Sunday, May 29, 2016

FUN busy weekend

This is the weekend every year that I go to Cedar City to set up my Barnchixx space at the Depot Mall. Gosh I've been painting my heart out for a couple months to fill the space and this year as always I surprised myself with how much I got done and how amazing it all looks displayed in the booth.
I do not know what I would do without my sister Kathi who comes over to Cedar from Las Vegas to do my opening display. She is the queen of squeeze and has an eye for displaying things so attractively. I always get great comments on my booth and it's because of her arrangement of my merchandise. I can never thank her enough for all she does to help me out. I just love her so much.
So anyway we got up super early Thursday morning for our 2 1/2 hour drive to Cedar. We had loaded everything up the night before so we were ready to roll at about 6:30 am.  So off we went.
Kathi beat us there by about 20 minutes so she was ready to start as soon as we unloaded all the boxes and totes we brought. So after we said hello to Monte and hugged Marie (the owners of the Depot Mall) we jumped into the task of setting up.
Here are a few pictures of the space.... Don't you love how it came out...
It's such a relief to have it up and running and sales were wonderful the first day so I'll be hustling out some new product after the holiday weekend.
But first I need some fun shopping therapy with my sister Kathi and daughters Shellie and Katie and granddaughter Zoey up in Payson.
That's our next stop today and Kathi is coming up for a couple days with me.
I'll share our shopping adventures with you tomorrow on the blog.
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Have a beautiful day🌻🌻🌻










Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Seems like only yesterday....

Well it seems like only yesterday I was galavanting around Mount Rushmore.....hehehehe But that was in fact last JUNE.!!

So we've got some catchin up to do Chicks!!
nah-that's water under the bridge.


My BiG FaT EXciTiNG ADveNTuRe To FaRM CHiCKs iN SPoKaNe, WAshinGToN ThiS PaST WeeKenD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WaS SOO STiNKiN AWeSoMe!!!!!!!!!!!



It was a race to those doors....... too bad I was too busy racing to take too many pictures :)





4 big convention halls + 275 friendly vendors = JUNK HEAVEN!

I bought a truckload of treasures

INVENTORY
*Small white cupboard
*Medium white cupboard
*Large rusty ol' gymnasium lockers.....thats right LOCKERS!
*3 galvanized funnels repurposed into hanging lights. WOOHOO!!!
*Assorted enamel pots and pans
*Gingerbread wood trim

*Memories to last a lifetime :) .... or until next June....until I can go again.

I bought this 'little' trinket from BU2ful@blogspot.com and I LOVE IT!!!




Also goin on in BarnChixxLand....

Opened up my booth in the Cedar City Depot Mall on May 25th





 As you can see the Hen House is Full. So go buy some Chicks!





Then Booked it back up to Northern Utah for this
My Beautiful Grand-Daughter got married to her Sweetheart

....and no I'm not old enough to be her Grandma... hehehehe








two days later we were on our way to Spokane.

All this EXciTeMeNT happened within 10 DAYS....and now I'm tired.

Here's to hoping that it won't be a whole year until I post again..... Hoping! Hoping! Hoping!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Now Open!!!

Hey all you Cutie Face Chicks!!

Just wanted to update ya'll --- I just opened up shop at Great Basin Foods--right where the bank used to be! I'll be selling my stuff through at least the holiday season. So when you come down to do your grocery shopping- be sure to stop by and pick up some of this really cute stuff for your Holidays!!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The Witches Are Coming! The Witches Are Coming!

Well my Chickee Witchee's-- It's time to pull out your Zoomin' Brooms and dust off your Fancy Hats...cause the Witches Are Clear to Land.

This past week has been filled with Friends-Family-Boutiques-Flea Markets-Mary Poppins-Construction Cones-U Turns and Detours.....Lots and Lots of FUN! My sister Kathi drove up on Wednesday for Labor Day weekend so she could help me paint the town RED! We hit our usual "haunts" and made off with A LOT of cute stuff for Fall.

