Texas Antique Show

My friend Judy, my sister,

and me....

we all hit the road last Thursday

headed to the

Spring Antique Show

in the Round Top/ Warrenton area

It was a beautiful drive

The Blue Bonnets and Indian Paint Brushes 

were making their debut along the 

Texas Highways

Got to love Texas in the Spring!!

 We arrived ready to SHOP

 and so did a few other thousand people

 

 Oh yea, let the junking begin.......

It's a bit over whelming but we

were up for the task

shabby delights around every corner

Can you say Heaven on Earth

...and then the rain started

and we got out our umbrellas

and continued on....

I like the way this dealer

color codes her displays

 Isn't this a cute way to use 

your old silver

We're walking, we're shopping,

we're looking, we're buying!!!

After a full day of shopping my sister and I 

headed to our hotel room in Brenham

for a little R&R

and then shopped again on Friday!

We stopped at Pie Haven in Round Top for a bite of lunch

 That's right - Pie for lunch

(hey, life's short)

and then on down the road to 

Junk Gypsy

 

 They were having the grand opening

of their new headquarters

 We did eventually hit the shopping wall

and decided it was time to head home

but you can bet we'll be back in the Fall

for the next ANTIQUE SHOW

Every little Birdie says

  Don't miss my next post

where I will show you all

the good stuff we bought!!! 

Two Dollars, Well Spent!

Sometime ago I found a door

(that once belonged on a large cabinet)

leaning up against a wall

in a thrift shop

I asked if it was for sale

She said "Oh I guess so, how about $2.00?

I grabbed it as fast as I could!

I didn't know what I was going

to do with it, but I knew it

had lots of potential

FAST FORWARD.......

Today I used it to make a shelf 
in my booth space

 I added two brackets on each end

and presto.....a shelf!

 I think it looks pretty good in my space

It may be hard to tell but it has

a glass insert within a wood frame

and an old handle on the door 

It may have stood in my closet

for 6 months, but it finally

found it's purpose

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Also, while out junking yesterday

I found an old table that had

great style but the top needed a coat of paint
and the bottom part needed some TLC
and a little glue

(of course I don't have a before picture)

 I painted the top with Annie Sloan Old White paint

and gave it a coat of dark wax

this picture doesn't show the top very well 

but it turned out really pretty

the table is from the early 1940's and has a shipping

label on the underside that shows it was

shipped to Foster Air Field in 1944

(Foster Field was an old air base in Victoria during WWII) 

the booth is filling up

If you are local please stop by

Good Old Days Antique Mall 

and check out "The Vintage Nest" booth!!

(located on Crestwood, just off Navarro)

Tomorrow I'm off to Warrenton

Round Top for the Antique Show

Every Little Birdie says

    I promise to show you my loot shoot

in my next post

Girl Friends are Best!!!

Don't you agree....

Girl Friends are the best!

 I went to visit one of

my girl friends recently

I wanted to take her a little

gift to say "thank you for being my friend"

I got out my crafting supplies

and came up with this.....

 dance like no ones looking

(industrial size pickle jar, old graphic, 
a little lace, a little ribbon, and
a marker to write a special message)

= girl friend gift!!!!

doesn't this look like a bunch of

girls sharing a fun time together

(OK, there may have been  a little 
wine drinking involved)

Every Little Birdie says

 Girl friends are such a special blessing!

Love Story

I had a couple of old windows

out in my garage

I decided to clean one of them up

and make it into a wedding sign

FIRST - I got all my stenciling stuff out

SECOND - I started my lettering

I used a hair dryer to speed the paint drying time

  I used three different stencil fonts

to add some interest to my sign

 I also stenciled leaves on the bottom

of the window frame and added

a bow on the top

finished product!!!

 It's sitting in my booth

just waiting for a bride-to-be

to come snatch it up!!

Every Little Birdie says

  What's your love story?

Our Weekend

We took a road trip to 

Arlington, Texas

to visit our long time friends

Tom & Carol

Tom & my hubby love to cook.....

Friday night - Mexican Pork Chops w/ Carol's rice and beans

 

Saturday night - shrimp 

AND

Steak and mushrooms w/ Carol's homemade onion rings

 

Sunday

Tom's wonderful sauce (he calls it gravy)

and delicious pasta

While the boys cooked

Carol and I worked up an appetite shopping!!

We shopped

and shopped

and shopped some more......

and yes, I bought and bought

and bought some more!!

found this old hat

an old book

a pretty vase

some blue & white plates

and a "french" tin box

Another vintage hat

a pretty pitcher

A couple of cute angels

holding a stand

some vintage glasses

a pretty little glass lamp

an old baby shoe

a tiny blue tea cup & saucer

Some old silver ware

We had such a wonderful weekend

with our dear friends

Cooking and sharing fellowship over

meals together

has always been our favorite

thing to do when ever 

we get together

Every Little Birdie says

 

Friends are such a great treasure