A Busy Mother's Day Weekend!!!

I hit the road yesterday with my new junkin friends, Nicole and Natalie. You might know them as Farmgirl Chaos and Little Prairie Girl. Our destination was Blue Earth, MN and The Prairie Chick sale. What an adventure it was!!! First Nicole and I met and she hopped into my van and then off we went to pick Natalie up somewhere along I-35. We were about to transfer Natalie's things into my van when I noticed I had a FLAT TIRE!! AHHHH!!!! WHAT? We so do NOT have time for this!! Luckily, these ladies are so fun and adventurous that we got a card from the gas station attendant for a local shop and off we go in Natalie's car! We had some great fun in Albert Lea, MN and then off to Blue Earth, the CrAzY thunderstorm we drove through didn't stop us, only slowed us down a bit! :)

I fell in love with this table:

I didn't get it but got some other great things!! Thanks again to Dawn, Miss Storehouse Antiques for connecting me with the sale and for helping me arrange to sell my jewelry there! Oh, and don't worry the shop fixed my tire while we were shopping so we were able to make it home ok!

I am getting ready to hit the road again next weekend, although this road trip won't be quite as long and hopefully won't involve any flat tires or severe thunderstorms!!

Indianola, IA is my destination, Jeff Tadsen's house to be exact. Jeff is a super talented art teacher that has a show before Christmas and one on Mother's Day weekend every year. My mom and sister were here last year and went to his show. All three of us were blown away!! So many beautiful things to choose from and his house, OMG this guy can DECORATE!!!! Here are some photos of things he's been working on for next week's show:

There are some great shops in Indianola too, Burlap and Roses, and The Garden Barn are just a couple I know about so you could easily make a day of it!

Also, The Little Prairie Girl is having her sale Mother's Day weekend and will be selling some of my magnet boards, and hopefully Mama Peacock jewelry too if I get some done in time!! :) Here are some photos of her last sale:

 Natalie has great vendors lined up to be there too, check out her website for more information, www.littleprairiegirl.wordpress.com. The sale dates and times are, May 11 10am-6pm and May 12 10am-4pm.

The Fabulous Miss Kay Fleshman, in-charge at Barntiques will have her first sale of the Season on Saturday May 12th from 9-4 in Nevada, IA. Kay is such a sweetie, she's my Iowa mama, and has always been such a great supporter and a great source for awesome junk!!! If my endorsement doesn't convince you these photos should:

She is serving these yumm-o-licious cupcakes too!!!!!!!


Plenty of great things to do for Mother's Day Weekend and you could easily make it to all three!!!!!! Have yourself a fun roadtrip this weekend!

Junk Jubilee 2012

Have you heard the word? The word about the best Junk show in Iowa? It's the Junk Jubilee!!! Check it out and stop and say "hi"!!!

We Heart The Park!!

We have a path in our backyard that leads to a nice park and have always loved it! The weather has been beautiful here and so we've been trying to spend as much time as possible there in the evenings.

I put a hat on tonight before we left for the park to help keep the sun out of my eyes so both kids had to do the same.

Here they are in their cuteness!!

"These sunglasses are GREAT!"

Show Schedule

I am working like crazy to build up my inventory for all the shows I will be doing and also to keep my current stores stocked! Here is my schedule so far:

Little Prairie Girl Barn Sale

March 23rd and 24th
10am-6pm
20428 160th St. Holland, IA

Junk Jubilee
April 27, 28 & 29 Fri & Sat 9am-6pm and Sunday 10am-4pm
4-H Building Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA

Jeff's Show

Mother's Day Weekend
May 11, 12, 13. May 11 will be 4-8, May 12 will be 9-5, and May 13 will be 11-3. Jeff's address is 2009 East 1st Avenue, Indianola, Iowa. Directions: Take Hwy 65/69 south into Indianola. Proceed through town until the intersection of Hwy 65/69 and Hwy 92. This will be 2nd Avenue. Take a left on 2nd Avenue and head straight out of town through the last stoplight at 15th Street. Proceed straight through the stoplight and turn left on South 20th. Take South 20th to East 1st and turn left, it's the second house on the left.
The drive to Indianola is a beautiful one and really not that far, trust me that it is worth the trip!!!!

Market On 18 Outdoor Flea Market
June 23rd and July 21st
Davis, SD

Brookings Summer Arts Festival

July 14th and 15th 
Brookings, SD (I will be across the street from Pioneer Park in the Brookings Auto Body parking lot)

It's also looking like I will be returning to the Iowa State Fair with Jo Myer's Walker and crew from August 9-19. If we do return I am planning on getting licensed with Iowa and will have Hawkeye jewelry as well as Cyclone jewelry.

Here is a photo of the bracelets I just finished yesterday:

 I have to send my computer in for some repairs so it will be a little quiet on my end for a bit. Hope to see you at a show(s) this Spring/Summer!!! Thank you all for your support and encouragement!!



 

Mama Peacock, Where Are You?

Remember the show Car 54, Where Are You? I guess I watched too much Nick at Nite while babysitting as a teen.

I have been a busy lady getting our house ready to sell, with the help of my DH of course! We have cleaned, organized and purged like crazy! We filled a 10x20 storage space full of our crap precious possessions, FINALLY put a closet door on the closet in our bedroom after nine years. Refinished our hard wood floors, replaced the shingles, cleaned all the windows inside and out. We cleaned, cleaned and did I mention we CLEANED!?! Not that our house was exceptionally dirty but when it's on display there is this enormous pressure to have it spotless at all times, a very challenging task with a six and three year old!

Our efforts paid off though and we sold it within a week! The good news is we don't close until after the school year is over so no motel living!

My husband got a new position that allows him to work from home, which allows us to move closer to our extended families. It is a bittersweet move for us, we love our house, neighborhood, school and great friends we've made here! However, the opportunity to live so close to family was just too great, and the six hour drive just got to be too much!

So, besides all of that I have been working on getting ready for some upcoming shows, check back tomorrow for a post with my upcoming schedule!

Special Order

 This was a special order I worked on for a mom, it is a very sentimental piece for her. I was honored she asked me to make this for her and I hope it brings her comfort and happiness!

I really like the mixed metals together, you can't see it but I added a chain that can be taken off to wear this short or long.

We Have Snow!

We finally got enough snow to build snowmen! This is how we do snowmen at our house: