A belated Fourth of July post...

Hi guys!  Just thought I'd check in and let you know we had a wonderful market, and had so much fun dressing Vanessa's truck up for the parade!  Check out these photos...I'll be back tomorrow with a full post!

So Close!

There is not much of a gap between this market and the last one, and I am feeling it in preparation this time! So many things need to be painted, hauled, sewed......but its worth every minute.  It's growing more each time, and that is so exciting!

Here are some pictures from the last market...sorry it has taken me so long to post them!

Our first arrivals...they were so cute! I'm so glad to have met Amy too, pretty sure we're gonna be best friends.

Just one wall of fun....

Some awesome organic products, and homemade laundry detergent..mmmm

These awesome lunchboxes were filled with vintage blocks!

Jennifer makes these adorable banners...

Someone's basket of goods, all loaded up and waiting to go home...

Beautiful handmade jewelry from Erin of Rag & Stone...click that link to be directed to her Etsy shop!

My lockers sold for $40.00.... :)

My newest pillows....available in my Etsy shop...

I love this picture....I'm so glad I snapped it when I did! haha  These girls were a ton of fun to have at the market!

Only one word describes these accurately.....scrumtrilescent. 

Sandy from Sweet Notions makes comfy chenille pillows...

And this lovely lady is Maria from Dreamy Whites mom!  She was SO SWEET and found some fun stuff.  It's always so much fun meeting up with people you have talked with over the internet for months!   I mean, even though Maria and I have yet to meet, you can see where she gets her sweet sweet attitude :) 

We'll be doing it all over again day after tomorrow...and we're also going to be in the parade!  It's going to be such a cute float.  Burlap, white frames, red white and blue tissue paper flowers...all over the vintage white truck...and candy.  What could be better? 

Winner of the Anthropologie Giveaway!

Hi everyone!  I hope you had an amazing weekend...I've got a lot to blog about since we last spoke..

The June market...

Silverwood...

but I'll save that for another post on another day...

I am back to announce the winner of the Anthropologie giveaway! 

Thank you to everyone who commented and said so many awesome things!  I really appreciate it and look forward to getting to know the few of you that I don't already know!

I'm also happy to announce that I finally figured out how to capture screenshots, so you don't have to stare at a phone picture of the winner this time...

Commenter number 98 was Joye from The Joyeful Journey!

I just discovered Joye a few months ago, and I'm so glad I did!  The day I found her blog, I read a few posts that were exactly what I was needing to hear that day... and just fell in love with her and her beautiful family! 

Head over to check out her blog today if you get the chance! 

Joye, email me and I'll get your goodies to you right away! :)

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In other news, check out the article that Cheryl-Anne Millsap wrote in the Spokesman Review about my blog and the market!  So excited....she has such an amazing talent for writing! 

I'll be back tomorrow with a post about the latest market...it was a huge success!  Can't believe the next one is already this Saturday! :O

An Anthropologie Giveaway...

Fridays are all about exhaling for me. 

{via weheartit.com}

 I have held my breath the entire week...put up with things beyond my control...ate a load of junk food...ignored the dishes and the mess in the closet...and guess what?  I'm going to continue to do so until Sunday night!  Why? cause its Friday and I don't want to do anything!  I'm gonna go home and look ugly and ENJOY IT.

Actually I have a lot of things to do pertaining to the market, but thats all fun stuff.  All the crappy stuff and the not so fun stuff I'm going to leave for another day.  Yes I am.

Speaking of the market, we got some really exciting news that I can share with you soon!  But not just yet...

Instead, I'm feeling in the mood to give away some Anthropologie (and a few other things) stuff! 

'Cause even if you're not June Cleaver in the kitchen, you can dang well look the part!!!

In this giveaway, enter to win whichever Anthropologie apron you want...

this one is my favorite right now..

How about these cute earrings?

...Just to make sure your kitchen looks the part, how about a copy of this?

and finally, some amazing Palm Oil soap from Heather Bullard's online shop!  It is so wonderful, and used in France for the kitchen and laundry!

All you have to do is....

1.  Show me you're a reader!  Look at the top right hand side of the blog and click follow, and comment to let me know you did (or are)

2.  Blog about the giveaway (if you don't have a blog, you can post on Facebook!) (make sure to leave a comment letting me know)!

I'll wrap up the entries by June 23rd at midnight, so enter, enter, enter and spread the word!

Day One...

Well, we are all moved in with the exception of one closet that needs to be sorted through!

It feels so nice to know I can walk around naked and no one would see! 

Except Gus....

Honestly, that is the look he would give me if he saw me walking around naked, too.

"WOW mom...REALLY....NAKED...JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN?!"

We're all different.

The day we moved went pretty fast, with only a few mishaps...

I love this picture.  It exemplifies how we move from place to place.  Really neat and put together in the back, and toward the end we get impatient and start throwing things in NOT boxed.  Laundry detergent...random papers...books...a couple plates...heck why not. 

I don't have any pictures of the actual unpacking process...Tanner would have killed me if I was standing around taking pictures for "blogging" purposes instead of helping haha.

I will put a few pictures of the house up...although everything isn't exactly in its final spot...it probably never will be but still.  Keep that in mind. :)  If you have any suggestions for decor, let me know!!!!

The island will be painted a creamy color, hopefully subduing the veiny cabinets (yes veiny...it's what I think of everytime I see them!) that we can't do anything about.

We hung the 5.00 farmhouse light I bought at Habitat Restore above the sink and it looks WONDERFUL.  Any suggestions for a light fixture in the middle of the kitchen?  We'll be making some mason jar pendants to hang over the island soon.

I absolutely love love love my lockers in the kitchen!  I put Gus' dog food, treats, and leashes in one, extra paper towels in another, and my aprons in the last one!  SO cute.

I have to tell you whats unique about this doughboy table.  We found it in the cellar of the farmhouse!  We went down to check it out, and there it was...covered in rat poo and insulation!  Cute, right? 

The boys hauled it up and we swept, disinfected, and cleaned all the drawers.  I think it adds the perfect amount of charm to the dining room.  It is original to the farmhouse which was built in 1906.  I wish I knew the history behind it!  It fascinates me to know that at one time it was a functional table used in perhaps that very room!  So interesting...

Little vignette on the table...do you think it's too cluttered?

After we got moved in, Tanner and Pate (my littlest brother) decided to go down to the pond and catch crawdads...

I love this picture.

This is one wall of the potting shed, or "The Cottage" as we call it.  All along the perimeter are herbs.  Lemon thyme, mint, chives, etc.  I will be transplanting the herbs I bought a few weeks ago into this garden.  Don't you just LOVE that gate?!

(It has been weeded since I took this photo haha)

That's all for day one photos!  I'll be taking more...and seriously, if you see something I could move around or change, let me know!  I'm so open to suggestions!

Have an awesome Tuesday!