Good Morning From the Lake

 Good Morning!

The weather here in the Adirondacks has been beautiful all week.

Perfect painting weather for us as we work on our little kitchen here at the lake house.

Things are coming along...

...lots of prep work involved which takes so much time!

I know...I'm impatient!

But we did get a coat of primer on most cabinets yesterday

 and already I can see a huge difference!

In order to do all this painting...

I have had to remove all my kitchen collectibles

 from my cluttered counter tops.

It will be interesting to see what makes it back

 onto the counter tops once the painting is done! 

Meanwhile...

It hasn't been all work and no play.

I have done a bit of thrifting and yard-saling 

and will share a few fun finds with you tomorrow.

If you haven't had a chance to sign up for a chance to win the

 52 Flea 700th post Give Back...

...it is not too late!

 Just click HERE!

I have been enjoying reading your comments and your creative ideas for using all that yummy Cabbages and Roses fabric.

It sounds like a pillow-fest to me!

...which would make reading Christina Strutt's 

fabulous book (the other prize)... so very comfy!

:)

Good Luck to All!

Hope your summer days are full of sunshine too!

:)

700th Post Give Back with Cabbages and Roses

Today we are celebrating 52 Flea's 700th post

 with a special treat for you... my friends!


This is to thank YOU for all your support, your encouragement, your kind comments and friendship!

Cabbages and Roses has asked to be a part of this special occasion
 and has offered to provide the winner of the
 52 Flea 700th Post Give-Back
with ...

just wait and see! :)

Ah... we all love Cabbages and Roses beautiful fabrics...

and lovely accessories and home goods.

You may have heard that Cabbages and Roses has teamed up with MODA and have a new line of quilting fabrics which will become
 available here in the U.S. in September.

Well, guess what?

Cabbages and Roses is offering some of this brand new
 sewing/quilting fabric to the winner of
52 Flea's 700th Post Give Back!

...and that's not all!

The winner of this special give-back will receive a copy of

 Christina Strutt's 

Homemade Vintage Book

as well as one yard of each of the following beautiful new fabrics

 from their Northcote range!

Bainbridge

Littleton

What would you create with these wonderful fabrics?

To have a chance to win this Give-Back...

just leave a comment on this post

 and tell me what you would use the fabrics for.

To have a second chance to win this Give-Back...

please spread the word via your blog or other social media

 and let me know with a 

second comment that you did so!

To have a third chance to win this Give-Back...

let me know that you follow 52 Flea...

and thank you for following along!

One winner will be picked on Monday, July 18!

To visit Cabbages and Roses website click HERE.

To visit their blog...click HERE.

Thank you again for all the feedback and the fun 

over these last 700 plus posts!

:)

Summer Thoughts

In between sanding kitchen cabinet doors

 with Dad and Uncle Don...

 and pricing items for the booth, 

and feeling a tad sorry for myself,

 that I will not be browsing fields of treasure at Brimfield...

and missing Mr. Flea and Starla...

I have been day dreaming about August.

You know what happens every August?

Besides fresh tomatoes, corn and peaches?

yum,yum!

Yes!

It's the annual Madison Bouckville Antique Extravaganza!

I almost never miss it and have been going for twenty years or more.


In 2009, Carole from Maynard Greenhouse, Deanna from Gather in Ivoryton, CT and my junking buddy Paula all came for a girls weekend of antiquing and fun...pure bliss!

Last year, I met up with some blogger friends!

Gina from Vintage Junk In My Trunk and

 Judi from The 1829 Farmhouse and almost met

Sue from Vintage Rescue Squad 

...and I hope to meet them again and maybe YOU this year!

Let me know if you plan on going! :)

Until then...

Happy Summer Thoughts!

:)

Robin's Egg Blue

Yes, we found another abandoned robin's nest.

...and this one had a lone, beautiful and perfect egg.

Beautiful robin's egg blue. 

...a summer color.

  

Getting ready for the picnic at the beach.

We will bring a delicious orzo salad to share with

 all the others in our little lake community.

Personally, I'm looking forward to Mary's cream puffs!

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

:)

Thanks for all your comments and information on my forks!

I think I will polish them a bit and keep them for a while!

...and no...they weren't my Mom's. 

If they were Mom's I would never, ever sell them!

:)

To Sell? To Polish?

Found some pretty silver forks.

Love the beaded detail.

I think they are dessert forks.

Am I right?

 Can you tell me anything about them?

Dad and I are taking a drive down to Schoolhouse Treasures this afternoon to check out the booth.

Do you have big plans for the weekend?

Ours will be quiet...

calm...

...peaceful.

:)

School House Treasures Antique & Gift Center

This is the place where I now have a small booth and am beginning to sell some of the many things I have collected over the years.

  It is also a place that I have shopped at for years

 and found many treasures!

Each booth is unique and carries a mix of antiques, collectibles and sometimes crafts and new gift items too.

I snapped a few pictures of things that caught my eye

 when I was there last week.

 They aren't the best photos but hopefully

 you can get a sense of the place.

Enjoy!

And...here is a peek at a corner of my little booth

 all decked out for the Fourth of July!

If you are in the area of Broadalbin, New York...

please stop by....you are sure to find something special at 

School House Treasures!

I have met quite a few of the other dealers...

...all of whom have been very kind and helpful to me. 

So far, it has been fun.

 My Dad helped me set up my display...

...we used shutters from the old farmhouse as well as the old apple picking ladder and apple boxes from the barn to create "walls".

 Mr. Flea has been very helpful too and is thrilled to have me move some of this stuff out of his living areas!

I have so many things to get priced

 and bring down to my little booth.

We went up in the attic yesterday and am pretty sure there is enough inventory up there to last the summer!

:)

Click here to go to School House Treasures Facebook page!

Hope you are having a good week!

:)