Browsing Ballard....

I can still remember the day I was doing a home show for one of my dearest Ohio customers. She had just re-done her kitchen/dining room and it looked fabulous. Everything I pointed to, picked up, asked about either came from Ballard Designs OR was INSPIRED by Ballard Designs-one of her favorite catalogs. I had never heard of it until that day and I have been hooked ever since. I love their mix of fabrics and accessories and it is one of my go-to places for not only inspiration but for purchases! I always seem to find just the right piece for myself or a client.

Tonight I was browsing for myself. Look at what I found! This bed is......um I don't even know the right word.....Awesome doesn't seem enough! It's that darn little bird perched so sweetly above your heads! The shape is fancy yet simple. This one wants to make me replace the one I just made over in our spare bedroom but I'm not tired of that one yet!
Now here is the item I went searching for. I am loving this burlap bedskirt and already placed my order. I plan on re-doing the master bedroom after the holidays and I am starting with this as my inspiration piece...(that and I didn't want them to discontinue the thing after finally making a decision...you know how it goes!)

Then I stumbled upon this little gem...it comes with red stripes too but I am really loving the brown. I can make my own feedsack pillows but if anybody wanted to grab up two or three of these for say...oh...I don't know....CHRISTMAS ..I wouldn't hate it ya know?
If you've never browsed Ballard Designs give yourself a treat!

It's always fun to look!

SHOPKEEPER SUNDAY PHOTOS!

Hello everybody! Bout time for some ShopKeeper Sunday photos don't cha think?

For the first time ever I remembered my camera AND actually TOOK photos with it of our day!

Quite a monumental achievement~ at least for me.

I just wanted to share with you what ShopKeeper Sunday is all about and to THANK all the VENDORS and CUSTOMERS that make it happen. We all had a great day and here's your chance to share in all of it! ENJOY!This is what we were blessed with at the start of our day. Mr. OTM pulled over so I could hop out and take a picture of this beautiful sunrise on the way to the shop. I got goosebumps it was so pretty.

And here we go with all the primo junk AKA antiques, collectibles, handmade goodies and more....

we had to close off the street to add more vendors.....

these little chairs didn't last long in Ann's booth....

Man~tiques GA~LORE!

I love that our event was VINTAGE CAR worthy!! Sweet ride Davetta!

My FAVORITE VENDOR~ Russ AKA Mr. OTM!! He can cook a MEAN BBQ!

Tammy says she comes just to eat first then hope to sell later! Roger here is a professional antiquer and can be caught at local garage sales all summer long!

Looks like the caramel apples were a HIT!

Pickles and Boobie Bibs on the front porch!!

Cars overflowing with purchases!

These two ladies had a big brawl in the parking lot over the same item! Both wound up with ice bags on their boo-boos! LOL! Wouldn't that be something? Actually one had a tumble on a bench and the bench hit the other on the foot~ Thank goodness nothin serious and they were kind enough to let me take their picture for the blog! We have got to have the BEST customers on earth! Lookin good ladies!!

Here's more proof of TBCOE( the best customers on earth...)

The JuNk MidWay.....

Primitives were spilling out all over!

Wheelin and Dealin...

This was by far one of the BEST days ever. I had the chance to go live on the radio this past week and did a Business Profile interview and was able to PLUG PLUG PLUG the event and the shop! The customers came out like crazy and everybody had a great time. For those that live to far away, I sure hope you enjoyed the pics!

The only thing that I hate about seeing ShopKeeper Sunday end for the season is that means that Christmas is right around the corner and OH~ THE ~ WORK~ AHEAD!!

Thanks to all for everything...the help, the support, the participation and the friendship!

Next ShopKeeper SUnday.....APRIL!!!

WHAT CHA DOIN ON SUNDAY? COME ON OUT TO THE SHOP!

BOY DO WE HAVE A DOOZIE PLANNED THIS SUNDAY!!

THIS IS OUR BIGGEST SHOPKEEPER SUNDAY YET!

MORE VENDORS= MORE GREAT JUNK!

THE PARKING LOT IS FULL

THE PORCH IS FULL

AND...

WE HAD TO CLOSE THE STREET FOR EVEN MORE VENDORS!

WE'VE GOT THE BBQ PLUS A HOT DOG CART AND THE HOMEMADE BAKED GOODS!

THIS IS OUR LAST ONE OF THE SEASON SO YOU REALLY

DON'T WANT TO MISS IT!

NEW STUFF HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SHOP

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER....WE WILL HAVE MANY OF OUR FURNITURE PIECES ON SALE TO MAKE WAY FOR CHRISTMAS!

