Madison Bouckville Reverie

The girls arrived on Thursday, full of anticipation and enthusiasm...they had talked and laughed and shopped all the way from Connecticut.....



Friday morning we set out early....the day was beautiful, the sky blue, the farmland and country side... picture perfect...



We decided to shop the street and surrounding vendors on Friday...and save the big show until Saturday...



We made it!



Get ready! Set! Go!



Everywhere we looked there was something different to see.....all sorts of treasure....



This was one of the first booths we stopped at.....very interesting things....Paula started off the day in a big way.....



No, she didn't bring this fellow home....thank goodness....but....



This iron contraption....what is it? What could it become? Stay tuned....



Every sort of thing imaginable, any type of antique or collectible could be found...



Linens galore...



Glass flower frogs...



Shabby chic and French finds...





Industrial antiquities...



We were told that these old silvered glass apothecary bottles were originally from England...



This booth was quite possibly the most interesting to me...



They were a little pricey for us and the dealer wanted to sell them by the case....Paula charmed him and we each came home with one!!....Now we wish we had bought a whole case!!



This booth was under the shade of one of the big tents (it was over 90 degrees both days).
It had fabulous, unique, museum quality items...



Deanna found this sweet set of small shopping baskets to use in her shop....GATHER....a wonderfully unique gift and consignment boutique and gathering place located in charming Ivoryton, Ct.



She also found this wonderful crystal chandelier at a fabulous price which I was very tempted to "take off her hands"...



This may have been Deanna's favorite find.....antique picture molding for her beautiful Victorian home...It was in pristine condition...



And here is Paula with her Waltzing Matilda.....It was love at first sight....her eyes glazed over as she stood gazing at her....Carole, Deanna and I wandered to the next booth and when Paula caught up to us the first thing she said was..."You never should have left me alone...."



This was the car this morning as the girls packed and got ready to shop their way back to Connecticut......You will notice what is tied to the top of Carole's Suburban......
Yes, that strange object.....part of which we were told was originally a portion of something related to bailing hay....will become an object of interest and a beautiful focal point in Paula's gardens.....just wait until the next house and garden tour!

We had a wonderful time shopping this show together....I know you all would have loved it! I have to say that I was able to find some goodies to send to my three winners of the 200th post Give Back! So, stay tuned girls....I don't want to ruin their surprises...

I will try to post more pictures and more details this week....Carole found many exciting treasures for her shop, herself and the winner of her 100th post give away....she will be posting as soon as she can...

Thanks for coming along with us on our special girls' weekend....What could be better than good friends and fields and fields of old treasures?
Have a great night!
:) Laura

Taking it with me...

Some tiny French pots found at Brimfield five or six years ago...







Love the mosses, ferns and ground cover in these mountains...





I wonder if this will work....planting some in these old pots...



If I keep them moist and in a shady spot....do you think they will survive?



Inside? Over the winter?
Do I have a chance?

Saturday Morning Church Sale

This morning I was on my way out the door to a church sale I had seen advertised all week and my husband called out, "wait I'll go with you"......now normally Rob does not "do" sales which is fine with me because if I have heard it once...I have heard it a thousand times over our 35 year marriage...."what are you going to do with that?" or "do we really need that?" But, wait I did and within a few minutes we were on our way......



We arrived just before 9 a.m. and there was a line of anxious customers at the door......Once inside...the first thing I noticed was the sign that said "everything on these tables is either 50 cents OR $1.00".....my heart started to beat real fast.....I'm a dollar kind of gal. So guess what? All these flower frogs were only 25 cents each with one thrown in for free.....that was a bargain at the bargain table! The cigar tin is from Holland (I love the color and graphics).....



The book room was filled with books.....25 cents for soft cover and 50 cents for hard cover.....The book above was 50 cents.......it has absolutely beautiful pictures......(I filled a box .....got some great titles and some great colors....I do collect books for their colors too). This was the room where Rob spent a lot of time... books, old tapes and albums.....



I just love this 3 tiered blue and white stand.....



4 Danish oval dishes, a white McCoy vase and a white crock.......all for $3.00



Fountain pen on marble base.....50 cents



I liked the gray background.....go figure....25 cents......

Now here is where it started to really get good......



Glass door knobs.....candelabra with some crystals and.....a full length stained glass window! Rob actually pointed it out to me. I couldn't believe it was there..... a piece of paper taped to it read "From the old Archer Methodist Church, November 25, 1893".... It was beautiful.......Rob seemed willing....a pane was cracked but nothing too serious....the price was reasonable and when I asked if they would take less....the minister reduced it by half! As I was writing out the check, the old fellow in charge of the cash box said....."you know, there is another door downstairs....one that has more color in it....would you like to see it? Maybe you would like that one better." Would I like to see it?....sure!.......Downstairs we went.....dirty, dusty....with stuff piled up in front of it.......



We came home with both doors.....and the Mother Mary as well.





























Now.....if Rob had not been with me I might have missed seeing the first door, or might have been reluctant to try to bring something this size home (it's hard to hide a door). But he did come with me, he did spot the door first, he was willing to pay for both and he carried them out and loaded them in the car! All without a complaint! For that, he was rewarded with a hot dog on the church lawn! What a fun Saturday morning church sale!