As I said before the highlight of doing the Farm Chicks Show was meeting all the incredibly talented and friendly people. Most of you know who these two sweet gals are. If you can believe this, they made 480 homemade cupcakes to welcome all the vendors, in their spare time of course! I thought it was such a thoughtful gift knowing how busy they were putting together the show. Now, enjoy the Linkapalooza!
Here's a parade of fun vendors, shoppers, and bloggers who I had the chance to visit with. Here is Joy on the left and Lisa on the right. They are so much fun to be around, lots of laughs with these two and their booths were both full of can't resist vintage treasures. Lisa's booth partner Isabele was there too but I didn't get a photo of her in her cute braids.
Next up we have Cindy who's booth was so beautiful. She's a very charming lady with loads of talent and I loved her displays. She also had some handmade journals, albums and gift tags in addition to her well chosen antiques.
Here's a few photos from her displays. Just lovely!
This is the adorable Adrienne who makes gorgeous charm necklaces and jewels fit for a queen. Her space had a sort of Marie Antoinette feel to it and I think her use of the gilt frames really looked perfect with her wares.
I had the most fun meeting lots of blog readers. Here is Tiffany wearing one of the beautiful necklaces she made. I loved her sweater! She was so friendly and a joy to talk to, another kindred spirit.
And the cutest shopping cart award goes to Martha. She made the liner herself, so much creative talent out there. She shopped on both days and it was nice being able to visit with her and hear about how much she enjoyed the show.
There were so many other great ladies I had the chance to meet like Liz who had a booth across from me filled with aprons and other handmade treasures, Teresa selling her illustrated cards, Jill who brought her apothecary line, Lisa and her delightful daughter who loves seashells, and a few blog readers who gave me their cards Kelly, Sue and Laura and a wonderful mother & daughter who gave me a little pillow that says blog, so sweet. Thanks so much for all of those who stopped by to shop and say hi. It was wonderful meeting all of you!
And last but not least we have my dear friends who were right next to me for the entire weekend. To say that they made the experince an absolute blast would be an understatement. These ladies are supportive, kind, funny and generous spirits and I will treasure my friendship with them. Here is Bari and her vibrant and colorful booth full of her handmade bags, belts and accessories. I can tell you that the quality of her bags is impeccable, better than any I've seen.
And here is my dear friend Tammy on the left, who I met last year. She is beyond funny with the most infectious laugh you will ever hear. People walking the aisles would laugh just listening to her! Loved hanging out with her.
With her is the Decorating Diva herself, Deb. Her personality is so outgoing, bubbly, and energetic that you can't help but enjoy being around her. In addition to her cottage garden booth she was also working on a video project interviewing vendors and the Farm Chicks.
When I get more information on when it will air I'll be sure to let you know. Kind of nerve racking with two cameras and 6 people crammed into a small booth. I'm just saying.
This is the one lady who saved me this weekend. My dearest friend Kimberly whose friendship I have treasured for over 20 years. She lives nearby in Idaho and came to help me the entire time. She's like a sister to me and I can't say how much I appreciated her help and spending time with her.
And I can't finish without telling you how much The Man helped out. He's truly my best friend and is so supportive and always willing to offer a hand or encouraging word. I kept telling him he was my man candy for the event, the one to lift the heavy items and help haul all my stuff in the trailer. He's such a good sport and was the best company a girl could ever ask for. LOVE him! People even recognized him from the blog and stopped to ask him if he was "The Man"? He sure got a kick out of that! Fun stuff I tell ya!
I've been working on cleaning out my photo files and trying to free up some space on my hard drive. Even though I use an external backup I'm always worried that someday this will all crash and burn. So to speak. In any event, I thought I'd share a few photos that weren't chosen for various projects. The deadlines for these have come and gone and others photos were used for the stories or upcoming articles. 
I realize this is a hodgepodge of styles and in fact it's many different locations altogether but I figure this way there might be at least one inspiring photo to strike your fancy. I still have hundreds of these left to sort through and could continue a petite Cutting Room series if you'd like. For now, I hope these helped to liven up your Monday!
