A Shopping Day In Charlotte, North Carolina

December 30, 2011
My kids are the greatest - they made me a Birthday cake with homemade frosting. It was a nice surprise after a day of shopping in North Carolina with my Mom.

Our friend, Julie told us about the Olde Tyme Marketplace. We were so glade that we finally had a day

that we could go check out her store. We had so much fun!!!

Beth, the owner is so sweet! She knew we had just come up from

South Carolina, so she offered us something to drink right away

and something to take away the headache Mom had in the excitement

of it all.

We are planning our next trip there for Feb. 2012 for my Moms

birthday. We spent so much time in her shop I thought she might start

charging us rent." Ha! Ha! "

We felt right at home it was so cozy! Her shop is in a beautiful historic building

in Marshville, N.C..

It was a pleasure meeting Beth and getting my picture with her on my

birthday.

Beth was kind enough to take our picture with our great finds loaded in my car.

While we were in the Charlotte area we also went to two antique malls. Beth also has booths in both malls with great stuff. We took pictures of her booths as well. You can check out her blog at Oldetymemarketplace.blogspot.com

Mom and I wish that we would have taken a picture of the car at the end of our day. With the seats folded down we packed it in my car tight. It was dark by the end of our day shopping so I didn't get a picture of the huge 500 booths antique mall that we went to last. We know now that one hour is not long enough for that awesome mall. We will be back for sure!!!

They were closing in one hour when we got there so Mom and I new we had to do some serious shopping. We were on a mission. We brought home some great finds some to keep- some to resell at the shop.

Country Living Fair 2011 Atlanta

We were in "Country Living Heaven" ! I wish I would have taken more pictures of booths, but I didn't want to upset anyone with taking pictures. Mom and I were so busy looking at all the goodies and shopping that the day went by soooooo fast! We agreed that one day is not enough time to see everything. There were so many nice people we met for the first time including the ladies at this shabby chic booth. We had so much fun with them!

Their blog is - antiquesinoldtown.blogspot.com

They were drooling over the way Mom had her flea market cart decorated so cute. Yes, a flea market cart was a must for this show. I should have gotten a picture of us with our full carts by the end of the show. We needed bungees to tie stuff to the cart.He!He!

Oh my goodness I also met a lady "Jennifer Hayslip" from Macon, Georgia whom I recognized right away from her blog

sweeteyecandy.blogspot.com

It was so fun to meet her in person even though I felt like I already new her from her blog. The first time I saw her though was her home was featured on the web-site "The Old Painted Cottage". Lots of eye candy in her home! I hope to someday have my home featured as the cottage of the month as well.

As you can see we absolutely loved the vintage campers that were there on display "Sisters On The Fly". I got more inspiration from seeing those for our own vintage camper that me, my husband, and parents have been working on together. It recharged my excitement for our vintage shabby chic camper in progress.

I have an old country living article with the "sisters on the fly" that I cut out and saved to put in my idea/dream book that I made. It was so awesome to see them in person after all this time saving that article!

Thanks Mom, for going with me and being my partner in crime:)