This weekend was one crazy busy hoo-ha!
My kids had last week off and it was relaxing...
but we ended it with a bang.
I participated in our city's artwalk on Friday.
This weekend was also the fourth Friday of the month...
and to me, that means it is my favorite weekend -
time for our vintage wholesale market Pickings!
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| Succulents and and iron grate |
Last month I sold my banners there,
but this month I shopped and my kiddos hosted a lemonade stand
(see more about that a bit later in the post).
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| Vintage Juicer |
I just wanted to share some of my eye candy from this weekend,
as captured on my HTC OneX phone.
This phone takes the most amazing photos - I am blown away.
These photos may have been cropped but not retouched/altered at all...
aren't they gorgeous!? ENJOY!
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| Miniature gardens in all sorts of magical vintage vessels. This is a creation of THE SILVER PLANTATION |
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| Cool bottles of all sorts |
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| Vintage Suitcases |
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| Egg Crates |
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| Hat box with a top hat that belonged to Bing Crosby |
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| Gorgeous old jacket |
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| Jars of amazing buttons! |
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| Gorgoues carvings on doors |
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| The chair, the painting, the doilies...LOVE! |
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| Springs and Greens |
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| Let's bring back stoles! |
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| Lots of Steinbeck books - I do live in Steinbeck Country! |
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| My helper...Posing |
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| My helper...pouting |
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My kids hosted a lemonade stand at Pickings and will be donating a portion of their proceeds to help save the Lovers Point Childrens Pool.
We have a great ocean front pool here.
I have spent many, many summers wrapped in a blanket with coffee
watching my son learn to swim (summer is not warm here).
My daughter never had a chance to take swimming lessons there.
It was definitely a gathering place for mom's and kids during the summer.
The pool needs help. In 2011 it opened for 2 weeks. In 2012 it did not open at all.
The area around it is being revitalized...
and there is a grassroots effort to raise enough money $250,000 -
to fix and reopen the pool. They are half way there and every bit helps.
So...we tried...we did not raise a lot...but every little bit helps.
It was about the experience and feeling like they were helping!
That is a peek into my life!
Hope you had a great weekend!
6 comments :
Gorgeous photos! It looks like a wonderful place to sell and buy! I'm so glad your kids worked a lemonade stand to help the pool! It's great when children want to help their community! Thanks for sharing! Hugs, Leena
Holly - these pictures are absolutely beautiful! Pinning.
Thanks so much for sharing this post, Claire
you mention vintage and it got my attention, I LOVE vintage and looks like you all had fun - beautiful items and pics
What fun...and such a great thing to do with your kids.
I love the typewriter with the succulents.
Vintage stuff and lemonade sound good to me! Love some of those finds!
How fun that they did a lemonade stand! And hopefully the pool can reopen. What an amazing view you would have while swimming there.
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