ICE CREAM WILL ONLY BE $1.00!

SEE YOU THERE 11-5!!

Welcome Back White Wednesday!

I am so happy to be able to have the time to participate in Faded Charms White Wednesday this week! It has been awhile since I have and I sure do miss it when I can't! This gives me a chance to tell you about THE DOORS in my booth picture below!

Many of you commented on them in my previous post and I have to tell you how they all came about! When I got to the show it was the first time I had even been to the place. I didn't know what the building even looked like so I was kind of winging it so to speak when it came to exactly what I was going to do for display. As mentioned in my previous post, one of the show peeps ( Chet) came up to me and mentioned all the doors they had for sale. They had come off old apartments!Can you imagine? I had seen them all leaning up against the building when I pulled in but didn't think too much of it. I assumed they were going to be put to use somehow.

I was beyond Ecstatic when I learned about all the ones with numbers and continued to go berserk picking them out.

Did I mention they were......10.00 a piece!! Yep that's it!
I needed oxygen...and FAST!

Good grief did I have a blast sorting through them~ chippy paint flakes flying everywhere~landing in my hair, down my shirt, on my face....HEAVEN!!

The best news is.....THERE ARE STILL SOME LEFT! Yep contrary to what you may have heard~ I did leave a few! Believe me, at that price it was totally tempting to just rack um up and buy um all. So that is the story of how my booth really came together.
Totally last minute and completely by chance.
Wish I would have stressed about something else for the last 2 weeks!!
Enjoy your Wednesday!
P.S. To see more pics ~ keep scrolling down to my previous post! :0)

Show Pics! Part 1

This past weekends SoCo show was entirely too much fun! Everybody in charge of the show: Susan~Wendy~Chet~Michelle went above and beyond to make this quite THE event!

It's hard to believe that they whipped this all together in 2 1/2 months.

When I decided to get a booth I got excited about what I was going to put together to sell!

I had alot of great finds from out of state that I had set aside and it was awesome watching them all come together!

The theme for my booth was "Were You Born in a Barn?!"

I have been dying to use some hay and while it can be messy it sure does add to feel of a booth. I have seen too many outta this world pictures of Barn House events that had inspired me to want go this route.

So here ya go.

I present to you the

Olde Tyme Marketplace

"Were You Born in a Barn Booth"

at the Southern Comforts

Fall & Antique Show 2010!

Enjoy!

Old mail bags....last minute garage sale find! Can you believe that? 12 of um!
The doors. Oh the doors! I didn't have these suckers until I got to the show to set up. I didn't even know they existed til then. Chet comes up to me to tell me that they have a bunch of doors they think I might like. With numbers on them.
Spaz attcak ensued and I bought up 9 of um and as Mr. OTM was going to put them in the truck I holla~ "WAIT!!!! Design intervention just hit me and I decided we are going to use these as the backdrop for the booth!!"
White chippy paint flakes were everywhere!!
Didn't care.
THEY LOOKED FABULOUS and I am in love with them and we will never part. Ever.



More numbers and hay...

This is an old cadet cot from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington Va. ( says so on the bottom). THE perfect thing for a porch. Flop on some old pillows and you have the best spot in the house to take a little nippy nap.





None of this stuff is screwed together, nailed up or supported in anyway! Good grief! It is all just leanin together but is was so solid I forgot to even worry about it. Sometimes my booth and shop for that matter can be one giant boobie trap.

What exactly is a boobie trap? Who thought of that word? Where did it even come from?

Anyway.......

This big old white box is actually an old produce crate! We just tipped her over and used it as a table type shadowbox type display. Worked for me!




The garden cart is one of my best favorites . It has THAT LOOK and on a scale of 1 to 10 the chippitude factor is a 9!
Cream color ladder didn't last long. I probably should have kept it because I am already jonesing for another one. Couldn't do a show with SOMETHING to do with a feedsack..............

The topiaries were METAL....

Antique chippy mirror on my fav door........
Framed sugar sack...

Old vintage handmade Polk Tourist Home Sign......too die for!

Rusty metal gears.........More Hay.....

Old rusty crusty hanging planter basket filled with goodies...

Plenty of old ticking pillows filled with feathers!That little round frame was also one of my fav things. Chippitude factor = 8

Gotta have some birdies.....

Had never seen these kind before.....

So there you go friends! I have lots more to share with you of my fellow vendors and as soon as I upload all those pics I will get um on here so you can drool over all their stuff!

See ya later!

OH~ OH~ Wait a minute!! Hold on!! For even more pics hop on over to my friend Tammy's blog Junk Wild!

Now I'm done.

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