Hooking and Flea'ing!

Good Afternoon!

It is such a beautiful weekend weather wise. 

This is how I like - cool mornings and nights and sun and breeze in the afternoon!  Hope it stays around for a good long time.

I see Riley tried to entertain you!  He's a character for sure and a real good guy - right now he's keeping his eye on Miles - Poor Miles is having a bad weekend again - we have a call into the vet and are trying a larger dose on his meds.  Time will tell.  Jonesy is buzzing around the house after playing with a catnip mouse.  He'll crash in a few I'm sure! hahaha!

Saturday I demonstrated rug hooking at the Hilltown Fall Festival in Hilltown, PA.  It was a beautiful day.  We were placed inside the house (not the best lighting) but I made do.  Juliana had never demonstrated before and she was excited to do it.  She game in a beautiful colonial dress she made herself and bonnet - She looked great.  She also brought a basket of onion skins, black walnuts, marigold, and more to show what they used to dye their wool with. 

Here's a pic of Juliana talking with someone about rug hooking

Doesn't she look like she stepped out of the 1800's!  (Oh and don't look at the electric light!)

Here are two of her rugs she brought for display also.

We also shared the room with a couple that antique kitchen items and tools and things.  Did you ever see a "carriage wheel jack" - I should have gotten more pics.  The woman had a "walking" spinning wheel and was giving demonstrations on spinning wool

Not the best picture - there was a steady stream of people all day so I never really got outside to take other pictures.  Throughout the house there were different vendors and demonstrators set up and outside was mostly vendors - kettle corn, jewelry, old books, leather making, floral, photography, antiques, and more.

From the amount of people, it certainly seemed a success.

Today I decided since it was so nice and out and all I did was sit yesterday, to go to the flea market.  Beautiful days brings out more people.  The place was completely packed.   Of course, to me, most of it was just junk.  Had to giggle at the amount of people selling their "country" collections, I think I saw more ruffles, bears, wood plaques, dried flower arrangements and such then I have in a long time!  There were a few people selling some decent antiques - some too pricey then I could pay but I did find this cool old basket ($8)  it's a great size and think it will be good to take with me for rug demonstrating to keep my noodles/worms in or even at home.

I  like it because it's not deep so I'll be able to see the colors better.

I also found this old bench/stool -  This one is in wonderful shape not a thing wrong with it.  I got a great deal on it ($7!) because it was just about the end of the day there (people start leaving around 10:30-11:00) and it was tucked behind other things so I do not think anyone saw it!   It will be used in the "pink" room in front of the window so the boys (kitties) can jump up into the window.  I have a wicker stool there now but my big lug Riley always jumps from it to the window and it falls over!

Now I plan on hooking and hooking and hooking!

Hoping everyone got out and enjoyed the weather today!