The Stone Rabbit

A Birthday Daytrip!

 

What a fun packed time I had on my birthday!!  Two of my friends and I headed to a small town about an hour and a half north of Kansas City. . .Jamesport!!

 It's hard to survive as a small business these days. . .and even more so in "out of the way" locations such as Jamesport.  However, this community has done that for a long time now. . . keeping many of those old buildings alive with antique stores, speciality shops, restaurants and several other businesses.

We enjoyed browsing in a few of the antique shops. . .

 

 

 

 

and we loved checking out some of their specialty stores.  This building houses a candle, gift and home decor shop....The Jamesport Candle Co.

 

 

 It was so awesome to watch the owner "pour" a batch of peach scented candles.  While he was filling the containers, his wife gave a great presentation about the process of candle making!

 

 

 Just down the block from the candle store is this yummy frozen custard shop called WHOLLY COW!

 

 

The owner is the daughter of the candle store owners!!

In this photo she had just made a fresh batch of frozen custard and was creating my chocolate malt!

 

 

I ate every single bit of it, too!!  DELISH!!

 

 

 

And speaking of eating. . . they also have a great bakery in Jamesport.  Actually, I believe there are other places that sell baked goods.  This bakery is attached to the place where we ate our lunch!!

I bought these cinnamon rolls to bring home and. . .

 

 

I caved and purchased FRIED PIES!!

After all.......it was my birthday!!

 

 

A big part of the charm of this town are the Amish in their buggies.  The clomping of the horses hooves is truly amazing. . .something we don't hear very often in the Big City.

 

 

Besides food. . .I bought two candles at the candle shop and I bought some great gray wool at SUE'S SOFT STUFF. . .a sweet shop that features yarn and wonderful handcreated items.   I will use the wool for witches hair once I start working on my fall sales!

 

 

THE STONE RABBIT said he'd model some of the wool for me. . .just to make sure it will work on the witches.

I think it's a definite YES!!

 

 

I hope you have a great PINK SATURDAY!!  I know you will if you visit Beverly's blog HOW SWEET THE SOUND!    She will have a large group of others who are ready to share with you this weekend!!

 

DANA

A Pink Saturday Flea Market and Double Birthday Celebration!

 

Bonnie's birthday was in March and Marian's was earlier this month.  Since our schedules didn't work out this year for us to celebrate them separately , we did the next best thing and had a Double Celebration!

 

 

Our first stop was a huge indoor "pop-up" flea market called The Fleeting Flea!!  Several vendors  had set up their booths inside an empty retail location at a local business area. . . and the result was impressive!

There were so many wonderful and unique finds.....and all were so well displayed!!

 

After shopping at the vintage sale, we headed to The Urban Table for a delicious lunch!   We all ordered the same dish. . .a great salad of lettuce , kale, green apple strips and mandarin oranges then topped with grilled chicken. 

 

 

We also visited a Whole Foods store and another store filled with used furniture. . . so many nice pieces in one spot!

After many hours of shopping and dining, we returned to enjoy the birthday cake and the exchange of gifts!!

It was a lovely weather day, full of fun and food with two great friends!

 

Bonnie brought Marian and I each a bouquet of her lilacs. . . AND she also brought me some delicious PINK Easter PEEPS!!!

THE STONE RABBIT loves the PEEPS, but he is really smitten with the lilacs.  He misses our old yard where we had a great lilac bush.   He used to spend lots of hours beneath that bush, enjoying the scent of those blooms.

 

Please visit Beverly's blog HOW SWEET SOUND!!  You will find a lot of others who have PINKS or Spring related posts to share with you this week!!

Happy PINK Saturday!

DANA

 

 

It's Definitely Looking A Lot Like Christmas!!

 

It  seems impossible to believe that in less than one week......Thanksgiving will have come and gone!!    It  kinda scares me as to all I have to accomplish in just a few short days to be ready for the feast !

However, while I love Thanksgiving. . .I have to admit that I REALLY love Christmas!!  I'm so glad I have a few friends who do, too, because it's so much fun heading to the area antique malls and small shops for their wonderful Christmas Open Houses!

Among the special shops we enjoy visiting during this time of the year are the ones located in Greenwood, MO.  It's an annual tradition to head there on the first day of their open houses and enjoy a little lunch together in the tea room located in the Greenwood Antique Mall.

