This Was Just Too Much Fun!

Time to share some pictures of our incredible Antiques & Trade Fair! Arrival time was about 5:45AM and the traffic was crazy! There were some very unhappy vendors, just because they couldn't get through the mess to set up their wares, but all's well that ends well and the day was amazing!

Here's just one pile of stuff as we got set up. It was hard to get pictures...we had been told to be set up and ready by 9AM...but our first sale was before 7AM!!






We had different styles that all had to be in our 10x20 space and Dawn is great with dividing and displaying by color. So she went to work on the darker furniture and accessories....

Don't you love the red fabric on this settee?? The oak chair to the side, the oak plant stand and the little oak chair are perfect display pieces...

This very cool sampler is hand stitched on an old tablecloth and framed in a wonderful vintage frame....

This little bird was something added by Dawn...it was gone so fast that I didn't even get a chance to really look at it! Looks like an engraving...but, whatever...it was so sweet.

Hand made prim carrots to put out in a wooden bowl or tie in a bunch...

Really great tote with lots of cubbies...we put a small plant in each one. Lots of shoppers wanted to buy the plants and we just sent them to "Lowe's"...78 cents each! And, do you love that bucket? It doesn't really show up here, but those letters are bright orange...with the black band it makes a great Fall accessory. Dawn has filled it with sunflowers for a centerpiece and it was great..

We had to do a couple of cottage sections and tried to keep the whole color thing going....

Cottage garden! The pictures under the table are very old needlepoint....

The tole painted tray was one of my favorite pieces...

Who Is That??? It's LUCY!!!

And here's a close up of our "Bad Girls of the South" Pink Embroidered Cap! Want one?? Check the sidebar... :)

Pink Garden & Fairies.....

And the lavender??? Gone in 2 hours! You could smell it as you walked up to our space and believe it or not, some wonderful shoppers stopped by just to get some!

Here's the yellow kitschy kitchen stuff.....

These dried Black Eyed Susan's are pressed in this prim white-washed frame...

Tomato teapot...don't you love it??

And...much to our surprise...this is all we finished with! No kidding!!

To say we were successful is putting it mildly! We had several visitors from the blog, to previous customers, to family, to friends and it was such a surprise. We had so much fun and realized we didn't even have enough to set up for the 2nd day...panic mode! But...as anyone in Central FL knows, you can never depend on the weather and we woke up at 5AM to 40 mph wind and rain, so setting up was impossible for us since we didn't have a tent.

So...to all of our friends, old & new, we thank you for stopping by and being so very supportive!

Talk to you soon.... :)