Christmas Gathering Invitation

Christmas Gathering
Thursday, November 6th
5pm - 9pm
Friday & Saturday, November 7th & 8th
10am - 5pm
please note, we will close Saturday, November 1st at 5pm and remain closed Wednesday, November 5th and during the day Thursday 6th until 5pm for the big reveal!

the blog posts will be a little slower during the next week or so, we are unpacking, preparing and getting organized for the season we have waited for all year, we hope you'll join us...it's going to be beautiful!

50% OFF HALLOWEEN!

NO TRICKS...JUST A FANTASTIC TREAT!

50% OFF ALL FALL & HALLOWEEN GOING ON IN STORE NOW! GET YOURS BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS!

All kinds of new treasures too...I am still unloading my truck and picked up more today, too busy with Christmas to snap pictures, you'll just have to stop in and see what you find!

Thornville Country Fair in the Streets, this Sunday!

This Sunday we will be open 11 - 5 during the Thornville Country Fair in the Streets. All types of hand-made items will be available, including fabric goods and art, glass work, metal and wooden toys and decorations, candles and hand-made clothing. Admission is free and parking is available at the Lions lot north of the village, as well as the Elementary School and Village Park.

This artisan/crafter event is put on by the Thornville Lions. The Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 202 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.

Known for working to end preventable blindness, Lions participate in a vast variety of projects important to their communities. These projects range from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters. Thank you Lions for all you do and to the community for supporting this event!

Another Country Living Exhibitor

Extreme Surroundings from Elgin, Illinois was another one of my favorite exhibitors at the Country Living show. Oddities, one of a kind pieces and whimsical collections were such eye candy for me. Enjoy!

And the winner is...........

Congratulations Heidi Wigtil of Pataskala, Ohio!! She is the winner of our drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Would you like to know when we do events like this? Use the email sign up box to the right (and down) and I'll let you know about them. We hate SPAM too so we won't share your email address with anyone.

So what's on S*A*L*E you ask?

20% off these items
all faux fall florals (wreaths, stems, fruit)
haunted glittered black house silhouettes
glittered stand up boardwalk signs(owl on pumpkin, ghost, house)
vintage inspired pumpkin face ring toss games
metal witch hats
scary black cats
witch and pumpkin dolls
plus the following furniture or pieces: milk glass topped ice cream table, wine rack, Victorian wicker fernery, 18th century scrub pine cupboard, various shutters, vintage wicker sofa, cast iron lawn furniture, cast iron wall piece, awesome croquet set, old seed box, primitive drop leaf table, copper topped barn cupola and more!
30% off the items
pumpkin topiaries in urns
glittered gothic SPOOKY words
summery butterfly window
large bird
all mirrors
2 stained glass pub windows
white pumpkin make-dos
plus the following furniture or pieces: primitive bench, set of 4 white cottage chairs, vintage concrete fountain, cast iron tiered stand, doorless green flatwall cupboard and more!!!
Janet and I are tearing through our Christmas plans (our Christmas Gathering will be on Thursday, November 6) and we have been gathering special pieces, one I just couldn't wait to bring in (mainly because I can't store it!). It's a fabulous farm table measuring a whopping 7' 8"...raw pine, gorgeous turned and grooved legs, one drawer, so it's in the shop now.

Don't forget, Thursday evening we will have an "open house" from 5PM until 9PM with hot spiced cider and treats (if you're good) and you can enter your name in a drawing for a $50 urban farmhouse gift certificate!

Sale this week with extended shopping Thursday evening!

Earth Angels

Briefly(!) on Sunday at the CL Fair I was able to quickly breeze around (pun intended) and pit stop at a handful of tents. I knew ahead of time I wanted to see the Earth Angels store. I have been a subscriber to their emails for over a year now and truly some of today's best folk art is coming from these artists. When I stopped in their tent I was immediately drawn to the creations of Cheryl Kuhn. Being a lover of anything using old photos I knew I wanted to see her one-of-a-kind mixed media collages in person. Her pieces are snapshots of a short story. She uses found objects and bits of prose to capture your imagination in a 3-D masterpiece. I think her pieces remind me of the diorama's I loved making in elementary school. Of course I don't remember the subject/topic, the focus of the project, but I remember making the sky, the cotton ball clouds hanging from fishing line to be invisible, breaking and gluing twigs on the back of the box to look like split rail fence, carving faces into peeled apples and then drying them (do this with your kids...hang them and let them dry, the apple contorts and wrinkles as it dries out, makes a great witch head). Cheryl's "grown-up" dioramas cause you to stop and let your mind wander into the lilliputian story. Below are shots of the piece I fell in love with and brought home...and Cheryl was there to sign and wrap it for me, what a treat. Thank you Cheryl for sharing your talent!

Country Living exhibitor

During a rare opportunity to wander off from the booth I stumbled on this tent. The visual when I rounded the corner lassoed me and pulled me in so fast! I just wanted to sit down in the middle of it and stay all weekend. Such a quiet and calming spot with all my favorites! Ironstone, baskets, burlap & linen, natural woods, old photos, rusty fences, mirrors, big, glorious glass bottles, tarnished silver, dried twigs and lush green plants. Oh my...everything here was perfect for me! The exhibitor's name is also Lisa and she has a shop called Trendhouse in Barrington, Illinois (she is open on Fridays and Saturdays (thank you Kasey for the memory jog, the winds of Ike took my notes!!) Lisa also mentioned she is looking for a new space so it will be exciting to see what direction this creative soul takes, it's bound to be gorgeous and I do hope to she starts blogging so we can drool from afar. Lucky Kasey is just a short 40 minutes from Barrington. So, if you get to Barrington make sure you head Kasey's way...to Lola B's Boutique in St. Charles, Il. lots of goodies to be found in her boutique too!

We were blown away...literally

Hurricane Ike decided to blow into Ohio with a strength no one expected and caught everyone off guard. Knocking out power to almost 2 million homes and businesses in Ohio alone, Ike was not a welcome fair goer. Our hearts and prayers go out to those in Texas who felt the full force of this storm and are still reeling from the havoc. More to come later...there always is... a check in tent
group tent, some were twisted by the wind and collapsed
as we packed we dodged falling limbs, Janet's husband took one to his shoulder and face, my dad just barely deflected one although it tore his glasses off, with some help from several passersby they were quickly located
our spot after we fought the winds and packed it (threw it) in to the trailer (unpacking all this week and finding debris in EVERYTHING!!)

Crew Stadium flags
back roads home, trees down everywhere


seeking sanctuary at the Bexley Methodist church (hopefully they let me stay...went to preschool here, I think they still have a file on me)