 

 

 

Last weekend a friend and I had planned on visiting Des Moines, IA, for a "junk show" called JUNK JUBILEE JINGLES.  However, the threat of bad weather kept us from making the trip.  So, in order to get our "junk fix", we spent Thursday and Friday hitting wonderful antique shops in Olathe, KS and Parkville, MO!

 

We also shared a couple of meals, including a delicious pizza and salad at Spin Pizza in Olathe!

 

I didn't buy a lot of treasures, but did love the few items I brought home.   A couple of great old baskets, a couple of vintage Christmas lights, a vintage tree skirt, a silver chafing dish and a beautiful silver garland were my "finds"!

 

THE STONE RABBIT loves Christmas, too.  He was especially pleased with this new Santa.  I think Santa seems very happy with his new found bunny friend as well!

 

Please visit Beverly's blog HOW SWEET THE SOUND!  There you will find a large group of other bloggers who have seasonal or PINKS to share with you this week!!

Happy PINK Saturday!

DANA

Pink Saturday Finds!!

 

 

I have other great photos to share with you this week for Pink Saturday....but I ran out of time to get them on my blog!   So I will share this single picture of THE STONE RABBIT displaying a few of  my "treasures" from a couple of recent holiday open houses I've attended at local antique malls!!

I have a tree that is dedicated to vintage ornaments and decor...the glass balls will fit right in with the other items I've collected over the years.  It's hard to tell, but the red reflectors in front of the balls arent' super old, but were super cheap and I hope to incorporate them into some of my hand-fashioned items I will be making for an upcoming Holiday Sale !  AND last but not least. . .I LOVE this great turkey!  I'm not sure how old it is, but it's in great shape and will certainly be a "grand kid pleaser" at our feast in a couple of weeks!!

 

 

Please visit Beverly at HOW SWEET THE SOUND for a long list of other bloggers who have PINKS or SEASONALS to share with you this week!

DANA

It's BINGHAM WAGGONER TIME AGAIN!!

 

This time of year brings some great sales in our midwestern area!!

 

Last night Bonnie and I headed over to our friend Dale's sale called THE FLEETING FLEA!!  He has found a great location for his "pop up" vintage flea market and is now able to host several of these shows a year in an indoor location!!

Bonnie and I love to look at all of the gatherings and, with luck, we find a few treasures to bring home!

Here she is showing how cute she looks with a PINK princess phone!!

 

 

 

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the entire year. . .THE BINGHAM WAGGONER SALE!!!  It's located on the grounds of a victorian mansion in Independence, MO!! 

We always start the morning off with coffee and biscuits and gravy cause we've got to have strength to walk and walk and shop and shop!

 

 

 

Besides looking for treasures, my favorite part of this day is running into other friends who are also "treasure hunting" or are vendors!

Pictured below is Kathy. . .an awesome folk-artist and cat lover!  I own many of her handmade items!!  We became friends over the years through the various craft shows we have been in together.

 

 

 

Here's another special friend. . .Sharon (on left).  We went to high school together!!  I rarely see high school friends so this is always a treat to see her and the many "goodies" she and her sister bring to sell in their booth!!

 

 

THE STONE RABBIT is shown with some of the great items I found at the sale one year!!  

Do you see those paper mache' planters in the foreground?  Bonnie and I turned those into glittery jack-0-lanterns and sold them in our Fall craft shows!!

 

 

I can't believe another PINK SATURDAY has rolled around again. . .but it has!!

I sure hope you visit our great hostess Beverly, at HOW SWEET THE SOUND, because you will find lots of other bloggers who are ready to share their special pinks with you again!!

DANA 

 

 

The Visit with My PINKIE Pal!!!

 

Last Pink Saturday I shared that fellow PINKIE Jeanne, of Backyard Neighbor, was going to be in our town . . .and we were gonna meet up for a swell visit and a flea market and lunch!!!

Well. . .that all happened and we had such a great time!!!

The flea market was held in front of the shops in Greenwood, MO, a wonderful little town known for its antique stores.  

 

 

 

Jeanne (on the left) is shown here with Patty, one of my pals.  

