The JUNK GYPSY'S Take FLIGHT & Soar...

HI Y'all...

Gettin my Texas GROOVE ON here in Southern Cali, cuz my favoritest

Texas Junkers are finally makin their TV debut tomorrow...

can anybody give me a WOOT WOOT!!!!

{blog party Round Top, spring 2011}

Do y'all know who the Junk Gypsy's are???

Amie, Jolie & Mama Gypsy are just about the cutest, sweetest,

coolest 'Purveyors of Junk' on the planet & I ADORE them!!!

{photo by sweet friend Amy Boland, Jolie Gypsy & me, 2011}

They run their 'World O Junk' out of one of my favoritest places,

Round Top, Texas, where the best Antique Festival takes

place twice a year in the spring & the fall & their booth

is ALWAYS a highlight of the event.

They have created their 'JUNKY STYLIN' for some awesome venues,

like the 'Artist's Lounge Tent' for a 3 day music Festival in Austin, Texas

featuring 'The Eagle's' as the headliners {Oh YEA Baby}...

to Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton's Wedding Reception.

These girls create MAGIC & leave behind a touch of

FAIRY DUST & rusty nails, everywhere they go.

Soooooooo, tomorrow night...

May 5th, Cinco De Mayo, the 'Amazing Junk Gypsy's' take FLIGHT & SOAR

into living rooms, family rooms, doublewides & haciendas everywhere

on HGTV to share their JUNKY SPIRIT & LOVE!!!

I can't wait to see them again on my big screen, here in my own home town.

I can't wait to hear their Texas Twang & see what kind of MAGIC

they'll create this time. I can't wait to sit back & watch, while

the world falls in love with theses small town girls

& their Big Time Talent!!!

I hope y'all can tune into HGTV tomorrow night & see what all the fuss is about.

These girls FLY so high already, I can't imagine where they might go given WINGS!

I can't wait to see them...SOAR!!!!

'What is a Junk Gypsy?'

A junk gypsy is a feeling of wanderlust deep down in your soul…

It is believing in the JOURNEY. . .

and delighting in every character, creature, and experience that paves the way.

A junk gypsy takes a roadtrip just to let her hair blow in the wind . . .

and sees more than the road ahead, she sees the world at her fingertips.

A junk gypsy lives for the Wild Blue Yonder and all the wonders it holds in store.

And believes that the road goes onforever, and the party never ends…

So whether you are a working woman, a certified COUNTRY girl,

a stay-at-home SOCCER mom, or a ROWDY rockstar @ heart . . .

we know you feel that gypsy spirit way down deep so put on those ROSE-COLORED

glasses and take a soul vacation on our magic carpet ride!

Rebel Road Sistas, howl at the moon and dance barefoot through the WILD OATS!

Turn up the rock n’ roll and feed your soul! SLOW DOWN and watch the world unfold around you!

LAUGH...LOVE...LIVE MORE!!!

XOXO

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FLYIN to The Junk Gypsy's & Round Top

 

Yeah...it's the HUMP Day & the weekend is almost here!!!

Just had to share with you my finished creations for the

Fabulous Junk Gypsy's!

 

 

Right now, as we speak, these SPOONIN necklaces are flyin over clouds & fields...

 

 

over mountains & streams & longhorn steer,

makin their way to one of my FAVORITEST places on Earth...

 

 

Round Top, Texas!

I would love to be a tiny fairy & slip effortlessly into the parcel & make this

journey with them. Oh, to see the JG's face when I popped out & grew to full size...

what a GREAT Surprise I'd make!

 

 

But alas, I am not a fairy & can only dream that it is so,

unless you have some Fairy Dust handy!!

Do You my Sweet Hearts???  ;)

XOXO

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Round Top Festival Institute...Glorious!

Have you ever wanted to take the road less traveled

or been tempted to step away from the crowd & start your own journey?

What wonders might await you, just around the next bend?

Who would have ever thought little ole Round Top, home to 77 people & the junk capital of the world,

was also home to one of the best kept secrets in Texas.

The Round Top Festival Institute...

it truly is, Glorious!

