Home & the Garden Antique Vintage Blog Party

Can you believe 8 days has gone by & I'm already back home?

I can't, it flew by in a wink & TEXAS was as Crazy as ever!

I LOVE this picture from the Blog Party of all the gals that were in our

'Crazy in Texas' 2011 Tour.

front row from left...Rita, Cindy, Riki & Diane

back row...Sandy, Charlene, Susie{me}, Karen & Joy.

We walked the fields, shopped, junked, talked, ate barbecue & pie, did I say walked & just in general had an awesome Good Time!!!

I took about a million pictures as I always do & will break them up into several posts...but this post is about Miss Teresa of Garden Antique Vintage's,

Blog Party at her booth right next to Zapp Hall.

She is the bestest hostess ever & blogger's come from far & wide to attend her event...

even the Junk Gypsy's!!

Here's Miss Amie, Miss Jolie & Mama Gypsy, Miss Janie & I LOVE them!!!  ;)

{see the pink tee Amie has on...I have a GREAT story to tell y'all about that,

but it'll have to wait for another time}

Now, being that these are the Junk Gypsy's & they are about as sweet as pie...

they did not come empty handed. No, they came with Pink Party Bags in a wheelbarrow...

really, how cool is that??

I love me some amy...

Amy of Amy Boland Photography & Amie of Junk Gypsy's fame.

{there's that cute tee again...}

Jolie Gypsy is chattin it up with Suzanne & Tracy from Rusted Gingham...

{I sure wish I lived in Texas & could go to their Barn Sale}

and here are the stylings of my gorgeous friends & fellow crazy people, Charlene & Joy...

don't they look FABULOUS!! Sweet Charlene was the tour guide & den mother of this group. She drove, scheduled, planned, did airport runs, made dinner reservations, pushed carts, brought waters, passed out snacks & let me sleep in & be the last one to breakfast everyday,

with a Smile on her Face...

you ROCK GIRLFRIEND...Thank You so much for EVERYTHING!

Miss Teresa's booth was amazing, as always! I thought y'all might enjoy a tour...

loved the great old frames...

& I just have a thing for the beauty of vintage family records like this one.

How cute is this display & the burlap pillow & lace...adorable!

A dream in cream along with a pink flamingo...

oh, & looks who's Talking Trash, Miss Debbie & Cat Daddy.

{hey, is she doin the pageant stand? I think she is...lol}

Don't ya just love rusty old bikes, especially with a basket full of flowers on the front.

And I thought this lamp shade made from delicate lace was killer!

A rainbow in a box...old rolls of ribbon lookin like they just came out of the five & dime, yummmmyyy.

Our lovely hostess Miss Teresa herself, getting caught in a Kodak moment. The challenge for the party this spring, was for everyone to make a fun name badge to represent themselves & their blog. At the end of the evening we all voted for our most favoritest.

And the WINNER of this coveted award is....

Lisa from Pix Up Sticks!

I adored her & her sweet little southern accent & I thought her necklace name badge was so cleaver. She used a broken antique doll as the base, added her name, a key for an arm, a cowboy boot for a leg & miscellaneous fun stuff in between, BRAVO Girlfriend!

And coming in 2nd place, was our very own Sandy who made each one of us in our group the cutest little shoulder bag made from tea stained muslin & lace. It had the image I made for our group on the front, along with each of our names & I absolutely ADORED mine. Thanks sweet friend!  :)

And just to make this event even better, my loving friend & sister in all things jewelry designer Diane Cook, was the featured artist. She is the reason I ever FOUND Texas in the first place, which then lead me to so many other wonderful people, places & things. Thank you friend for so much!

You know what Sweet Hearts???

I'm coming to truly understand how much I LOVE Texas & exactly why!

XOXO
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Junkin Gypsy Style in Round Top, Texas...Ohhh Yeahhhh!

Howdy Y'all!!!!

I finally made it to heaven...Welcome to Round Top!

A tiny little town with a population of 77 in the hill country of southern Texas,

Round Top is my idea of what heaven should be.

It'll have wide open fields & gingerbread houses,

chippy white paint & rusty old horse trailers,

the bluest skies you ever have seen...

there will be longhorn steer & cows that look like oreos,

pie with blue bell ice cream & most certainly...

there will be GYPSY'S,

Junkin Gypsy's, the very BESTEST kind!

They are ALWAYS my very 1st stop when I step into town, but this being opening day & all,

 I was in for a treat cuz the WHOLE Gypsy Family was there to greet me.

Mama & Daddy Gypsy were helping set up the booth,

Gorgeous sister Gypsy's, Miss Amie & Miss Jolie, were adding their last minute touches

& the 2 tiniest Gypsy's were showing me some of there newly acquired Gyspy skills!!

