! I’ve just catched up with your latest posts and certainly have had a good time reading and looking at your gorgeous pictures, thank you! Btw if you’d like to be my Valentine stop by my blog this week 😉 xox

  16. What a wonderful collection of ‘treasures’. I believe our husbands think its a ‘woman’ thing – why we would bring home all this ‘junque’ and be so happy about it!

  17. Oh the things we do to hide our shopping finds. Garden Boy knows if I shop with Nature Girl there is more than what meets the eye when I return home. Nature Girl and I know how to fill a trunk, back seat and floor of a car without an inch to spare.
    P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY…I forgot to put that in my comment yesterday.

  18. Nice bounty! Pretty subtle colored treasure. Looks soft and pretty together.

  19. Americanhusband gives those same looks! Will the trunk come open tomorrow?

  20. I want to touch each and every treasure feel the soft velvet and then go out to thrunk with you and drool some more!It would be a treat to see your full collection of this n that

  21. A woman’s best-kept secret….the trunk of the car! I love the treasures you found. The copper nest with pearls and the locket surely have stories to tell.

  22. What a fun way to spend a birthday!

  23. Marie-Noëlle

    Mind that parrot on your left shoulder that has kept crying:
    “in the boot, in the boot, in the b…”
    You’ve been lucky so far as Frenchhusband is now having a look into your wardrobe ! (A good thing you bought all those vintage boots last time!!!)

  24. Oh yes we all know the punchline to your story well, don’t we? Happy sigh …

  25. Oh, we`ve all perfected that…havn`t we!!
    Chamara

  26. How artfully you jumble these together . . . and how big is that something in the trunk, hmm?

  27. Love this photo…and your expensive taste for lovely things.

  28. Count on you to start my day with a hearty laugh. 😀
    The photo of the boy seems a rather odd choice; he almost looks frightened. Surely a mother (or other dear one) would want a happier keepsake of their treasured boy.
    I love the pink ribbon (my favorite color)–it looks luxurious and very much like it has stories to tell of the placed it’s been.
    Happy Monday!

  29. Hah. Winking humor between a husband and a wife. I bet he totally knows about that trunk and pretends otherwise. Hugs, Annie

  30. Yes, I´ve heard that one before!!!
    Corey responds:
    Its a classic and it works well; especially if you have the only set of keys in your pocket!

  31. the armoire!! it’s the armoire in the trunk!!!!!!

  32. Yes, hide the evidence…we all do it? Heehee a shopping spree and the shrugs, sounds familiar. Love the amethyst beads and the birds nest! Expensive taste for a classy lady, what’s wrong with that??

  33. I wish I were in the trunk of your car. What amazing finds I am so envious.

  34. lovely! as usual…

  35. Now you really HAVE to show us what was in the trunk! French Husband knows you too well, ‘expensive taste’ looks like gold to one and brass to another… The Satin ribbon and glass locket are wonderful!

  36. oh Corey what a wonderful combination of colour and texture…love it! I have to come to Paris and go flea market shopping with you. My husband offered for us to go there on Saturday…just like that! So, what do you think I should say 🙂
    Corey Responds/
    What do you think I should say???
    How big is the plane darling, can it hold a few things?
    Do not think just grab the tickets and come!!

  37. let me clarify…my husband asked me on Saturday if I’d like to go on a family holiday to France…not just to go there for one Saturday! Silly me!

  38. Flea Marché Queen,
    Are ya gonna come clean?
    What’s hiding in that trunk?
    Is it a load of junk?
    Or a rose screen?

  39. oh, that lettering is divine. What a shame the art is all but lost.

  40. Beautiful photo!
    So, Corey, what IS in the trunk? More gorgeous French finds?

  41. why is that? me too! expensive taste but for me….expensive taste on a small budget..now that’s a evil trick if ever there was one! ummm what’s in your trunk? did you smuggle my son in law over the border perhaps???? tehehehe! thanks for your posts yesterday C, they warmed me up good:) xoxoxoxo

  42. But Tica, what do you DO with all this stuff?

  43. Ha!! I feel the same way as you do about what is in the trunk of my car. That is why my red typewriter rode around with me for 6 weeks.. hee

  44. OOOOhhh…. such pretties,my dear! Shall we discover what is in ‘said trunk’ tomorrow…hmmm?

  45. Ah! The joy of secrets!

  46. Corey you always make me happy…so just what treasures are in that trunk?

  47. Love your treasures and that Yann humors you.
    I have the Trunk Syndrome as well…Feller no longer notices. He knows it is a lost cause.
    Too many treasures, not enough time…or house.
    Happy Belated Birthday!

  48. Love the photo & your treasures. My mom used to hid things in the trunk of her car as well : )
    I understand the dryer works just as well…..

  49. Hahaha! I bet!
    🙂

  50. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog and leaving your lovely comments. It is very appreciated – and what a beautiful blog!

  51. Frenchhusband

    Did you forget I read your blog?
    What is in the trunk?
    Corey Responds……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!!!!!!!………………………….????????????????????????

  52. ah so now my curiosity has been peeked…what pray tell resides within the confines of yonder trunk?
    The bits and bobs you DID show are magnificent – wee items that gathered together makes for one great treasure. You have such an eye for the lovely!
    XOXO
    Love,
    Lisa

  53. What very wonderful loot! I esp love the nest, the baisers card and the locket. You lucky girl…!

  54. Cool! You would be such a fun fleamarket-hoppin’ friend, Corey! The nest brooche (?)is quite pretty and the little boy in the photograph DOES look like he has something important to say. I always keep my eye out for interesting tintypes. Do you ever come across them in France?

  55. chipie !
    I love the kind of woman who can have this kind of thoughts !!!

  56. Now those are treasures!
    Bons baisers du Canada.

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