 

 

She found a bargain with this great old blanket.  Bonnie was saying something like:  "YES, Jeanne, you NEED that!!!"  :)   And I guess she did cuz she bought it!!  :)

 

 

We were shopping the outdoor flea market by 8:00 a.m.  It was HOT and muggy, so this indoor shop with it's A/C turned on felt great to us!!  I'm telling you how muggy it was cuz that's what happened to my hair do!!  It melted!!!  :)

 

 

 

 

 

At this point we'd been working hard at antiquing and bargain finding.   Patty and Jeanne decided to take a little break when they spotted those amazing wicker chairs!!

 

 

We ate at the Tea Room located in the Greenwood Antique Mall. . .and it was terrific!!

 

 

 

Jeanne enjoyed her yummy dessert . . .

 

 

 

and so did I!

 

I hit the jackpot on "finds" that day.  It's so much fun when that happens!!   Here are just a few of them!!

The fabric piece will be great as a table-covering. . .and I LOVE that country red tiered metal piece!!  I can see it used in so many ways.  Right now I have it in the middle of my dining room table, atop a great patriotic runner.  It holds an Americana looking candle and some red, white, and blue florals (muted colors).  A huge crow stands next to it (I found that at another flea market some time ago).   The crow sports a little 48 star flag.

I have a "collection" of patriotic glasses going. . .so when Bonnie spied four more I begged her to split them with me. . .and she did!!  AND when I spotted that awesome MUTTON BUSTIN' ribbon in patriotic colors. . .and for only $3.00. . .well I snatched that up, too!!

That's not all I hauled home, but I'd better keep the rest hidden from my husband for awhile!  :)

 

 

 

 

 

I can tell I'm going to have a hard time keeping the MUTTON BUSTIN' ribbon. . .THE STONE RABBIT has taken quite a fancy to it!!     He was really happy it didn't say BUNNY BUSTIN'!!  :)

 

 

My visit with Jeanne was so short, but so very much fun!!!   She's just as sweet in real life as she appears to be on her blog!!  

Now, for lots more PINK SATURDAY fun, just visit Beverly of HOW SWEET THE SOUND!  She will have a long list of other bloggers who are ready to share their PINKS with you this weekend!!

DANA

 

Pink Saturday Antiquing and Yummy Treats!

 

Bonnie had a birthday recently. . .and that was our "excuse" for spending the day antiquing!!!

Here she is sporting a swell crown she located in a booth. . .it said PRINCESS. . . in PINK!!! 

 

 

Of course, I had to try on these PINK boxing gloves and ball hat!!!  Isn't that half the fun of "treasure hunting"?

I didn't buy the hat or gloves, but opted for a great vintage tablecloth instead!

 

 

My Grand Girl was selling Girl Scout cookies this year.    I happen to LOVE the Caramel deLites sooooo much that I had to take out a couple from a box and freeze the rest.  I have no control. . . NONE. . .when it comes to having these goodies in the house!!

THE STONE RABBIT is a fan of the Peanut Butter Sandwiches. . .but Twiggy is a  Caramel deLites fan, too.  :)

 

  

Hope you have a great PINK SATURDAY!  

 

Please visit Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND, to find the loooooong list of other bloggers who are waiting for YOU !!!!  

 

DANA

 

My Week. . .with touches of PINK!!

 

Bits and Pieces of My "Pink" Week!!! 

 

FRIDAY:  

The evening before, I prepared for Saturday's activities!  On the right were my new running shoes. . .along with my water bottle, socks, GPS watch, and pouch to hold car keys and ID.  I was meeting my running group at a local trail at 5:30 a.m. !!!

On the left. . .my OLD running shoes to wear at the outdoor antique show and flea market I'd be going to AFTER I ran!!   My socks and water were also ready. . .along with my shopping bag (not pictured)!

Of course, that PINK phone went with me both places.

 

SATURDAY:

 

Here I am (in the middle, yellow shirt) with most of the ladies in our running group!!  We'd just finished run/walking SIX MILES!!!  This was the longest distance for me!  We are training for a half marathon in October, so we've been meeting weekly to do our long runs together.

Right now, we alternate running 3 minutes and walking 2 minutes. . .until we hit our goal distance for that day.  

It's really been hard for me to adjust to run/walking instead of totally running a distance.  I've been running for three years now. . .and have done a ton of 5K races (3.1miles long).  Running that distance is something that isn't too hard (most of the time :)  However, when we decided to go a 1/2 marathon distance (13.1 miles)...we all agreed we'd take the run/walk approach.  

