Another Warm Southern Day!

Another hot day is in the making.  I have tons of stuff to do and my youngest daughter is in a wedding tonight so the family will be off to Nashville this afternoon.  I am trying to get to the flea market in Guthrie, KY today to take a few things up to my booth.  I am also really getting excited about The Hayloft Barn Sale. This idea is not a original idea just a great location and barn for a wonderful marketplace of vendors.  Barn Sales are rising up across the country and not as much in the south. The first one I attended was by The Strawberry Patch(Christy Donoho) sale and she will be having hers in Sept. 6,7 & 8th in Hartsville, TN.  I will be there.   Junk enthusiasts love these sales and I don't really mean junk.  You see antiques, shop owners and items given a new life by being repurposed into great finds.  I am taking it up a level for you to come and shop to find these items in a great barn with a rustic theme.  Creating old with new and a fun atmosphere.  There will be beautiful handmade items, art, fashion jewelry along with the antiques, vintage  and some good food.  That sounds like a great girls day out to me!!!! 


This is a small dream of mine in the making and I want you to come and enjoy it with me.  So stay tune for my vendor list.  I have a few already Hodgepodge, The Strawberry Patch, The Collected Nest, TraChic(Tracey Anderson Collins), Three French Hens, Artistic Works by Luc -Elizabeth Vaughn, Cowgirl Bloomers, Merci, Under The Eaves, James Humphries, Tricia Baker and I know I forgot someone.  So if your interested in being a vendor please give me a call or email me.  So everyone remember Barn Sales are on the rise and I wasn't the first but I want to be one everyone wants to attend because of the experience.  I love planning this and the excitement just keeps building for me. I hope it is building for you.


There are alot of people that without their support I wouldn't be in the planning of the sale. So thanks go to Christy of the Strawberry Patch.  She is one of the sweetest young ladies I have met in a long time. Alot of people could take lessons from her. Dana Simons for her helping me design my blog and cards. All I can say is Thanks to Young LADIES with computer experience.  I am still in the learning stages.  This blogging is new to me.


Also thanks to my wonderful husband for his support and Bubba( James) a young man that has worked for us for almost  18 years.  I could not do this without them.  Now I am getting all teary eyed.   


So look forward to seeing you at THE HAYLOFT.
Have a great day and Stay COOL!!!!!

HOT Hot Hot

Oh my can it get any hotter.  Yesterday I put up pickles and I thought I was going to burn up.  I did it over at our little kitchen we have in our farm shop.  If I had known it was going to be a heat wave I would not have started this the first of the week.  But I will be glad I did when I am eating the wonderful sweet pickles. Ended up with 15 pints and 3 quarts.  I think Knox thought I was going to pass out because my face got so red from the heat in the kitchen. He told me you need to drink water so you don't pass out. We also put up some corn that morning.  I love sweet corn!!!

Then last night went to Guthrie to the "Murder at the Black Patch" dinner and murder mystery play.  It was a wonderful evening with my mom, sister and mother in law.  We really had a enjoyable time even though we didn't solve the mystery.

I had alot of friends ask me about The Hayloft and some expressed interest in being a vendor.  I have had several contacts this past week and feel really good about them. I am up to about 15 vendors and continue to work on securing more.  My ad should be coming out in The Folk Magazine with the July/August issue this week.  That is really exciting for me !!!!

The barn if you noticed the pictures on The Hayloft page on facebook shows the new paint.  It really looks like a new barn.  It has great insides the wood floor upstairs and then I have the lower section that I can work with also.  I am hoping to get back on the lighting this week. So make sure you follow the facebook page so you can see the pics. I just figured out to insert a picture on my blog.  This is the new paint the first picture and the other is the before pic.  So the black really looks good.  If you know  us you know we like black barns.

Well I am going to call it a night so I will try not to be MIA this week.
Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July and if traveling be safe.