Feedsack Photo Shoot!

Hi!

You may remember a few posts back I teased you with a photo of

one of the items that I bought when I went to market in Atlanta.

Guess what arrived yesterday??

I was soooo beyond excited to get the box open because look what was inside........Yep! Ten of the most wonderful nubby old feed sacks directly from France via Atlanta!
I was a lucky duck that day I found these. I was actually looking for a floor that was supposed to be selling Cash & Carry antiques. That turned out to be a farce.


Instead I was fortunate enough to find the couple who had these AND I was their first customer of the day.

They had a stack of about 6 or 7 laying on top of a table when they invited me to go "behind the curtain" and see what was back there. My jaw hit the floor! No joke...it was AMAZING what they had and then I hear this....."Go ahead and pick out the ones you want and we'll ship them to you....you're lucky you're the first one to see them!" Oh my gosh did I have a BLAST! I was going through feed sack after feed sack wanting them ALL! In an effort to not blow my whole shop budget on just feed sacks, I decided on 10.

Here they are......

They are truly all in wonderful condition. I even loved them with the handmade repairs.

THIS one is my favorite. It's a neutral check that I have never seen before.

The pattern and texture are so beautiful.

Think of the pillows that could be made...

or simply used as table runners...

or just stack um.....

the details like this make me smile...

neutral stripes...

or red stripes are pure perfection....

stitched with love...

I am in heaven just looking at them.

I had plans to make so many things but now I don't know if I have the guts to cut them.

What would you do?

Cheers! :0)

Tons of Bigger Booth Pics!

Good Morning Friends!

As promised here are some pics....ALOT of pics of my bigger , expanded booth at

The Depot! It didn't take me as long as I thought it would to pull it all together.....

I didn't have a plan or layout in mind at all.....

I just winged it and hoped I had room for everything....

My goal was to keep it "clean"....

I didn't want to overload it with alot of clutter....

I wanted you to be able to see the small stuff....

like these.....

and these....

but also the big stuff....

here are my hunky six pack burlap boys ....

lookin all fine as a table top display....

who doesn't need a hunky mannequin on their dining room table right?

New to the booth are some wonderful jewelry pieces....

some recycled glass cloches...

but I am totally diggin the jewelry....

can you tell?

These pages fell out of the book Mr. OTM was reading so they made it into the display....

These little cloches are dang cute...

fern garden English Staffordshire plates....

old chippy coal scuttle...

this is an old check in stand from a Boy Scout camp....

one of my favorite pieces cuz it's so different....

coal scuttle + free branches = super easy centerpiece

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and there you have it! I am loving the additional space. I went from a 7 x 13 to a 7 x 26 and it's amazing what a difference it makes. Heck...I used to live in a 14 x 70 so I felt like I was back in the day!

Just a quick note to thank all of my wonderful followers, customers and fans who help to make all this possible. I honestly enjoy putting this all together for you and appreciate all your comments and encouragement!

Hope your day is super.

He fought me..BUT I WON!

So here is how my day starts yesterday.....

I woke up from this dream:

I am at my shop working by the cash resister when all of these Egyptian people start to come in my back door......LOTS of them.....they just kept coming in. Then they were all wanting to order sweet tea and then they all asked if they could live there.

The End.

Okaaaayyyyy.....so I don't know what I ate before I went to bed but I do remember watching the news and seeing Egypt's troubles. That explains that.

What it doesn't explain is Mr. OTM's attitude toward my chest....um I mean TWO DRAWER CHEST. See below.

Just two days ago this little beauty had no top (good grief this post could go either way...sorry!)

It had everything else....a FAB gray paint, chippy none the less, all her knobs, nice and sturdy, dovetail drawers, cute little legs...so on.

Plus her price was right...WAYYYY RIGHT.....so I brought her home cuz I had an idea.

We had a stack of wood in the garage that came from an old farmhouse kitchen.

Nice chippy white wood.

I thought it would look awesome as a top.Mr. OTM...not so much!

He actually said it was "too chippy"!
Them's is fightin words!
I know...I know....and here I thought I had made such progress with the boy.

After what seemed like an eternity of pleading my case.....

HE CAVED!!!

And I am so beyond thrilled with how it turned out!

Please tell me what you think.

I promise to share the good and the bad with

Mr. OTM.

(I have a feeling you're gonna like it though * wink*)

It made it's way in the Sleepy Poet where she sits front and center....

with her top on!

This last little pic is a tiny teaser of the Depot booth that I spent all day putting together.

It's all done and yep...pictures are comin your way in the next few days.

I am linking this post to the FABULOUS Kathleen over at Faded Charm White Wednesday!

Get yourself on over there and be prepared to drool!