Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Farm Chicks

My husband and I took a trip up to Spokane for the weekend.  I have been to Spokane before, but this was our first trip together.  The weather could not have been nicer and the scenery, with all the different trees, any more beautiful.  We spent part of the day on Friday in downtown Spokane at Riverfront Park (the river runs right through the city).  We even rode the gondola.  I'm not a fan of gondola rides (the swinging bucket gets me), but I decided to ride it anyway - this ride is minor compared to the the one I rode in Brazil going to Sugarloaf mountain.  Minor.
 
So down the hill we went...
And then beside the falls - you never cross over the really rough part so it was a lot less scary than I thought it would be.
The bridge over the water is beautiful.  Really majestic.
It was only about a 20 minute ride and that is just because you are stopped along the way.  So...short, sweet and the bucket didn't crash to the ground.  A good day all around.
Here is the real reason for flying to Spokane.
Farm Chicks.
I have been here before, probably 4 or 5 years ago.
Really good show, lots to choose from.  If I had been in a car, I would have taken home a few furniture pieces, but we're on a plane so that is out of the question.
The show had a little bit of everything.
From industrial to homemade.
It also had crowds (not surprising).
Saturday morning being the largest of course.  I always want to be the first one in the building.  To do that at this show, you would have to get in line at least 2 hours before opening (we waiting 1 hour and 15).



Porcupine quill anyone?
How about roller skates?
Boy, that brings back some memories...I was lucky enough to go to a high school that was right across from the roller rink so we could choose to take roller skating for PE, how sweet is that?  Best PE EVER.

These stag heads were in a booth called Wood & Wool.  They were about $800 a piece, made with patterned wool and real antlers.  Amazingly lifelike in appearance.
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The tops of old trophies.  Need a bowler, sharpshooter, or a baseball player?
A shot of Lisa Souers booth - she always has great stuff in Spokane (more than her great jewelry) since she is from Washington.  There were so many people in her booth though, that this was as good of a shot as I could get.  You are just going to have to imagine the rest!
Boots...
and more boots.
And fresh flowers everywhere! 
Magnificent Peonies...


One of my favorite booths at the show, The Rusty Clover is owned by Katy Halligan.  I know Katy since she also sells at the Remnants of the Past Show, which used to be local to me.  I always seem to find something in Katy's booth - even if it is just inspiration from her beautiful displays.



Loved this whole display with all the Frozen Charlotte dolls.

Moving on...How about this for storage...$2800
This booth of old quilt pieces, tablecloths, and linens is always in the center of the show.  And it looks like this the entire show.  People digging, and digging to find a treasure!
Love this idea of an old bicycle tire used as a "memo board" of sorts.
These are the lockers I posted on Instagram during the show - seems that everyone loved them!  No, they did not come home with me, but I wish they would have.  The color of cream and green was perfect.

Big Letters were everywhere at this show.

How about little bloomers for babies/toddlers?
    I love the wood of old rolling pins.
 A chandelier made for pressed glass punch cups.
Oh, I really wanted 3 of these these juggling pins - just the right color for my house.  But at $48 each they stayed with the seller.


Where did I spend the most money?  In Cori Dantini's booth.  It is no secret that I love Cori's work.  Her originals feel so delicate, with their soft muted colors and precise pen work over a vintage paper background.  I also love that she leaves some of her original pencil work in the background.  You can see more of Cori's work in her Etsy shop here.
One fun thing they did at this show was print free Instagram photos.  If you Instagramed a photo during the show with the #thefarmchicks hashtag, they printed the picture for you to pick up later.  Clever.

So, what did I buy?
Mostly little things since I went to the show in an airplane.  I love the part when you come home and unpack the stuff you bought and realize how much you still like it!

A little striped suitcase with a great handle.
More little black leather books to add to my collection.
I am always on the hunt for large group photos - only found a couple in the whole show - no frame on this one (boo), but at least it is a really nice photo...love when they are really close to the camera and in this one they are holding a school banner.
Had to get this sign.
I think it's going in the hallway.
 Millinery flowers (loved the color) and old grosgrain ribbon....

 I also found some of the yellow flowers I was lamenting that I did not buy more of in this post.
I have a plan for the moulded lace (it is in the shape of a cup)...just have to see if it works out now.  The little white plastic dog was a must have!
And this little guy (4 x 5") is going to a friend.  Hand painted - couldn't leave him behind in the Rusty Clover booth.

