October Show...

 

Wow.. It is already the last day in Oct... which means it is Halloween.. which now that my boys are 31 and 27 (tomorrow).. Happy Birthday to Jeremy.  I don't really decorate too much... I go for more the fall decorating..  gourds , pie pumpkins  and white pumpkins in a big Silver plate punch bowl on the coffee table is my way of welcoming the fall..[slideshow]

 

 I also wanted to share with you some of the great people I met at the last show I did at the Syracuse Autumn Antique Show last weekend.. I was a great show ..

  This is Margaret who bought Spoon jewelry..

 

  She was having so much fun deciding which to choose.. she decided on a pearl pendant!! hope she loves it as much as I did making it.. Thanks!!

 

   I also met Pam and John.. they went home with a great beveled mirror with a Paris theme and a vintage wash stand.. They saw it, fell in love and took them home

[caption id="attachment_482" align="aligncenter" width="225"] More happy shoppers!![/caption]

 

    I met so many wonderful people with the same love for VINTAGE, Romantic , French, chippy, shabby.. treasure as I have.. 

  After the show I received so many nice comments through e-mail and on my Facebook page.. great note from the mom whose daughter bought my french chair.. she had been looking for a chair for her desk and it was the perfect fit.. and from Janet, whose  daughter goes to Oswego and will be getting her own apt. soon and loves the shabby Chic look.. and Jennifer, who just moved here and was excited to be at the show and is now looking forward to the Jr. League show.. ( the next show I will be at .. Nov.16-18.. also at the Syracuse Fairgrounds.. but that is another post.. to come ) 

 

  I so love what I do... I am very blessed  to have the wonderful support from wonderful friends and family.. Val.. you are awesome.. thanks so much for coming and helping with set up and coming back with Michael to see the show.. you rock those boots..    and Sandi.. my champion cheerleader, who always has such positive things to say about my displays and " treasures".. thanks so much for coming to the show and helping .. and Shopping..and of course Tim, who is always willing to do whatever.. he left Sunday with " STUFF' tied to the top of his car.. and my Friend and fellow junker, Vicki. ( the Gypsy Paintbrush.. who came up from North Carolina for 2 weeks to do the show). we had so much fun shopping.. sure we can fit it..  painting, going to auction ( what were we there for about 8 hours), packing, unpacking, repacking... but just hanging and drinking wine was a treat.. Thanks so much for all the advice and tips you've shared.. it is much appreciated..

 

   well,  until next time.. Happy hunting..

 

Peace and love,

Colleen

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!!

[caption id="attachment_447" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Afer 9 days at Bouckville..[/caption]

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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