Wednesday, March 21, 2012

my visit to Vintage Junky




Ok, so I realize I have been home from my Nashville trip for a couple of weeks now...I took a little {too long} off from blogging, but now that I am back I just had to share with you one of my very favorite stops while I was there!

Vintage Junky in Spring Hill, Tennessee



I have always loved Michelle's blog, so when the opportunity popped up for me to tag along on a trip with the hubs to the Nashville area, I jumped on it! I was soooo excited to meet her in person! I am always so nervous meeting a fellow blogger for the first time. Are they what I will expect? Am I what they will expect? Will it be awkward dead silence or will we be like long lost best friends from the word go? Well, let me tell you...Michelle fits into my 'long lost best friend' category. {LOVE HER!} And her little family! I wish she could have closed up shop so we could have spent 2 days shopping our tails off around the Tennessee countryside. But, a little thing called 'business' got in the way, {darn responsibility, right?} so I took a raincheck, because I KNOW I will be back in Tennessee soon!

Brace yourself, there are a lot of photos ahead...and very little words. Michelle's shop is so awesome, it just does all the talking for me. And photos of pretty things are always the best part anyway!


Somehow I just knew when I walked up to this cute little entry, I was going to {love} what I found inside!



And WOW, was I right. I stepped inside and immediately knew I was in trouble. But the good kind of trouble...the kind where I wanted to buy every. single. thing. in her shop! Wait...is that a 'good' kind of trouble?? Guess it depends on how you look at it. To me - yes. Yes, it is. 

{sigh...)




Her husband, CJ makes the most amazing chalkboard art. I showed you the piece I had him design for my booth at the shows this summer...and I have a feeling as soon as I am done with this post I am going to be ordering another. I mean look at that trailer, would you??

 Love....




This little yellow cart was soooo close to coming home with me. I miss it already. 




Even her signs are cute, no? I would like to buy the silver...and the sign, please!




The 'Thank You' sign below came home with me. If you visit my booth at any of the shows I will be selling at this summer....you will see that beauty proudly displayed at the check out!







If you live near Nashville and want a piece of {GORGEOUS} custom painted furniture, Michelle is your girl! She does amazing work! I would love the dresser below for my guest room...



Speaking of custom painting...if you would like a custom chalk art piece of your own, don't forget CJ can do that, too! I am slightly obsessed with his work can you tell? 


{sigh...} 

I miss Tennessee. It is such a beautify state, with such beautiful little shops. I can't wait to go back! If you are in the area, you simply MUST make it to Vintage Junky. I promise you will love it, and love meeting Michelle and her little family! 

It is so great to know that the person behind the blog is just as {FABULOUS} as you knew she would be! I owe a big THANK YOU to Michelle for making me feel so welcome! I swear we could have talked forever...she should have just put me to work! I was there so long I could have painted a few pieces of furniture for her while I talked her ear off! 

Tomorrow I will be back with another of my very favorite places...this time it is in Franklin, Tennessee!

Happy Wednesday, girls! I am off to take photos for Etsy!

Monday, March 19, 2012

HOMEBOUND - the Spring edition!




I am so happy to announce Heather, from Post Road Vintage has put together an amazing Spring issue of her Homebound e-zine! It is even more amazing than the last...full of inspiration with amazing photos!

In this issue you will find inspiration on things like photography, table settings for spring, seed starting, shopping a Paris flea market and even how to make the cutest door-stop ever! 




You can find me between the virtual pages with a little bit of info on one of my MAJOR decor-crushes...

white English ironstone




Heather has an amazing line-up of bloggers that have contributed:

Becky from Buckets of Burlap
Kristin from Faded Prairie
Courtney from French Country Cottage
Janet from Shabby Fufu
Andrea from Faded Plains
Maria from Rusty Hinge

If you have not already subscribed...click here to visit Heather's blog so you can sign up! Oh, and did I mention...it is free? Yep, thats right...we are just here to spread our love for the things we love!

Oh, and speaking of ironstone....Ironstone-palooza will be happening in my Etsy shop Wednesday night. It went so fast last time, I thought I would give everyone a heads-up so you know when to expect it! 

Happy Monday, girls! 

I will be back tomorrow showing you one of my favorite places in Tennessee to shop! Stay tuned! 




Thursday, March 15, 2012

Tattered Tiques - open this weekend!




I can't believe it has been 10 days since my last post! I took that vacation thing and squeezed it for every last drop, didn't I? But, I am officially back...will be posting regularly again after my much-needed break. 

{sigh...}

We all need those once in a while, don't we??

I had a FANTASTIC day today! I took a few new things into Tattered Tiques in Lake Barrington, IL. If you live around the Chicago area, you really should take a trip over to the shop this weekend! It was open today, and will be open again Friday and Saturday.

It was super crowded by the time I got there today, and they had only been open for 15 minutes! The weather was so beautiful, everyone was out looking for new things to freshen up their home for spring. It was hard to get pics because it was so busy, but I snuck a few in when the crowd moved into the other room. 



I love the chippy white paint on this bookshelf...


and architectural elements...I am cra-zy about them!






Stop in to see Anne & Julie at the shop...it is located at:

22029 Pepper Rd, Lake Barrington, IL

And don't worry...even though it was super busy today they put new things out all weekend!

Happy Weekend, girls!



Tuesday, March 6, 2012

back to reality...





It was a wonderful week in Nashville! But, it is time to snap back to reality and get back to work. 

We had an {AMAZING} time!!...met some of the most wonderful people, that until last week I only knew through their blog and emails. You never know how things will turn out once you step out from behind the computer screen...but I know I have made a few friends of the very best kind...the life-long kind. The girls I met were some of the most welcoming, genuine people and I am sooo honored to have met them in person!


I can't wait to get a few blog posts together about my trip! We had some crazy weather days that included rain...and even a tornado here and there...so I couldn't get a ton of photos, but I am going to show you a few of my favorite places in the Nashville area to shop! 

But first, the task of unpacking, doing 30 loads of laundry and sending out all those Etsy orders that rolled in while I was gone! I will be back tomorrow with a few details! And at the top of my list....catching up on my blog reading! I need to see what you have all been up to while I was away!

Happy Tuesday, girls! It is great to be back!