 GIVEAWAY
I brought home a few thing to do a give away on the blog today.  First is a pack of ephemera that includes 5 or 6 sheets of vintage wallpaper, vintage handwritten receipts, and a tiny tin type in a pretty frame.  I also picked up Farm Chicks pencils and a Farm Chicks flair button.
The pencils say:
She loves her family
She's farmgirl meets 5th avenue
She laughs a lot
And with her little pencil she will change the world
She's a girl who sees the world through rose colored glasses
If you would like to with this Farm Chick prize pack, just leave a comment on today's post and I will pick a winner on Friday, June 13.  Good luck to all!
carry on,
paula



94 comments:

  1. looks like soooo much fun! My mom and sister have been and I have not...YET! someday :) thanks for the great photos and a chance to win!

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  2. Wonderful reportage Paula! I 'd be very happy to win this fabulous prize!!! Thanks for the chance! Barbarayaya

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  3. Oh boy, I wish we had sales like FarmChicks in the UK - perhaps it's just as well that I don't as I would spend a fortune!!!! Thanks for sharing your photos - you must have had a fantastic day. Great purchases too! Thanks for the chance of a giveaway. Jean.x

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  4. Your post brought me to the Farm Chicks like I was right there with you! Would love to be the winner of the goodies - to add to my stash! Thanks for sharing! - Donna Jean

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  5. Drool... One of these days I'm going to get the chance to go to a FarmGirls show! In the mean time, I'd love to win your great goodies package!

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  6. Oh, Paula, I would so love to see this show! They'd never get me out at closing! We once lived in Seattle, and we never once went to 'the other side' of the mountains! The goodies look like such fun, I'd love to win those! Thanks so very much for sharing your time at Farm Chicks….I love it! Made my day.

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  7. Wow. I've always thought this would be a great show to attend and your breakdown of it was wonderful! How much fun you must have had just taking in all the fabulousness (I swear this is a word- even if Mr. Spell Check disagrees with me). Thanks for taking us all along for the ride!

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  8. What a fabulous show! If I ever get to go I'll have to drive a truck so that I can bring home all the cool stuff.

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  9. Oh my goodness! I would never get done looking around! Some really amazing pieces in there!

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  10. What an amazing place! I love those faucet (?) tops (we call them taps) and that fabulous storage chest - sigh.... Thank you for sharing, just as well I could not go, I would be bankrupt! Love what you got too.

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  11. i so enjoy reading your posts about what you see and what inspires you. thanks for the trip! someday, maybe the heavens will align and we'll junk in the same place again. and that red number 3 and the rook cards - those are calling my name! (must find our old rook set.... ) love the colour red and just add a one in front of the 3 and it's my favourite number!

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  12. I love all the photos of your journey. I think you did a great job in selecting all that you brought home. Thanks for sharing your "wealth"!

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  13. I always enjoy reading your posts. What a fun time you must have had on this journey! I would have had trouble deciding what to bring home! I really enjoyed all of your photos. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  14. Such enjoyment AND inspiration. That chest was amazing...and so was the price - though worth every penny. Your personal treasures are very special. So nice of you to remember all of your bloggies with a giveaway. Enjoyed everything you shared.

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  15. How could you leave without those metal drawers - they are fabulous! I love the piece for $2800 too!!! This looks like a show that I would love to attend! BTW - I think you bought the ephemera package for me - 3 is my favorite number!

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  16. What a cool place - I've never heard of it, but I would love to go there sometime. Something to put on the bucket list. Thanks for the chance to win - I loved seeing all the pictures!

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  17. I hope I can go someday, thanks for sharing your trip!

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  18. Looks like you had a fabulous time, thank you for the eye candy! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  19. One Lucky Day indeed! I don't like the gondolas either. In the mood for a good flea market tho!

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  20. Love to follow Serena's posts too! http://thefarmchicks.com
    Hope to be able to go to this show some year -- looks like you had a great time!

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  21. What fun! Have you ever came to the west side of the Cascades and explored downtown Centralia? Much fun to be had.

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  22. What a wonderful place...love love all the vintage. The scenery was beautiful as well. Thanks for a chance to win!

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  23. Loved your photos! Looks like it was great fun - thanks for sharing!

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  24. Wow! So much cool stuff. Can't wait to see what you do with the lace cup thing. :) your blog is one of my favorites. Keep it coming!!

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  25. What a fantastic looking place to be!!!! It would be WONDERFUL to look at all the great things. I can feel my wheels spinning just looking at your photos. Thanks for sharing. Linda from Alaska

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  26. Very fun finds!!! Love to wander these neat "antique" shows ;-)

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  27. Cute post. Thanks for sharing.

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  28. Great post and beautiful pictures! My mom and I go to the show every year and you really captured all the beauty that defines the show!

    Tania

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  29. Looks like you had fun. Wish I was there!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  30. looks like I have to move to Spokane now! Would love to visit Farm Girls.

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  31. Adding Farm Chicks to my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!
    LOVE your treasures!

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  32. Wow! I need to add Farm Chicks to my MUST See...that's my kind of place where the eye candy & inspiration is endless. And the piles to dig through are the best!! Thanks for sharing!

