Monday, May 19, 2014

ALL TOGETHER NOW

"Sweet Deer" Sisters Treasures
at Vintage Market-Home & Garden
Hey, Y'all!
Recently, I caught up with Betsy of Sisters Treasure at San Antonio's Mission Open Air Flea Market. By the time I arrived she'd all ready taken a couple of loads to her car, but was kind enough to show me the stuff she'd passed on...and yes, it was good stuff! Wednesday is "garage sale" day at this flea market so you never know what you'll find. 
We found all kinds of great garden metal, including furnace grates, a small windmill fan, and patio chairs. In addition there were chandeliers, a chippy green shutter, and a funky purple table that I figured would most likely have a close encounter with some white paint once I got it home. 

Together we shopped and brainstormed on ideas for the great JUNK we found. It soon became apparent we needed a way to get our newly found treasures to our cars. Fortunately, Mission Open Air Flea Market rents carts and wagons for just such a quandary. Betsy navigated through the busy market with me following close behind hanging onto our treasures at the rear of the wagon while pulling her FULL little shopping cart. 

We must have looked pretty serious because everyone got out of our way. (BEWARE: SERIOUS JUNKERS!) :)
 We loaded our cars and headed to a San Antonio legend Bill Miller Bar-B-QAfter thanking Betsy, I headed to Ulvade to check out Vintage Market-Home & Garden--a shop I've heard so many good things about...and I wasn't disappointed. 


Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden

Sisters Treasures at Vintage-Home & Garden

Sisters Treasures at Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden


The vendors at Vintage-Home & Garden offer inspiration at every turn. 



Vintage-Home & Garden
 There's even a tea room!

Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden

Vintage-Home & Garden 
Needless to say, I found a few more things that I added to the heap of stuff all ready in the back of the SUV and called it a day. The next day I headed to
Seguin, east of San Antonio, to Aunt Maudie's Attic where I always find fabulous goodies ...and this time was no different!
Glory B's at Aunt Maudie's Attic
  
Sisters Treasures at Aunt Maudie's Attic

Curious at Aunt Maudie's Attic

Curious at Aunt Maudie's Attic
Here's where this JuNkIn' adventure comes together--I purchased an old windmill fan blade at the flea market the day before and lo and behold there was a cool windmill stand in Curious' booth at Aunt Maudie's Attic! (Thanks, Glenn!) By now, it was durn-right challenging to get all my finds crammed into the old SUV...but I did. 
Curious at Aunt Maudie's Attic
I love it when it all comes together! 

Here's the completed windmill and the table after a close encounter with some chalk paint!


Until next time,
 Peace, love, and all the good stuff!

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

SATURDAY SERENDIPITY

Hey, Y'all! 
One of my favorite words is "serendipity" which according to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary is a noun meaning "good luck in finding things not sought for." No wonder this is one of my favorite words! Y'all know how much I enjoy finding things "not sought for," so when we headed to the Montgomery Texas Antiques Festival, I figured we'd find some great treasures, but I had no idea what a memorable experience we would have. 
We caught up with our good friends at Huntsville Antique Show and shopped their booth full of all kinds of wonderfulness. 




We explored more cool items at other vendor booths under the big white tents.


Able's Mercantile & Exchange had a great booth full of incredible finds and wonderful signs.

 Next to Able's I found a couple of hands.

 Montgomery is an historic Texas town full of gracious old homes, quirky cottages, and this cute outhouse. 

As we headed back to our car we passed honeysuckle so fragrant that the bees were happy dancing and we were both suddenly taken back to pleasant childhood memories of long summer days spent playing outside. We stood there taking in the nostalgic fragrance of summer and remembering.

We went back downtown to pick up our treasures and passed a little cottage on the corner embraced by lush gardens. It appeared to be a tea 

room and it was open. I commented that it would be fun to go to it someday and my sweet hubby replied, "Why wait? Let's go have lunch." It sounded reasonable to me, so we did. 


In the middle of a busy day at the beginning of a very busy month for our family, we took the time to relax and enjoy the moment. 


We sat on the porch and had a beautiful lunch enjoying the cool rose scented breezes and the good food.



We realized it had been years since we'd enjoyed a lovely meal on a porch. What a wonderful serendipity!
 Until next time,
Peace, love, and all 
the good stuff, sweet friends.