The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks

Hi Everyone

 Happy Sunday

♥

Yesterday was the perfect day for a little

 vintage shopping trip and photo shoot  at

 The Vintage Marketplace 
at the Oaks

So much eye candy as far as the eye could see

and pretty white tents filled to capacity with fabulous vintage treasures

Grateful to have run into Rita Reade from

 Mammabellartre 

her

 booth was enchanting 

just look at this dreamy hand made crown

Here she is with her husband Dean

There was lace and pretty everywhere

the weather was picture perfect

So fun seeing
 beautiful Liz Sandor again
from  My little French Venue

{Loved}

her booth 

 There were pretty flowers everywhere

Blossoms were   even tucked
 in a vintage french porcelain tub

look at that pretty pink stand

Adorable details 

A beautiful way to spend the day

 Fell in

 {Love}

 with this  green rusty bicycle

 and adorable pink

 flower basket 

 And I saved the best for last
 here is the
 over the top
 gorgeous entrance to the sale

 dripping with glamour and beauty

The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks
 is open today
until 3 pm


I hope you enjoyed a small glimpse at all the beauty


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romantic saying for today

"May our hands be forever clasped in friendship
 and our hearts be joined forever in Love"
unknown


♥
Pam

Soldering Fun

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday

♥

There is something so thrilling

 about trying something new 

 especially when 

you are doing it with fun people

This is Rita Reade fabulous soldering Teacher
and amazingly talented friend
 you may know her from her blog
  Mamabellarte 

she not only taught us 4 lucky ladies how to solder 

3 beautfiul charms

Rita also made us all feel like soldering
 pro's by the end of the day

Rita with the lovely ladies in the beginner class
Gildie and her daughter Mirta
and Vicky
{aka Chatty to my Kathy}

Here all the supplies for the class
 are tucked inside a pretty pink gingham ribboned box

Two of the three charms
we made
we were even taught how to make our own jump rings

Rita served us all a delicious lunch
 and had goodies for us to nibble on too
Rita taught this class at her home in Rainbow California
she also has upcoming classes in  Laguna Beach and Arizona

Her home is just as charming as she is

Have you heard about the fun idea
 of choosing  one word
 for the year as  an inspiration
This year my word is
 "Make"
 I want to learn to make new things and make it happen
make new friends
make dreams come true
make it by hand .....
Do you have one word for inspiration this year too 

If you are interested in more information on the classes offered
 by Rita please visit her class page here
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romantic saying for today

"Love now believe me wait not till tomorrow"
Ronsard



♥
Pam

Love Birds

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

Adore these too Love birds 

they are Rita Reades baby chicks

Rita is a friend who is not only amazingly talented 

kind and generous 

she is also a teacher 

Rita has a blog called Mamabellarte

If you do not know Rita 

you are in for a wonderful treat

Here is Rita holding one of her baby chicks

so soft and furry

I am visiting with Rita today

and the baby chicks to take a soldering class

Such a great way to start 2014

trying something new

I will be taking my camera along

Can't wait to share all the fun with you 

romantic saying for today

"With you all things are new and possible"

unknown

♥

Pam

Simple Christmas decor

Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday

♥

Have you ever heard the saying 

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"

well that explains the last week 

here at our Home

We did not get to go to the Vintage Marketplace as planned

we all caught "the bug" going around
 and it pingponged from one family member to the other
 like dominos falling ...
we all got hit

The good news is we are all healthy again
and it feels so good to feel good

Our home is very simply decorated so far this
Christmas

Just {Love} how
the paperwhites have bloomed
they are  placed everywhere around the house

This beauty is in the dining room and looks like a
peacock all spread out and showing off
it smells amazing

We still have a few white Christmas roses blooming in the front yard

This simple diy wooden chalkboard frame
made with reclaimed wood
got a little bling and a few white stars

and a place of honor at the front entry

Slowing down was a gift
and really helped our family
appreciate the simple things
this season

I want to invite you to visit
Mammabellarte 
and see all the beauty
of the Vintage Marketplace
The talented and wonderful  Sunday Hendrickson was there and
the event is going to be featured in the Spring 2014 issue of
  Romantic Country magazine
The Vintage Market place at the Oaks was also named
Favorite Market from Coast to Coast
♥
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romantic saying for today

"Loving you is the best gift of all"
unknown


♥
Pam

The Vintage Marketplace

Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday

♥

I hope you can all visit the
 Vintage Marketplace
at the Oaks

 tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday

There are so many amazing and talented friends
who are vendors at this beautiful event 

The sale is hosted by two of the most talented ladies around
Rita Reade from Mammabellarte
and Christie Repasy from
Chateau de Fluers

Here is a cute picture
 from last years sale at
Christmas time
Rita is on the left and Christie is on the right
you can see from this photo
that  they are both FUN, Talented and beautiful too
I will be taking my camera
tomorrow
can't wait to share all the
eye candy with all of you
I am ready to shop and have some fun!!!



romantic saying for today

"You don't love someone for their looks or their clothes or for their fancy car,
 but because they sing a song only you can hear"
Oscar Wilde


♥
Pam

Photography class

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

What a fun weekend !!!
before hosting the Mother's day party on Sunday

 I took a photography class on Saturday taught by talented
  Cynthia Shaffer

 I was recently hired  

  to shoot 

 a few vintage flea markets in the mid west 

{Love}
my goal is to
 capture beauty
 and post the best pictures possible
grateful to be able to
 keep learning and growing
 as these new opportunities arise

Armed with our cameras new and old
 we all learned  more about
aperture , iso and shutter speed
these three words all mean
light,light,light

It was a gorgeous day

Me in action
thank you Liz Sandor for taking this pic

 Wonderful Rita Reade and her husband Dean
 at the strawberry farm near their home
You may recognize  talented Rita she has a
 blog too called Mammabellarte



We photographed  Rita's
baby Chick's

There was so much beauty to photograph
 eye candy everywhere
I am totally sold on chickens now too
They will  soon be a new addition to our Cottage home

Horses nearby posed for pic's

Here we are taking pic's

Grateful to keep growing and learning as life keeps providing
new roads to travel
 and the most wonderful new adventures!!!!
Life is all about change and growth
 is there something you have been waiting to learn more about too
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romantic saying for today

"Where there is Love there is Life"
Ghandi



♥
Pam