Monday, March 30, 2009

Texas Shopping

I have seven minutes before I have to get ready for work. It was a gorgeous Texas weekend full of all good things but best of all, Texas Junk. And once you've had junk, you don't want anything else. I learned that this weekend. We made it to Warrenton on Friday and parked at the first entry way in. Silly us, we didn't realize it went on for MILES and MILES. We shopped and got SO MUCH COOL STUFF. This was a favorite find - this little pink elephant that I got at Uncommon Objects in Austin. I got to spend as long as I wanted there and it was fantastic. I didn't realize it is many different owners - the display is fantastic. Every nook is done so well. Okay, but back to W... We parked and our first booth was a tin man with gorgeous tins from a church in Comanche with fleur de lis. How lucky is that, oh and at $2 each. I will use it as a cover plate for a 6 x 6 book! What should I do with the other 9? These pillow cases are perfect, purple and cross stitched with Mr. and Mrs. We also hit a resale shop in Austin and I found a mirror for my printers blocks - for $6.50 and two boxes of envelopes (80 lb) for $1 each. I want to try this trick with them... Well, I can't find the tutorial on SCS but you slice off the top and use it as a gift card holder... I'm 8 minutes after 7 so I have to run. I still have LOTS to show and we're going back for the day next weekend. On our way back from Fredericksburg, we stopped in again from Round Top this time and laughed at how much there was... This is living!

4 comments:

Debby Schuh said...

Sounds like a great weekend! I'd love to shop in those places someday!
Congratulations on winning the necklace from Charlotte's blog...what a nice thing to get for a contribution to a great cause!
(I hear you on the previous post, too.)

tifany said...

Hi Peggy! Thanks for coming for a visit on my blog the other day, I enjoyed popping over to yours! I love your tag line, enjoy life it's later than you think! Great motto!
xoxo, Tiffany

Anonymous said...

Hi Peggy! I need to hit some of these shopping stops with you. I love the fleur de lis tiles! Congrats too on winning the necklace! Make sure to bring it to St. Louis with you I would love to see it! Hope all is well and miss you!

Julianne
aka "pinkscrapper"

Linda Jo said...

Glad you got to go. I didn't go for the spring show...hopefully I can make the fall one again. So we have to start figuring out our flights to Omaha!