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Plan Ahead Events: Indie Craft Parade Greenville SC, Sept 10th - 11th

Indie Craft Parade from Indie Craft Parade on Vimeo.

 

September 10th - 11th!

Indie Craft Parade is a unique festival of handmade art at which independent artisans can interact with and market to the local community.

 

To Coffee Table or Not to Coffee Table...

How did you spend your Labor Day? I spent mine shopping for furniture, sofa's coffee tables and after hours of searching, with two sweet boys who had, had enough, we found nothing! What about you? Do you have any luck where you are shopping for furniture?

I've decided to look online for ideas and selection, recently I visited CSN stores Coffee Tables. A whole store entirely made up of coffee tables! I wish it was this easy to shop in person. Go to the coffe table store bam, next sofa store bam, next lighting, bam! (sorry Emeril, for stealing your line, I got a little carried away). Anyway, I guess that would make it hard to see which piece of furniture went with what, but how many times do we really shop that way anyway?

 

I'm thinking of going with a red leather sofa and a white coffee table. What do you think? Any design advice for me?

 

xoxo Gabreial

 

 

Truth in Review: The above link is a promotional link provided by CSN stores. A gift card was exchanged for this feature and an upcoming product review of a CSN store product.  CSN Stores did require a link to their coffee table store in exchange for the gift card.  All reviews posted by me are truthful in content and will be truthful in nature when I do the future CSN store product review. -   Gabreial Visit our Disclaimer  for more info.

Swanky Swag Giveaway: BLOKS WINNERS!

We have selected two winners for the BLOKS giveaway!

Congratulations to Melissa D & Stacie Styles!

Be on the lookout ladies for an email from me!

 

Would you like to sponsor a giveaway here at Vintage Indie? Contact me to let me know, we'd love to have you!

The Daily Swank: Vintage Fabrics

There is just something about bright vintage fabrics that catch my eye. Even though I'm not much of a sewer, I'm drawn to the tables of vintage fabrics and pieces every time I visit an antique shop. I think I would have closets full of them if I could.

 

I fell in love with the bright colors and beautiful patterns created by The Merriweather Council. I'll take one of each please!

 

Vintage Fashion Forward: Vintage Fall Neutrals for the Business Woman

I know, I know, I don't even want to think about fall either. Although, arguably with summer it is my favorite season. I love fall harvest time.  In the fashion world you have to think about fall way before summer is even thinking of showing its face. So at least I waited a tad bit for you.

 

 

Woven Wiggle Dress

Houndstooth Weekender Bag

 

Today's Vintage Fashion Forward comes from Etsy Shop Verite Vintage. Even though I haven't caught one glimpse of Mad Men, I've been hearing and seeing a lot of fashion buzz about it. I have to say, the clothing is fabulous. What is wrong with stylish and classy dressed business women and men?

Call for Sponsors September!

 

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Making the Most of Monday: A Farmer's Fair Weekend!

If you are new to the magazine, Making the Most of Monday is a regular part of our features. Mondays  signify one important thing, a fresh start. It's like a new years resolution at the start of every week.

Hopefully by Monday you've taken some off time during the weekend to rejuvenate, spend quality time with loved ones and friends, which makes Monday your chance to really get to work and make the most of your week.

 

Well hello lovelies, how are you on this fine Monday morning? You remember I love Monday's right! Around here Monday is a heavy school day, with no interruptions. As we prepare for our school day, I wanted to talk about my weekend for a minute.

This past weekend my husband & kiddo's and I headed to the 2nd annual Farmer's Fair. It was such a fabulous event.

The keynote speaker happened to be Mr. Ed Beagley, Jr. himself, but we didn't make it in time to hear what he had to say, (hubby had to work in the morning). Anyway, the event was fun, totally up my alley and full of great local food, information and ideas.

Highlights included Dolce Vita Gelato Cafe & Coffee 517 6th Ave.
Dayton, KY 41074

We split a refreshing NO EGG, NO DAIRY Pink Grapefruit gelato. It was more like a sorbet, but creamy at the same time. It was so delicious. I can't wait to make my way to Dolce Vita to try their other flavors. Rumor has it they offer Lemon, Lemon Basil, Hazelnut and other innovative combinations.

Other new to me places included the only 4 start restaurant CHALK food & wine located at 318 Greenup St., Covington KY 41011.

Fab Ferments was also there, I tried the local Sauerkraut and treated myself to a jar of their hot KimChi. It is delicious, if I do say so myself. Do any of you eat KimChi? If so, how often and with what? We also picked up a jar of their Grape & Purple Carrot Kombucha, my boys have been sipping it slowly. I think it is an acquired taste for sure.

We also tried samples from Kenny's Farmhouse Cheeses, delicious raw cheeses were had there. I hope to plan a field trip there very soon.

I'm just thrilled that there are local restaurants that care about fresh, organic and wholesome ingredients. I hope to visit each one of them soon. I'll let you know how it goes. In the meantime, have you sought out any restaurants in your area using local, fresh wholesome ingredients?

I'm almost finished with a fabulous book I've been reviewing. Stay tuned for that this week and for your chance to WIN a copy of the book. It will take away any doubts that you have on affording, real, wholesome and nutritional food for you and your family. No processes junk!

