More flea market stores and a Special Stop at a Shabby Chic shop

So much fun stuff to look at in this store as well. This was a cottage style store. I actually got out of this store without one purchase and thinking back I don't know why because she had a lot of fun things. I was in this store while all my "men" were in a fishing pole/gear store.
Cute platter (plastic but cute)

Adorable bags-I loved all of her bags

She had so many Awesome frames that were huge with all this writing around them and just a small area for the picture. I came up with my own version for this frame that I will have to have my sweet hubby make for me. He loves the word P-R-O-J-E-C-T


We walked by this store-and they had luggage and purses and wallets and money clips. My husband bought a couple of money clips. They were leather and I think they were only $6 a piece.
This is cute but I would really like to find a girly luggage in a brocade type print. Wouldn't that be so adorable.

Lots of stores with purses

and more purses


The kids were happy with their finds but were ready to head home. G1 found a baseball card place and bought TONS of cards. He was thrilled. He has run out of his card protector pages so we will have to pick some more up today so he can get them all put away into his notebooks.

G2 was happy to find a boomerang

G3 and G4 finishing off their ice cream. G3 got a fun little hand drum toy and G4 got a froo froo light up necklace.


While I was getting G4 into her car seat I was attacked by fire ants. Parking lots here are not like parking lots in the Mid-west. The lanes that you drive up are paved but the parking spots are in sandy grass, the perfect spot for fire ants. I jumped in the car, got my shoes off and started attacking back. Even after I thought I had them all off of me I was bit two more times, as we were driving out of the parking lot. If you have never experienced a fire ant bite-be glad--be very glad. They are mean ants. If you walk near their mound of sand, just the vibration of your steps will bring them out and they instantly start attacking and biting. If you put a stick by their mound of sand they will attack the stick. The bites hurt and itch like crazy.

As we were leaving and driving toward the highway we noticed a place that had gas at $2.61 (I am curious what prices are in the Mid-west) that is a great price compared to here- the last I saw it, a couple of days ago, it was $2.70ish. (Ranting about how gas prices should be the same throughout the country could be a completely different post-all by itself or better yet gas stations that are by the highway charging 20 cents more than a mile down the road...,OK enough about that.) My husband turned around to go back and fill up, as he turned around we saw another shop. Before I could even say anything, he looked over at me, smiled and jokingly said "why did I turn around, it would have been cheaper to pay $2.70 for gas". It was a Shabby Chic shop. It was QUITE pricey but amazing. Once again lots of ideas that I can create to look similar for a much more thrifty price. My husband stayed in the car with the kids. The 2 littlest "BIG" kids had already crashed and the big boys weren't interested. I hurried through the store and they let me take lots of pictures. When I got back to the car my husband said he wanted to run in and see some of the things I was talking about. He came out and said, "I can see why you loved this store". He is such a good guy. So with that I will show you this amazing store: This is what we saw as we were turning around to go back for gas.



This is the bathroom decor-I love how they did the walls with old pages and plaster around it. Once again I thought about another idea from seeing this. Can you imagine what all is going through my head. It is amazing that I even got to sleep.

fancy soaps


frame with a little curtain

more pretties

and more

I love the girl figurine in the "Gone With the Wind" style dress. This little shop is just across the street from an old historic plantation-they picked the perfect spot.

pretty card

mirror-perfect to hang a robe, towel or some pretties

This store was an old bank building and this bedroom was in the old vault. It was impossible to get anywhere in the room and get a good shot of much but there was lots to look at. This is a light over the bed, you can see the head board and a few other things.

I am having to pick and choose what I will take pictures of because I am running out of memory space.

I love these old cake toppers. I want to find a couple (no pun intended).

Too much cool stuff

I am LOVING this lamp.

More YUMMIES

So Shabby, So Chic-OK so I have another idea for the Shabby Chic Bedroom.

There really was too much to look at, running through as quickly as I did.

So many pretties. I could have gone through several times and saw something different each time but I didn't want my men going crazy sitting in the car too long. I had to delete a few pictures to get some pictures of other things-it was so hard picking what to take pictures of.


OK so we got home and what did we actually get???
Garrett was thrilled with his baseball card finds

Grant was happy with his Aussie finds

oops upside down -- WHAT A find the Old Classic Winnie the Pooh books all in the original binder box


oops the books-upside down

The box cover

Those money clips

I got these fajita plates for $3 total and I have a couple of ideas to redo these into 4 fabulous projects. That makes each one 75 cents.

snakes for the Aussie decor. They were a DOLLAR each. We were about to leave and noticed the tail was broken so we ran back and the guy told us to keep it and get another one so he has 2 snakes for a DOLLAR.

Aussie wind chime

Nautical stuff for decorating projects

I love these big balls

shells

and more shells

I thought these adirondack chairs were cute. I would love to find a dozen (at an amazing price)so I could have one to set on the top of a 12 piece place setting. I would need one for each person, for a really cute theme. If ANYONE finds them somewhere for a buck or two PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.

I thought this ice cream cone made out of a shell for the cone and 2 sea urchins for the double scoop, was cute for a Christmas ornament. The next post from yesterday has more treasures that we saw. There were several stores with some neat finds that we passed on. We do not want to pack lots of stuff-that's why we got rid of so much when we moved a few months ago

I am getting ready to post the baby gift. It is soooo ADORABLE.

