AN IMPROMPTU WHITE WEDNESDAY

WHITE WEDNESDAY was near and dear to my heart, but as I suspect many participants did I ran out of fresh things to show you. Alas, I have zhushed things about and have a few images to share. Totally random shots taken throughout the land of Sweet Pea.

PS~~I am totally pouting as Mr. SP passed through the California wine country today on his way to Portland Oregon...

Happy WHITE WEDNESDAY! Go HERE to see all the other participants and thanks as always to KATHLEEN for being the brainchild behind this.

YOU HAD ME AT HELLO

Besides being immersed for almost two weeks in the best antiques and junque you can lay your eyes on, Texas Antique Week is all about the fabulous people you meet. I am so lucky to have met some of the most talented and inspiring bloggers out there. Many of them are now true friends and even though we only see each other in Texas, we chat often and share our lives via text, emails and phone conversations.

I love it when bloggers stop by my booth and introduce themselves.

Sweet SUSIE HARRIS stopped by last show and was nice enough to let me borrow this pic of she and I.

Me on the left, Susie on the right.

Then of course there is my bestie TERESA CANO aka Garden Antiques Vintage.

Sweet T and moi.

Last show we were graced with a booth from GINA GALVIN of Peacock Park Designs and JO PACKHAM of Where Women Create.


Gina and Jo.

I was so happy to meet JODIE LEJEUNE aka Everything Vintage and ANGELIQUE aka Six In One Hand.

Jodie and Angelique.

Always a pleasure to see HEATHER BULLARD in Texas.


Heather and moi.

Oh lawdy there's the divine MISS DEB aka Talking Trash looking fabulous.


Teresa's blogger party is the happening place to rub elbows with some fabulous bloggers.


Theresa aka Time Worn Interiors, moi, Jo Packham, and Lauri from Chippys. Theresa and Lauri are my besties for sure.

Here's sweet ANNE aka Fiona and Twig with TOT and Deb.



And then there's delightful ROBIN BROWN aka Magnolia Pearl... She's just the yummiest.


Me and Robin.

And now for the name dropping...

I don't always get a pic with all the fab bloggers that I see but here's a list of some of them that I've been blessed to meet...

DEB FROM CURIOUS SOFA

ELIZABETH FROM ELIZABETH HOUSE

CAROLYN WESTBROOK FROM CAROLYN WESTBROOK HOME

CAROL FROM RAISED IN COTTON

KIM HOEGGER FROM KIM HOEGGER HOME

MARLA FROM MATILDAS MOUSE

COREY AMARO

POLLY FROM COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS

ZITA FROM MLLE MAGPIE

JEANINE FROM CHIPPY SHABBY

REBECCA ERSFELD FROM REBECCA ERSFELD FOR VINTAGE LIVING

RACHEL ASHWELL

LISA FROM LA RUSTIQUE MARKET

GALE FROM WIZARD OF ONCE WAS

Now I have probably forgotten someone, so please forgive me if I did. The blogger party is such a blur that it is next to impossible to remember everyone. The wine doesn't help either...

If you are coming to Marburger and/or the blogger party please be sure to say hello. I would love to meet you...

KILLING ME SOFTLY...

Remember this forlorn beauty in need of a facelift...




Well, she and her twin sister got one alright...









I tell you it's killing me to sell them... But I must...

Make a mad dash to Tent H Booth 14 at Marburger Farms to put a sold sticker on these fabulous babies...

SWITCHEROO

Do ideas just "pop" into your head about re~locating furniture in your home?

Isn't it awesome when you find a new and often better home for a treasured piece?

I shake my head in wonderment at people who won't buy something because they don't have a place for it...

I NEVER buy that way cause it's rare that something stays in one place in my home...

Are you like moi?

Well yesterday this switcheroo popped into my brain out of nowhere...



My beloved white chippy medical cabinet moved from the long wall next to a tall beadboard cupboard to here under the window. It bounces light right into an otherwise dark room.




This old primitive teachers desk now lives where the white medical cabinet used to.

I love it when a plan comes together...

FREE IS GOOD

Okay so it's another two~fer today as I just had to get the news out about this great offer for FREE ADMISSION TO MARBURGER!

The fabulous FANCY at CACTUS CREEK DAILY is linking up with MARBURGER FARMS to give away free admission to the show during ROUND TOP ANTIQUES WEEK. Are you interested?

Go HERE and get your free tickets while they last!!

Thanks Fancy!

And keep scrolling down for the first of the two~fer posts for today!

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

Back in the days of owning my own shop I used to while away the hours on slow days looking at the fabulous european blogs that are all aglow in gorgeous tones of white. It was on of these fabulous blogs that I saw a picture of the front of this stunning book.



I had to possess it...

The blog wasn't in english of course. I made it my mission to find some way to get my hands on this book. A stroke of luck had put me in contact with a european blogger who spoke english who helped me find my way to the jeanne d'arc living site. For a whopping $96 I was able to score a copy. I didn't care. I had to own this beautiful homage to a decorating style I hadn't seen before but had to know more about. This was in 2007 and the explosion of love for all things jeanne d'arc wasn't apparent on any of the blogs I was reading.

I can't tell you how many hours I have spent studying this treasure. It is my favorite book that I own far and away. I wanted to share some of the pages with you. I have no idea if it is still in print or not, but I suspect that it is not. Let me know if you know otherwise.

In all its glory, Franske Stemninger pa nordisk vis.



































P.S. Carola at Boxwood Cottage has sweetly let me know that this book is still in print and she has links where you can purchase it. Go HERE to contact her. The book is still in Dutch but the pictures are worth every penny I promise!

AND SO IT BEGINS...

Over the course of the next five weeks I'll be posting about the upcoming MARBURGER FARMS show where we sell our wares twice yearly. Can you believe it? Five weeks til we leave...

Sunday we spent the day loading the trailer in the pressure cooker that is Florida this time of year... Well most of the year... I've seen some posts about longing for fall to arrive... That is something we just don't do here as we really just have one long summer with a little cool~down when most of you are having full on winter...

I digress...

So now that the trailer is loaded for the most part I can work on a few last minute projects for the show and Mr. Sweet Pea can get the vehicle and trailer maintenance completed before he leaves for SAN FRANCISCO...

Did you hear me? SAN FRANCISCO... One of the places I want to go so badly it hurts... Alas the timing is wrong and the funds are not there for me to tag along so I'll have to sit this one out...

Digressing again...

Here's a teaser shot of one of a pair of FABULOUS FRENCH CHAIRS that just went off to the upholsterer that will be making the trip to Texas... And this time I promise I won't put sold on them before the show opens...

FISH DINNER AND FUNERALS

So, I've been resisting the recruiting efforts of the AARP for years now. I'm still in denial that I could belong to a senior citizen affiliation (no offense to seniors as apparently I am one...), but this came in the mail the other day and I'm sorry but it crosses the line with me.



Funeral arrangements over a fish dinner?

Really?

I'm one click past the big 5~O and they're ready to load me in the back of a hearse...

Not this spring chicken. I've got another 50 in me easy...

Isn't it funny how your mail changes when you reach that milestone?