1st Elegant Barn Sale

It finally Happened.. I held my 1st Elegant Barn sale in what my husband has called" the upper Building for the last 34 years that I have known him.   Here are some pictures of the facelift.. .. it now has a new name.. the Elegant Barn.. We had it resided and all new windows in Aug. We also had the stained Glass window from the church my husband , Tim, attended 9 Cardiff United Methodist Church) almost 60 years ago and for many years while he was growing up... and I held the first sale Oct 4-6..

This was taken the evening before the sale

I started the weekend with a Friends, family and Customer appreciation Wine and Cheese Preview.. and was in awe of how many attended , too many of you to mention but you know who you are .. Love you all... it was am amazing  evening.. followed by a busy Sat. and Sunday.. with Cindy , who is a FB friend and customer who came to see me in Bouckville,  traveling 3 hours to  attend.. and  Erica from SWANK traveling from Hamilton ( if you are ever in Hamilton NY, it is a MUST   Go TO Shop) , others from Utica,  Morrisville and Suburbs of Syracuse.. thank you all !!

Here are some pictures of the Inside of the barn..



My friend, Vicki Potter, Paintbrush Cottage was my Guest Vendor.. Here she is Helping Paint the sign some of her wares..



I am planning to have another sale in the Spring , so LIKE me on FB for Dates and Times..

  Tim surprised me with a YUMMY cake delivered Friday night and one of my best friends,sent flowers.. I have the best friends and Family



A special Thank You to Tim who always has my back.. and complete support and to my angel in heaven.. Miss you so much and wish you could have been here.. you encouraged me to follow my dream.. you would have LOVED it.. Miss you every day..Love,

Colleen

Bouckville Aug. 2013

..Wow.. I know it has been I long time since I have posted .. It was a busy summer.. Laughs and Tears, Joys and Sadness.. I think that is the way LIFE is..

Today I will share some of the JOYS of Bouckville.. as I always do.. I met some great people and was visited by several repeat FRIENDS! Everyone ( except 1 old grouch)  who stepped into my booth gave me reason to smile.. all looking for that special treasure to take home..

These are some of my favorite pictures from the show and some of the great Woman I met ..

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Bouckville 2013

The Frenchy corner of my booth

The GREAT American Antique Show, Long Branch Park, Liverpool NY July 2013

[caption id="attachment_594" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Rag rugs and High Chair[/caption]

This year was HOT..HOT.. HOT.. temps reached nearly 100 degrees at we set up for the show this year. I am so thankful for the help I had from two wonderful Friends, Leslie and Shannon and my Husband, Tim.. I could not have done it without them and their endless encouragement as we packed the u-haul ( that was Shannon and I), set up both tents, unloaded the u-haul and van, and then began to set up all the displays.. Pictures to follow..

But as usual, it all came together into a beautiful displays of lovely VINTAGE treasures..

Friday the slowest of the three days  but for the ones that braved it, they all seemed to be having fun and finding some great stuff..

It was on Friday, that I met Doug, he had seen some feed sacks in the basket i had out front  and if I had wondered if I had any ARBUCKLE's coffee sacks, I was pretty sure I did not but told him to take a look.. then he spotted some smaller sacks.. ( they were like new and I had just gotten them a week or so before at a Estate sale).. and to his surprise and JOY.. there was an Arbuckle's  PURE sugar sack.. which he told me was very rare to find is such great condition!!  He then went on to tell me that he was a chuckwagon cook and traveled around the area.. and that Arbuckle's coffee was COYBOYS coffee.. he also told me to look for him at the NY State Fair at the Carriage Museum , that he would be there and he would have this sack on display.. how awesome I felt that he had found a sought after treasure in my booth,, and he was thrilled with it! ....so the moral of this story is you  can never stop hunting ,, for something you're looking for could be in that next booth..



Sunday was the perfect day to be outside and go treasure hunting.. it was  sunny with blue skies and temps in the mid seventies!!  My friend, Sandi, came to the show  with a huge bouquet of hydrangeas from her garden,  which  beautified my booth.

It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet so many others who also share the love of Treasure hunting.   The day only got better when my friends came out in full force to help pack up and reload the u haul.. we did it in record time .. A huge thank you to Lois and Jack, Shannon and Leslie..  there was even time to sit outside and enjoy a  cocktail before heading home..

I am now in Maine with the cutest little girl in the world.. yesterday we went blueberry picking at a nearby organic farm and  we just finished delicious blueberry pancakes my son made for us.. O.. LIFE IS GOOD!

Great American Antique Show 2013, Liverpool NY

Looking Down through the Tent to the other tent

Brimfield.. May 2013

wow.. the days  have flown by since my last post..

Again this year, Vicki Potter , the Gypsy Paintbrush, and I set up together at Stephens Place.. in Brimfield and had a great week..

BRIMFIELD was a great show.. we had ordered a 10X20 tent and had a idea how our booth would be set up.. so SURPRISE #1.. the tent was a 15X15.. which is a whole different set up and not as easy .. less front open space and 5 feet out outside space was now gone.. it took us over 2 hours just to lay the footprint.. then the unpacking and seeting dispays.. after an 8 hour day we returned to our little cabin.. home away from home .. exhausted and feel into bed.. arriving before SEVEN on Tues. ( the first day of the show) to find the girls who had shopped with us last year, there waiting for us.. we felt bad that we were not as READY as we had hoped.. but got right to work and began selling right away..

I sold my 3 largest( in size) pieces within the first couple hours.. which took a load off my mind for the repacking nightmare!  and the day just kept  getting better from there..

We went "home" happy at 6PM.. again in bed by 9ish..

The next 5 days were good to us too, with several past customers returning..( they had shopped with us last year), Carolyn came all the way from Salt Lake City.. and now is hoping to make the trip to Madison Bouckville this Aug!!   .. and had 1 of my Syracuse customers come all the way with her daughter( who is living in RI)  to shop.. they were loving it.. just wish they had been there earlier in the week .. when things looked a little fresher.. We met some fun loving girls, who had a great time shopping, laughing and loading their car with treasures..

[caption id="attachment_516" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Debra one of my awesome customers from Syracuse and her daughter Liz ( and her boyfriend) came to Brimfield .. and went home with sonme treasures[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_514" align="aligncenter" width="640"] These 2 ladies are from Virginia .. and had gone to Vintage Bodega in the Outer Banks where Vicki had been set up just a couple weeks ago.. they found some treasures and even came back and bought one of my pillows[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_513" align="aligncenter" width="640"] This is Carolyn from Salt Lake City, Utah.. she met us last year and was back this year to shop with us.. she is even hoping to come back in Aug. and come to Madison Bouckville for the First time![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_515" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Karen, Mary Jane and Jody with some of the treasures they bought from me[/caption]

They were all so nice and really make what I do so much fun...

I hope to be better about posting..BUT.. well... I am not that good at it and never sit long enough to get it done..

 

My next planned show will be at Long Branch Park in Liverpool... The Great American Antique Show.. in JULY..

Have a Happy Memorial Day..

And remember ... KEEP HUNTING.. there are lots of treasures out there!!

Colleen