PUMPKIN PALOOZA

I got a little carried away at the pumpkin patch this year...

These fabulous warty pumpkins were originally orange, a color which is not really a fav here in the land of SWEET PEA. They got a little facelift with a can of spray paint.





This one has a blue green look which I found so pretty.



Gotta tuck some white baby boos in here and there...



I fell hard for these warty dried gourds.



This is one of my favs and is a very dark gray green.



I bought two of these large white pumpkins in Texas.



Never too many boos...



And just when I thought I had found the most delightful pumpkins at the patch...

I saw these two and my heart melted into a puddle of pumpkin soup...


Jax and Auriana, my grand~boos, at the patch.

MEANDERINGS

I know, I've been a bit sporadic with posts lately... So sorry.

What have I been up to?

Well last weekend Mr. Pea and I had a very fruitful shopping excursion to Renninger's in Mt. Dora.

I re~organized the bits and pieces in the trailer.

Gramma time is always on the agenda.

I went to the Mall at Millenia and happened upon a runway show by Lucky Brand Jeans hosted by Tim Gunn himself. That was cool. Paid a visit to Anthropologie.

Started a facelift project on a cottage style dresser I recently inherited from my great~grandma's stuff. My mom gifted it to me. It's gonna look great next to Mr. Sweet Pea's grandma's iron bed in the guest room.

Still coming down from the Texas trip and bumming over missing the Country Living show in Stone Mtn. Ga...

Be back soon with a post about my pumpkin obsession...

S.S.S.M.

And what you say is an S.S.S.M?

SUPER SONIC SENIOR MOMENT.......

So here is story number one from the Marburger show. Let me preface it by saying this was not my most intelligent action and I highly recommend that you don't try this at home...

I can't begin to tell you why I adopted this practice but rather than mix the checks customers had written with the cash in my little bag I carry, I had started stamping the back with my bank stamp and then putting them in a zippered bank bag and stashing them under my counter... I can literally hear the eye rolling guys...

The bag was tucked under some stuff and myself or Mr. Sweet Pea are always in the booth behind the counter. The show starts on Tuesday and Mr. Pea makes a bank run on Wednesday so by Thursday when this happened the bag had checks from Wednesday only. I had finished a transaction where a check was written and as usual I stamped the back and reached for the bag...

NOT THERE.

I literally felt the booth spin around me. I had no idea how much was in the bag in total but I knew I had done at least two large sales the day before. I was also sure that I had taken a check that day as well. Once I had gotten the attention of Mr. Sweet Pea, he and my besty Calvin literally went on a search and rescue mission for my bag as they thought maybe it fell into the shopping bag of the customer who had just left. I was sure it hadn't but their efforts were appreciated all the same.

In the meantime I asked a shuttle driver to alert the sheriff on the show grounds and ask one of them to come to the booth. As I waited I called my bank and put an alert on the account and waited in anguish over the money I had so stupidly lost.

In minutes not one but four deputies were standing in the opening of the booth. I explained what had happened and one of them asked for my driver's license to make a report. I got my purse, opened it to get my wallet and... you know what I'm going to say don't you? Again with the eye rolling?

THE BANK BAG... I had never gotten it out of my purse though I was sure I had. For a split second I considered acting like I didn't see it to save face. But I swallowed what little pride I had left and turned holding it in the air to face four sheriff's deputies looking at me like the airhead I was.

Okay so I know it turned out well and what's a little egg on your face right? The moral of the story is I learned a huge lesson and I hope my sharing this with you might prevent a disaster for one of you.

PS~All checks are now tucked safely away with the money in my trusty little purse that I carry right on me. All's well that ends well...

MARBURGER PEEPS~PART DEUX

Pardon the interruption since my last post, I've been on serious gramma time this week...

Here are the fabulous offerings found in the booths of my peeps at Marburger...

GWEN FROM FRENCH BY DESIGN














MO AKA RUBBISH









MY BESTY'S CARLA, CALVIN AND DAVID

MARBURGER PEEPS~PART ONE

When the term "A Game" was coined they were surely talking about the over~the~top displays at Marburger Farms. It just doesn't get any better folks...

I have always said that I am never more inspired than when in the presence of all this talent. It makes me step up my game for sure...

Here is a sampling of some of the all~stars of Marburger.

MAGNOLIA PEARL. If the creativity of Robin and John gets any better, I don't know how we will stand it...





Huge paper flowers and wire dress forms hand~made and embellished with pieces and parts. I know you've seen these all over bloglandia but I had to include them here.


JUDY AND BILLY HILL. Judy made clothing for one of her mannequins out of book pages and brought a boat as a center piece. Her bedding was beautiful as always.





TERRI is just across from Judy in Tent A and had the most beautiful chandy and baby bed.





This booth caught my eye but sadly I was remiss in getting her name. Her attention to detail missed no element of display.



LAURIE OF CHIPPYS just gets better and better... Her look reminds me of one of my fav movies Out Of Africa with the mix of browns and creams and a dash of gauzy softness contrasting with the leather and rustic burlap. Her pillows literally sprouted wings and flew out of her booth.





TIME WORN INTERIORS. Craig and TOT have an amazing mix of industrial pieces. Their booth was as empty as ours by shows end.

MARBURGER FALL 2010...THE REVEAL

I hope you understand that the inbox is overflowing when we return from Texas. There is family time, getting the day~to~day stuff caught up, wading through emails, checking out a few blogs, the dvr list, etc. etc. etc...

I am sooooo behind on blogging by this point...

Anyhoo, without further delay here are pics of my offerings for the Fall 2010 show at Marburger Farms. Happy to report that we came home with an all~time record light load and most all of what you are seeing found a new home.

I am inventory poor...

A great problem to have...