A Clean Slate

This is the last few days of the year.  Soon 2011 will come to a close and a new year will begin.  It just seems that the years, months, seasons seem to fly by.  Is it that I noticing time flying by or do you notice it too.  I don't really like making New Years Resolutions, partly because I don't keep them and I'm not sure they totally represent what I want in the New Year.  But what I do love about the beginning of a New Year is the feeling of a clean slate, the chance to start over. 

There's a joyful presence I seem to feel with a new year. A chance to do something different, maybe something I've been longing to do but have put off.  I just feel a newness in the air.  A new beginning.

I also like to reflect on all that has happened in my life this past year.  It gives me a sense of thanksgiving for all that has occurred in my life, whether good or bad.  It helps me to also think about what things I'd like to change or do differently.  I know we sometimes don't embrace change but change can be good.  A chance to learn more and grow from it.

I also hope you'll be watching for my next post that will come out hopefully on January 1st.  I got the chance to visit a dear friend's Special Place this past week and I can't wait to show it to you.  Her vignette's are so inspirational and she's truly an amazing decorator, creator of vintage re-purposed things, and just a really good friend. 

I want to wish you all a very safe and Happy New Years.  Here's to new dreams and adventures.  See you in the new year!

Judy's Christmas Show

I've done several posts on Judy's Christmas show on my other blog, Discarded Forlorn:

 

I hope you'll check out the blog for all posts to see the great things she had for sale there at her Christmas Open House.

This is Christmas week and I'm sure you'll have as much to do as I do to get ready for the big day.  In case I don't get to get over to your blogs before then, I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!  Thanks to all who stop by, whether you leave a comment or not.  I do appreciate it.

Saturday in Round Top

I wanted to spend the day with my mom before she leaves for her Christmas trip and I couldn't think of a better place to spend time with her than in Round Top Texas. So Saturday we headed there since there seemed to be so much going on this weekend. I knew she had never visited most of the places we went to and since she had heard me talk so much about them we decided to go.

We started out eating breakfast at Royer's Pie Haven:



Just look how cute the outside is and you can already smell the fresh coffee brewing before you even step up on the porch. We had bacon and cheese scones and a cranberry scone and cappuccino's and the food was so good. Maybe food just taste better in the country. The life there is so slow paced, no one is in a hurry to get anywhere. I think that's why I love it so here.

After walking around the square and enjoying our food, we then headed out to Rachel Ashwell's place to see her magical compound and store. Of course it was just a pretty as it was this past Fall when I visited.

Take a look:



A side view of her cute shop.

Here's my mother sitting out front of the shop:



And here she is by the main house:



More views of The Prairie:



Don't you know I love that awning!

Guess who was immediately drawn to the old truck:



I think if he had it the floral curtains would be taken down from the back window though.

I could have just spent the day here and been so happy. But we had to continue our journey. We still had several more places to go.

On the way out of town we stopped at Festival Hill:



Yes another favorite place of mine that I love to stop at whenever I get a chance.


This is another magical place:



There's almost a spiritual quality to it:



I just always feel as if I've been transported to another place when I'm here. You also want to whisper here too, like you are in church.

We walked the gardens, looking at all the beautiful statues, flowers and grounds:

Look at this beautiful edible garden and bottle tree:



More beautiful views:



We hiked down a few trails and just had a great time together.

Our last stop of day was at Leftover's Antiques in Brenham:



They were all decked out for Christmas and were having a Christmas sale.



So many pretty things can be found in this store:







I hope you enjoyed the tour and tagging along with us. Next time you are in Round Top I hope you visit one of these places.

Saturday Events

Saturday, December 10th, seems to have a lot going on in Round Top Texas, just take a look at what all you can do:

1. Go to Rachel Ashwell's store in Round Top Texas:

2.  Stop by Royer's Pie Haven on the square in Round Top

3.  Do some shopping at the shops in Round Top and have lunch at Scotty and Friends

4.  Stop by Festival Hill on the way out of town

5.  Go by Leftover's Antique Home Mercantile in Brenham:

and...if it's not too late stop by:

6.  The Antique Rose Emporium  and

7.  Chappel Hill Lavendar Farm

There's a lot going on in Round Top this weekend to include The Junk Gypsy's Prom event this evening, which I am sure is a sold out event.  To see all the events in this area, click HERE.

Want to tag along, you know we'll have fun. 

It was A Good Day

in the Junkin neighborhood this week when I found these two sweet awnings:





Yes, two white with a black strip awnings.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them.  It's really rare to find beauties such as these in my area.  Yes I was doing the happy dance and couldn't wait to load them up. 

Hope you have a great weekend.

My Canton Booth

This was my first time to be selling in Canton. Here is a collage of my things there:



It was a great experience.

I was so glad to finally meet Alice, but on her way home she had an accident. Here is Alice with her sister Linda:



Thank God they were both okay.  Thanks also to all the customers and friends that stopped by.

I'll do more posts of Judy's Christmas Show. There's so much more to show you. And wait until you see what I bought yesterday, I was jumping for joy. You'll understand why when you see!

More of Judy's Show

Judy Hill's open house this past Saturday was just so beautiful.  If you've ever read about her shows on my blog or better yet if you've ever been you can tell just how much work she goes into doing these shows.  She completely redoes her house each time and there's always such creative ideas in one place.  She literally has just about everything in her house for sale.  Here's more of what could be found there.  Take a look:



Just look at these awesome leather chairs!

Here was the first bedroom:



Just lovely, the arched window was fabulous as was it all.

And look even her back porch was just magical:



This was the front of her house:



She always has her place so inviting.  Can you see the lights on the post?  Yes, they were turned on and working.  I could tell how great her home was going to be.
I promise to show more as soon as I sort through all my pics and I'll show you my Canton space. Hope you have a great week.

Teaser Post to Judy's Open House

Good Sunday morning to you.  We are back from having set up at the Canton Texas Flea Market, but before I tell you about that, I couldn't wait to show where we went on Saturday, to Judy Hill's Christmas Open House.  To say I was speechless is an understatement. 

Each time I've attended Judy's Open House, I am just blown away and yes she did it again.  Take a quick peek into her world and I'll be back soon to show you so much more:

I hope you all have a great Sunday!