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Spring Vintage Market Photos

Stunned! I was completely stunned. Taken aback. Breathless. It was that amazing!

We had lines of shoppers out the door and photographers shooting the displays for an upcoming book. God gave us the most lovely weather. And I discovered that not only are the vendors talented artists, they can also run the counter, balance books, bake and do customer service like you wouldn't believe. They were amazing in how they made the shoppers feel welcome and still watched over my family and our home. It was definitely an example of "good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over"!

At the end of the two days one thing stood out to me in particular. It wasn't exhaustion, though I think we were all about ready to fall over. It wasn't the quantity of sales, though we are SO grateful to each one of you that came out (I couldn't believe it when I heard that shoppers even traveled from many states away to visit our sale)! It wasn't that I got to meet the family that lived in my house for 30 years, though that was over the top cool! What stood out to me was how this group of women ministered to each other and to those around them. As I walked from room to room and visited with those outside, what I saw and over-heard was women lifting each other up, offering help, praying with each other and sharing experiences. We were so blessed to be with each other. I was blessed. Honored to have been a part of it. Stunned! Truly stunned!

12 Gal Sale - Vintage Market

Twelve creative ladies (and one Mr. Blessing - don't let him fool you, he loves being surrounded by all these lovely, creative gals!).... We're having so much fun putting together the Spring Vintage Market! We've all been creating and brainstorming and we can hardly believe the market is just a week away. The house is starting to look less like where we live and more like a unique boutique. What a blessing these gals and this market is turning out to be!

We can't wait to see you next week!

For directions, shopping times & vendor links - Click HERE

Project Mania

We've been working on some things for the upcoming Vintage Market. I don't want to share too much but we have some really cute ideas swirling around in our heads. Now if we can just find time to get them all done.
Today I'm sharing at French Cupboard about making new dressforms look vintage. Come on over and see...

Vintage Market - Spring 2012

I never imagined that our old farmhouse would be the backdrop for so many of the lovely things that have taken place in the last year! We have been humbled for sure. I look at the blog posts and articles about the house being so "romantic" and then look around at the reality... Our house is a mess these days!

Mr. Blessing and I are tearing our home apart. Yep, we are removing almost all the furnishings off the ground floor and getting ready to host a Vintage Market, complete with amazing vendors, tasty treats and all manner of handmade & vintage items!

In the coming days and weeks, I'll be posting pictures of items that the vendors will be bringing and how the farmhouse is coming along but in the meantime you can take a peek at what the vendors are working on via their blogs and/or facebook pages.

Second Hand Rose

The Empty Attic

Jennifer Rizzo

Anne Marie - Na-da Farm

Nellie's Barn

Lillian Lou

Serendipity Interiors

Sue Dailey

Karen Alberts

Jeanine Dabson

Counting Your Blessings

We are over-the-top excited to host this wonderful event and we so much hope that if you're in the area, you'll stop in and visit with us

ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND
MARCH 16 & 17

For directions & a complete list of vendors and their links, check out the Vintage Market page on our website.

White Wednesday

We're stocking the shelves! For a special event that we have coming up. We are making some one-of-a-kind items and saving them just for this event.

I know I'm rotten to be such a tease but I'll have more info for you soon and more sneak peeks, I promise.

For now, I thought I'd share the project that I've been working on for the last couple days. I love writing so it's no big surprise that one of my favorite things in the world is a pretty journal and pen set. Even though I'm a blogger, I still favor an old fashioned paper journal. I take one to church every week for notes (no, I'm not passing notes during church - I like to take notes from the sermon).

Is that the loveliest pen EVER?! I can say that because I didn't make the pens. My friend, Sara, from Sweet Magnolia's Farm hand dyes and places every petal! And I'm so blessed that she let me collaborated with her on these special journal sets.