Weekend Wrap-up

So I turned what started as a bad weekend into a good one. My vending job did not go as well as...well, it was the worst. So Saturday I played hooky and spent the day exploring Kernersville, NC with Adam. We checked out the K-ville Indie Flea which was very cool. I knocked out a couple of Christmas presents there. I'm hoping to find a free Saturday in the next month or two to go out and set up my own table. Then we walked around the Honey Bee Festival. The weather was beautiful. Adam really enjoyed watching the iron works demonstration while I browsed the booths.
Tonight we wrapped it up by getting some end of summer chores done. We made pesto and cooked some eggplant to freeze for making baba ganoush when we need an appetizer for entertaining friends. I also tried my hand at making homemade crackers. This recipe comes from How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. I think they are going to be tasty and they were very easy and economical. I think we'll have fun experimenting with different herbs and seasonings on these. Tonight I just did a basic sprinkling of sea salt, wheat berries, and flax seeds.
In crafting news, well, I hope there's no where but up from here. I got a lot of encouragement from friends and then found this in my in-box tonight. This local blogger put one of my pendants in her weekly etsy treasury. Click here to check out her blog, especially if you're in the Triad area - she's got lots of info on the local scene!

Labor Day at Grove Vineyards

Took me a whole week to get to posting this. It's very hard to fit five days into four and I've been exhausted. I'm spending this weekend recovering!
So last weekend I did a craft show at Grove Vineyards and Winery in Gibsonville, NC. Crafts and spending the weekend on a farm of sorts? That's my kind of business! It was a beautiful weekend!Here is some of the vines. We were invited to pick and eat what we wanted. All of us vendors decided that "Niagara" was our favorite grape. They make a wine by the same name that's as good as the fruit. It had sort of a pear and pineapple taste to it. Needless to say, a bottle came home with me and I'll be looking for a vine for my garden!

Of course, the activities including shopping the great selection of arts and crafts. And tasting wine. They also had grape stomping contests that were fun to watch!

Shopping Week Pt. Deux

Goodness, has a week already gone by? Where was I? The rest of my shopping adventures...Last Saturday I stopped by Lost In Time Antique Mall in Winston-Salem. So far this is my favorite antique mall in the area. My finds included a wicker stand painted robin's egg blue. I used it as a display the next day at the Solstice Festival - so cute!I also couldn't resist this old Brownie scouts handbook. I never was a girl scout or anything (I don't remember having the desire to) but it's one of those things that I wish now I had done. I liked the illustrations that went along with the activities in the book.











I also found some neat vintage trim to use in projects.

I finished the day with a trip to Sew Original to finally pick out my birthday gift (thanks Mama!). I love getting new fabric but it does mean adding to my stack of projects to get done! The first one is (hopefully!) going to be the dress in the top left corner of the pattern picture. The fabrics in the second picture are going to be a couple summer tops.

Shopping Week Pt.1

Not a good thing for my wallet but I've visited a couple interesting shops and found some neat stuff! I'll split it up into a few posts considering that I'm supposed to be getting ready for the Summer Solstice Festival tomorrow!
Last weekend I spent a day with the gals in Raleigh. We went to Father and Son Antiques, my new favorite store. This place has all kinds of stuff from furniture to clothes to dishes and toys. I found a vintage cafeteria tray and a loteria game. I must have been in a southwest kind of mood after hearing about my friends' trip to Sante Fe. They were so sweet to bring me the beautiful pot holder (Chickens and coffee in one item? Awesome!), some hologram Jesus stickers, and chocolate in the shape of a pepper! (Chocolate not shown in the picture because, of course, we ate it!)
Hope everyone enjoys the longest day of sunshine tomorrow! If you're in the area, be sure to come out to the Summer Solstice Festival!!!

New Aquisitions

Sometimes fate has a way of making sure what needs done gets done. After groaning to myself last night that I needed to keep up better with my blog, I pulled the troublesome muscle in my neck again. So here I am, typing about the only thing I can muster to do. And do I will!
I wanted to share a couple vintage jewels I've come across this last month. The first I found at Liberty Antiques Festival. It's a 1963 Huffy Sportsman made in England. It's in good condition. All it needs to get rolling is new tires and the kick stand tightened up. It has front and back brakes, and a light that's powered by a small generator on the back wheel (still not sure if that's working yet).And it's red! And it has a place to attach a basket! Here's the catch - I have no idea why I needed it. I haven't been on a bicycle since about 20 years ago! I am looking forward to riding it though so here's hoping that it's true what they say about riding a bicycle!The other find was again at Wild n Crazy Vintage. I've been wanting a kitchen scale for a long time and found this one while browsing the store on Lee St. in Greensboro. It has lists on both sides of items to pick up at the grocery store. There are tabs that (used to) slide up and down to point at particular items. I was sold when I read the small print at the bottom that gave the copyright as 1948. It will go great in our 1947 house!

The Shindig is Almost Here!

I am so excited about this! Arts and crafts, vintage, music, food and beer?! What a great afternoon! I've been working really hard to have some new beachy, summery pendants and a few more wall hangings made with children's book illustrations. So cute! Come and see them for yourself! For more info go to http://mischiefmakers816.blogspot.com/.

I'm In Love!

After the excitement of my article coming out yesterday in the News and Record Go Triad, I decided to celebrate with a little shopping. I went to visit my Indie Market friend, Susan, at her shop Wild N' Crazy Vintage. Okay, I was also procrastinating on the piles of work to do, but it's Friday night, right? Anyway, I LOVE this store! Why am I collecting vintage patterns to sew when I can go there and find the greatest dresses? After having Susan take no less than ten to the dressing room for me, I finally picked out these four (I was cheering when one didn't fit because they were all so beautiful, I needed something else to make up my mind).
I love the girl scoutish look of this one. I wish I could find that Etsy seller again who made the scout badges for grown ups!I love the big buttons on this one. It's easy, breezy and I can't wait to wear to the beach!
This one is a little dressier but oh, that blue!
I'm not usually a "pink" girl but this rose color with the tan is really nice. I think it'll work for multiple seasons. However, I think it's the lines of the dress that really get me.
And can you tell what season I was dreaming of while shopping? I'll give you a hint. They're all short sleeved.