Fab-u-lous!!

As Deb of Talking Trash would say...FAB-U-LOUS was the only way to explain yesterday's shopping trip. We started out by stopping by Curious Goods first and visiting with the Curious Goods girls. Check out their blog for other great pics of this day! Here were pictures of their beautiful shop:

Here's Margo and I inside Curious Goods. Check out her blog for the continuing story of this trip.

Junkin Buddy, myself, and Donna of Curious Goods was giving us directions to the new shops in town. Can you believe there are 10 shops in Malakoff!!

Then, on to the Grand Opening of The Junk Palace. There were so many shoppers (lots of bloggers-it was a mini blogger party); what a great time we all had. Lillie and Margaret (who is also in her shop) have a great eye for finding things and displaying them. It was just so beautiful!! Here is what we saw, introductions first:

Here's Margo and Lillie, owner of The Junk Palace. You can find Lillie at Canton each month as well at The Veranda; check out her blog for more info. And...stay tuned for another secret about these girls and a shop owner in Athens (don't you just love surprises!!).

Here's the famous Talking Trash girl, Debbie, her equally famous husband "Cat Daddy" (he's probably going to get onto me for not showing him smiling, but then again maybe he was smiling on the inside) and Valerie of The Red Shed.

Here were more customers/bloggers, Renee's friend, Renee of A Junk Queen, Deb, Patti of Delighted Heart, and Junkin Buddy Marion. I did not take pics of Mayron and Marcie of Unique Unique Design, or Judy of JHill Designs, or Amy of The Funky Monkey or even Maggie. Sorry girls I was so in awe of everyone and everything. Just like Patti said on her blog it was just like the paparazzi was there with all the flashing of cameras.

When you first arrive to The Junk Palace, they have two display windows, which I'm sure will be changed periodically. Who knows maybe they'll be changed tomorrow with all the selling that was going on:

When you step inside the shop there a garden table and arbor to greet you. Have a seat, take your time, enjoy the ambiance of this shop:

Hey Lauri, they had butter pats!!


A pretty candleabra!




Another cute vignette:

From there, we stopped at Gloria's shop in Athens, Sweet Pea. Gloria's shop is located on Hwy 19 in Athens and she's going to open another shop right around the corner. I'll be doing a post about her grand opening very soon along with some surprises I have in store for you!

The last stop of the day was at my new friend Ann's place. It was so magical and calming, I could have spent hours here. She's invited us back real soon, so I'll be posting pics as soon as we return from visiting her.

Love the "DREAM" words. This probably best describes Ann's place, very dreamy!


I love how she used an old column base, sat on a table, with candles.


Of course this pretty white dresser and slip covered chair was just beautiful paired together.

Ann paired unlikely things together, like this white table and house vent to create shear magic. I think I should somehow talk her into decorating my house.

Look at all the pretties here!

What a great time we had visiting each of these places!! Be sure and check out the blog sites I mentioned for more great pictures and stories of this day.