Country Living Fair, Columbus Ohio ~ juNxtaposition

Jeanne from juNxtaposition is a fellow French Cupboard member and it was such a pleasure to meet her! Not only is she a nice lady, she's a super artist. I just LOVE the typewriter key jewelry and took quite a bit home for me and my daughters!

As you can see her booth was very popular!

I've been wanting one of these bracelets for a long time and finally treated myself to one. I think I've worn it almost everyday since the fair!
Also had to have one of the silverware handle necklaces. Mine says "Dream."
More of Jeanne's wonderful repurposed items!






Jeanne also has old key necklaces. I got one with a pearl for my other daughter, an initial typewriter key necklace for me and my younger daughter along with a ring and a few other things! I could have spent hours at this booth! Each piece of jewelry is just a little bit different. It was so much fun looking at everything!

You can visit Jeanne at juNtaxposition and at her blog.

Featured at The Old Painted Cottage!

Thank you to Jennifer from The Old Painted Cottage! Jennifer recently featured The Pink Rose Cottage and The Vintage Tablecloth Lovers Club on her blog.

If you haven't visited Jennifer's blog before you are in for at treat! Her Cottage of the Month series is an inspiration to those of us who love the cottage look!

I'd be honored if you'd pop on over and read the feature "Holly from The Pink Rose Cottage."

Country Living Fair ~ Urban Farmhouse

I'm a little late on my posts from the Country Living Fair 2010 in Columbus Ohio. But it's still worth sharing!

I wish we could have taken photos of each and every booth. But between my purchases and the crowds, we just couldn't. Most of what I'm sharing was early on in the day.

Have you ever gone to shop or antique store and walked in and thought "Wow! I could just move right in!"? That's how I felt about the Urban Farmhouse booth!



I spent a lot of time here! I purchased some vintage silver and a large shabby green basket. After the holidays I'm going to have an arrangement made in it for my fireplace hearth. I'll show you then!




Urban Farmhouse has a beautiful website. You can visit them there!

I have a few more interesting booths I'd like to share and then our trip to the amazingly HUGE antique malls! So please stop back. You can sign up on the right of this blog for email notifications of new posts.

Until next time...HAPPY AUTUMN!

Country Living Fair 2010 ~ Earth Angels

As promised...a little bit more about the Country Living Fair in Columbus Ohio, 2010!

I can honestly say I enjoyed every booth at the fair. Such a eye-catching displays with wonderful items!

The Earth Angels booth had to be the biggest tent at that fair. If you love whimsy this is the place you wanted to be! As you can see, it was quite popular!

Colorful artwork.

Wonderfully repurposed vintage items. So much that my husband and I couldn't take pictures of it all. There was beautifully recycled jewelry that made my heart go pitter-patter, sweet figurines, so much!


Also housed under this tent was the author of "Collecting Handkerchiefs," Rosanna Mihalick. As a linen lover and a hanky collector it was so exciting to meet her. She had the best whimsical collection of handkerchiefs that I've ever seen in one place. All for sale along with some great States hankies.

In addition to her amazing hankies, Rosanna also had gorgeous vintage quilts to sell.

Rosanna gave a workshop on Saturday "Living with and Loving Antique Linens." My biggest regret of my trip was missing this seminar! Our plan was to shop the Heart of Ohio Antique Mall in the morning and make it back to the fair in time. Unfortunately I got completely side tracked at the mall (the size is amazing - more on that to come!) I'm so hoping she'll be speaking next year. I'm scheduling in an extra day!



I have more to share so please stop back!

Homecoming 2010

How time flies...my youngest daughter is a junior in high school. Tonight she is attending the homecoming dance.

Her dress is her favorite color, PURPLE! And she's wearing all vintage rhinestone jewelry.

I think it's so sweet that her date is also wearing purple to match her dress. (Sure beats those pastel tuxes with ruffled shirts to match the dresses from back in my day!)
A wrist corsage never goes out of style!


I can't wait to hear all about her night!

Sisters on the Fly at the Country Living Fair

Believe it or not the very first thing I notice was this WONDERFUL vintage PINK bike. Probably because I've been wanting an old fashioned coaster bike in pink for ages! (I guess my dusty mountain bike hanging untouched for years from the garage ceiling is a sign of old age.) This one would be so fun to ride or just display in the yard!

And then I noticed the trailer!! Oh my!! How cute is that? Cute enough to almost get me camping!

And then I peeked inside. Oh yeah...I'd camp in this beauty for sure!!!
Okay, I'll be honest, I'd park this darling in my backyard and stock it with a bottle of wine, a stack of Romantic Homes magazines, and a few cheesy romance novels. The potty and a shower would be just across the yard.
I may not be as adventurous as the Sisters on the Fly, but I sure do like their style!


Visit Sisters on the Fly website and check out their book!

Country Living Fair, Columbus Ohio, 2010

My husband and I spent this past weekend attending the Country Living Fair and antiquing in Ohio. We had a terrific time! The Country Living Fair surpassed my expatiations! And the antiquing in Ohio is just amazing. Nothing like it in my home area so it was a great new experience for me.

I’d love to share our little trip with you. Today I’ll tell you a little about the fair and in the next week or two I’ll tell you about a few different vendors that stood out for me. So please check back. (You can sign up for new posts notifications to the right.)

This is the first time my hubby and I left the kids without one of us…ever! Even though they are teenagers, it was a big deal for me. Thanks to my parents (who I am so very grateful for) the kids were just fine and mostly well behaved. My parents also took good care of my doggie, who was not so well behaved, but grandma and grandpa put up with her anyhow!

We left early Thursday and drove to Ohio, and did some antiquing. I’ll tell all about it at another time…but for now…the Country Living Fair!

Friday morning in the hotel breakfast room we met two delightful ladies from Pittsburgh who were attending for the second year. Their enthusiasm was contagious! So by the time we arrived I was full of energy and ready too go!

We purchased early bird tickets which worked out great. We got fantastic parking (hubby made 5 trips back to the car to drop off my loot!). We had to wait in line about 40 minutes which was fun. We enjoyed talking to the people around us.






The venue for the fair was a perfect match! Just beautiful! Tons of country charm!

When the gates opened and the first thing I did was renew my subscription to Country Living magazine for only $5.00. Hey, I love a bargain! They were also selling terrific tote bags. The were gorgeous! I regret not buying one, but I had several with me. (Next time for sure!)

It really was nice having early bird tickets. Since I’m an antiquer, I buy mostly one of a kind items so shopping before the huge crowd is better for me. Thanks to the ladies from Pittsburgh we knew where the majority of the antique vendors were located and headed there first. I found some great vintage tablecloths and vintage tea towels.

This is me in my element ~ Digging for linen treasures!

I went head-over-heels for these pumpkins! Can you imagine the amount of time it took to add each one of those rhinestones? I brought home a lot of Halloween and fall items from this booth!






Starting to get crowded...and HOT! But everyone is so nice and polite. No grouches here! LOL!

Another great pile of linens to dive into!





The fair had a nice variety of items and styles.

Cute Halloween display.

I loved all the different kinds of jewelry.

How cute are these?


This is just a SMALL sampling of the fair. If anyone recognizes any of the booths or artists, please let me know and I will add their name to the photo. There was just too many for me to keep track!

My vintage linen treasures found at The Country Living Fair!



Please stop back. I'll share more very soon!