Hoarders With a Cause

At last, we just crawled out from under this mess we have been collecting all winter.  It has been way too long since we last posted on our blog. We made some changes to our blog and yeah it took a while longer than we thought it would, but such is life. Now, we are ready to get started on getting creative with some of this stuff. We have two shows in April, Funky Junk Antique Show and Romance Your Home. Then, of course, is The Farm Chicks Show in June, and this year we have a DOUBLE space. YIKES!!!!!! What am I doing sitting here typing on the computer!

Do you see that cute little three-drawer chest there on the right??? Well, recently The Wizard and I went to Utah to see sweet little Jackson, our grandson, and his Mommy and Daddy. It was imperative that we stop at every thrift store we could find along the way. You know how it is, the magnetic pull of the junk floating around in the atmosphere is nearly impossible to resist. That's the way it was when I saw this chest, it screamed at me, Hey, Lady, over here!!!! Aren't I something???! I was smitten, this chest was going home with me, but when I showed it to The Wizard he didn't quite see it as I did. You see, our car was full, packed to the top, almost. I knew there had to be a way to get this beauty in our car. I don't give up easily, The Wizard should know that by now. We measured, we talked, we measured again, we made several trips out to the car in the rain, back inside we looked at it awhile and talked some more. We had several things that we thought might fit in the bottom portion of the chest, but then we realized the shelf inside the bottom portion did NOT come out like we thought it would. Nope, it was nailed to the sides. So, we ask for a hammer(we had already told the lady we would buy it). The Wizard pounded lightly on the bottom of the shelf, but NOTHING HAPPENED, the shelf did not move. The Wizards next move was an act of brilliance, I love what this man will do for me! He said, I can step on the shelf. I thought about that and finally gave it my ok, only with reassurance from The Wizard that it would not tear up the sides too much. He did it, the shelf broke in half, he removed the nails and the other half of the shelf, all right there in Savers, all for ME! He is my Hero!

 

 What you see here is only a small part of what fills our two car garage. Cars have not been seen in here for several years now, and no I'm not saying that we have cars buried under this junk and we can't find them, it's just that cars won't even begin to fit in here. Although, it would be lovely to someday walk out to the garage and get in my car without scraping the snow and ice off my windows. In my dreams, I guess.

 

 

This is the loft in The Wizards shop(we let him think it is his space)

 

I'm sure when people drive by and see what we have in our garage and not knowing what we do, must think we are hoarders, just like on that TV show. It's what we do, it's what we LOVE, we find it and share it with the junking world.

It's time for the Vintage Finds and Handmade Treasures Market!

It's that time of year again! For four years we have been organizing the Vintage Finds and Handmade Treasures Market. We are so pleased with our fabulous vendors and the great response that we have had over the past four years. We could not have asked for anything better! We are so looking forward to seeing everyone and their new creations and finds.

We are excited to announce our wonderful line up of vendors for this years show....

Sisters Creed

Paint in my hair

Angel's Attic

Isabelle Paris Vintage

Mad Cow

Something Beautiful

Lexi Lou Jewels

Open Eye Consignment

Born in a Barn

Unexpected Necessities

June Bug Co-op

This Old House

This Old House Old and New

From the Cottage

Tiny Bells Boutique

A Country Hen

Vintage Trunk Show

Rustic Wings

Shannon Leanne Photography

Cast Away Clutter

Eclectic Collections

Iona's Antiques

Ladybird Creations

The Lunch Box lady and Spence Design

Cedar House Soaps

Lady Robin's Nest

Maple Street Bistro

Gimme Some Sugar

A Brush Stroke Away

Jessica from Paint in my Hair will have plenty of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on hand for you to purchase. She will also be giving demonstrations. If you have never used it before you will want to, it is amazing!!! Shannon from Shannon Leanne photography will have a charming vintage style photo booth available for photos. Mark you calenders, you won't want to miss this event! Hope to see you there!

Saturday November 5th 9am~4pm

Nine Mile Falls Elementary
10102 W Charles Rd
Nine Mile Falls, Wa

Be On The Lookout For Wild Women!

Yes, there are Wild Women running around the Spokane area. They are the ones gathering up all of the rusty,chippy,shabby and vintage goodness they can get their hands on. So I suggest you get your little cowgirl self up to the 5 Mile Prairie and graze on the beauty of it all. Jennifer will be there with her boots on, I mean flip flops and she will be looking forward to seeing all ya'll. I wiil be in Portland looking for more vintage goodness for our next show, The Mad Hatter.

This weekend we will on the road to Sandpoint to see our friends Hollie and Jennifer at the Funky Junk Show, which will be Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3rd and 4th. I'm so excited, we get to be on the other side this time and SHOP!!!!! Hope to see everyone there!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Thank you to all those who have gone before us and those are still fighting for our freedoms!
Wishing you all a happy, fun and safe Fourth of July!

