Sunday, June 14, 2009

Vintage Barn Vendors Tea


This tea is put on by Rolaine Hopper of The Vintage Barn Antique Sale, held in Rathdrum, Idaho. She and Sharon did a great job of displaying food and setting up the yard. There were three of us who did demos on what we make. So we leanred how to make a birds nest, a glass glitter crown, and a paper tape mannequin. So fun. Nice to see old friends and meet some new ones. Looking forward to the show being a great success.
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Pretty plates


This old rack held the dishes we used for our food at the vendor tea today. There were a variety of plates, cup and saucers to choose from...all vintage, of course.
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View from the steps

This is what you see when going up the steps into Rolaine's farm house...all set up for her vendors. Nice job!
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Scoops o' Fun


Pink-was the color of the day...with pink napkins and these darling party hats turned into carmel corn holders.
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Lemonade


Oh yum and it was great and organic too...I love that!
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Good food


Oh people-I could have sat down with this bowl of cream cheese dip and eaten nothin' else. (I think it had caramel in it as well.) Alas, I saved some for the other guests.
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Millionaire Brownies


Delicious!
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Tea and More

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Brenda's house dress

Brenda Buckingham dons her vintage house dress as she pours her coffee.
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Hostesses


Sharon and Rolaine pose for photos on the porch.
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Food


Lots of yummy delights here for the guests to enjoy-little sammies, scones, crackers, and fruit
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Vendor Gifts


Sharon wrote a poem and Rolaine put it on these cute cards for each of the vendors. How Sweet!
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Rolaine asked me to do a demo showing how I make my crowns. That was fun. I do love to teach and so it was great to get to share all about how the crowns go together. Thanks, Rolaine! You can see the barn behind me...very cool!
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So serious


What is up with this look?...I say to myself. I must have been in deep thought. The vendors came up to visit with me about my crowns, that was so nice. I sold the demo crowns I had brought with me. Maybe I will make some more after all.
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Mercantile Queen dons her Crown

After I did my demo my picture was taken by some of the ladies there...so I posed.
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Monday, June 08, 2009

Farm Chicks


Stood in line for just about an hour to get in to this year's show stopping event. The first 1/2 hour was easy shopping, then it got pretty crowded trying to manuver with my granny cart. So I stayed all day so I could get a good look at everything. The crowds did dissapate in the late afternoon, so this gave me a chance to make my way through the booths with my trusty cart. I even did some bargaining with the vendors then to get some better deals. This made me happy!
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Wood Boxes

Amazing what you can do with some old wood boxes, huh? Years ago I had a bunch old fruit boxes like these and they were so versatile. Had to move off and leave them in California, drat! This booth is Tarte.
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Flags


Made by Melissa Neufeld...such a talent!
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Lovliness

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Chicken coop


Oh so cute...love chickens and was so drawn to this piece.
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Coffee Grinder


I want one of these, but am not sure I can pay a high price...so I will wait and see what I can find. Plus I took this photo so I could come back to it, then forgot where it was. So it might have sold since I did not see it again. I did go around to the booths about three or four times each and saw different stuff each time. How does that happen?
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Bought these!


Cute little buggers...not sure what I will do with them, but it will be fun!
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Apothocary Jars

These looks great in this old cubbard.
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Barn House Booth


Lovely warmth on one end of the Barn House Boys booth.
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Me at Farm Chicks


The Farm Chicks had a photo op booth at the front entrance...great idea...me thinks! So here I am. Got a stranger to take this shot for me.
Loved the pennants with a message.
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