Dinner at the Beach?

I loved this booth at The New England Motel in Brimfield!

It belonged to our good friends Karen and Patrick, and their daughter Bonnie!

I think the name of their business is Back Porch Antiques!

Sometimes I'm not very good with names!

Anyway!

I loved, loved, loved this display that Karen did with the aqua table and brown transferware.

And of course the addition of star fish made it all just perfect!

I considered buying this table,

but you know me, not much in the color department!

Karen and Patrick always find the coolest stuff!

This display was fabulous, although my photo is not very good!

To much glare! 

I love any displays that include natural elements.

ie: wasps nest, shells, coral, horns!

This adorable vignette was created at the back of their cargo trailer!

Who knew?

Well me, cause I was there when they set up! 

July Brimfield

Boy, its it great to be home!

Brimfield is always a turn and burn show for us!

So far to go and so little time!

But is was great to be back at Brimfield!

Glad to see old friends and even made some new ones!

All in all, the show was OK, but sad to say the crowds were way off!

Every time we do a show it's always a huge gamble.

But we came home with a refreshed outlook on the biz!

We've made some new decisions regarding the path our business will be taking

and I can't wait to share the news with you!

For now hope you enjoy a few photos of my booth.

Brimfield Time

It's time for the Brimfield show!

Our show opens a week from today!

Wed.-July 13th at 6 am! Yes! That's right 6 am!

We are at The New England Motel

Booth 112B and 90B

Those booths are back to back booths, so that catches two different rows!

Come on out and see us!

I didn't get any pictures of the things we are bringing

before Craig loaded them on the truck! 

These are photos of one of last years shows!

I'm really looking forward to the show!

Lavender Love

I love lavender!

I think it's my favorite fragrance!

Not many flowers in my yard,

but thank goodness I do have some lavender!

The large planter holding this is next to the side walk,

every time you walk by it you get a wonderful whiff of lavender!

Looks like this bee is having some lunch!

Haven't been blogging much,

getting ready for Brimfield!

The show is in 2 weeks! Yikes!

Much Needed R & R!

We are going away to lake for some much needed R & R!

Funny, we've owned an RV for 10 years but never went camping for fun.

We always take our little home away from home to shows!

So, I'm pretty excited to know I don't have to work when we get there!

Be back soon!

A Gazebo For Me!

Last fall in Texas I bought one of Brian's creations, of The Seed Box! After we took it apart to load it in the truck, I didn't think I would ever see it erected again! lol! We create several truck loads of furniture every year, but I rarely get anything done for myself! And there was the issue of what we were gonna set the structure on. We talk about putting in on the ground with some mulch, but that just didn't seem like a good idea.

Well, when we were cleaning up a couple of weeks ago we came across this metal frame! Luck would have it that it was the right width for the gazebo, just a little longer. I said no problem, we will move the structure to to the back of the frame and it will create a little front porch!

   

 So Craig went right to work adding the proper support to the frame. Then we couldn't decide what kind of decking to put on. We discussed wood, then a sheet of metal got brought into the conversation! We both decided that metal would be cool!

I love the metal decking! Looks like it belongs with the frame!

This is the part that Brian made, to include 4 post and a top.

Loved the way it looked on the deck! Couldn't hardly wait to get it all put together!

The top is a part of a chicken brooder. Hope I spelled that right! We don't have those here in Kentucky, but he always makes cool things out of chicken brooder tops.

Yeah! The gazebo has a top! As I was holding a piece of plywood up to keep the wind off of Craig while he welded, I could vision a shelf on the back. So away we went to look for some brackets! 

I knew I better get these welded on right here and now, cause when that welder went back in the shop I would never get him to add the shelf!

Found some!

 Now we need a piece of barn wood!

YES! Found it! Love it!

Oh yes, we definitely need a rug!

Just so happens I bought one with the structure!

Yes, it's metal to!
I will be sealing for floor after it gets a little more rust on it!

Lets add a couple chairs.

Some more junk, oh I mean art!

Some pitiful flowers! Sorry that's all I had!

Got lots of junk, but not much in the way of flowers! Yet!

And there you have it! I'm gonna add some burlap panels in each corner, but I didn't have any! I will be tweaking things as I go along. Most of the time when I look at something for a couple of days, good thoughts come to me about what would make that space better!

Hope you like the collaboration of Brian's and Craig's work!

I love it!

I'm linking up to Debra's Vintage Inspiration Friday!

Treasure Chest for Oliver

Amanda, my oldest daughter has another baby shower on Saturday

from the in-laws side of the family.

I've already gifted her from our shower,

but I didn't want to show up empty handed!

When I got up this morning I walked by this cute little chest setting on the table

and thought I should make Oliver a Treasure Chest!

So I did!

I went on the hunt in my studio for a Captains treasures!

I had a ball looking for old things that would be worthy of the chest!

As you can see the hunt turned up some cute teeny tiny treasures!

Ok! I know!

The map looks a little cheesy,

but I free handed it and I'm not an artist!

Oliver will actually live closer to his NaNa than me,

as you can plainly see on the map!

I cut some cheap gold coins off an old bracelet!

The small metal container was used to hold watch repair parts,

it's the size of a quarter!

This old turtle is from the 1920's,
it's a prize you could win at country fairs.

It has 4 little wheels on the bottom.

This little almanac is the size of 2 postage stamps!

It is a real almanac from 1884,

even has advertisements on the back!

A pirate can't navigate with a compass!

I choose a huge key,

cause grandma has a huge heart!

Gotta have a teeny gold candelabra!

And a newborn needs plenty of time in a bottle!

Old metal whistle might ease a little one's mind if he becomes afraid!

Inside the lid of the box.

The box has a tiny drawer at the bottom,

pull the drawer out and there is a hidden compartment!

Perfect for little pirates to hide their gold!

I'm gonna hide a $50 bill in there!

I worked all day on this treasure chest

and I had a blast!

Can you see that great crackle on top of the box?

I hope Oliver loves his treasure chest and will cherish it always!

I can just see his little hands playing with these treasures

and thinking about some far away adventure!

Im linking up to Wow us Wednesdays!