Festival and Antique finds

In my last post I shared some of the photos from my weekend. Now, I want to share my special finds. We went to the Homespun Festival that happens in Rockmart, Ga every year. I have family from there and we used to hold our family reunions in the same park. I remember being a little girl and playing in the large creek that runs through the park. I had to go climb in and get my feet wet. 

I have a hard time choosing items when I go to festivals. The problem is that I always want to see everything before I choose. Causing who I am with to walk back through the vendors after walking through once so I can buy what I want. The two items that I picked up were a mug by Payne Pottery and a copper bracelet. I love the color of the glaze on the mug. Gorgeous. My parents always buy pottery at festivals and I thought I would finally start my own collection. I would love more of the Payne pieces. They are local and I love supporting local business. I have wanted one of the colanders since I saw their booth last year. The copper bracelet is really nice and simple. I do not usually wear bracelets but I think I will wear this a lot.

Then my Grandparents took me to an Antique Mall in Rome, Ga called Smart Shop Antique Mall and Flea Market. It has a little bit of a split personality via the name. Seriously though, It is like the Great Grand Daddy to all antique malls. The building is an old chenille factory. There are so many levels you almost can not remember how to get to the front door. Warning this place is literally an old factory so there are old hardwoods that are surprisingly sturdy when you see what is on them and no air conditioning. But I spent almost 3 hours and did not see the entire place. You need an entire day to go through this place.

I love Pyrex. However, apparently everyone else does too. There were a lot of full sets for sale that were expensive. After walking around and searching for that one not overpriced piece I found a Butterfly Gold Cinderella mixing bowl for $8. Then I found a cute vintage hanky. I love the idea of framing some of the vintage hankys and adding them to a gallery wall.

Then I found my chair! I love the shape of the chair. I desperately want to recover it with possibly cream linen. The floral is not my thing. Also I would like to strip the stain off and stain it a really dark brown. My Granny has been helping me look for one forever. The chair ended up being only $25. I can not wait until I have a chance to recover it.

What goodies have you found lately?


Emily