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It is time again for Canton Trade Days in Canton Texas ~ it is one of my very favorite times of the month because I get to go shop to my hearts content for 2 days ~ it is a giant giant flea market but there are also alot of yummy new treasures too ~

Wednesdays are pretty much completely flea market things so I took some pictures ~

When I was taking pictures today, I was looking at things that there were alot to choose from ~ tons of chairs to choose from ~

Ladders to paint ~

Old Chippy Doors

And some of my favorite things, architectural pieces ~

I will take some more tomorrow of my favorite places ~

Chat with you soon !

I LOVE going to First Monday

Trade Days in Canton Texas!

Every month it is something

I so very much look forward to ~

Even though I knew it was hot,

I left my house with a good attitude

and told myself that I would

just stand the heat because

I LOVE Junkin' !

I hit the grounds with my

trusty cart {a necessity there },

my ginormous ice tea and anticipation

of the treasures I would find ~

I drove in and saw ohhhhh maybe

5 vendors when there are usually 75 ~

But....I knew there was cool stuff

even with the 5 vendors and there

was still another HUGE area to hit ~

The next area had about half of

the usual but still some neat things!

I NEED a chicken coop and that cute

little bicycle and all the awesome

galvanized stuff, a gazillion

old keys, a stack of drawers and

birdcage ~

COOL STUFF !

Has anyone done anything awesome

with a chicken coop ~ I want to see :)

I didn't buy any of the big stuff

because I was on a mission for my

website and big stuff is expensive

as craziness to ship ~

After about 2 hours I thought

I would die of heat stroke

so I went to my most favorite

place to eat because it looks healthy,

you get free refills on ice tea

and they have a HUGE fan!!

Ohhhh and the buffalo head rocks!!

{not really, I don't like dead animals

but it is so Texas }~

After I ate I was revitalized

and ready to hit the junkin' trail for

HOURS more ~

Well I lasted about one more hour,

saw sweet Daphne and Dorothy that were fun

to chat with and decided heat stroke

was definitely setting in ~

Dang it!! I so wanted to last

for sooo much longer but

it was kind of miserably hot ~

{110 degrees and it is humid...bleh!!}

Next month I am definitely going

on Thursday so I can visit

LaurieAnna's Vintage Home,

Girls Gone Junkin and some of

my other favorite shops that aren't open

on Wednesday and have air conditioning ~

I talked to my mom, in California,

while driving home and she

told me that she was kind of chilly

because the ocean breeze was blowing

in and it didn't feel like summer

{which she loves }~

I would be loving some ocean breeze

right now :)

I spent all day yesterday at one of my favorite places, Canton Texas ~ If you read my blog very often, you will see that I go every month because I LOVE to go through treasures !!! It is a giant flea market that has been there since the early 1900's or maybe even earlier ~ there are alot of new things in one huge area and flea market things in another GIGANTIC area ~

These are pictures of of one treasure filled space called The Veranda ~

This is one picture of just some of the pretty things I got that I will be listing on my website starting today ~

Last week I got to go junkin'

in Canton Texas ~ If you have

followed my blog for very long

then you know it is one of my

favorite times of the month!!

I LOVE it!!

Here are some of the wayyyy cool

things that I found ~

But....right as I was leaving

I saw these ( see pics below )

and for some reason really like them ~

The guy selling them said they are

grain buckets ~

Does anyone know if that is what they are?

I just know they would make

the coolest little thingies to hold

stuff but I haven't figured out

how or what to do with them yet ~

I love the colors and the rust ~

So very Vintage Farmhouse ~

They have 2 holes in the back

that are perfect for hanging ~

I need to scour Pinterest I am thinking ~

I went to one of my favorite places this weekend, and visited one of my new precious friends Linda at Linda's Blue Gate ~ she has a website and also has a spot at "Canton's First Monday" where she sells once a month ~ These are just a few pics of her wonderful pieces she has created ~ You can see another blog post with some more pictures of Linda's things at this yummy blog, Cherry Hill Cottage ~

I have always wanted to go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market and finally got a chance to this weekend ~ The only bummer part was that I didn't realize it is Sunday only and my flight back home left Sunday afternoon ~ sooooo I only had about 3 hours there which is very much not enough time because it is HUGE ~
It was alot of fun to see the difference in it and the Canton Texas Flea market that I go to ~
I was thrilled to see alot of Shabby Cottage Chic since that is my favorite ~ I zoomed through there as fast as I could but was dying to go up and down every aisle and take in every space full of treasures ~

I loved all of the whites, pinks and greens ~

There were tons of chandeliers and I really wanted
to take them home but not sure they would be an airline "carry-on" ~

This frame was gorgeous !!!

Well there is always next month and I won't be scheduling a flight home on Sunday ~~

Canton was amazing this month !!! I just love the Canton First Monday flea market ~
I started taking pictures the first day I was there and then the second day my battery died ~ there was no way that I was going to leave to go buy batteries so I just didn't take any more ~

It kind of was funny this month because it seemed like people just had a BUNCH of certain things ~ Like this picture of hand mixers ~

Or this one of old mantels and beds ~ I would love to have had a spot for each one of those things because this was the place to get them ~

This man had just tables of stuff ~ it was so funny because each little thing you had to ask him the price of ~ I think if I had tables full like that, I would sell it by the jar full or something like that ~ this was the perfect spot to find bangles and baubles galore ~

Can you tell we are in Texas ???

This guy had the most amazing OLD stuff ~ these are old ledgers that dated in the 1910's to 1920's ~ it was fun to look through them at how people used to keep records ~ Now I am kicking myself for not picking up one ~

Well that is all because of the dead camera ~ soooo.....
ta ta for now !

Today was my monthly trip to Canton Texas where I junk to my heart's content ~

If you are a junkin gal at heart you would just love First Monday Trade Days because people come from all over to sell ~ There is alot of wonderful new things but my very favorite is the old vintage stuff and there is tons of it ~

Sometimes it can get kind of stressful because everyone knows where to find the "good" junk ~ Junkers mean business when they want something :)

One thing I learned pretty darn quick is that you have to have a cart ~ I use to carry arm loads of stuff back and forth to my car ~ that did not last long before I sprung for my handy dandy cute pink lined cart ~

You would not believe how many sellers drive up like this ~ I crack up when I picture them driving down the road, stuff has to fly off ~ Seriously how does it all stay on ???

Until later .....

A couple of weeks ago I went to Canton Texas for my favorite shopping at First Monday ~
I always visit the "Girls Gone Junkin" shop and find some really fun and unique shabby cottage chic treasures ~
This month I just had to get this skate because I thought it was so cute ~ of course it is pink, has glitter and is altered which I love ~ So now I am on the hunt for some treasures to alter ~
Skate now for sale here ~

I also started new packaging for the German glass glitter that I sell on my website ~ it matches some of the other jars that I have available for organizing craft goodies ~

I am back from spending some wonderful time with my mom, dad and sister ~ we spent part of our time together camping in east Texas at Canton, one of our favorite huge flea markets ~ we got to camp right there and just spent hours and hours browsing all of the flea market goodies and also other beautiful shabby chic things ~ I painted some of the things I found today and just listed them on my website ~ I also found alot of old beautiful rose china and so many other goodies ~

This is just a sneak peek of more to come this week!