My Sweet Friend Diane Cook & Marburger Farms

Yesterday was gloomy, but today is filled with sunshine & I'm ready to do...

SOMETHING!!!

Not sure what, but definitely something!

But 1st, a quick post to share with you some pics of my Sweet Friend,

Diane Cook's,

amazing booth at Marburger Farms!

Diane is an awesome Jewelry Designer & Teacher.

Her Etched & Layered Cuffs,

Rhinestone & Rosary Necklaces

& Ice Resin Charms & Necklaces

are GORGEOUS!

So yummmmmyyyyy!!

I had to buy some of her Sari Silk bundles, the hues were fabulous! ;)

A drawer filled with her gorgeous handmade earrings...

all her dispalys were DIVINE!!!

Don't you ADORE her Ice Resin Charms???

She teaches classes on how to create most of her designs, just head over to her blog rosa & josie's to find out where she will be teaching next. She's heading to my neck of the woods, So Cali, in May & I can't wait to take her Etched & Layered Cuff class, I LOVE those bracelets!!!

{I'm so diggin the look of those boots Charlene!}

My 2 favorite people in Texas...

Charlene & Diane,

Sooo Beautiful Inside & Out!

I LOVE these girls!!!  ;)

Random Marburger shots...

looks like a chair pyramid...

Tuscan urns with sheet music...

vintage metal baskets...love it!!!

Well, I'm off to shower & shine & to do SOMETHING FUN!!!

I still don't know what, but I think it's comin to me! ;)

XOXO

vintagesusie

vintagesusie, Magnolia Pearl & Robin Brown

I ADORE this picture taken by my sweet & beautiful friend Riki of Riki Jewelry!

Opening morning at Marbuger Farms, Magnolia Pearls booth,

with me & the creator of all things Pearl, Robin Brown.

In my own personal heaven, we are all flying high with our glorious white wings,wearin nothin but our ruffly Pearl, flower & ivy wreaths upon our heads, surrounded by bird's, nest's & robin eggs, listening to The Zac Brown Band, some Willie & Waylon & a little Bonnie & Jackson.

Take me now LORD...it sounds Divine!!! ;) 

XOXO

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Marburger Farms & Sweet Magnolia Pearl

Happy Sunday Sweet Hearts!!

Oh my GOODNESS...so many more scrumptious pictures to show you from the 'Crazy in Texas' Tour 2011! Here are a few of my very favorites. On opening day at Marburger Farms, the thing that is on most women's mind is...'Get me to the Magnolia Pearl booth ASAP!!'

It truly is a Feast for the Eyes!

The theme this spring was 'BIRDS' & they were everywhere.

Birds flyin through the booth made from old books & real birds singin in handmade wire cages...

huge flowers made from newspaper...

a sky of woven twine...

& RUFFLES!

To bask in the glory of Magnolia Pearl ruffles is pure heaven on earth...

simply yummmmmy!

I LOVED this Pearl tote with the embroidered birds on it

& gorgeous Krista wears it ALL so well!

Robin's designs for the spring were so beautiful, vintage romance was everywhere. I loved these split ruffled bloomers with the ties, I know Riki got a pair of those.

So, since I ADORE MP so much & really don't have the $$$ to buy what I'd like, on this journey to Texas I bought DOILIES!! Yes, about a million DOILIES! LOL

My thought being, anything must look better with a doily added to it...right?

A doily as a pocket or a patch, added to purses or as an edging.

Yeah I gotta tell ya, right now I'm all about the DOILY!  ;)

Sweet friends Riki & Charlene with our darlin Krista, all decked out in their Pearl.

And my 'Crazy in Texas' pal Cindy who is a complete hoot, actually GAVE me, did you hear that right, GAVE me a pair of MP bloomers! Can anyone say, 'Susie LOVES Cindy'?  ;)

More flowers...

more ruffles...

& more PEARL!

Here's Robin Brown, designer of everything PEARL, helping Cindy adjust her pearly straps appropriately & since Cindy was havin a MP Bloomer Giveaway on her blog...Robin had to pick a number between 1 & 64 to choose the big WINNER.

And the WINNER is... 

you got it, SEVEN! Lucky number 7!

Just so y'all know, the cheapest MP bloomers are $200 & the ones in the giveaway are brocade.

Like I said...LUCKY number 7!

This display was sooo coool, the dress was completely coated in wax & the live birds sang beautifully perched on their antique food stand. There you have it my friends, a little Magnolia Pearl to start your Sunday off right...I hope you had as much fun as I did!

Now, I'm off to Laguna Beach for lunch at The White House with my family. My brother is here from Baltimore interviewing for his fellowship in vascular surgery at several CA university hospitals...

Stanford, USC & Loma Linda.

Yeah, he's wicked smart!  ;)

XOXO

vintagesusie

rosa & josie's, diane cook at marburger farm

It's Saturday Sweet Hearts...what do you have planned for the weekend??  :)

I'm off to Kai's soccer game & then to my little shop, 'Lambs & Ivy Boutique', for my final weekend of sales. I can truly say I have absolutely NO REGRETS. I am thrilled with the idea of being able to travel this winter with my sweet hubby looking for JUNK & livin the Gypsy Life!

I thought I'd share some of my photo's of my dear friend Diane Cook's awesome booth at Marburger Farm. She is an amazing jewelry designer, my inspiration in my own jewelry creations & if not for her, I may never have even known about the fabulousness of the Texas Junky Lifestyle!

I ADORE her postcards & hang tags...

Who created these gorgeous designs? Silly me...I did, what am I thinkin?

{a shameless attempt at self promotion, lol}

Everything Diane touches is done with perfection & class, including her beautiful booth at Marburger!

Here she is the morning of opening day, she's so dear to me. I came to Texas for many reasons, but meeting my friend was at the top of my list!

This fabulous banner looked great as the entrance to her booth!

The image we used is from one of her family cabinet cards of two little sisters holding hands & she had the original photo in her booth. I was excited to finally get the chance to see it in person, it's so precious!

Her designs range from bracelets of leather & lace to necklaces of vintage crystals & beads.

Her Etched Layered Cuffs are beyond beautiful & were published in this Belle Amoire Jewelry magazine.

I LOVED this dress form bedazzeled with her designs...

Soooooo Yummmmmmy!

I was overjoyed when Diane gave me one of her ice resin necklaces that says, "Face Your Journey"!

How perfect is that sentiment for my 'Great Texas Adventure'...Thank You friend!

And then I had to have another one that said, 'Marburger Farm' with the cutest image in it. I wear them together ALL the time!

This is a new design she's come up with & will be teaching a class on how to make them. It's a sterling silver thimble filled with loveliness.

To find out more about Diane & her classes & jewelry designs, go visit her blog, rosa & josie's . You won't be disappointed!

And for me, I'm off to complete a portion of my

life's journey.

One door closing, as so many doors open.

Life's adventures are always unfolding, if we are only able to be brave enough to SEE with new eyes!

XOXO