Halloween

We hope all of you have a good and safe Halloween today. I have lots of great memories taking my children out trick or treating when they were little.
We are busy getting ready for the Beneath the Wreath show this weekend. More on that in the next 24 hours.

Vintage Fabric

Dan & I are busy getting ready to do the Grand Rapids, Junior League annual fundraiser shopping event held at The Cultural Center at St. Nicholas, 2250 East Paris Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Mi. November 2, 3 & 4. I will post photos and more info about that show later in Oct.

Today I wanted to just share some eye candy with you. I have a love of vintage fabrics, collecting them and using them. This morning the sun was coming through our 130 year old windows in such a pretty way that inspired me to take a few photos to share with you. Enjoy!

XOXO



Bluedoor

 Our space at Bluedoor has been redone! While we were gone to the Country Living show our space at Bluedoor had a badly needed paint job.

 The ceiling was painted white which helps our space look alot brighter and the floor was repainted in a great diagonal checker board pattern.

 The day after we arrived home from Country Living we decide to finish the project by painting our walls as well with a warm color(Benjamin Moore copley gray)  that complimented the new look on our floor and ceiling.

The space has now been put back together so stop by and check out our new look. Bluedoor has never look better and we have lots of great product to check out.

Fall is Upon Us!!

We headed north this week to fill our space at Then and Now in Petoskey. When we got on the freeway north of Grand Rapids we realized that Fall is truely upon us. I love the early color mixed with the green that is still on many trees.
Fall is by far our most favorite time of the year. The cooler air is very welcome after our very hot summer.

 We got to Petoskey and found our space at Then and Now nearly empty. Fortunately, we had loaded the truck as well as the trailer so we were able to fill our space up with lots of new product.

 However, we realized that we will need to make a return trip with in the next week and ahalf with more items. So we are now back home getting more ready for our next load.

 Today we took another drive in the country to see a little more color. We also made a number of stops to do a little shopping for additional vintage items for our spaces. We came back with a number of really great items that will make their way into our inventory soon.

Hopefully, we will be back on the road again in the next week and ahalf with more product for our north country markets. We will get a little more opportunity to see some Michigan Fall color.

Country Living - final report

 We packed up on Sunday night when the Country Living show ended. We meant to write a report after we got back to our hotel room. But, we were so tired and sore we put off  making our final report until we got home.

 First we just wanted to say that we are so grateful for all of you that showed up and supported us. We saw lots of familiar faces and made many new friends. Stella shows and Country Living deserve credit for putting on an outstanding show. The show meet all of our expectations.

 Sunday morning when we got to the show and tidied up our booth we went for a walk and took pictures of some of the spaces around us that had wonderful and interesting displays.

 So, for our final report from the 2012 Country Living show we hope you enjoy seeing pictures of some dealers that did the show with us.

Country Living Day Two Report

 We had a great second day at the Country Living show. This show always manages to come thru for us. It is amazing to see the turn out of people for this show. This morning before things got in full swing I walked down to want of my favorite spots in the show.

 The entire show happens around a historic village of old buildings that have been moved to create a town with a village green. So this morning I snapped a few pictures so you can all get an idea of how special this place is.

 This vintage panel truck was in the parking lot last year. This year I found it parked in the village green.

Enjoy the pictures. We are tired so that will be all for tonight. By the way the bank in the last picture actually has a working atm in it. We love this show!!!

First day of the Country Living Show

 We had a great day for our first day of the country living show. This show never seems to disappoint. We had huge numbers of people turn out inspite of some very mixed weather. We sold most everything across the board and got to meet some old friends from last year and make some new friends.

 Gathered Comforts is set up across from us. They do a great job and are very experienced at doing Country Living shows. They do this show, next month do Atlanta, and next spring do the CL show in Texas. When I asked them how that managed to put away so much product in such a short time they simple told me they put away stuff just like squirrels all year long.

 Front and center in their space was this wonderful drawer cabinet that in spite of one missing drawer cabinet had me wondering how I could come up with the money to buy it. I so love these things. It sold in the first hour of the show so my time coveting this piece was short lived.

 Up the row from our space was a dealer selling this wonderful German educational posters. CJ flipped when she saw the cat poster. I don't think that any of these posters lasted the day.

I did get a chance to walk to one of my favorite dealers that always has alot of architectural. This place is so filled with so many interesting and exciting dealers and product.
If you get a chance to get to the show this weekend please stop by and say hi. Tomorrow we regroup and add more product.