 

Have a great week, I'll see you back here soon.

 

xoxo Gabreial

 

 

The Daily Swank: enhabiten

Enhabiten makes me want to fall into a deep sleep. Their shop features cozy and comfortable housewares and accessories.

Above: Slouchy Tote

You will find many hand sewn cozy pillows and vintage goodies at enhabiten as well.

Enjoy!

On the Road with Contributing Editor Elizabeth Young Tickled Pink Louisville, KY

 

One cannot help but notice the bright pink awning on the Tickled Pink Memorabilia Mall when driving down Taylor Boulevard in Louisville, Kentucky.  Originally, the property served as Heartmann’s Grocery from 1918-1965.  The tin ceiling and fireplace mantle still remain intact.  Owner, Tony Lechner purchased the building in 1991 and, working closely with Russ Nalley, has run an extremely successful business ever since.

Three floors filled with collectibles, antiques, gift items, vintage toys, retro kitchen accessories and more await collectors and dealers alike.  Specializing in 1950s to 1980s era items, Tickled Pink promises affordable items at a low cost.  Tony states, “We guarantee that 95% of our stock will be priced $9.99 and under and 5,000 new items will be added each week.”  Sixteen dealers rent booths and three of the vendors bring in new items daily.  Lately, anything from the 1970s with butterflies, mushrooms or owls has been popular.  “We only offer furniture that our customers can handle by themselves.  We often have the popular white metal cabinets and shabby chic style furniture.  Our rough room out back offers a wide variety of garden furniture.”

Sunday is Crazy Hat Day and many regular customers will stop by just to see what hat Tony is wearing that day.  Others come on their lunch hour for a walk down memory lane or a little bit of talk therapy.  The friendly and welcoming environment makes for a wealth of repeat customers.  Tony’s sister Carol runs a second location in Ireland, Indiana near Jasper.  When in town, Antiques Roadshow voted Tickled Pink the third best mall in Kentucky.

Location:  3269 Taylor Blvd., Louisville, KY

Phone:  502-366-5577

Hours:  Monday through Friday 10:00 – 5:00, Sunday 9:00 – 6:00, Closed Saturday

VI Headliner Sponsor Feature: Creative Chaos

Vintage Indie would like to send a warm welcome Creative Chaos a new sponsor for August! Creative Chaos comes to us in blog form.

Karin, writer of Creative Chaos, combines family life with crafts & glitter in her writings. Find great papery projects and lots of pink and glittery ideas. You'll also find links to her indie business there too!

Thanks so much Creative Chaos for sponsoring Vintage Indie this month!

xoxo Gabreial

 

 

I couldn't run Vintage Indie without sponsors like Creative Chaos and I truly appreciate their support. If you would like to sponsor Vintage Indie, we would love to have you! Summer Sale has been extended until September and stay tuned for more details about our Holiday Market!

Swanky Swag Giveaway: WIN Art from RPotterStudio

Hey everyone!

Happy Wednesday, I'm here with a fabulous giveaway up for grabs from an indie artist Rebekah Potter of RPotterStudio and a chance for TWO of you to win!

 

BloKs combine a word and object, sometimes to make a statement of the obvious, sometimes to make a joke, or even just to baffle. Each comes ready to hang as a painting or as a magnet.

 

RPotterStudio is giving away one BloK (of winners choice) to two winners!

TO ENTER:

1.) 1st Entery REQUIRED leave a comment letting me know which BloKs you would like to own by visiting RPotterStudio Etsy shop!

EXTRA ENTRIES:

2.) Post this giveaway to your blog.

3.) Post this to your twitter!

Be sure to leave an additional comment for each entry.

ENRTY DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2010 12:00PM EST.

GOOD LUCK!

 

Vintage Crush: Monki Vintage

♥ VINTAGE CRUSH ♥

I'm totally crushing these vintage nautical signal blocks over at Monki Vintage.

 

Random Tips for Mama's: Mega Swag Bucks Friday, Ebates!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to remind you that today is Mega Swag Bucks Friday!

Swag Bucks is a free rewards system. The concept is easy, you just use the Swag Bucks tool bar or search engine or their home page like you would any other search engine to earn free Swag Bucks and in turn cash them in for gift cards to places like Amazon (I've already earned $50.00 worth of Amazon Gift cards in 3 months) . Amazon is great for us because we love shopping for organics, school supplies, books and the like. A $5.00 Amazon Gift Card is only 450 Swag Bucks and it doesn't take long to rack them up.

Mega Swag Bucks details;

Friday's you can earn swag bucks in multiples of 50,100,200 or even 1,000 just for searching.

If you'd like to get started, head over to Swag Bucks to find out more details. It's free to sign up and no strings attached. I'm saving my bucks up for something big I'd like to buy at Amazon. What will you use your Swag Bucks for?

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I also  wanted to tell you about Ebates, a shopping site that gives you up to 26% Cash Back every time you shop online. You can shop at over 1000 stores
including eBay, JCPenney, Macy's, Nordstrom, Overstock.com, Walmart, Kohl's and Home Depot. Plus you get additional savings with exclusive coupons,
free shipping offers, and limited-time sales!

