Colorful Warrenton!!!!

The Warrenton Antique Festival is always a great and COLORFUL time!  I bought a few things which I blog about next, but here's what my camera caught that I thought you might enjoy!  

A huge, rabbit pinata!

  

A wheelbarrow full of larger than life carrots!

Pretty and sweet Easter decorations under cloches!  What DOESN'T look good under a cloche?

I collect vintage Coca-Cola art/signs so this pretty red club chair caught my eye!  

Hubba-Hubba....a Surfer Boy!....and his embarrassed side-kick, who wouldn't show her face!

A beautiful, sunny Texas day showed off these colorful canisters.  I NEED those purple ones!

Looks like Cougarville wasn't getting any action....and NO...I didn't buy the sign.  :)  But THOUGHT about buying the Coca-Cola table and chairs.  

Pretty pillows and other "Frenchy" looking goodies.....oh la la.....

Some colorful and funky mushrooms...........

A hair-dryer that my friend, Susan A., almost bought.  She loves Mid-Century Modern and had dreams of making it into a funky lamp!

We stopped by and chatted with the Junk Gypsy girls.  Susan A. even WORE her Junk Gypsy tee-shirt. 

Mirror, Mirror on the rusted wall.....we didn't by one, but we sure had a ball.  (my attempt at poetry)

More fun Paris stuff...and the best part....their cute AIRSTREAM!  I WANT ONE!

And of course....colorful signs!

Turquoise lovelies!

Super Cool Vintage Price Tags!  Pricey....but worth it. They were in great shape. 

Vintage clothes and Prom Dresses.  Oh the stories those dresses could tell.  Check out the fox stole on the red dress.  Mrs Franklin used to sit in front of me at church every Sunday morning when I was a young girl.  She had a similar fox stole and it mesmerized me.  LOL!

Birds would LOVE to come live in THIS birdhouse!

Spring Texas Flowers are looking good!  The petunias won't last much into the Summer, but they sure are pretty and colorful now!

It was a beautiful day to hang by a pond, or under a tree and look at pretty things.  Check out the ORANGE School Lockers in the background and the pretty chenille throw in front.  

I ALWAYS drool at this booth and dream of taking one home with me....or having a handyman build me something similar.  The sink is a continuous running fountain.....it's a nice sound to listen to under the trees while potting new plants.  

A Texas Sized Rooter....holding corn for our little squirrel friends. 

And this sign IS NOT TRUE....there are great deals to be found in Warrenton.  All the little towns along the way have sales of their own so we decided to stop before heading home.  This particular place was a little tee-shirt/jewelry booth and they had nice things but we were already shopped out from Warrenton.  I just thought the sign was a HOOT!  :)

Check back in a few days and I'll show you what I bought..................................WOOOHOOOO. 

Industrial Art Market

On our way to the  big Warrenton/Round Top market we found a REALLY Cool New Place called the Industrial Market.  They run there shop...OFF THE GRID and have a handful of Solar Panels to keep them that way.  It's a General Store, Herb Farm,  Water Garden,  Art Gallery, Zen Garden and more, all rolled into one beautiful place.  Check it out....Industrial Country Market

We loved this place from the Git-Go.  We got there 30 minutes before they opened, but they opened the fence and let us come on in.  The first thing we could see is how PROUD they were to to Texans!  Don't you LOVE the way they displayed their metal art....On Bed Springs!

What a great, artistic way to re-cycle old garden hoses.  If you look closely you will see the hose at the top is shooting out water to make this one, cool garden fountain.

You know me and my love for old bikes......it's a great way to divide up spaces, right?

The water garden was beautiful with iris and water lilies!

Behind the Water Garden was a Art Garden.  The artist had taken all sorts of recycled items (bottles, vases, marbles, dishes, even toilets and created and walk through garden.

An interesting wall made with bricks and bottles!

As you can see this cool market is out in the boonies...but beautiful boonies...nonetheless!

We liked these bowling balls....they reminded us of something from outer space.

And here are the toilets....SEE...I Wasn't Teasing!??!?!

Usual art with chains, tubes and plastic!

Another view from the water garden.........

These folks were growing some very healthy looking herbs and plants.  This is their greenhouse with an elaborate, but organic watering system.  AND there were free samples of herbs, if you asked for them

A pretty arbor decorated with colorful bottles.....leading to the rose garden!

A bucket full of bluebonnets.......Texas's State Flower!

Succulents growing in an old, recycled tin ceiling tile.....

I've seen Bottle Tree's but never a Bowling Ball Tree before.

My shopping partners for the day.....we had a blast!  Check out my blog in a few more days and I'll blog about the goodies we found up the road in Warrenton!  

French Inspired Shopping

Gosh....it's been a LONG time since I've posted.  It feels good to get back in the swing of things. My life has continued to remain COLORFUL and I have lots to share with ya'll.  This weekend I'm going to Warrenton with friends and I can't wait.  In the meantime....I've gone to a few local shows here in Houston.  

Metropolitan Houston always has good shopping and this particular day was no different.  A chi-chi kind of French Store had an outdoor market and their stuff left us drooling.  They had lots of outdoor, iron "yard art".

This French Mannequin caught my eye.  Love the way they displayed all the scissors, don't you?

Pretty, old suitcases....Oh, if those cases could talk and tell where they had been?  Maybe across the state to Grandmother's house; perhaps a trip to the Big Apple; or even, Paris!!!

I found this French metal door that SO wanted me to buy it....but alas....it wasn't in my budget.  So...I did the next best thing.....took a picture and blogged about it!

How about this great, upholstered bench?  We saw lots of burlap pillows in France this fall.  I DO believe those are swatches of animal prints pieced onto those pillows.....Ohhh La La!

Check back next week for pictures of Warrenton and Marberger, TX.  Did I mention that I'm on a strict budget, but the Fresh Air, Fun and Fotographs are FREE!  

I WILL be shopping at http://texastrashandtreasures.blogspot.com/ out of Carmine because I have a $50 gift certification I won last year (from taking pictures at Warrenton)!