Farm Chicks 2012, Part Two

I remembered to take my camera back to the show on Sunday!! Thought I'd share some of the booths, and fun and of course, what I did with some of my goodies!!

Miss Betty, in all her goodness and cute outfits, brought us juice to start our morning! She is using one of her new purchases as a tray. What a love she is!

A little photo op before the doors open. In order, with our weekend names...Millie, Barley, Peppy Ally and Betty. Have I mentioned how much fun we have together? So thankful for these delightful, God-loving women!

I loved this booth, and of course when sister's are running it you know it's going to be good! There furniture was so beautiful and they were so kind and sweet!

I really, really wanted this dresser, but one, had no room, and two, I didn't need it! But boy, did I like it!

Just a cute, darling little display...

and another one...

I always love Junebug's booth. So clever and full of fun stuff!!

Can't remember the name of this booth, but these lights are little mason jars re-wired for lights...adorable!

Lot's of cute buntings this year. This one was just paper twisted and tied on a string...very cute!

Love the bunting!

The end of the day, getting ready to head out.
So glad I wanted a picture because I had left my camera in a booth and wouldn't have realized it while we were still there.

One of my finds of the day! Wish it fit!!

I have a little beach display on my back porch and when I saw the swimsuit I thought it would look really cute with the other stuff. Got the ice cream maker set out there too...perfect color!

I got the life jacket at the Ruffles and Rust show a few weeks earlier. I've never seen one like this. We always had the ugly orange ones!

Got these green, Bakelite domino's on the way over...great color!

Some old letters from WW2. I was hoping there were love letters in there, but they were letters from the soldier to his parents! Very sweet!

The first thing I bought, this amazing chalkboard sign! Need to have hubby come up with a way to hang it! It's been so cold here lately that soup is definitely on the menu!

My second purchase, this awesome dough bowl! I've been wanting one of these for  a long time!!

Something I saw on Sunday that I hadn't seen and loved, were these pillow covers. Canvas with vintage inlays. I had two inserts at home that fit perfectly. Finally, some progress in the bedroom re-do!


Another amazing year with amazing friends! I am so blessed!!!

Farm Chicks 2012, Part One

I've been so looking forward to the Farm Chicks show this year! It truly is my favorite weekend of the year. I get the privilege of spending three glorious days with the most amazing women I am blessed to call friends.

I wanted to do something fun for them so I put together some little goodie bags that I'd found at Grandiflora , and stenciled the aprons on from the Farm Chicks Christmas book. Things for sustenance such as a water bottle, granola bars, gum, dental floss, hand sanitizer, Starbucks card, etc. It was really fun to find little treats to put in them and they were such sweet dears when they got them!

We had a lovely drive over, stopping along the way. We went to Country Village in Bothell and looked around a bit before having lunch. We also stopped in Cashmere at a great antique mall where we all got some fun goodies!

I forgot to take my camera on the first day of the show, but did take lots of pictures the second day...I'll post those later!

Sticking to tradition though, we all had to display our finds of the day, give it a theme and give a little talk about our purchases and which was our favorite!

Terry is so good about getting only what she needs, and every single thing she bought was for someone else! She is the most giving person I know!!! She bought the Pyrex bowls for some  sets she's been collecting to give to all of her nieces, someday, bought us all coffee at Starbucks, and gave us some cute needle cards so we can keep up with our stitchin'!!

Lynda found some lovely treasures and has a lovely way with presentation! She is very delightful and descriptive of her wares and always ends with an opening for questions from the audience!! Her favorite find was the black pizza peal!! I loved the old oar and the cracker box she found! She also bought all of us the cute Farm Chicks mugs (Terry's holding one in the photo above).

Karen (Peppy Ally) is also very good at getting just what she needs and not going overboard. She had an industrial theme going on and had plans for each and every thing! Those four bins she is going to nail to an old barn board and plant with flowers...love that!!!

Karen supplied us with the vehicle and "goodies" for the drive. It's nice of her to provide such a big vehicle when she doesn't bring much home!!

Once again, I made the most purchases!!!! I think I have enough chalkboards now, but that "soup of the day" was so divine, I couldn't pass it up! I put the little one on the porch (thanks Lynda!) and will write a little diddy on it! I was specifically looking for a nightstand/dresser/table, but didn't really find anything. I also wanted an old wooden ice cream maker and found this aqua one in pristine condition. I don't think it had ever been used!

Some great joy came from finding the dough bowl/trough! I just love it! I want to fill it with spools and balls of twine and string and such. The things in the bottom left hand corner  numbered chair back covers which are already gracing my chairs!

We were done at the show pretty early, and after our display time and a little snack we went to a few quilt stores. We found a new one near our hotel called The Quilting Bee and was it ever cute! I love this quilt with the Sweetwater fabric...

and this one too, which is also made out of Sweetwater fabric. I really wanted the pattern for the second one, but they were out of the book.

After that we went to The Buggy Barn where I fell in love with this delightful quilt made from fabric by Cosmo Cricket. What's not to love about a churn dash pattern? and those colors????...love!!! The red slash will not be gracing my quilt, however. Does nothing for me!!!

