The Farm Chicks Antique Show 2013

Well it's almost a month later but I am FINALLY posting about

The Farm Chicks Show!

 

It was a fantastic, incredibly busy show,

and I loved every minute of it!!

 

Here are a few pictures of us setting up.  I missed getting some pictures

of our husbands helping us set up the heavy stuff, but they were great and it went

so much faster. 

 

Here is my mom and Wes putting up the burlap sides.

 

Wes and I putting up more burlap!

 

Decorating the booth.

 



 

The end of set up day!

 

 

Beginning of day 1!

Not many pictures were taken on day 1 because we

were so incredibly BUSY!

 

 

We had to leave in the middle of the day to get

these little beauties to a wedding that they were in 90 miles

away from the show!

(The Farm Chicks Show + family wedding = 2 busy, crazy, exhausted moms!)

But, we would do it again tomorrow, right?!

 

Thank heavens for my mom, Laura and Rina!!! They stayed to run

the booth for us and worked their buns off!!  Thank you ladies so much,

I could not have done it without you!!  Love you all!

 

 

Beginning of Day 2!

A little rearranging and some new items added.

 

Loved this little girl!  She came back to the booth multiple times

eying this vintage typewriter.  Finally, her mom said she could

buy it!  She used her own money and left

with the biggest smile on her face!

 

I hope you are still loving it!

 

End of the show:(  We made it!



 

My first-born and hardest working 8 year old I know came

to help us with tear down and clean up!

 



 

Here is what our booth looked like by the end of the show.

Pretty big difference don't you think?  We did well!!!

 

Thank you to all of our customers!  We really appreciate you!

 

Our tear down crew!

 

It's amazing we went from this:

 

 

to this in just 57 hours!!

 

Loading the booth back up. 

Thankfully there was so much less to load

than what we unloaded!!

 

A big thank you to all of our family and friends who took time

out of their busy schedules to come and help us!

We love and appreciate you all!!

 

Can't wait until next year!!

 

 

Picking

Do you ever wonder when you drive by those abandoned

old buildings, barns and sheds what just might be in there?

 

Well, I do:)

 

Last week I had a couple hours while one of my kids was

at practice, so I grabbed a couple helpers and

we went picking!!

 

I had been in these old buildings before (with permission of course),

but wanted to go through one more time.  In case there

was something I missed!

 

Here is one of my helpers!  He had fun looking for treasures

on land where he was sure dinosaurs had roamed:) 

We found a lot of wood in great condition

to be used for some projects I have in mind.

 

 

Exploring in a little shed FULL of treasures!

 

 

Here is my other big helper who loves to go

picking just as much as I do!

 

Thanks for your help boys:)

Booths #97 & 98

The map is officially here for The Farm Chicks Antique Show.

Click here to view the map and find out where we will be! 

We have a bigger space this year and are very excited!

Come by and say Hello!!

See you in a few weeks!

Coming to a business near you!

 

Are you excited?

 

Well, I am!!!

 

There are less than 6 more weeks until the greatest antique show around!  We are hard at work

getting all our inventory done, and I am up to my eyeballs (well okay, way past

my eyeballs!) in furniture, paint, home decor pieces, etc.!
 

Anyway, back to the title of this post!  You can find these fun postcards out

in the community soon at local business'.

 

 

 

 

The Farm Chicks Antique Show

 

 

Find them here:
Fonks Coffee house
Colfax Body Repair
Jennings Elementary School
Bliss
Studio M
Startin's Repair (LaCrosse)
and more!

 

 



 

Projects

Here are just a few of the projects I have done lately!

 

I refurbished some chairs for a great friend of mine.

 

 

I added a little color to the play kitchen at my daughter's preschool.

 

 

~Some burlap banners~

 

A sign for a friend's property!

 

 

Painted burlap sign on wood for an anniversary present.

 

 

A couple different style signs.

 



 

 

Thanks for looking:)

 







 

3 months......

(Well 2 1/2 months by the time I actually got this posted:) )

Until my favorite show of the year!

 

The Farm Chicks Antique Show

The Rustic Star will be back at this years show with 2 booths!  I can't wait!

That means I have 3 months to finish getting all my projects completed!  Yikes:)

 

 

Until our lil' guy turns 1:(

 

 

Wow, I can't believe he is 9 months old already!  He is such a good little boy and has been so much fun.  He is into absolutely everything and loves trying to keep up with his siblings.

 

Until swim lessons start again!

My kids ask almost daily when they get to go see Miss Dede again!  We are so lucky to have her teaching our kids these life-saving lessons!

 

Until summer begins and we get to spend some time at this place!

 

 

 Hopefully some time up here:

 

And definately times like this:

 

Part of me wishes these months go by VERY SLOW!!

(Especially until the big birthday!)