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  33. Paula, Paula, Paula! It's always One Lucky Day on your blog. I must comment on your photographs: Darling, they are always magnificent. They tell an incredible story and takes me with you on your journey to areas I will probably never see in person. I just LOVE all the doll pieces and the flowers. The school pic with the white doggy and molded lace is right up your alley. Thank you Paula for a delightful night! Carry on, girl!

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  34. I just love that you share these photos from your trips!! I have MS and it's too difficult for me to get to these places, but I get to see them through you! Thank you!

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  35. So delighted by your photo album of your trip! Not only did I learn about a new destination but felt like I went with you - all five senses were excited by your pictures!
    Thank you for taking the time to post them all....

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  36. Looks like a wonderful "junking" trip! Enjoy your treasures...

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  37. WOW! What a great show. I would have had a blast looking for treasures too.

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  38. Wow, how I wished that we had shows like Farm Chicks, crazy chicks and crazy time.

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  39. Love the peonies! They almost remind me of your Bigz Tattered Flower from last week! I don't think I could do the gondola ride. Makes my tum-tum hurt just thinking about it!! Love all the cool things you got. You showed greater restraint than I might have!!

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  40. Looks like an awesome day...You brought back some really cool things....Maybe next year I'll make the trek....

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  41. Loved your pictorial review of the FC show....it is on my bucket list! Great purchases for a flyer. I would probably need a truck(or two).

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  42. oh my goodness, what an adventure you had..i would love to win, thanks for the opportunity!

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  43. Wow...thanks for letting me feel like I was there! pb

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  44. What a great adventure in seeking new items to create with. It makes me want to take a little trip and find that special treasure. Hmmm...the weekend is coming up, :)

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  45. Looks very fun - you seem to always find the coolest stuff!

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  46. How wonderful to go to a place like this & shop!! I know it had to be a fun day!! Thank you for sharing with us :)

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  47. Wow what a great place. Can't believe all of the fabulous pieces. You could spend days there. You collected quite a few pieces that look great. Thanks for all of the photos.

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  48. You always find the best places! Marvelous stuff thanks so .uch for sharing your adventures.

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  49. Such beautiful photos! So much eye candy. I would love to visit a flea market some day. I especially love those gorgeous flowers and the bicycle wheel decor!

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  50. Thanks for letting us share your trip. Looks like loads of fun, love everything you bought.

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  51. That all looks so amazing and overwhelming! I wouldn't even know where to begin. Thanks for showing us a peek! (or is that a peck?) ;)

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  52. What an awesome day you must have had. Lots of goodies you found too. I love old papers so I had to enter for a chance to win the goodies.

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  53. Such a great weekend! I love your show posts - I get to live vicariously through you!

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  54. Wish I could have been there!! My girls would really enjoy the pencils.

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  55. WOW i would love some of those large letters.... just don't see them as much on the east coast :/ thank you for sharing all the eye candy!!

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  56. I think I'd dive into that pile of linens with both hands! I really love to see the photos of everywhere you go. You do a great job of making me feel like I'm there! Keep it up:)

    Angie

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  57. Looks like so much fun! I love visiting these spots vicariously through you! Thanks so much for sharing - I'm not sure I wouldn't gotten onto the gondola as I'm terrified of heights. Congrats to you for doing it!

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  58. So many cool finds there! I never knew they had places like that. I am blown away.

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  59. Looks like heaven! Wish there was something like that where I live. You're so lucky!

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  60. Those pencils are a hoot!! What a great giveaway!! It looks like it was so much fun....wish there was a place like that near me!! LOVED IT ALL!!

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  61. So envious of you. Wish there was something like that near me, but it's probably a good thing because I would have to get two more jobs to support my shopping. Love your finds...I couldn't have left the puppies there either. Thanks for the opportunity to win. I love using vintage items in my art.

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  62. Thanks for letting us enjoy the show vicariously! I appreciate it. Put my name in the hat for your generous giveaway, please. Hope to one day actually make it to Farm Chicks! - Amy Bauer

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  63. Wow I enjoyed looking at your photos! Would love to win your give a way of course, thank you for sharing. The little dog painting is adorable, what a great find for your friend.

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  64. Love getting a glimpse of your imagination with the items that catch your eye and what you purchase. I live in Western Washington and we are lucky to have some nice shows, although not on the grand scale of Farm Chicks. Thanks for sharing.

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  65. Wow, that place looks amazing! You took such beautiful pictures!! It's like we were there with you!! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win some awesome goodies!!

    Lisa F
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  66. Wow! I'm now busy wiping the drool off my chin. Looks like you had a lot of fun with all the eye candy and glad hubby was there to enjoy it with you. thanks for posting all the grand photos!

