Filling the shop again ...

The New Year and we are back to work little by little here at the farmhouse...

This week has been spent re-organizing, cleaning up from Christmas, running errands, getting the transmission in our truck replaced because it died, and time spent refreshing our Etsy shop with some New offering once again ...

Here's a sneek peek at just a handful of the items that I listed this week ..and there will be more to come in the next few days...

If you would like to visit our ETSY shop ..just click HERE

Hardwork and Giving Thanks

Lately I have been reading one Of Helen Steiner Rice's books....I have always heard her name mentioned briefly by Abbey over the years but honestly never read her works or about her life.

The book I'm reading now ..has been rather inspiring ..She was a strong Courageous woman for her day ..and she was definitely what we would call today .."A Go Getter"

In one of the chapters of her book ..I loved loved loved a quote of hers, ..

Pray as if Everything Depended on God

And

Work as if everything depended on you

I pray hard and I work hard ..so that quote really tugged at my heart ..!

I'm always pushing myself above and beyond ..and setting unrealistic goals that I'll never be able to possibly or humanly meet ..but it's my way of alway keeping the proverbial carrot dangling ...reaching reaching reaching for it ...but never attaining it. It's what motivates me and keeps me going each day when I awake.

Blessed to share a home with my parents ..I never have married and never have had the true blessing of having children ..therefore between my Dogs and my work they are my babies .. The two things that I get up for and work hard for and what drive me to keep on keeping on.

I love my work ..I'm so blessed to spend each day encompassed in it ..I am so blessed to be working at my hearts desire ..

All that Said .. Thank You .. Thank you to first and foremost the Lord ..to my family .. to my friends ..to my blogland friends ..and to all of my customers ..who support the work of my hands so dearly.

You can never know how deeply my heart appreciates you all and how thanful for each and every one of you I am ..through the good times and the bad ..

And speaking or work... will it never quits with me .. LOL ! We rolled right off this last marketplace out of bed and off to my nieces baby shower all day Sunday ..and yesterday it was off to take up the offer of some free goods from a gal that stopped in at our marketplace shop and run errands ... I thought maybe today I would be exhausted ..but I think I'm still working on the adrenaline pumped in me by the awesome show we had this weekend ..

So I've been cleaning, organizing and photo shooting new offerings ..Several of which I just listed on Etsy ...and here's a few peeks ....








One of our new Romantic Farmhouse Pails ..More to come this week .. including watering cans !

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And ... several of our New Farmhouse Flour Sack Towels ...with adorable ruffled bottoms ..

and Lastly ... we finally made our Paper Roses into Pens ..at the request of so many customers ..

You can visit our Etsy shop HERE



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Have a Beautiful week ahead ...and Many Thanks to my many friends and supporters once again ..





I couldn't do it without Him Or without you !

Linking up with Kathleen of Faded Charm for White Wednesday

True Farmhouse Blessings from above !

We're over the moon excited ...about this last weekends marketplace ...!


The Lord sprinkled True Farmhouse Blessings on us all weekend .. to him be the Glory !

Thank You so much to Christie Repasy and Rita Reade for hosting a wonderful marketplace at the Oaks !

These two wonderfully hardworking and talented ladies along with Rita's husband Dean did an amazing job getting over 30 of us into the oaks park in just 1 day. Quite a task it was ..but they did it with amazing finesse and perfection ... !

Being that we were setting up in a new location for the first time I know Abbey and I were a little nervous on how the turnout would be ... within the first 30 minutes of opening on Friday morning ...all those rumbly in the tumblies and butterflies dancing ...were all gone ..as we had a Truly Amazing turnout ..and I'm thrilled for everyone ! I think we are all always happy to stay put with the "bird inthe hand" if you will ..and sometimes fear change and new ways ..however this change and new way ..really came out wonderfully.

I think the only thing that changed with this show was the sheer size of it ..of course much larger ..which for us vendors took away the intimacy of being nearer each other and chatting more. But I must admit ..I spent so much time visiting with Friends and Customers that came to shop ..that, that was such a joy in and of itself. Meeting up with old friends ..and new faces ..and learning new names and making new friends ..was just purely a pleasure !



I was truly honored and humbled ..by a sweet girl ..that came quite a distance to buy one of our Paper Roses and meet us .. Kristin ( i hope i spelled your name right) ..it was such a pleasure to meet you ..I'm looking forward to seeing you in September ..and bring those girlfriends of yours this time ..even if you have to drag them ..LOL ! You Made my day Saturday !

Because this marketplace has grown so much ..and honestly we were so busy both days ..I was hard pressed to get any additional pictures other than our own shop right before we opened on Friday morning. However ...if you visit the wall on the Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks FB page ..Rita and Christie Hired on Claire Brocato to photograph the marketplace ..(so smart on their part) ...I'll post a link at the bottom of this post for you all !

So here's our Shop ..for those of you who were unable to attend or to far away to attend ..and here's what our suprise set up and display was !

We decided to create a Faux Farmhouse front to our shop ..from old Shutters doors and windows ..and give our entire shop the true Farmhouse treatment ..from the Outside to the inside ...





Welcome to Our Farmhouse ..Come on in The Doors always Open !
























We hope you have enjoyed a little bit of our farmhouse ...and we welcome you to visit again in Sept ... Yes Sept. we'll be doing this all over again.. Abbey and I are already designing our next shop ..and we can't wait to bring you a delightful Fall Farmhouse....

Visit the Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks FB page HERE to see the other vendors shops ...and displays ...



And .. be sure to checkout our Etsy Shop over the next few weeks for all new offerings I'll be listing ..Farmhouse towels, Burlap runners, Burlap rosette pins ..our new Paper Rose Pens ..and More ...Vintage Finds your going to love !




Sending you all many Farmhouse Blessings !

Sneek Peek ..or our Shop for tomorrow's marketplace

.... It's that time ...

Time for the Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks .. Tomorrow and Saturday from 9-5

We thought we would share a little teaser of some sneek peek photos

Enjoy ...

Countdown to The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks...

Well it's time to start countingdown ... "Only 3 More days" until the fun begins !!!

Abbey and I have been working night and day on new offerings be they handmade or fabulous vintage finds ..

We have a fun sneek peek at just a few offerings headed to the marketplace to share with you all.






Our new line of Farmhouse aprons will debut at the June Marketplace ..this oh so soft and scrumptious one above will be headed to the show ..made from the softest vintage chenille and the most awesome rosette collar that make up the Bib style top .. 2 large decorative stitched and monogrammed pockets drenched in cotton fringe....

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This fabulous Vintage Willow childs table and 2 chairs ..along with this fabulous farmhouse sign ..made from re-claimed lumber and handpainted ..















...More Vintage finds that are to die for !!!

Beautiful Paper Roses drenched in German Glass Glitter ...

Our Vintage Girl Necklaces ..and our Burlap and Lace Rosette Pins ..

Plus ... We have a Suprise set-up and display for our shop ..your going to have to wait to see ... but we'll give you a clue ... "Welcome to our Farmhouse" .. Come on in the doors open !!!

Remember ... Sweet Magnolias Farm Will be located in the Very Far Back Corner from the entrance... Turn Right at the entrance and we are to the Left of the 2 Vintage Trailers ..

We're looking forward to seeing you all !!!

Linking Up with White Wednesday...Kathleen of Faded Charm..

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