Sign up with Ebates today and we'll each get a $5 bonus when you make your first purchase!

Happy shopping!

 

xoxox Mamas! ♥ Gabreial

(by the way the links up there are referral links. Help me, help you)

On the Road with Contributing Editor Elizabeth Holcombe Fedorko: Yard Saling!

August 2010 was the season of huge yard sale events, and I went to two of them!

 

The first is the granddaddy of yard sales, The Route 127 World’s Longest Yard Sale. This sale is over 500 miles from Gadsen, Alabama in the south up to the Ohio/Michigan border in the north. My friend, Suzy and I, celebrating our mutual 50^th birthdays this year, followed a 150 mile stretch of the route beginning in Crossville, TN and ending in Danville, KY. It took us 2 days.

Liberty Ag pavillion vendors

The treasures along the way vary from a few high-priced antique dealers, to some moderately-priced antique/vintage dealers, to the very affordable yard sales. You get a heady mixture of used goods along the route as well as an interesting mix of sellers. The scenery is tranquil farms and rolling hills. Beautiful!

Crossville, TN

There were way too many yards full of clothes hanging from lines stretched between trees or spread out on tarps for my taste, but if we saw a yard where non-clothing stuff was the norm, we usually pulled over and took a look. We really had to search a lot to find vintage treasures. However, some of the towns had fields or fairgrounds where clusters of dealers had more interesting fare. In our 150 stretch of the route we hoped there would be more of these clusters of sellers instead of the single yard sales, but we did manage to fill the back of Suzy’s SUV! Our favorite clusters of sellers were in Crossville, TN and further north at the Cumberland General Store in TN where the grounds were full of dealers. The Ag Expo Center in Liberty, KY was a great place to stop too where there were lots of dealers under a huge roof.

Pall Mall, TN chairs

Food along the route was anything from quaint and reasonably-priced bar-b-que places, cafes, fast food, and vendors with everything from fried pork skins to fried pies. Our favorite lunch was in the fellowship hall of a Methodist church in KY where BBQ brisket, fresh cornbread, and homemade pie was to die for!

 

It took us 9 hours to drive from our homes to the Route 127 sale. Would we do it again? Probably not. I do think, however, that junkers, pickers, and antiquers should do it at least once. Put in on your “bucket list.” It is always the first weekend in August, although dealers told us that they set and began selling the weekend before.

Yard crawl Stephensville

Closer to home (only an hour and 15 minutes west of my home) was the Route 11 Yard Crawl. This is the second Saturday in August. This 43 mile sale in the gorgeous Shenandoah Valley of Virginia stretches north to south from Stephensville to New Market. Antebellum homes and Civil War battlefields are a big part of the scenery. This route is very doable during the one day event, although I hear vendors set up and sell the day before. As you approach each town on the route the traffic does come to a “crawl.”  You need to put on your “patience pants” and crawl along until you find a place to pull off so you can search through larger clusters of sales in fields or large front yards. These clusters are where you will find the few antique dealers along the route.

Yard crawl white house

In less congested areas, between towns, there are mostly single and small clusters of yard sales. Once again, like with the Route 127 sale, you have to pick and choose what sale to stop for a closer look. Many of the sales are practically right on the side of the road so looking is easy.

 

I found that the prices went from the ridiculously high-priced (only a very few dealers were like this) to the insanely cheap (quite a few dealers). There was this one couple who had a lot of wonderful old books and other goods and were selling everything at end of day for the rock bottom price of ten cents each! Insane! You have to willing to look and look for those special goodies at the sales. There is something for everyone on this sale and the scenery is truly breathtaking.

 

I will go to this sale again because it is so close to home, but if you have to drive more than 3 hours to get here, you may want to think twice. It really depends on what you are looking for. I actually found as much stuff on the one day of the Route 11 sale as I did during the 2 days we spent on Route 127 sale.

 

Good luck and enjoy the rest of yard sale season!

 

Elizabeth Holcombe Fedorko, aka Bethsbagz, began her checkered crafting career when at four she realized using paste on paper was better than eating it. Inspired by vintage dime store treasures, vintage fabric, and a no-fear attitude toward color, Beth crafts totes, pin cushions, wreaths, and corsages into her Dime Store Chic creations. Beth would love you to take a peek into her whimsical world at her blog.

VI Headliner Sponsor Feature: Bling Around Rosies

" Sisters are different flowers from the same garden" Isn't that adorable! That's the tag-line from our newest sponsor Bling Around Rosies. Two sisters from Louisville, KY that relish in childhood memories to create one of a kind upcycled vintage jewelery.

Bling Around Rosies has to have some of the most classy & stylish upcycled jewelry that I've ever seen. I love the Kookaburra Gum Tree Necklace top left, don't you!  Head over to Bling Around Rosies today and adorn your neck with something vintage and unique!

 

 

I couldn't run Vintage Indie without sponsors like Bling Around Rosies and I truly appreciate their support. If you would like to sponsor Vintage Indie, we would love to have you! Summer Sale has been extended until September and stay tuned for more details about our Holiday Market!