This Saturday...

I'll be hanging with many of the fabulous folk
you see right here in this post.

I originally posted this after I returned home from selling
at the Spring shows in Warrenton / Round Top...

and please be sure to check back next week,
because I plan on taking a LOT of pics
at the greatest antique / junking gathering on Earth!

I won't be able to attend the blog party,
but I will  pack as much shopping and gabbing into the short time I am there.

And because this is SUCH an inspiring place, I'm linking this to Debra's wonderful

Vintage Inspiration Friday party at Common Ground.

Enjoy!

*****

And a good time was had by all....especially yours truly!
On Sunday, March  28th, Theresa Cano of Garden Antqs Vintage
played hostess to the most rockin' collection of bloggers ever assembled under a Texas sky!

So without further ado, here are the pics I managed to snap when I wasn't...

1. Chowing down!
2. Making new blogging buddies!
3. Ooohing and aaahing over the creative blogger name-tags many of us made for the party!

And shame on me for not getting a pic of  Garden Antq Teresa's name-tag!
But in all fairness, Ms. Theresa is a little whirlwind of activity
during the party, she is Party Hostess Extraordinaire personified,
and thus hard to pin down.

Let's get started!

Here's a bit more of my own name-tag...
I basically just embellished a show ribbon with this, that and the other.
It seemed to be a hit with my fellow bloggers!

 There's always a cast of colorful characters attending the party,

and this time was no exception.

Debbie of Talking Trash.

It's the lovely and classy Shelley of Sweet Pea!

And get a load of her gorgeous Magnolia Pearl party duds...

Moving right along...

This gorgeous gal would be Lauri of Chippys.
Nobody rocks baby doll bling like Ms. Lauri!

 There's Lauri and her partner in crime, the one and only TOT 

(Theresa Smith, aka The Other Theresa) of Time-Worn Interiors.

More on TOT later.

Hey, there's one of me!

This beautiful blonde gal is none other than 

Rebecca of Rebecca Ersfeld for Vintage Living.

Theresa of Timeworn Interiors and Debbie.

 It's my girl Angelique of Six in One Hand! 

She was rockin' a Mason jar full of grandpa's cough medicine.  ;-)

Left to right, Angelique, Me, Jodie of Everything Vintage, 

and Laura of White Spray Paint.

It's great when blog friends make the leap from virtual to "real"! 

 

Blogging goddess Heather Bullard. 

She's just as nice and approachable as she is beautiful!

Robelyn and Debbie settling the eternal debate: 

Redneck vs. White Trash...which is klassier?

 

So if ya look in the dictionary, you see 

this ladies' picture under "super cute"...that'd be Mindy of Primitiques 'n Poetry.

 

Who 'dat?

I was thrilled beyond measure to finally meet this gal in person...

it's Adrienne of  The Flying Bee!

Oh, the trouble we could get into, hehehe!

Left to right, Angelique, Me, Adrienne and Robelyn.

 

This? Too funny.

The charming and witty Maggie of The Veranda.

 

The Warrenton paparazzi, aka Adrienne of The Flying Bee 

and photographer extraordinaire, David of Student of Life.

More celebs? No problem!

Here's one of the fab guests of honor Theresa lined up, 

Gina Galvin of Peacock Park Design.

 

And the gorgeous lady on the left alongside Gina?

Jo Packham of Where Women Create.

And which name-tag won the award 

for the bestest and most all-around awesome?

That'd be this one...

Great job, TOT!

Blog Party, Spring 2010 is a wrap!

Cupboard Love

I have a couple of kitchen hutches, or cupboards...
one white, and one which was orange but not too long ago
became a lovely shade of blanc.

First up is the beauty that I just recently moved to the new house...

I originally purchased it for my booth, but honestly,
could you have said goodbye to her?

And then there's Betty...

Previously known as Big Orange Betty.

After one coat of paint...
Now known as Large White Wilma {grin}

{excuse my mess...I'm using shipping boxes as a drop cloth}

And now today, after a second coat...

never mind the apprentice painter on the right.

Again, pardon the mess.

I couldn't find a dropcloth and had tons of these boxes, so hey? Why not?

Oh, and another aside:

Goodbye and good riddance popcorn ceilings, I shant be missing you!

This baby will be taking its rightful spot on this wall...

In conclusion, I'd be remiss if I didn't bow
to my hutch inspiration photo...

I snapped this at the Spring show in Warrenton last year,
it belongs to the inimitable
Theresa of Garden Antqs Vintage...

Ain't she somethin'?

Be sure to head on over to visit Shelia at Note Songs

to see who else is showing off their fabulous cupboards.

Hugs,

Anne

linking with Shelia at  

Note Songs

Dining Room Bench Update

Wow!

When I asked for help with my dining room bench,
close to 140 of you came to the rescue!

Thank you, thank you, thank  you !

Y'all are officially amazing, and I've read each and every great suggestion.

Right now, I'm leaning towards either painting it black or gray,

or even leaving it as is.

I no longer have the desire to paint it white, and I think I have you guys to thank for that.

So, after digging through my stash at home
and even raiding my booth,

I headed back to the house with textiles in hand
and incorporated some of your ideas

into the room.

Here's what I came up with...

I figured ya just can't go wrong
with Grandma's blue and white ticking, right?

And the lovely white linen above the pillows?

A pillowcase.

Shhhh, don't tell. I'm pretending like it was made for that spot.

So I decided to go with the blue and white color scheme, largely because

there's already a lot of blue and white
going on just across the way in the kitchen...

And I listened to all of you who suggested I bring in some darker pieces to balance the bench...

I fetched one of my beloved bentwood chairs from my booth

and it looks right at home.

And so concludes Monday's update.

As I've said before, be sure to check back often
as I mix it up at the new homestead!

Off to watch the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars  now!

Have a wonderful week!