And then Friday came! We started early so we could get to a local Flea Market. The lady that puts it on only does this sale about 2 or 3 times a year at her house....and I get a lot of my 'junk' from this sale. We started scoping it out the night before---watching as everyone was unloading the goods.
Friday Morning at 7:30 am-bright eyed and bushy tailed- we hit....30 minutes before they opened the gate. We sat and watched many people try to walk in early only to be told that they had to wait...we'd been to this rodeo and we stayed comfortably in the truck....and watched....and waited.
8:00 - we went in "Divide and Conquer".... and we sure did. We made off like bandits!
We packed it up and drove back home to pick up our driver (Donnie) and we high tailed it to Swiss Days.
The drive up the canyon on the way to Midway was of course BeaUTiFuL.
The first and best booth we hit first..."Upon a Shelf" easily that's where most of our money went to. I always get so inspired by the stuff that I see in there and it gets me so excited to get the Holiday Season going.
4 hours later-with a loaded up truck- with tired feet and satisfied grins we headed back home.

Now for the ..... (drumroll please)

Just Been Brewed !!....



                                                            TAH-DAH!!!!







So there you have it my Chickee Witchee's ! Another little taste of what I've been working on! But much more to come :) .... till next time!





Whoops! Hold on! This guy has just been 'dying' to creep out of his Sarcophagus......



Don't be scared...





Sunday, August 28, 2011

HAPPY FALL YA'LL

I know I know it is only August but I start painting for fall in July!!!! I know I'm nuts....but I have to paint a season ahead so you CHICKS can decorate your awesome homes for the holidays.
I've got some really cute fall decor in the works and it is available now while supplies last... hehehe.
Check out the pumpkins...cats...scarecrow...and candycorn for now just to wet your taste buds and check back for the rest in a week or so cause the WITCHES ARE COMING THE WITCHES ARE COMING!!!








my awesome trip to Omaha June 19th thru 26th.....

Okay Chickee's I'm going to cackle a little about my trip to Omaha  Neb. in June. Let me just tell you all how far away Omaha is from Utah....farfarfar away and the land is as flat as a pancake and it was cooolllddd and windy with tornado watches every day we were there.....I was obviously disapoointed with my visit to Neb. and didn't even venture out to find JUNK boohoo...we just went to my grandson's baseball games and tried to stay warm under coats and blankets and returned to the hotel to hunker down while it rained buckets and blew like the big bad wolf!!! for five days!!!  No really Neb. was very pretty coming and going. It is lush and green and those storm clouds were huge and black and amazing to see.
 We left Neb. feeling kinda jipped but we headed to South Dakota and Mount Rushmore with new purpose...that of finding me some junk!!! And we stopped in a couple cute towns and bought some things, but the real finds were right there in Rapid City S.D. I found the cutest doll cradle some great vintage jewelry, frames, pots, doilies, and a awesome little table and cabinet to paint on. I had so much fun shopping and the people in the shops were really friendly and fun.
I only had a couple hours to shop but my mission was accomplished and I felt like a new Chickadee. Then we went to find Mt. Rushmore which is quite a drive from Rapid City really.....but when we finally got there let me just tell you it was amazing!!!!We all agreed it was the highlight of our whole trip IT WAS AWESOME!!!but our time was short again because we had to get down to Cheyenne before dark and YES the storm clouds were brewing again. We spent the night in Cheyenne and headed back to Payson the next morning...and we were all very glad to see the Wasatch mountains in our view, they are beautiful and awesome and they seemed to welcome us all back.





Saturday, June 11, 2011

Fun Fun Sister Fun...

HELLOOOOO barn chicks ...I have just had a fantabulous few days with my cool chicksister Kathi. She came to visit and we have helped the economy rebound this week. We explored some new boutiques and cute little shops and we also went JUNKIN....and found a super fantastic place called Star Mill in American Fork. Oh I got so excited when we drove up to the OLD building I thought I might (oops wet myself a little) actually I think I did....just a little. Anyway IT WAS HEAVEN....until we turned into the lot and saw the sign...open Thurs. Fri. Sat. and this was Tues. UGH....48 hrs later I finally got to wander through the mill which was gorgeous and several old sheds full of wonderful, glorious, old weathered STUFF. I spent more than I planned but I just couldn't let some other chicklet get those frames and windows ...they are mine...and they will be turned into some very cute chalkboards in the next few weeks. Star Mill will be a regular stop for me from now on when I am on my way to Salt Lake.....that is if it's a Thurs..Fri.. or Sat.


Here are a few pictures of my findings this week. Next week I am going to Omaha to watch my grandson Austin play baseball....that will be really fun and I will have my eyes peeled out for some Nebraska JUNK.