Country Living Magazine Fair Right Around the Corner!

Country Living Magazine Fair

at the Historic Ohio Village adjacent to the Ohio Historical Society

Just off I-71 at Exit 111

north of downtown Columbus, Ohio

September 16-17-18

Tickets can be purchased online until one week before the fair and at the fair box office all the days of the fair.
One day in advance $13 - at door $16
Weekend Pass in advance $15 - at door $20

 

~~~~~~~~Exclusive Early Bird Shopping~~~~~~~

Enjoy 90 minutes of priority shopping on Friday

8:30am to 10am

Click HERE to order

Limited to 2500 tickets

Early Bird $40 only available in advance until September 15th

Ohio Village at the Ohio Historical Center
I-71 at Exit 111 (17th Avenue)
For your GPS: 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OHIO
Across from the Ohio State Fairgrounds & Ohio expo Center

A Culinary Bummer

"Ain't nothin' in the world that I like bettuh', then bacon and lettuce and home grown to-matuhs."

But, sigh, my thumbs are not as green as I would like them to be and my memory is even worse! You see I had every intention of having my very own homegrown tomatoes this summer. I bought my plants, just 2 because no one else in the house likes them, and had big plans for them. Then I promptly forgot about them.

A couple weeks later I was working in the garage and stopped to stare at these 2 brown, prickly, dried up things in a plastic garden center tray. My first thought was "what they heck are those things?" I warned you! My memory is worse than my gardening skills!

Then I remembered...and oh let me tell you, it was a sad, sad moment. The door just closed on my open-faced, warm from the sun tomato sandwiches. My basil pesto pasta sprinkled with chopped red gems from my back yard is now just a fleeting culinary creation. Smoky, salty, crunchy, juicy BLT's made from "Mortgage Lifters" just went bankrupt.

Then...I almost started sobbing when I thought of Ninny Threadgoode..."Oh, what I wouldn't give for a plate of fried green tomatoes like we used to have at the cafe. Ooh!" (read about my affliction for fried green tomatoes here)

I'm telling ya', I had to get a beach towel for the tears. A tissue was just not man enough for the job.

Then, a knight in shining armor rode into the garage on a gleaming white horse and plunked a couple pounds of heirloom tomatoes down next to my crispy "plants" on my work table. I couldn't believe my eyes! I lifted the visor of the knight's helmet to kiss him for this good and noble deed which was surely death defying and highly dangerous.

The chorus of angelic singing in my ears was interrupted by "easy there Tomato Drama Queen, ever heard of a Farmer's Market?" Then husband went back into the house. He just doesn't understand...but, sigh, loves me anyway.

 I went back to happy little culinary thoughts.

Hope your tomatoes did better than mine!

Sizzling summer sale!

SIZZLING SUMMER SALE ONLINE

ON OUR SUMMER CLOTHING 

& FINDING'S BRACELETS

UP TO 25% OFF!!

A sampling of goods available online...one is on sale!

New Lenny & Eva sentiments

Just a sampling (as there are many, many more) of the new Lenny & Eva Salvaged Sentiments now available in "Boudoir" section of my online store (along with some beautiful urban farmhouse clothing). Truly a fun piece of jewelry to wear and an exceptional gift to give or receive! Perfect for bridesmaids gifts!

Wear as is or add a charm or two.

Add to your collection as it strikes you, having several sentiments to choose from is perfect for our ever changing moods right ladies? :-) Enjoy! See the entire line in the "Boudoir" section of my online store.

New old finds and some really good new ones too. . .

 Vintage coin purse engraved with "Thelma", love this!!

 Pearls, shells, lace, ironstone, antique urn and a gorgeous vintage sofa.

 A skirted vintage vanity stool, dressed up and ready for you!

 Skirted table with a flip top for hidden storage, Aidan Gray wire topiaries, old porch columns, zinc top cupboard base.

 Freshly painted French blue dresser, I added the skirt to hide a working drawer with missing veneer. The doors open to reveal more drawers. ~SOLD~

 Paris metro subway banner, newly made Mora floor clock.

 Vintage feed bin turned on end to be a cabinet, Aidan Gray wire candelabra

 Vintage concrete birdbaths and fountain, Aidan Gray garden columns for indoors or out, gorgeous new hall mirror, antique urn.

 Gorgeous antique urn on plinth.

 Vintage buoy and a sprinkling of summer and the sea.

 Aidan Gray garden columns with flame top urns.

 Always an evolving collection of vintage frames and mirrors, a few examples here.

 Just arrived! Lacy urban prairie skirts.

Beautiful, scrolly Aidan Gray basket candelabra. A knock out piece! So much more in store!

Aidan Gray Home.....be still my heart

 By now you have probably heard of Aidan Gray Home as they have been featured in several magazines.

 But did you know urban farmhouse is a stocking dealer of AGH goods? 

The Aidan Gray line represents a love for interiors, design and authentic products that exude “European Grandeur.”  The founding partners’ desire for products made by hand and with authentic materials such as solid wood, rustic metals, antique mirror, old painted finishes and silk appointments drives product development.

I love AG so much I had to take some home for myself to enjoy! The textures and fabrics are a perfect accompaniment to the vintage and antique pieces I have collected over the years. The chairs below is where you'll find me these days, curled up with a Jeanne d' Arc Living magazine or my lap top. They are SO comfortable and slightly over-sized so it walks for the men in my family (who top out at 6'5").

Stop in and peruse the Aidan Gray Home selections all of their exceptional pieces can be special ordered for you through urban farmhouse.