European Flea Market

Check it out, our wonderful French Hens Market is listed in Romantic Country as one of the best flea markets for a memorable weekend.  Of course, we couldn't agree more!  Our hosts, Traci & Monica make it a lovely weekend not just for the shoppers but also for the vendors.  Mr. Blessing and I usually have one or more of our kids with us at any given sale.  And our kids actually fight over who gets to go with to the Hens Market!  Yet Steve and I still feel like we have had a "date" by the time we leave.  Big hugs to Traci & Monica for turning a working weekend (with kids) into a romantic getaway. 

You can visit Steve and I (& so many other great vendors) at the Hens Market on the second weekend of each month May - December.  In the meantime, you can visit Traci & Monica at:

Whimsy Decor

Ruby Begonia's

Three French Hens & Black Friday Ads

We had the privilege of participating in the Three French Hens Holiday Market a few days ago.  It was such a lovely event.  Carolers wandered around Friday evening...

One vendor was selling bags of evergreen - a wonderful, Christmas-y scent greeted us right at the door.

Of course, Traci, Mark and Monica had a gorgeous display.

We had fun with Jennifer Rizzo next to us.

And I was delighted when Elizabeth Maxon bought our Salon mirror but I was even more delighted that I finally got to talk with her in person. What a beautiful lady.

I hope that you are enjoying your short work week!

Don't forget to visit French Cupboard's online Holiday Market this weekend.  You can shop 24/7!

Click HERE to preview Black Friday ads for most of the major chains.

Thank you, Father, for YOU.  Thank you for our families, our friends and our freedoms. Thank you for all the inspiration our eyes can handle here in blogland.  Thank you for the mom and pop boutiques that are braving the economy and still creating handmade gifts.  Thank you for your bounty!

Lady Autumn

 The French Country Market this last weekend was a night time show and it was so lovely!  Traci & Monica do such an amazing job with this sale - Big huge thanks to them for all their hard work.

As usual I was running stark raving mad until the very last minute to get everything ready.  We found this darling hand stitched old jacket the night before we were leaving and I just had to work it into our Fall display.  Of course, I didn't have anything made to match it but the burlap worked just fine.  Lady Autumn greeted everyone at the front of the tent.

 My 8 year old son is a junker-in-training!  He found this super cool window frame with dried sunflowers in it at a local sale.  It fit perfectly in our theme and it was the very first item that sold.

Our two oldest boys were with us for this sale.  I was the proud mom showing them off.  We even had a moment to sneak off and take some pictures.

It's a beautiful little town with so many great photo opportunities.  I wanted to take a long walk with my boys and then shop til my feet fell off.  But Mr. Blessing was holding down the fort (tent) so a half hour break was about all I could spare.  Next time maybe we can spend an extra day visiting all the fun shops and seeing the sites.

Tomorrow I'll have to tell you about how I crashed into the garage this morning.  *sigh*

On the Run

    

We are heading out to the French Country Market in Morris, IL (see our Events tab above for directions).  I hope that we'll see you there.  

P.S.  I promise - I'll do a "real" blog post soon.  *smiles*

In the meantime, stop by and visit all the French Inspiration at French Cupboard's Voila - HERE

French Country Flea Pics & Crocheted Wire

 In all the hustle of packing for the French Country Market, I forgot my camera so I took these with my phone.

 We were honestly scrambling to get enough items ready to take to the sale after having been at the Kane County Flea Market the previous weekend.  It was forcasted to rain but God held off the rain literally until the moment the sale was over.

 It was a great sale.  Such a darling, historic-type town.  It was hard to stay in my booth and not go shopping!

 Mr. Blessing snuck away (he told me he was going to find a pizza vendor) to buy a bracelet that I'd admired earlier at Ruby Begonias.  A crocheted, lacy WIRE cuff!  I gotta learn how to do that!!

Linking up today with:
French Cupboard's French Inspiration Party
Faded Charm Cottage
Vintage Inspiration Friday

French Country Flea Market

 We are loading up and heading over to Morris, IL for the French Country Flea Market.

If you are in the area, we'd love for you to come visit with us.  

I'll share pictures from the sale next week but for now I have about a zillion projects to finish, including this lace-up gown.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!