Vendor Name:
Traci Rodgers
Booth/Business Name:
TootsUncommon
What will customers find in your V54 booth space:
Vintage Home & Goods
Clothing & Accessories
Jewelry
Consumable Yummies
Art
Signs
Garden
Speciality
What styles will customers find in your V54 booth space:
Antique - any item created or produced more than 100 yrs prior to purchase.
Tru Vintage - any item created or produced 50 yrs prior to purchase.
New Vintage - any item created or produced 20 yrs prior to purchase.
Retro - any item created or produced 10 yrs prior to purchase.
Re-purposed - an original item or material given a new purpose or use.
Up-cycled - any item created or produced using ordinary objects to make something extraordinary.
Hand Crafted/Hand Made - any item created by hand labor.
Original Work - any item that is a result of independent effort.
Custom Work - any item made to suit a customer request.
Market/New, and/or Wholesale Items - items purchased in quantities from a manufacturer.
Vintage Inspired - any mass produced item that is influenced by vintage design.
On Trend - clothing/accessory items in high demand.
Describe your V54 booth space:
Kitchy with a touch of dog clothes and pet attire. The Lofty Owl, owned by my sister-in-law adds a touch of farmhouse chic.
How long have you been collecting and selling your wares?
Most of my collection comes from family heirlooms and the salvage home repair some family members do. As for the dog clothes and accessories...TootsUncommon has had an online presence for 10+ years and is a family run LLC.
Do you have a private collection and if so, what do you collect?
My collection is rather eclectic. There are kitchy animal figures that dot the hand-crafted Mission style furnishing of our Broad Ripple Bungalow.
Who is your favorite artist?
Frida Kahlo and Mary Englebreit...how's that for an interesting combination?
Do you have a career outside of the V54 world?
I am the Department Chair of World Languages at North Central High School and teach Spanish.
What do you do for fun?
Hang out with Tootsie Roll the Pug, camp, work around the house and collect things for my V54 space.
And your family…
Married to Jeff who owns Metropolitan Music and Cinema. Two dogs and two cats...no kids. My parents live in the town I grew up in - Bremen, IN and my sister lives and teaches in Mishawaka, IN and is the proud mom of my niece, Roan.
Married to Jeff who owns Metropolitan Music and Cinema. Two dogs and two cats...no kids. My parents live in the town I grew up in - Bremen, IN and my sister lives and teaches in Mishawaka, IN and is the proud mom of my niece, Roan.