Junk Salvation....Revisited!

Hey Y'all...

While I'm waist deep in editing

a few magazine photo shoots, I'm drawing

from some of my past blog posts 

to fill in my blogging gaps.

This one is from the AMAZING Junk Salvation show

in Manor, Texas a few years back.

Enjoy revisiting this fun, fun show!

*****

Salvation comes in many forms, it is said.

And truth be told, 

I've experienced more than a few.

But prior to last Spring,

I had yet to relish firsthand the

"hallelujah, lordy

will ya look at all that heavenly JUNK !!!" 

form of redemption brought to junkers

far and wide by the beauteous and beneficent 

Funky Junk Sisters,

otherwise known as real-life sisters

Dixie Kazmark DeRocher and Linda Kazmark Albers.

All Photos © Anne Lorys Photography

These dynamite bundles of sibling junkin' energy

are responsible for Junk Salvation Vintage Flea Market

shows that the sisters tirelessly put on across this great land of ours,

rounding up the cream of the crop to join them.

Although they are based in Puyallup, Washington,

that hardly stops them from venturing to parts near, far

and in between to share the Junk Salvation love. 

Hooray and another Hallelujah for that!

Last Spring, I caught up with the gals at their Texas show,

held at the J.Lorraine Ghost Town in Manor, Texas,

near Austin.

And whaddaya know?

Fifi O'Neill caught a gander of the photos

I snapped there, and has featured them and my photos

in the Spring 2013 Romantic Country Magazine

in their "Best of the Fleas" !

The sisters....sweetness, beauty,
talent and junking goddesses!

And coming back to Texas this year!

Here's the best of the rest.

Enjoy!

The ghost town setting was the perfect backdrop

for a day full of spirited junking. { groan, I know... }

Magic Mike's got NOTHIN' on this guy.

I finally had the pleasure of meeting 

this talented and gracious lady,

Jana Holland of Collected Treasures and Nettie Jane Designs.

And then I bumped into sweet Maggie Lopez of The Veranda,

and she graciously allowed me to snap the photo below,

full of her wowza stamped spoon jewelry....

Which in turn caught the eye of one
Sue of Vintage Rescue Squad,

which led to this.....

Thank you, Maggie and Sue!
You too can have a copy of the
2013 Dreaming of Junking Calendar
simply by clicking HERE.

And another favorite...there is NOTHING that Brandy does

that I do not love! Her creative mind works in magically

twisted ways, and her creations never fail to astound and inspire.

Visit her Etsy Shop, but make sure you have your

credit card number handy, you're gonna need it.

Her creations are wonderfully, quirkily addictive!

But my favorite photo of the day

had to be THIS one below....

That pretty much says it all.

The beer was cold and wonderful, but the drins?

I wouldn't know.

Here is a complete vendor list courtesy of the sisters...

Shabby Junque Couture / Crystal Wiatrek

All in White Shabby Chic & Beach House Designs / Billie Nixon

Pocket Full of Heirlooms / Brandy Evans

Happy.Home.Austin / Dena Traweck

Revival Vintage / Sonia Rife

Flown the Coop / Tiffany Eckhardt

Junk Palace /Maggie Lopez and Lillie Bussey

Junk 4 Joy / Connie Sanders

Tin with a Twist / Grace Walker

Vintage Soul / Julie Crawford

Friends / Lisa Newell

Rust Austin / Erin Hurley

Hen House / Lori Sears

Le French Laundry / Beckie Warner

The White Lion / Alex & Carlos 

Nettie Jane / Jana Holland

Simply Home Design / Tricia Huntley 

The Funky Junk Sisters / Dixie & Linda

Hope you'll grab a copy of the Spring 2013

Romantic Country to see more.

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It's a Wonderful Life, Revisited

I haven't been blogging as much recently.

And in going back through my old blog posts,

I realized that the reasons why

were so very aptly summed up

in this post from October of 2013.

I'm re-running it now to remind

myself, and maybe some of you,

that it's okay to step away from the blog

and just live your beautiful life.

