The event description on Resurrected Designs’ Urban Flea Outdoor Vintage Market website explains the market as an “irreverent group of artists featuring vintage goods, pretty things, found objects, rescued & repurposed items and hand crafted wares.”
Saturday, May 14, at this year’s first Urban Flea gathering, the description was proven to be accurate. Vendors offered everything from vintage dishes to vintage luggage, handmade jewelry to handmade soaps, antique furniture to antique sewing machines, along with stained glass, candles, tools and much, much more. There truly was something for everyone.
The fun also included a food truck and live music.
Each vendor was handpicked by the Resurrected Designs staff which resulted in an impressive collection of merchandise. Owner Emily Low credits Karin Wiseman with taking care of the logistics and organizing the event.
Low invited Good Samaritans of Garland to have a booth where they offered face painting in exchange for a donation to their food pantry. Randall Reed’s Prestige Ford brought out new vehicles and gave Good Sam’s $20 for each person who took a test drive. Other 
downtown businesses including Trims & Treasures and the Generator Coffee Shop participated in the effort as well. Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery conducted a Good Sam’s canned food drive and provided live music.
According to Good Sam’s Executive Director Pam Profit Swendig, the agency received cash donations along with more than 300 pounds of food with the help of the businesses that participated.
“The more we promote each other, the better it is for everybody,” she said.
The Urban Flea will have four more events this year – June 11, Sept. 10, Oct. 8 and Nov. 12. Each will benefit Good Sam’s so don’t forget to bring non-perishable food. The location is Seventh Street between Avenue A and Main Street beside 
Resurrected Designs.
About Good Samaritans: Established in 1982 by the Garland Ministerial Alliance, Good Samaritans of Garland, Inc. was incorporated in 1983. Good Samaritans was founded on the concept that as churches became aware of people in need, they could refer them to a central agency rather than each church maintaining its own food pantry. Good Samaritans serves the communities Garland, Rowlett and Sachse.