One was mastering his paddle ball & had gotten up to hittin it 15 times...

& the other little one was showing me her FABULOUS Gypsy handbag,

I mean really, does it get any better then that??   ;)

Well, maybe it does, cuz then there's the STUFF!!!

GOOD STUFF!!!

These gals know how to throw a party kinda STUFF!!

It took everything I had not to throw myself into their luscious bed...

I was hot {as usual}, sweaty {what's new} & probably a little stinky {sorry}, but their linens looked soooo yummmmy...it really was a tough call!

Who knew skelenton's could look so awesome?

And what's with the deer havin more bling then me???   ;o

Only in TEXAS!   ;)

I ADORED their new line of nubby linen's, along with the "Oh Poop" baby picture of course!

Now that's my idea of BLING, BABY!

The ROYAL Mounted Police... lol.

Peacock Feather's & a PINK pay phone?? Coool!!

My on going joke..."I Work for Tee's"! {I really do girls}

And I wouldn't mind workin for BOOTS either!!! yummmmmmyyyyy

Fabulousity is just everywhere you look...

I mean SERIOUSLY Friends...

I REALLY, REALLY,

WISH YOU WERE HERE!  ;)

Stay tuned Sweet Hearts, there's soooo much more to come....

XOXO

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Chateau De Fleurs, Part 2

Good Morning Sweetie Pies....

As promised, I'm back with with the second installation of 'Chateau De Fleurs' vintage show in Fallbrook, CA...it really was sooooo delightful!!

This booth belongs to Sweet Magnolias Farm ...do you not just LOVE those wreaths?? I'm sitting here kicking myself thinking, "Why didn't I buy one of THOSE?", as I look at the empty space on the back of my front door. {I feel a custom order brewing inside me} 

Everything they had was shabbified perfectly! This adorable Mother & Daughter team, Abbey & Sara, were so much fun to talk to. We talked about moving & Texas & humidity & the shows & our blogs & about getting PUBLISHED. You see, they make AMAZING aprons out of vintage linens like the one laying on the daybed & they just had an article published in Apronology. Congratulations Friends, how exciting, right! For more about Abbey & Sara check out their blog, Sweet Magnolias Farm...you may be feeling a custom order brewing too!

Then I was lucky enough to find this darling women...The Junk Fairy!!! Now who couldn't use their very own Junk Fairy? I mean really...I LOVE junk & I LOVE fairy's, it's a marriage made in heaven! Miss Fairy had a couple of things I just couldn't live without! She had a faded pink, horse riding ribbon from Fargo, way too cooool, {best movie ever} a stack of old cabinet cards, {gotta have those} & vintage baby shoes. {who can say no to old baby shoes?}

Then like the dingy that I am, I wanted a great cream colored vintage jewelry box she had...I thought I'd bought it. Driving home I was dreaming of all the fun things I could do with it when it dawned on me, I didn't go back & BUY it...I'm STILL mad!

{me & the fairy are in private negotiations about this as we speak}

Stop by & say hi on her blog Junk Fairy, she could use some more friends!  ;)

At this point, I had spent WAY too much time chatting & needed to get a move on it.

I adored this glammed up dress form, created by White Horse Relics, isn't she DIVINE??

and this cool booth is by another Mom & Daughter team, Lori & Jamie from Two Wild Roses! They were the hostesses of the Redlands show I went to a couple of months back & Jamie owned a charming little antique store next to mine for a while.

{picture courtesy of Jamie}

They have a wonderful & whimsical sense of design, along with some AWESOME antiques! Two Wild Roses can now be found at Country Roads Antiques in Orange, CA... one of my favorite antique shops in Orange County!

At this point, I seriously needed to leave, I was soooo late, so I did a quick tour of the last few vendors...

a different side of the Sweet Magnolias Farm booth, loved the Rose Queen window...

and finally I made it back around to my friend Shirley's booth of The Cottage Garden. I'm trying to talk her into creating a blog so she can get a little more exposer.

She is an Amazing Designer of clothing, pillows & purses, all made from Vintage Linen's.

Here's a row of her bloomers, don't you just LOVE all the white!

She has a very Magnolia Pearl feel to her clothing design, but at less then half the price. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE me some MP, but more often then not, it's a little out of my price range reach.

So there you have it, a beautiful weekend spent in the roling hills of So Cal,

surounded by orchards & antiques...

who could ask for more?

The next Chateau De Fleurs is...

June 3rd & 4th, 2011

9:00am ~ 5:00pm, located at

1524 S Hill Ave.

Fallbrook, Ca  92028

You will find me there, wandering through the orchards & antiques, chatting up a storm!

That's just the way I roll  ;)

XOXO

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