*****

Originally posted October 2013:

If someone had told me five years ago 

that I would be living the life I am now,

I never would have believed them.

Nope.

Since my very young adulthood,

I had dreamed of a place not too far away.

Just 22 miles down the road, to be exact.

In my youth, I visited Fredericksburg, Texas
as often as I could.

Oh, how I delighted in spending an afternoon

taking in all the beautiful
Homestead family of shops...

Idle Hours, Room No. 5, American Higgedy Piggledy...

and of course, the Grande Dame herself,

the flagship store where dreams came true

and beautiful couches such as my Babette were birthed.

The original Homestead.

I adored the quiet little neighborhoods,

row after row of historic Sunday houses,

a place where time had seemingly stood still,

held her collective breath and said,

"this is good. this is right. this  we shall save and preserve."

And then three years ago,

as though it were foretold, and without question  my

Hill Country birthright, we did it.

I did it.

My dream came true, and I moved to

Fredericksburg, Texas.

I brought my love of all things vintage,

and of course, my love of photography with me.

I began to make many new friends,

many of them amazingly gifted shopkeepers and artists,

kindred spirits who allowed me into their shops,

their homes and their lives.

They allowed me to capture the loveliness

of what they have painstakingly created 

and document it in the pages of magazines,

and here on my blog.

And they have, almost without exception,

become very, very good friends.

How blessed am I, I ask you?

One new friend inviting me into her shop and her life

is the proprietor of the darling new Farmhouse Boutique

here in the 'burg. I'm doing a photo shoot at her fantastic shop

this week, and I am thrilled to once again share the riches of

my new hometown with the world at large.

"Gilded Girl."

Oh, how I love this necklace!

Purchased at a dreamy local shop, Timeless Menagerie.

The shop owner has become a good friend,

and has been kind enough to hire me several times now

to photograph her store for print ads and her website.

Yep, I'm pretty lucky.

Being a Texan predisposes one to sometimes

obnoxious displays of boasting,

but I really do feel that I'm living in God's country.

But more importantly, in His will.

I'm right where I'm supposed to be, doing just what

He would have me doing.

This.

I get to see beauty such as this  every single day!

I've truly hit the geographical jackpot
and the location lottery.

And all these many years later,

I still turn into a geeky fangirl when I open up

a local magazine and see this....

A print ad for Carol Bolton's store,

which I have photographed countless times,

and there's my photo of darling Carol right there,

dead center.

Once my idol, now my sister. I love that lady so much.

I love my life.

My home.

The gifts and opportunities I've been given.

I am grateful.

It really is a wonderful life.

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Thank you, Romantic Homes Magazine...Published!

True story.

I can be a horrible nag. 

Especially when it's a project I'm passionate about. 

Just ask my friend Chris Berger. 

I harangued her for the better part of a year 

to get her to agree to let me photograph her 

1920s era Fredericksburg, TX Craftsman Bungalow. 

I told her the magazines would love it. 

I told her readers would love it. 

Shoot, I'm crazy about it! 

And now, at long last, I can say it to Chris... 

" neener, neener, I told ya so!! " 

Not only did Romantic Homes Magazine 

and Editor Jacqueline deMontravel love the house, 

they featured it in the current issue { March 2015 }, 

and at 8 pages, marks my largest RH feature ever! 

It is now my joy to share this fabulous home

with all of you!

Thank you, Chris and Keith Berger! 

Thank you Romantic Homes and Jacqueline deMontravel! 

And thanks to all of you for looking! 

Head over to my photography website

to see the full gallery...

Published in Romantic Homes...Berger House

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Published in Cottages & Bungalows...Sugarberry Inn

A great big thank you

to Cottages & Bungalows Magazine

and editor Jickie Torres

for publishing my photo feature on

Sugarberry Inn

in the current issue!

{ styling above by the one and only Carol Hicks Bolton }

It was a blast photographing

this beautiful boutique inn right here

in Fredericksburg, Texas last year.

And becoming friends with the owners,

Joe and Susan Giardina,

was the best part!

{ February-March 2015 issue }

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