THE GLORIOUS FOURTH

By Cora S. Day

The bright flags wave,
The big drums beat,
To keep the time
For marching feet.
We love our Country's
Flag so gay-
Not just the Fourth,
But every day.

We all will try
our very best
To be good patriots
With the rest.
For then the Fourth
Will glorious be,
When we all love
Our Country free.

The Greatest Show On Earth!!

I love doing The Farm Chicks show!! Every year as I drive to the fairgrounds I think how lucky we are to be able to participate in this show. We are so thankful for that opportunity. We have been vendors at the show for the past four years and every time I first see this sign announcing The Farm Chicks I get goose bumps and then the tears follow. Really. Silly I know, but it is so awesome to be a part of it. People come from all over the world to attend the show.

These ladies (sorry, I don't know their names) came prepared to wait in line. They are devoted Farm Chick fans. We love ya'll!!

A little corner of our booth and our home away from home for two days. We spent many long hours cleaning, painting, sanding, stapling, gluing and glittering. We stayed up late, very late, finishing our projects.

Unexpected Necessities



Junk Salvation



Retreat

Junebug

These lovely ladies are sisters who drove from Salt Lake City, Utah just to come to The Farm Chicks show. We had so much fun getting to know them. We had to take a picture of them with the Pink Lady they bought from us. I hope we see them next year!

Cute red boots, huh??!! The lady that bought these from us wanted to try them on, but didn't have socks and they were hard to get on. I suggested she put one of our sweet pink bags on each foot and then her feet should slide right in those boots. And slide they did, they felt so good she wanted to wear them, so off she went boot heels clicking on the concrete floor and pink ruffles of plastic flowing out the top each boot. We do whatever it takes to make a Farm Chick Girl happy!!

Paper Lollies for Farm Chicks!!!

A while back I found these adorable Paper Lollies made by Rhonna Designs. I decided to make a few for Farm Chicks this year since it is a candy theme. They were pretty easy to put together and really fun to make! I have attached the tutorial for you so you can make some of your own!

Rhonna DESIGNS: DIY paper lollies video tutorial....sweeeet!

Girls Just Wanna Have FUN!!!

We have been sanding, painting, pricing, packing and cleaning our best finds for The Farm Chicks Show which is in ONLY ten days!!!

These girls are ready and waiting for the doors to open. Meanwhile, back to work for the rest of us. Hope to see ya'll there!

Le Petite Waffles

Small, tiny, petite, however you say it, these waffles are just plain 'ol cute! Yes, they look just like Eggos, but wait....these tiny waffles were made right here in my kitchen at home, and not in the toaster either. I found this Le Petite Waffle Iron at a sale recently and it just screamed, no not screamed, it was a very lady like call to me saying, "Aren't I the cutest thing ever, you really must take me home!" Wouldn't you know, me being a lover of all things petite, I found myself in line to pay for the little thing.

Sweet, huh?!!
How do you suppose the Eggo people are going to make their waffles now??!

It's a Pink Sunny Day!!

I would like to introduce you to Jennifer's new little friend, Prince Pinkalot. It is a beautiful day around here in the land of Pink and Prince Pinkalot hopped in to say hello. We have been taking advantage of the warm sunshine and cool breeze to spray paint (Pink, of course) things we will be taking to Farm Chicks. We are so excited to be a part of this show once again.
I brought back tons of "junk" from our recent trip to Texas and everywhere in between, more on that to come. I can't wait to share with ya'll what I found!!

Happy Easter!

Wishing you and your family all a very Happy Easter Day!

Funky Junk Antique Show

Spring is just around the corner, and a sure sign is the Funky Junk Antique Show! We have been collecting lot's of funky junk, painting and creating new pretties getting ready for the upcoming show, our first of the season. Actually Kathy will not be attending the show. She is on her way to the big state of TEXAS where she will be going to Canton and the Round Top antiques fair and all those fun little shops along the way. I'm sure she will be bringing a car load back for
The Farm Chicks Show in June.

Mark your calenders for April 9th and 10th for two fun filled days of good old junk!
The show is located in Chattaroy. Wa at the Irish Dance Hall Grange 8216 E. Big Meadow Rd.
Just 15 short minutes north of Spokane, Wa. Hope to see you there!

How Did That Happen?

It really doesn't take a whole lot for us to get excited over something and then to say, I'm so going to blog this. Well, here we are. We just had the carpet cleaned in the family room and this is what we were left with, not only a clean carpet, but GIANT banners on it. Sweet, huh??! Jennifer and I are thinking of adding some ribbons, pink or blue, of course, glitter, lots of glitter, and maybe some letters to spell out Please Remove Your Shoes (before entering the Queen's residence). Sounds like an excellent idea to me. Bring on the glitter!