Believe it or not it took me a couple of days to get to the antique section at the Country Living Fair, Yes, I was that busy. And yes, it's that big of a show! Here was one of my favorite shops!!
Just one row of tents filled with antiques and vintage goods!
Everywhere you looked there was a lovely vignette of fall loveliness. The Country Living Fair was held at the Ohio Historical Center that was filled with all these lovely buildings, it was a wonderful setting for all us County Living Fans.
I want, no need, both of these antique bird cages!!!
Check out the shutters, it's a very inspiring idea!
Well it's finally time, it's time to load up the van and head out to another show. But wait, this isn't just any old show it's the Country Living Fair in Columbus, Ohio. The Junies and I have been planning and making and making and planning for months and months. We have stitched our little hearts out to bring the best of our Modern June oilcloth goodness and we'll be selling oilcloth by the yard in 1,2, and 3 yard cuts as well as handmade kitschy housewares from other fine companies! (More on that later, this weekend is the preview of what will become the new modernjune.com)
There are an expected 20,000 Country Living Magazine fans all looking for great goods and expert advise! Check out the show details and I'll see you at booth #215.
My baby turned 10 last week! I don't know how it happened but sure enough it did!!! Here are a few pics from his VIVA PINATA party...
I am not even going to pretend to know the name of this character, but I believe he's a hedge hog pinata! (I am sure my DH and blog editor, Don, will supply you all with a link!) But, what I can tell you is that this is a wonderful cake made by our dearest friend, Aunt Sqz! Viva Pinata!
I do know that these rice crispy treats from heaven are called Goombaa's! I know this because I kept calling them something else and since the birthday boy is nothing if not a perfectionist, I was sternly corrected many times!!! Aren't the cool? Suzanne had used rice crispy treats to change the shape of the teddy bear cake to the "hedge hog" character and at the last minute whipped these cuties out.
Don ordered two alligator pinatas online and then made tricked them out so that we had two Cocodile Pinatas. Why two? It's a Viva Pinata game thing, the red sour characters are evil, I am guessing it due to too much sugar. Aidan insisted that we loaded each one up with the right kind of candy, one with sweet candies and the other was sour. You've gotta love what you can do with a can of spray paint and some electrical tape.
Don and Maddie printed out and then colored in this poster of the Chewnicorn for a fun game of "pin the horn on the Chewnicorn."
For party favors, I kept it super simple, a frisbee for playing in the park! I also found some random party stuff in the attic for the kids to enjoy. I am afraid the horns we a bit overwhelming for the other people at the park, the kids created HORN TAG (don't ask!) and were very very loud! For the tables I layered my Modern June oilcloth tablecloths with an oilcloth splat mat to get a fun layered look!
I like giving each party guest a personalized bag so they can keep track of their pinata candy, so I simply made a label in Pages that included the Viva Pinata logo, the kids names and then printed it out on label paper.
TO. DIE. FOR.
La Bonne Vie Designs was to die for too! I picked up some sweet goodies in this booth!