That night we headed to Chaps for dinner. It is really eclectic and vintage and has great food!

Very cool decor! Loved these doors with the chalkboard inserts. Zoom in and read the recipe and cute quote!

Celeste is the owner and such a DEAR! She is so sweet and made us feel so welcome! She has the most amazing, cheerful employees!! It's always a joy to take a meal in this wonderful place!

A little more amazing decor!!!

We had an awesome first day at the Farm Chicks show!!! I'll post some pictures of the show later!

Already anticipating next years show!!!

Another Adventure!

A few weeks ago, Brian and I went to Petite Retreat's Island Retreat in Anacortes. Brian's been looking for some vintage items for a grocery store that Haggen is re-doing and it's been really fun going junkin' with him!!! Deb Kennedy is a wonderful, sweet friend who puts this all together with her husband Bob.

Her husband makes some unique furniture. We tried to buy both, but the table was already sold. Unfortunately, Haggen gets the other one! Aren't they fun?

It was a really fun show, right on the pier in downtown Anacortes. Beautiful day!

Last weekend was the Funky Junk Sisters show in Puyallup. Lynda, Terry, Karen and I left bright and early on Friday and headed to Centralia and Chehalis to do a little antiquing and exploring before going to the show later that night. We found some cute things and as always, had so much fun just being together! Someone offered to take our picture to document our great adventure, but we got busy and forgot about it! Lynda's always willing to sit in a rocker though, and I took advantage of that photo op!!

We went to lots of stores, but this was our favorite! Wish I could remember the name!

Loved this wall! The bunting is cut out of newspaper. I need to make one of these! And I love the FaLL letters on the wall!

Oh, there's the name! Abundance Vintage! Love the quote!

Loved this vintage nightie! Not very soft, but really cute!

We also went to a cute quilt shop and had lunch at Berry Fields in Chehalis. Great food, cute decor and very busy!!! The place to go for lunch!!


Off to Puyallup to the Funky Junk Show!! Linda and Dixie always make this such a great show and raise a lot of money for breast cancer awareness.

I like the hanging bed springs and the metal booth!

Cute displays!

 Heartbreak Hotel! Isn't the heart sweet?

So many great ideas!
 

We ended our evening with a trip to University Village in Seattle. I loved this display at Pottery Barn...a hanging ladder filled with beauty!! If only I was willing to put some eye bolts into my ceiling!!!

Another adventure with my hubby the next day, but that will have to wait!!! On our way to Whistler for a weekend with friends...praying for some snow!!!

A special thanks to all of the wonderful men and women who so faithfully serve our great country.
May we always remember the sacrifices they make for the rest of us, every, single day.

Happy Birthday my Friend...

My cousin, Annette, and I have been best friends since...birth! Only three months apart and thirty-six miles away, we were blessed to have grown up together. That's me, second from the left, and her on the right, with her sisters Michelle and Christine (better known as "Miss Long Legs").

My Grammy lived in the same town and in our teenage years, just down the street from Annette. Grammy was a great facilitator of imaginations and we spent HOURS playing dress-up in her vintage clothes. We went to balls, played house, made mud-pies, and thoroughly enjoyed one an other's company! This is Grammy's washtub/swimming pool!

We had serious conversations at an early age! Obviously we both loved dolls and I can now admit that we played Barbie well into junior high!!!

Nettie on the left, great-aunt Trissie, and myself.

I can imagine us being "done" with having our picture taken. "Please let us get back to our talk, people!"


We spent so much time together. I really wanted to move to Davenport, Wa, where she lived, and go to school there. My grammy, dad, aunt, uncle and cousins all went there and I wanted to be part of that same tradition. Alas, it never happened "(

I did manage to attend most of their dances though, including this one on Valentine's Day. We were there with our boyfriends, but we only wanted a picture of us!! The all -county dances were so fun! Annette and I were just a little "Boy Crazy" and those big dances had a Lot of BOYS!!!

I went to their proms and would spend as much time staying with my grandma as I could! Weeks during the summer and every other weekend that I could persuade someone into taking me there!

We would "help" at football camp. We weren't asked, just showed up and volunteered. So unselfish of us!

We would "primp" for hours just to walk around town and hopefully "run into" some cute boys! We'd hang out at the pool and down at the river. We dated the same boys, (at different times!) and would compare story after story! Those poor guys!!!

We were both cheerleaders, had boyfriends who played football and let us wear their jerseys, spent hours at the river and just had so much fun together!

She was a cutie, my "Nettie Poo"!


She, her sister and I all got married within a few weeks of each other. She was my maid of honor. I was on my honeymoon and wasn't able to be in her wedding. Wish I could change that.

She would have been 47 today. She left us just before her 22nd birthday, leaving behind a husband, a baby and all of those who loved her so.

She was the keeper of my past, my dearest friend, my soul mate. I can't wait until I see her again! I know she's entertaining everyone in Heaven with her sense of humor,love and sweetness. I know she's waiting for me. What a gab-fest that will be!!

I miss you Sweet Girl.