Road Trip!

I left town this morning ... in my trusty Jetta (gotta love the 45 MPG!) headed for the Grand Opening of THE JUNK PALACE in Malakoff , Texas about an hour and a half drive south. It was COLD (in the 30s) and the wind was blowing Texas hard, so I dressed appropriately by layering my long johns, turtleneck sweater, black velvety velour vest, scarf and jeans with my pearls and cowboy boots...black dress boots as this was a Grand Opening! Boy, was I excited! Not only was I going to get to see amazing junk this morning but rumor had it this was going to be a Grand Meeting of some of the awesome bloggers I follow!

WooHoo! I was ready!

Someone mentioned yesterday that we all need name tags with our blog on it. They will know us by our blog name for sure! So last night after midnight, I hit a little creative streak and made me a nametag..........ok.............all you alter art people I know this is really basic but hey......... what can you do with elmer's glue and a brown envelope?! I did find a heart doily and added a vintage rhinestone pin for glamour. My first altered art project! So I arrived at the Junk Palace with nametag in hand 15 minutes after they had opened and it was packed.

Oh. My. Goodness.

It was amazing! Situated in a really cool OLD, OLD, OLD building with exposed brick and plaster walls, open rafters, unusual electric lighting, and old concrete floors, Lillie has created a wonderful vintage atmosphere remenisent of ole Pariee plus vintage glamour plus garden junk. Awe-inspiring creative displays start as soon as you step foot in the door...........

The first thing your eyes rest on is this wonderful garden arbor made of cast off porch posts...the kind everybody had on their house years ago to hold up the front porch or the back patio awning. Lillie used this arbor to frame a great white table with an amazing vinette on top.
(She says this also fits over a double bed....how cool would that be......she called it "the Little Love Shack!" TMI...TMI! HAHA! Yes, that's Lillie in the vintage garden chair ..the first time she's sat down in weeks...doing the Texas Beauty Queen wave!)

Yes, today Lillie...

You are the Queen of Vintage!

Take a closer look at the table top......lots of my favorite white and would ya look at the roll of paper (elementary school writing paper with the broken lines) billowing around the dishes!
My paper towels...I mean our napkins do that at times when the Texas breeze blows!

Out of the Box!

Love the creamy, white textures!

I think those are disposable florist containers!?!

Garden table with burlap top and scrabble pieces!

Gotta love the southern bell slip on the manaquin!

Display in the forefront includes several vintage cake toppers!

And did you notice the partially exposed brick wall?
LOVE IT!

OK , so I get a C+ for not taking photos of the blogroll! This is the only pic I got of all the wonderful bloggers who were there! Here I am with my fun and fabulously talented friend Renee (A Junk Queen) and Donna (Curious Goods) in Donna's cute shop by the same name. Donna takes junk and makes the neatest "things" out of it. Jewelry and objects d'art...very creative! And Renee can take trash and make it look good! No kidding!

Some of the other talented bloggers and creative people

who I saw this morning include:

Theresa (Garden Antiqs Vintage)

I think she's known by the whole blogosphere cause not only is she very

talented but she is very sweet and remembers everyone!

Maggie (The Veranda) Very talented, too. See her at Canton.

Judy (J. Hill Designs) Very talented .... Canton and Texas Shows

The Girls from (Funky Monkey) Very funky store in Keller, TX

Don't forget Lillie's blog at Junk Palace.

Gee...Hope I didn't leave anyone out.......

You can probably see more fabulous photos of this morning's event

and more of all the who's who on these talented gals' blogs!

Click on them from My Favorites List!

We were all shooting our cameras like paparazzi!

Thanks Lillie for letting us take all the shots!

There is ONE more blogger I saw this morning......(I didn't forget ya girl!)

I had the priviledge of meeting IN PERSON.......Ta Da!!!!!!

Miss Debbie from Talking Trash and her driver and sweetie ...Cat Daddy!

Debbie has such a way with words....a good way!

Not just on her blog ..... she leaves some of the best comments, too!

What a blessing! Can't wait to spend some more fun time with her!

You HAVE to read her post about today...and see her great photos!

She brought me the prize I won in her contest last week....

They were all wrapped up CHIK STYLE in a black sack with hot pink paper!

Too stinkin cute! I didn't want to open it it was so pretty.......

Well I only waited a second ....cause I wanted to see my.......

FLIP-FLOPS!

WOOHOO...They're HOT PINK!

Are these not the cutest sparkley thangs!
Thank You Deb!

You are definitely a Diva!

You Rock!

As soon as I got home I tried them on......awesome!

They are sooooo comfortable!

How did you know PINK is my new favorite color!

(First granddaughter due in May!)




So I had to have a little photo shoot with

my new hot pink thongs!

Now, don't get too excited...

that's what we called flip-flops when I was young

back when yer undies covered yer backside!

Now my undies hang out from under my jeans!
Yup, those are my long johns...

I told you it was cold today!

Ya did good! I love them!

Thanks Deb!

You da bomb!



This has been one Super Saturday!

Hope yours has been just as good!

Wishing you many blessings

from my Delighted Heart to yours!

Patti