I need your opinion, then Flea Market treasures and an extra special stop PLUS some chatter. from me-hope you don't mind

First-before anything else...

What do you think of these purses-cute or obnoxious?

There are different opinions going on in the family and I said I would blog to see what everyone else thinks. I won't say which side I am on so I don't get people siding with me. Please send all your friends over to vote. G4 loves all things pink--if you have read a few of my blog posts you already know what her vote would be. My hubby will be thrilled if he wins, my boys will be excited if they win, I want to see what everyone thinks and would be happy if I win--so tells us what you really think.

Second,let me say "sorry for posting so late" and if I don't get everything done this evening I will try to get up super early and finish first thing in the morning. Our niece had her baby while we were at the flea market so I have been working on her baby gift today (so I can hopefully get it mailed out Monday morning) -- you know I had to wait till the baby arrived to be told the name. I can't wait to share with you that project. I really LOVE how it is coming together and it should be completed tomorrow so I should be able to get that posted tomorrow. While I was working on it I came up with another idea that popped into my head(yeah that happens a lot-God bless my hubby). The nursery is being done in classic Pooh, pink and sage green with white. I think it would be cute to get a little crown and have it on a little shelf with a sign that says "Queen of the hundred acre forest" What do you think? If I do that as well, I won't get it shipped out Monday.

Ok today has been busy with cleaning and the kids, the baby project, phone calls. One of my best friends (I have 3-I can't have just one), called on her way home, today. She has been out of town for a few weeks visiting family. She was driving back home with the kids and we chatted for a bit. I think it helps to pass time and keep her awake while some of the kiddos are sleeping, so that was fun to catch up and share with her some of the projects I am working on plus chat about her and her family. (Michelle posted a note on the left side of my blog "What family and friends have to say about me".) Michelle has a blog that is a devotional. Maybe I will do a post on her blog some time.

I love getting out and going, but the day after, I feel like I am playing catch up. Add to all the extra things to get done today, the 2 little "BIG" kids wanted to paint-which always turns into finger painting. Glue and construction paper came into the equation, making for a bigger mess. Thankfully I had a vinyl table cloth down because it was covered in paint. I am still working on Miss G 4's shirt that she decided was a towel to wipe her hands on-her hands were covered in red paint (and yes the shirt is a white background--what was I thinking?). Oh well... all the housework gets done, eventually. A few more loads of laundry and I am all caught up. It was terribly hot today with a heat index of over 105 degrees-Ugh! I can barely breathe when it is that hot, add to it the rain we got yesterday. Can you spell Humidity? We did see a DOUBLE rainbow on our way home yesterday evening. Have you ever seen a double rainbow? I've just seen a few. I know the rainbow id God's promise that He will never destroy the world with a flood again but what does a double rainbow mean?

So are you about to die? Do you want to see some TREASURES? Most of this stuff I didn't buy-just loved it, looked at it, picked it up (no I didn't drool, looked at it more and took pictures. Can you tell I really liked this shop--so much and not enough money to buy it all. I got some really cute ideas, that I can make myself, from this store. Be prepared there are lots of pictures from this store.

I am crazy about this lamp. So many ideas running through my head.

More treasures

and more

Cute chair frame

I love this bird mirror

and this wall decor/hanger with the bird on it and the bird nest hanging down from it--toooooo cute

Such a cute teapot-can you just imagine a friend over for tea, sitting on the deck and having a cup of tea-in the springtime-not in this heat.

I asked about this window decor. It had little berries on it. I was really drawn to it. Royal Palm trees have the big clumps of yellow things, when they fall out of the tree, this huge bark like thing falls out of the tree as well. It kind of looks like a boat. (I will have to post this at a later date because the lady gave me an idea for the bark like boat thing as well. How lucky are we-we have a Royal Palm so I can gather a few of these and have a cool decoration.

I love this bird lamp


Tree ornaments

more tree ornaments

cute bird wall decor

I love this candle as well. I should have gone back in and got it. It was the only one and I just keep thinking about it. Yes I loved a lot of things in this store.

This star fish towel was so much cuter in person.

This is the store front.

more of the store front...

lots of store windows:












This flea market had lots of 'stores' but did have a few booths with some antiques. I would rather have more antiques but there were some neat shops as well.

My 2nd oldest son was wanting to redo his bedroom in something other than the nautical theme. We talked about a few ideas. I thought a cowboy theme would be adorable-cow hide and all- but he wasn't really into it. He was talking about knights and swords. All I could envision was painting the room to look like a stone dungeon and a few months later an announcement coming from the royal chambers that he no longer liked the dungeon look and was depressed from sitting in a room that looked like he had been stuffed in a basement room. I was not totally opposed but shared my concerns and so he was continuing to think of other options that he has a passion for. While shopping we came upon a store that had all kinds of novelties. They had a boomerang and those big rain sticks and lots of other things. Right then and there he decided he wanted to do an Australian theme. He has always wanted to go to Australia. That I could live with. We have been talking about a lot of different ideas and I think we have a cute theme, and we can keep our eyes out for lots of treasures.