At first, I kinda thought that wouldn't be too hard, HOWEVER, as we've increased our mileage, I've changed my tune!!  It IS hard to do.  Maybe it's just harder because we're no Spring Chickens!  Well, one is pretty young (later forties), but the remainder of us range from one in her late 50s and the rest in our mid-sixties.  None of us have been running all that long.

Anyway. . .tomorrow morning, our distance goal is 7 miles, at 3 min. running and 2 minutes walking.  Soon.....we crank it up to 3 and 1....with our goal by race day of alternating 4 min. running and 1 min. walking the 13.1 miles!  Right now. . .that feels daunting, but I know, with the support of this group, we can DO IT!!

 

As soon as we'd reached our running distance, I returned home, showered, dressed, grabbed my shopping bag and met my buddy Bonnie at the BINGHAM-WAGGONER ANTIQUE SHOW!

Before we shop. . .we EAT a great breakfast of biscuits and gravy!!!  Gotta have strength for hauling all of our treasures out to our cars!!

 

The sale is set up on the grounds of the beautiful Bingham-Waggoner Mansion.  

 

 Besides shopping, visiting with friends and vendors is my favorite thing to do!!  Here is my buddy Kathy. . .a creative artist and a fun-packed friend!!!

She and I have done a couple of 5Ks together, too!  Kathy is a walker (at this point), but I keep putting pressure on her to start running a little. :)  We are signed up to walk the Susan G.Komen Race for the Cure  August 11th.   It will be hard for me to just walk, but I know I'll enjoy it. . .Kathy is a very FAST walker and she's funny!!  :)    We're both walking in support of our friends and family who have had breast cancer.

 

SUNDAY:

Most Sundays, after church, we meet up with another couple and have brunch at a local FIRST WATCH.  My husband is well known among the servers as "the one" who requests a waffle with a "blueberry in every hole".  Seriously.  

While I'm rolling my eyes as those words come out of his mouth, most of the servers are used to it and just write that instruction on the order sheet. . . .and a few minutes later, they serve it up just like he ordered!  Of course, he pointed out that they missed a couple of holes this time, but that he would "let that go".  :)

We love going to FIRST WATCH.  The service is always excellent and the food is tastey and pretty healthy!  If you click on the link, you can see their menu.   They include nutritional information, too!

 

 

 

MONDAY: 

I loved this book so much that I s l o w l y read the last one-hundred pages.  I just didn't want it to end!!!  On Monday, I had 10 pages left. . .so I read them before I met my buddies for our Monday Morning Breakfast Group.

I was told World Without End follows that book. . .and one of the Breakfast Group ladies said she had it. . .so I was thrilled and looking forward to reading it!!  However, later she emailed me that she couldn't find it. . .so I just HAVE to go get a copy of it because those characters are still spinning around in my mind!!

 

 

Oh, and on Monday, look what was back in our grocery store!!!!  Sadly, NO PINK cuppy cakes, yet!  I'm hoping they will bring them back as well. . .or at least put PINK frosting on those lucious "donettes"!!!  :) 

TUESDAY:

I spent a long time dealing with banking stuff that wasn't picture appropriate :), but while I was out and about, I did stop in a new shop on The Independence Square called "The Ugly Glass Company".    It's a wonderful place filled with artsy creations!!  I highly recommend you visiting them if you are in town!!

 

WEDNESDAY:

I got to attend a play at The New Theater Restaurant!!  I hadn't been there in years!  I totally enjoyed the food and the BUDDY production!!!

 

 

THURSDAY:

Thursday morning at 6:00 a.m., I met a running buddy at the local Bass Pro Trail for a training run of 44 minutes. . . with our intervals of run walking cranked up to 3 min. running and 1 min. walking!!

It's such a beautiful place to exercise.  The fog was just lifting as we arrived and started our "warm up"walk!

 

 

It's hard not to be enthusiastic about being in the "great outdoors" when so many gorgeous sights are there to encourage you along the way. . .like these beautiful PINK cone-flowers. . .

 

and this little cheering crowd!!  :)

 

THE STONE RABBIT and Twiggy really enjoyed me telling them all about the BUDDY HOLLY play I attended.   In fact, they were so interested in the story of his life and his signature glasses that they BEGGED me to find some Buddy-like specs for them.

Sadly, I could only locate orange ones, but they were still pretty happy with them!! :)

 

 

 

I hope you have a great PINK Saturday and I also hope you'll be on the lookout for the "PINKS" in your weeks.  Pink is an attitude!!

