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Relics News & Excitement!

 

It's almost Summertime!

....and you know what that means?? Road Trip Time!

I have to admit I'm kind of all about change and new scenery - roadtrips are the absolute bomb- and it just seems - that if you drive just a little further down the road- or over the top of one more hill- there is always something wonderful, exciting and new around to see, taste, smell or explore... I don't think I will ever get tired of new adventures.

Thats why at Relics, we just can't sit still- We are always about change, fun times and for looking for that best new thing around the corner...surprises are our favorite things!

We have lots of great summer surprises in store for you- fun classes, interesting contests, we are even going on the road for an event or two-  

May your summer be filled with all things fun- and may all your adventures lead to great memories~!

 

(My dream wander car- Wish it was mine....)

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Will you join us...?

Relics on the Road

 

We love  events- we LOVE to take Relics on the road!

This weekend, Saturday June 2nd- is the French Flea Market in West Peoria-

Please join us~

There will be 20 friends- selling plants, herbs, Retro, Fun, Antiques, Vintage- Decorative Goods- Etsy Hand Made &  Relics Curiosities-

(and Authentic French Crepes!)

Location- 2320 West Moss (behind Jumers in West Peoria)  

Time- 9am- 5pm (no early birds please)

Hope you can join us! It will be lots of fun!

 

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Relics Classes

 

Micro Gardening

 

Relics will be having a Micro Garden Building Workshop-

Saturday June 30th at 4pm at Relics

Cost- $29.95

We will provide the container, the plants and lots of natural ingredients, stones, sand, branches- and we will have instruction on the art of micro gardens. It's all about keeping it small.

Please feel free and bring any pieces you would like to include in your own personal micro garden- we love tiny deer, skunks, marbles and vintage birthday cake ballerinas.

Relics also will have lots of little minatures for sale- (We will have a limited selection of some of the things in the above pictures for sale- plus a few other vintage bits and  pieces- and surprises)

(We also love plastic policemen- Thanks Yvette! For the photo)

 

Sting Art Class

Build your own state- and include a heart whereever your heart lies....

Instructor- Harmony Stencil

Saturday- June 16th at 4:00pm at Relics

Cost is 19.95

You will get the wood, the paint, the nails, the string and all the fun and excellent instruction to build your own masterpiece.

Class size limited- please call or stop by Relics to Register...

 

 

 

Lots of Intersting new Fun things have arrived at Relics....

 




Lace Earrings!

Cement garden heads and other interesting garden curiosities...

New summer candles...

Our New Wall of cards....

 

 

 
 Peoria Area Quirky Landmark!

Who is this guy?

Do you know where he lives?? He's kind of fun and he has sausage in his pocket! (I guess that would be a hint!) If you know where he is- just drop us an email- One lucky winner who knows where he resides- will win a $10 gift certificate from Relics- AND a bonus this month- you will get an extra $10 gift certificate- from the "place" where this guy named Sam lives.... 

Just email us at missjunk@yahoo.com with your answer

Last months winner was Jennifer K. - She was right ! The mysery Jeep is on the side of a building on Derby Street in Pekin...

 Relics Book Group
The next Relics book group will be Sunday June 10th from 4-6pm

This months book is Alice I Have Been- By Melanie Benjamin

Read the book- and please join us for some good conversation and a yummy snack....

All are welcome!

 

(In case you want to read ahead - Our July book is-)

 

Relics June Playlist-

We love sharing our music! We get lots of requests - of "What's playing in the store? What is that song?" So we decided we need to share it!

1. Just Takes a Little- Amy Stroup

2. Skip the Line- Sugar & the Hi-Lows

3. Lights in the Valley- The Carolina Chocolate Drops

4. From This Valley-  The Civil Wars

5. Give Me Fire- Alexz Johnson

6. Baby's Arms- Kurt Vile

7. Somebody That I Used to Know- Gotye

8. Goin to the Party- The Alabama Shakes

9. Yellow Brick Road- Angus & Julia Stone

10. Glad You Came- The Wanted

11. Vie En Rose- Pomplamoose

12. Blue Jeans- Lana Del Rey

Do you know Lana Del Rey?   She is so wonderful- 

Please check her out....

 

Fun Times in Peoria!

Relics

3410 Ne Adams street

Peoria, IL 

You never know what we are going to do next... it's always a surprise!

Spring At Relics

 

 

Special Love...

Sometimes, cute things happen that can make you smile...

 

Customers enjoying their little recycled bags- made by my mom Marlyn.... 

Marlyn is spreading her love all over Peoria- 

Next time you are in Relics- you too can get one too! 

A New Year At Relics....

Happy New Year!

Relics is starting this lovely Newest Year with a creative twist and a creative challenge!

 

Relics recently acquired a vintage set of encyclopedias. Every home seemed to have a set- but due to the invent of the laptop, the computer and wikipedia- most people have gotten rid of their old fashioned trustworthy hardcopy books of knowledge.

So we wanted to do something special with our set.

This year the word for Relics is Create. We made that our resolution, to try and make our lives more creative- so we are extending and offering the challenge to all of you as well....

