Where did September Go???

Hello...

Is it really October already???

I thought with taking the month of Sept. off of doing any shows I would be "CAUGHT UP"" ..   I guess in this business that NEVER happens.. any down time is filled with Painting, Sewing, or my favorite.. SHOPPING.. which includes auctions, estate sales, flea markets , house calls, antique malls and picking junk from the side of the road , which proved to be my best pick of the month, thanks to my sisters.. who spotted a Very French Sofa on the side of the road and after trying to get it in Both of their cars, had to call me to bring my van ( and husband) ...that thing was heavy.. Only wish I knew how to reupholster... That will be a winter project.. though I am not saying what year that will happen in..
Also, in Sept, both my sons were here for the long Labor Day weekend.. which was the first time in over 3 years that we.. both kids, my husband and I were together .. so I took every minute I could with them.. We had so much fun.. and of course, it went by way too fast..

Sept.. is like NEW YEARS for me.. My husband is a teacher, so it is back to school and Garden harvest time..( which will be a new post in a day or two..)  It is tax time too.. Time to  have the furnace serviced and the chimney sweep comes to clean the stove pipe, time stack the wood for the winter.. and change the closet from summer to winter..UGG!

!  Though I love the change of seasons .. I do not like to be cold... I prefer 80 to 30 degrees!!!

I have been busy sewing this week.. I have 2 large shows in the next couple month and open houses at both shops I am in and also a lot of painting to get done before the snow flies.. I will post more pictures soon...

HAPPY HARVEST..
Colleen

Wedding Flowers..

Hello ..  . it is a beautiful fall day today.. just put an apple crisp in the oven and started a pot of my favorite fall soup.. Butternut squash ( from our garden )with apples..

Just wanted to share a story with you and a couple pictures...

A few months back a good friend of mine asked me to help her daughter with the flower arrangements for her oldest daughters wedding.. I had helped with hers too..

For months we had been scouring Thrift shops for glass bowls with Silver plate rims.. together we collected 21 of them and 4 small ones .. Ashley, the brides sister used the looking glass spray paint to give them all the mercury glass look.. they came out beautiful..

Friday, her and I set up shop in one of my barns and got to work.. it took us about 8 hours to get all the arrangements done.. they were in the purple, plum and eggplant shades.. we had to do a little improvising because when we went to pick up the flower order it had not come in  ( they had somehow switched the pick up date) .. so we used purple hydrangeas , spider mums and purple tulips,instead of the daliahs, purple kale and deep purple carnations.. along with the flowers they had in stock that we had chosen to you.. the same look was achieved..( we did have to raid my husbands garden of all his kale to give it some greens )..

The wedding was beautiful and the flowers were a hit.. just goes to show you .. you can't worry if things don't go EXACTLY as planned.. just do your best..

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The best was I brought one of the arrangements home and it looks wonderful on my coffee table.. lucky me

Have a great week.

Love and peace,

Colleen

Fall is in the Air

Munchkin Pumpkins, Small and Large Gourds are now available from The Vintage Room at The Savvy Chick

Bouckville.. 2012

Wow.. Is is really September already.. the summer has flown by..  and this has been a great one, for sure...

The Madison-Bouckville show has always been my biggest show and this year was no exception.. I had a record show.. and met some wonderful people and many Facebook and Blogger friends stopped by to introduce themselves.. which is always fun.. puttting a face with a name.. wish I had gotten pictures of them but I never seemed to have my camera ready when they came by.. I will work on that for next year..

here are some pictures :

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I met 2 very nice ladies, Ann and Nancy,( see Picture)

[caption id="attachment_446" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Ann and Nancy showing off their new spoon bracelets[/caption]

who loved my spoon bracelets, after Nancy picked out hers, she turned to Ann and said.. "you pick out one.. I am buying one for you.. you work so hard".. how sweet of her.. and after trying almost every one on.. picked her favorite.. they had been friends since childhood.. It was special.. they were having a wonderful day in Bouckville..

My friend and fellow treasure hunter, Vicki Potter and I had a great time.. she has a wonderful eye for the chippy and unusual, and we did some hunting together BUT also spent time having some fun.. we spent 2 nights at the Vernon Downs casino.. even her sister joined us one of the night.. so much fun.. I fixed up a bedroom for her in my work studio and she spent the week there and then decided to stay another week and do another show .. that's dedication!!

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Well, I am going to leave it at that for today BUT will post again of more Bouckville tales.. and more pictures..

Have a wonderful day.. and remember.. you never regret the  treasures you bring home it's the ones you leave behind ...

Colleen

"The Trunk"

I truly believe things happen for a reason and you are where you are because that is where you are suppose to be.. back in the spring I went to an estate auction.. late in  the day a beautiful trunk came up, tho it was beautiful,  it was what was inside that I was interested in as I already had 3 trunks to sell, LACE.. a trunk full of old lace.. MY weakness.. I kept bidding until I won!!... $75.00.. I brought it home and looked through the contents and was trilled.. decided what I would keep and what I would sell.. took some to the Brimfield show...  So as I was getting ready for this show I saw the trunk again But.. decided I would take the Aqua painted one I had just bought .. Well, it looked great at the end of the iron bed I had brought BUT the trunk  sold on Friday.. just hours into the show.. so Saturday morning I had Tim help me load the Auction trunk in my van..( I decided to mark it $75.00 firm.). why?? I have no idea.. (exactly what I had paid for it)... but I could not get it out myself so there it sat in my car  all morning.. One of my nice fellow dealer stopped over to say hi, and I asked him to help me get it out.. I put it right there where the Aqua one had been.. not even an hour later I saw a couple and their daughter looking at it.. They asked me, what was a strange question.. When did u buy this trunk? HUM.. when was that.. March..At an auction? they asked .. YES.. they Knew that trunk.. it had sat in Greg's mothers house his whole life.. O, I forgot to say.. they came to the show because their daughter wanted a trunk..They could not believe it.. there it was.. I was thrilled too.. I still get chills thinking of seeing their faces .. they could not believe it and at that price, as they had looked at one earlier  Not as nice and 3X's the money).. FATE???? I think so... A lot of things happened that day that lead to this trunk being back where it belonged with the Granddaughter who's grandmother had it in her front room for years.. A TREASURE  for sure...  .. and this is proof.. Enjoy your trunk, , Joclyn !!!... this is a story with a very Happy ending.. Thanks, Greg, Christie and Joclyn for making this a very special show for me and reminding me that miracles do happen.. and that Life is good!!!

A Sneak Peek at what will be at the GREAT AMERICAN ANTIQUE SHOW.. this weekend

I have been stocking up on GREAT treasures to bring to the show in Liverpool NY this weekend.. the Great American Antique Fest .. held at Long Branch park ...

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More from The Vintage BNazaar

The Summer is flying by but I wanted to add a little about the last show I did .. The Vintage Bazaar.. It was set at a beautiful Garden Farm and the weather was HOT..HOT..HOT with record temps.  reaching into the high 90's each day.. BUT I met some wonderful people and had some special friends and family come to visit me.. Thanks Rachel and Miranda for coming to the show and to my son, Jed, and daughter-in law, Arunima for coming and bringing my precious grand-daughter,Priya.

It was especially nice to have my friend, Vicki, The Gypsy Paintbrush, drive up from NC, to do the show.. always more fun .. we had done Brimfield together too and had a great time..She will be coming back up to NY to do the THE MADISON BOUCKVILLE show Aug. 13-19th.. more information on that to follow..

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