Here's one of the many things that I am thankful for this year!! The kind editors at Country Living Magazine asked me to share some of my Thanksgiving tips with their readers so I told them about the last big turkey dinner that that I hosted they fell in love with our Modern June Chalk Cloth Runners! Chalk out lines assure that you won't forget the dressing!
Have you checked out CountryLiving.com lately? If not your missing out on a really cool feature. See everyone's recent antique and collectable purchases at the Flea Market Haul section. Get involved by using #fleamarkethaul on Instragram, Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest!!
Here are a few of the photos that I took at the first Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck, NY. This first round of photos are of our booth and our great customers!! Don't worry, I have more for later in the week.
Above are the sweet ladies that bought up all of our oilcloth cart liners!! The woman in the chevron shirt, loved her cart liner so much that she walked these other ladies over so they could buy liners too. I was tickled when I learned that these 4 woman didn't even know one another. Country Living Fair goers are like that, kind and generous!! Not to mention, hardcore shoppers!!
Here is another great story, the woman on the right came in and bought a tote, then an hour later, she brought her friend back so she could get one too. I asked if they were sisters and they just roared with laughter, mentioning that it would be dangerous if they were. I love that they come in groups: mothers and daughters, a couple of life-time friends and in big groups of gals. It's special, they make it a weekend to remember!!
How sweet is this pretty little one? She preferred the aqua chevron!!
How wonderful are these Oilcloth Fair Flags that we made for the Rhinebeck Country Living Fair? I know that's it's rude to boast but I'm just so darn proud!
Back in February I got a call from the two gents that do the fair decor for the Country Living Magazine. Robert and Ed are so wonderful, they've been such great Modern June supporters since we all meet in Ohio back in 2010. Thanks to them I get to do all those demos at the fairs. When they called this time they had the idea of taking our oilcloth banners and making them GIANT SIZED! Robert had been inspired by traditional prayer flags and was looking for a hard wearing, rain-proof option for the NY Fair.
We spent the next few weeks going back and forth with prototypes until we found the right size and shape. You know that I had goosebumps when we pulled into the fair grounds to set up. I was beyond tickled pink!!
The Oilcloth Fair Flags were a real hit!! They held up to pouring rain and the bright sunshine. Most importantly, they made everyone very happy.
Here are the impressive stats! There were 678 flags in total. If strung from end to end, the 48 banners would cover 26 football fields. WOW, that was a fun order!!
Don't we have a terrific location? I love our little spot under the willow tree.
Super cute customer carrying the "Sewing with Oilcloth" tote that she made! Check out the armful of fabric that she's carrying, she's going to be busy sewing!!
Chalk Cloth Land!!
Linwood Ave tinsel heart on a super cute cart! Linwood Ave is one of our consignment vendors. She helps us run the Atlanta booth as well!
How wonderful are these ladies? Check out their t-shirts!! The grabbed up several Linwood Ave. aprons for their scrap-booking group. I just love that!!
We started carrying some enamelware to future our kitschy kitchen vibe!
A peak at our booth. See all of our art smocks and baby bibs? SOLD! I love it!! Kerri is busy making us more and more and more!!
We sold the heck out of some carts!! I've just the oilcloth shopping cart liners to the shop. These bad girls are fun and handy to have at big shows.
OK!! This was the best moment of the fair!! The lady on the left made special Hey Girl... t-shirts for the her and her friend. (I need one!!!) This is why I love this show to pieces!! It's a big deal to people, it's a destination!!
I bought this for myself from Bloomsbury Loft. I love Judith and her cool loot.
Our busy-busy booth under the willow tree.
This is sad proof that you should NOT leave a perfectly great cake in your tent overnight!! My dear sweet editor, Roxanne, came to the show to shop and brought us a cake. We were very grimy so we decided to save it for breakfast. Well, as you can see it was a midnight snack for the creatures of the night. Lucky coons. Don't worry we enjoyed cobbler for breakfast instead. : )
This is such a fun and easy project. It literally took my 15 minutes sew and iron up my new runner. (Get the how to at the Country Living web site!) I used a basting stitch to join my hankies together, this way I'll be able to take out the stitches easily. You never know what I'll want to do with them in the future.
My dining room now has a fresh vintage look with the airy addition of the vintage hankies.
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!!