Our Set of Encyclopedias has been renamed "The Encyclopedias of Lost Mischief"  we are housing the set at Relics- each volume can be checked out like a library book- we ask that you fill a page with one or more of these things-

1. Drawings

2. Paintings

3. Collages

4. Poems

5. Random bit of art

6. Anything that makes you feel creative

Starting on Monday January 16th- there are will be the set of 21 books to check out at your leisure- your goal is to do 21 creative project over the next 12 months. One or more for each book in the set. You can keep the book for up to 10 days. You don't have to sign your work if you don't want to- if you want to leave a random bit - that's ok too- If you get through the set and want to do more- feel free!

Next January- we will have them displayed at a First Fridays Gallery Event somewhere in  Peoria. They then will be donated as a collection to the Peoria Historical Society.

So get thinking- get creative- come join the fun!

Feel free and email us with any question: missjunk@yahoo.com 

Relics Holiday Music Playlist Contest

 

 

 

RELICS HOLIDAY MUSIC LIST 
            AND CONTEST

Relics December Playlist-1. Aimee Mann- Waiting on Mary
2. Gypsy Hombres- Sleigh Ride
3. Indigo Girls- Holly Happy Days
4. Ray Anthony- Christmas Trumpets
5. John Prine- Christmas in Prison
6. Joan Osborne- Christmas in New orleans
7. Father Christmas- Kinks
8. 2000 Miles- The Pretenders
9. Pogues- Fairytale of New York
10. Anonymous 4- The Holly and the Ivy
 
What are you listening to this holiday season??  

Email me your ALL TIME FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG and Artist

This will enter you in the official Relics Holiday drawing for a Relics- $50 Gift Certficate- which will be drawn at random at closing on Christmas Eve (3pm)

Please be sure to include your Favorite Holiday Song, your complete name and address....email to--Missjunk@yahoo.com

Good Luck and Happy Holidays!

alfred cheney johnston

 

 

 

 

The Holidays at Relics

 

 

 

Alternative Ornaments 

For those friends that 

think outside the box

just 9.95 each

Peoria Quirky Landmark!

 

Simple rules-

1-We will post one of our most beloved quirky and fun Peoria Landmarks.

2- If you can name the street  location of the landmark and email it back to me- ONE of you, will be the lucky winner of a $10 gift certificate for RELICS plus one fresh Cracked Pepper Bakery Pastry.

3- Your winning answer must be emailed to me within 7 days of being posted

4- A lucky winner will be drawn from all winning entries  

5- PLEASE- please - pah-leeeze  DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS HERE....

Please Email them to us at -       Missjunk@yahoo.com

Bonne Chance &  Good Luck,

Deb  &  Ben

 

The last winner - for the Peoria Quirky Landmark is Mary Houvenagle!

Mary was right! The headless woman is none other than Ms. Lydia Bradley Herself !  The statue is located on the campus of Bradley University- and represents the woman who started it all. Lydia founded Bradley Universty in 1897 as a liberal arts college. 

Such a wonderful lasting gift she made to her community.

 

Autumn at Relics......

Happy Fall Friends! The changing fo seasons makes me just down right giddy!

We have spent all summer- finding the coolest vintage items- and the greatest little holiday gift ideas- If you get a chance- stop by and see all that's new!

 

 

Don't forget the next Relics Book Group!

 

November 13th at Relics from 4-6pm this months book is 

 

 

Who, you might ask, is Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951) and why is she the subject of a book? On the surface, this short-lived African American Virginian seems an unlikely candidate for immortality. In truth, we all owe Ms. Lacks a great debt and some of us owe her our lives. As Rebecca Skloot tells us in this riveting human story, Henrietta was the involuntary donor of cells. This is the story of her and her cells and the family she left behind..... and the ethics of taking organs and tissues and what happens to them in the future....

Grave Yards & Day of the Dead

Took a trip recently through some Peoria area grave yards- why are the old stones, so much more charming then the newer stones? The pictures the fonts, all of it- so so lovely....

 

 

 

Mexican culture sends families into the graveyards to celebrate and remember the ones that have passed. The literally fill their cars with family, friends, foods and candles and head to their families grave markers for a party...  

Exploring old grave yards has been something I have loved to do, since I was a kid. I grew up near a grave yard (learned to ride my bike there in fact - One of the only places my dad would let me ride my bike- because as he liked to say- there are no cars to hit you and you can ride the streets of a grave yard all day long- and get good at riding your bike safest place around- because nobody is ever there== indeed dad!)

I encourage you to find and explore an old lost cemetery. The one I was in above- is on highway 116 on the Peoria side of Farmington. But you can find these little lost and beautiful gems everywhere. Take the kids. Bring their bikes... :)

(**please remember to always be respectful)

Blink

I had the wonderful opportunity this last weekend to attend the wedding of one of my husbands cousins. We flew to Southern California for a few days.

First let me say, the wedding was beautiful in everyway. A black tie event.  My only problem, was that when I got to the wedding, I realized, first, that it was a black tie event, Ben my husband forgot to mention that part to me, and second, that other than my husband I knew no one. At first I found myself being a wall flower, then I picked up my camera and just starting taking pictures of some of the wedding details that made me the most happy. 

 I call it Blink. It's all the details the big photographers might have missed, things you might catch for a second- then when you blink, they're gone. When you look back at your special day, it's all those little blinks, that you wish you could keep forever.

enjoy.