At the end of one of our busy days of junkin our tour guide, Charlene of 'My Heart's Ease', had mentioned wanting to take us to see this amazing music institute. I think getting back to the fields was primary in every body's mind, but as we started to drive by,

 Charlene made an executive decision.

"We don't have to stay very long, but I do think this is worth seein!" she said with her adorable southern accent, as we turned down the drive.

We were so blessed to have the lovely Charlene leading us.

Thank You Sweetest of  Friends, for taking us on the 'Road Less Traveled'.

While 1,000's of junker's shopped the fields of Round Top,

we were nestled away from the rest of the world at one of the most beautiful,

tranquil places I have ever seen...

a place of complete serenity.

The Round Top Festival Institute

& it's remarkable grounds,

it's corridors & paths

drawing you forward into a world of peace

& divinity.

I wandered alone on these grounds wanting to take in every magical sight & sound...

the Madonna & Child, hidden alcoves

& the soft, constant sound of water.

I have been to Rome, toured the Vatican & walked the historic Missions's of California & Texas...

but this simple chapel in the hill country of Texas, touched my soul.

Can you sense it?

Can you feel it?

Can you see it?

The Edythe Bates Old chapel was built in La Grange, Texas in 1883 as the Episcopal Methodist Church & was moved to this location in 1994...

& to our glory, the doors were open.

The only light we had once inside, was what streamed through the antique stained glass windows

& illuminated the dark within, again MAGIC!

Now don't get me wrong...

I LOVE my Junk Gypsy's & Magnolia Pearl,

I LOVE the fields filled with junk & treasures,

I LOVE Royer's pie & Blue Bell ice cream & Bar-B-Que,

but the highlight for me on this trip, was the Sweet Sanctuary at the

Round Top Festival Institute.

Thank you God & Miss Charlene, for the 'Roads Less Travelled',

for every time I have taken one, it has been, AMAZING!  ;)

XOXO

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More Round Top, are ya kiddin???

No Sweeties...I am NOT kiddin!

I still have MORE pictures of my beloved Round Top to share with y'all.

So grab a cup of, 'Whatever Sounds Good Right About Now', kick back & enjoy the tour!! ;)

I LOVED the Coffee Bug!!!

I spent many a cold morning huddled under it's canopy, warming myself by the glow of an electric heater, holdin a hot cup of JOE.

{or in my case, Cafe Mocha}

Loved this sweet gal & 'Wild March Hares'...

she 'Doilified' my life!

This was the booth where I made my very 1st purchase of the festival & what did I buy??

Why, a Doilified Purse of course!!

Karen of Valentine Designs & I, both got purses here.

I adored the tea stained purse on the top, unfortunately it was a little more $$$ then I wanted to spend. But that's ok, cuz I LOVE mine & have used nothin but ever since.

Yummmmmmy Stuff...

this girl could make a doilified toilet seat look good! ;)

Paris Montana's booth is in a vintage, Bambi Airstream...soooo very cool!

As is her amazing, over the top jewelry designs!

In her case, I would have to say,

less isn't always more...

sometimes, more truly is just... MORE!!

Again.....yummmmy!

Renck Hall is another one of the halls that was just, 'Out in the Fields'.

I mean really, talk about a 'Field of Dreams'!  ;)

I was enchanted by all the Textures...

& Color that is Round Top.

I bought a TON of goodies from this Lil Darlin, Claudia from Just Claudia Vintage Junkie blog.

Thank you Sweet Sheila  from Blessed and Distressed blog for giving me her name & helping me find her again!!

she had everything that I LOVE...

little bits & pieces of, STUFF...

old tin types, burlap bags & bottles...

Flotsam & Jetsam...

& doll heads.

And her prices were super GREAT, I just couldn't pass anything up!

I know, I know...y'all are gettin tired of Texas.

We're almost done, I PROMISE...this is the last of the shoppin pictures.

I just still have to show you the Music Institute & a little Dallas, Fort Worth.

They will be WORTHY, I swear!! lol

Thanks for stickin in there with me Sweet Hearts, you know I just want to take you with me everywhere I go!

with XOXO's

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