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  67. Wow what a fabulous show. I would have loved those Map drawers! The price tag ……not so much ;-) Thanks for sharing the fun.

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  68. Always love to see what goodies you find!

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  69. What a fabulous show!! Thanks for sharing all those fabulous finds. I will have to make my way out there sometime as it looks like so many goodies are there to be found! All of your treasures are wonderful!

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  70. i would love to go to that show! the pouty boy photo reminds me of tim holtz and the hand painted dog looks like my charlie; a wire fox terrier.

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  71. What a fabulous shopping visit - I am so jealous! I've never seen such a display other than on the internet. Thanks so much for sharing with us!

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  72. My favorite was the $2800 cabinet Drool! it only comes out to about $100 a drawer which isn't too bad.

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  73. WOW!! What a show!! Being in Northern Idaho--so close to Spokane, yet so far--I didn't get to make the show this year...But, thanks to your pictures, I can see what I missed ;) You've shared Great pics, Paula--Those stag heads!! AWESOME! Love that printer's cabinet, too--but gosh...$2800...I totally cherish the single printer's drawer I found at a local market last year for $30!! :) And what a generous offer to give us a chance to win some Farm Chicks goodies! So Nice!! YAY!! Thanks, Paula!! XOXO-Shari

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  74. WOW!! What a show!! Being in Northern Idaho--so close to Spokane, yet so far--I didn't get to make the show this year...But, thanks to your pictures, I can see what I missed ;) You've shared Great pics, Paula--Those stag heads!! AWESOME! Love that printer's cabinet, too--but gosh...$2800...I totally cherish the single printer's drawer I found at a local market last year for $30!! :) And what a generous offer to give us a chance to win some Farm Chicks goodies! So Nice!! YAY!! Thanks, Paula!! XOXO-Shari

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  75. It looks like you were able to see lots of beautiful things and places on your trip. Thanks for sharing your days with us.

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  76. I love when you go to shows you share so much for people like me who are unable to go to them. Please don't stop

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  77. These photos brought back such pleasant memories; thank you. My Dad was a collector and he'd take me to garage and estate sales, and to auctions. I had a blessed childhood! I love the pieces you chose. Had I known, I would have joined you; I only live 4 hours away in Kalispell, MT. :D

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  78. . I would guess it is a little far from PA for me to drop by... Looks like you got some great things AND had a good weekend AND got to spend fun time with the hubby.

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  79. I would love to attend a show like that! I spotted a few items I would love to have! I will save this post so I can go back and look again!!

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  80. thanks for the tour...i love that $2800 printers cabinet....of course! thanks for the chance to win!

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  81. What a great looking sale. wonderful finds!

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  82. Sounds like a great show...just my cup of tea!

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  83. Thanks for taking such great photos and sharing!

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  84. Thank you for sharing your adventures in Spokane with us! Next best thing to being there.

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  85. Ostrich Feathers! Love it! Thanks for all the enjoyment I had browsing these pictures.

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  86. I love, love, love the pictures that you have shared with us - I love the old red wagon, have been looking for one for a piece I want for my dining room table! Love the skee-ball tickets also in the ephemera pack, what a cute idea that is!

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  87. Too much amazing inspiration! Wow, what a show... thank you for sharing all those amazing photographs. Also loved the pictures over the river (glad you survived the gondola!)... A brilliant post, thank you!
    Alison x

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  88. Ohh thanks for sharing all the fun you had at Farm Chicks! Gotta get there one day. So nice of you to do a give away!

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  89. Thank you for including Ormolulu's booth in your lovely photos! (Roller skates/dolls photo and tower of Sno-Kone vintage light garlands.) It was a stunning madhouse, and my only regret was that I had ZERO time to get out and shop myself! Glad you had a wonderful time!!! Debi Burton

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  90. WOW -- Talk about an instant replay of FARM CHICKS!!! What wonderful photos, and oh... SOOO many too! Loved your photos and your blog... I'm a new follower and subscriber.

    P.S. We were there all day Saturday, beginning at 6:30 in line and we were NOWHERE close to being first in the door!

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  91. I hope you haven't got around to picking a winner yet!! Love all the cool stuff you brought home and the ephemera, too. Fabulous!! You have a great eye when searching for classic vintage goodies! Congrats to the winner, Friday the 13th must be their One Lucky Day :)

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  92. Just sat drooling at the incredible array of vintage goodness on display at The Farm Chicks show. It's a wonder you didn't hire a plane to ship it all back home! Thank you for sharing this. Jenny x

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  93. Wow, such great photos Paula! It looks like a wonderful place, so many amazing things.

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  94. Like the photos and books you got. The little plastic Spaniel (?) is so cute. I was drooling over lots of stuff but especially the tall cabinet with all those fabulous drawers ... be still my heart! :) Glad you had a nice getaway ... great scenery.

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