The Farm Chicks

Oh, what a fun weekend I had! Saturday my Mom and I headed out with Quinn to the Farm Chicks Antique Show. We ended up getting there right at the time they opened and the line to get in snaked all the way to the road! So many people...the gals behind us in line actually drove all the way from California for the show! For as long as the line was it only took us about 25 minutes to get in the door. Not too bad at all!

Once we were inside it was totally overwhelming..so much fun stuff to look at and so many people to get around to look at it! My Mom and I shopped for a couple of hours before Quinn decided he needed a lunch break. While we were having lunch I was able to meet Andi and Jenny - two really cool girls who I have been getting to know in blogland! We ended up doing two tours of all of the booths (just to soak it all up and see as much as we could!).

There were so many cool vintage textiles....tablecloths, pillows, quilts. I had my eye out for a quilt but never scored one. The one I had my eye on got away with someone else...darn!

There was also a bunch of cool storage units like the yellow one above. I can just see them used for fun toy storage or craft storage. Too expensive for me though...so many awesome big pieces but I would have to save all year to buy any!

Here is my friend Laura with my best find all weekend. She came with my Mom and I on Saturday but could only stay for an hour. Since she only saw a fraction of the goods on Saturday I met her again on Sunday to finish looking. Admission was good all weekend so why not? I was also kid free on Sunday...that was sure fun!

Laura bought this wagon to put in her yard with some flowerpots in it...so cute!

Here are a few of the things I found on Saturday. The white high chair was a steal and is really sturdy. I am planning on pulling it up to the table and making it work for Quinn when he is ready. Addison can also sit in it now and it gives her a little boost at the table. I started a globe collection a few years back at a Farm Chicks show (if you can call the three I now have a collection!) so I scooped this one up right away. I also collect the metal trays. I use them in my kitchen..they are so bright and cheerful and so cheap to buy. The red metal toolbox...I am thinking of using it as a jewelry box but it might be used for something else.

This is what I am really excited about! I found this big wooden letter E on Sunday and knew it was perfect. The price was great and it is going to go over Eli's bed. He thought it was pretty cool and really wanted to play with it. The best thing was that as I carried it around the show after I bought it I got a ton of comments on it. I really felt like I got a super duper treasure after that! Such fun!

This mailbox is going to get mounted somewhere in my backyard. I'm going to use it to store my gardening gloves and pruners...everything I use all of the time!

I got myself a Farm Chicks baseball cap but it is rather cute on this little guy, don't you think?

After seeing that Jenny bought these cute little labels I had to pick some up on Sunday too! I'm going to use them on my flour and sugar and rice jars I have in my kitchen.

Here is a little tablecloth I picked up as well. It is in great condition and the colors are still really bright!

And finally, I bought some of the Farm Chicks posters...I love their look and I think I will put them in our basement stairway. It is so dark and dreary I think these might cheer it up!

Farm Chicks was such fun this year! I'm already looking forward to next year...join me if you can!