More Country Living Fair Austin

 Of course I found oilcloth in the house!!

 Barn Trash

 I really want a paper roll and cutter when we get more space!!

 Check this out!! Door knobs turned place card holders. How brilliant is that?

 

I want to paint each one of these glossy white and hang them up empty! 

 Gathered Comforts!! Great booth, super sweet people!!

Ladders and lattice, oh my!!

 Gypsy Rose!! I wish I had their card, I can't find them online anywhere. This is important cuz...

 ... I NEED THIS Family Night Tonight sing, if they still have it!!

 Check out this great gate! It wants me real bad!!

Junkology!  You know I want to make some barrel ottomans out of laminated cotton, don't cha?

This mighty thing in the corner is an out door shower!! No that's awesome!! 

 How about this cuteness? You'll be seeing something made out of these in my second book!!

 Sweet European Dreams

 I bought this to rehab at my demo but I really needed a sewing machine to do it justice! I am waiting for the new chevron laminated cotton to come in to fix it all up!! So stick around!!

Quintessential!! I liked the big zero!! I regret not buying that!!

I want all of these suitcases!!

House Wren!! I love their lighting fixtures.

CFL Loot: Egg Basket

 I haven't had a day off in over a month, so this weekend I am treating myself to two whole days off. In a row!  Isn't that crazy?! 

I spent most of today helping my 14 daughter get ready for a dance. It's the second dance that's she's gone to. I was in Atlanta for the Country Living Fair the weekend of her first dance, so that one really doesn't count. We shopped for a few last minute things and made a special necklace to go with her dress. I did her hair and her eye makeup. It was wonderful, up until the moment when we couldn't find her shoes. Shoot!!

The rest of the day I spent puttering around the house cleaning things up. Most importantly, I gathered up my vintage trays and gave them all a good scrubbing. I'll be hanging them all up in the dining room this week. Finally!!! 

Here is a little nesting project I finished up right after I got back from Country Living Fair in Austin last month. I found this old egg basket in the Antique Arena, it makes a fun magazine rack, don't cha think? I love my basket to much, it wasn't cheap and I just don't care. Heck, I regret not buying the other two that they had! (next time...)

Fair Time!

I am so excited to be attending the first Texas Style Country Living this weekend. You know it'll be big if it's in Texas!! Speaking of big, I have big news... I am going to do a presentation on Saturday at 11:00 and signing books at 12:00. Your coming, right?

So here's what I'm going to do this year, since I won't have a booth I'll spend Friday combing the fair for vintage goodies to rehab with oilcloth, laminated cotton, and chalk cloth. I'll TWEET my way through the fair, so please follow me on Friday and hep me decide what I should buy up.@modernjune and follow #CLFair.

Then on Saturday I'll fix up my finds on the stage, it'll be my own little trash to treasure show. But wait, there's more, I'll even be raffling away a two of the projects to some lucky winners.

It'll be very strange to just go to shop and do a demo, I feel like a princess crafter or something a little less silly. How can I just go and enjoy myself and not be a vendor? We, (Junies and family) thought long and hard about attending the show with all our wares like we've done for the Ohio and Georgia CLFairs. Unfortunately, I just had to say no for this year, 7 months of home reno and life with a teen and a tween just took too much out of me this winter. Basically, my family would have mutinied.

Check out the whole fair event schedule here! 

Discount advance tickets are on sale on-line until Tuesday 4/24!

Visit countryliving.com/fair for fair videos, photos, & more

...Truly incredible shopping is the hallmark of the fair and it's better than ever this time -- an amazing, huge amount of antiques furniture, industrial and primitives, lots of artists and artisans, and the absolutely biggest selection of the cutest handcrafted jewelry you've ever seen. Trust us you won't find a better fair for mother's day gifts OR furnishing a home or apartment. AND there's lots to do in between shopping too!

See you at the fair or on Twitter this weekend, 

Kelly

Country Living Tablecloths

 

We've got a lot of work ahead of us! Before next months Country Living Fair in Austin, Texas we'll turn these bolts of pretty gingham oilcloth into 72 tablecloths. We'll be making the tablecloths that be used for the fairs two cafe's! How fun is that?