Thanks to our wonderful hostess Beverly, of HOW SWEET THE SOUND, for keeping our Pinkies up and running each week!  Please visit her blog to see the huge group of other bloggers who are ready to share their PINKS with you this week! 

 

DANA

SPRING FAVORITES!

 

 

An event I always look forward to attending each Spring is the "Antiques on the Veranda Garden Sale" held at  the Greenwood Antique Mall in Greenwood, MO!!

This booth belongs to one of my favorite vendors. . .Claudia.

 

 

I'm not sure why my eyes look like that, but Claudia looks great!!  

The next three pictures are also of her booth!!

 

I love the burlap star covered skirt she added to this little table!!

After our first quick run through the rest of the sale (we go through it several times!!!) , we headed to the breakfast bar!!  I had more sugar in that meal than I've had in a very long time.   :)  

We had a great time shopping in the antique mall, too!  How about this PINK guitar I spotted in one of the booths.....and it was in tune, too!  I didn't impress my friends with my memory of a couple of cords. . .but they are a  hard lot to impress at times!

Serious antique shopping requires a delicious lunch. . .and we enjoyed that in the Greenwood Antique Mall Tea Room!!!

 

Something else I look forward to each Spring are my neighbor's tulips!!!  THE STONE RABBIT loves them, too.  In fact, he spent the better part of the lovely day today just hopping from one little patch of these gorgeous flowers to the next!!

 

 

I hope you're enjoying many of the great Spring happenings going on right now.  

 

If you head over to Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND, you will find a lot of other bloggers ready to share their PINKS with you this week!!

 Thank you, Beverly, for keeping our PINK SATURDAY event up and running!!

 

DANA

A SPRING SALE IN THE SNOW!!!!

 

From Thurs. evening thru Saturday, I'm participating in The Fleeting Flea Spring Sale 2013 in Overland Park, KS.

It's a gathering of about 40 vendors in and around a local clubhouse. . .sharing our vintage finds and handmade treasures!   By around, I mean . . .under tents. 

Being involved in such a sale is a tremendous amount of work and time.  

Pictured below with THE STONE RABBIT are a few of the necessary items needed to pull off such an event.

I need a dust pan and broom...in PINK of course...and some swell PINK gloves to protect my dainty hands as I lift and carry and haul many items from my van into the tent where my booth is located.

 

 

 

And here's my little corner of the world for three days in March!  It was a bit scary to see at first. . .tent flaps moving all over the place..part of my display space open to the elements.. .a hole in the ceiling of the corner. . .and a horrible weekend of winter weather predicted for the first few days of Spring.

After two trips to the sale site and many a load hauled in. . .the booth took shape just in time for the crowd of eager shoppers!!

 

 

OH....and because our temps were miserably cold and it was snowing and sleeting, I had to buy a little propane heater cuz if I hadn't had this little heat source I couldn't have survived the many hours of sitting in a tent, in March, in the snow and cold!!  :)

 

 

As our promoter said tonight in the "vendor's meeting"...we were in unchartered territory!  We were, after all, some 30 degrees colder than the average at this time of year.   AND....last year...it was 80 degrees when this sale was held!

 

 

 

My buddy Bonnie braved the elements and brought me extra propane and dinner and  spent the entire first evening of the show with me!!

 

 

I have to say. . .in all the years I've done sales. . .this has been the most challenging in terms of weather related issues.   The next two days are also gonna be doozies with more bad weather predicted.  Thankfully, there are lots and lots of customers who don't let a little cruddy weather dampen their desire to get out and SHOP!!  :)

I  give a big old shout out to my DIL and her buddies who spent several hours at the sale tonight.  It does my heart good to see the younger generation recognogize the value and beauty of vintage items. . .and to purchace pieces to add to their homes....  pieces that are unique and thrifty and individual to their own tastes!!

 

It also warms my heart to have younger folks appreciate handmade items (like I make :) .  I had a mom and her three children shop in my booth tonight.  They all came to the decision of what they wanted to buy (all my handfashioned Easter items).   Later, they returned to buy one more bunny to send to their Grandmother. . .and then she (mom)  asked if I would pose with the kiddos for a picture so the Grandmother could see who made the bunny they'd picked out for her.   And while huddled with those three sweet peas, I forgot about the hours it had taken me to make the items I had for sale,the expense of actually being involved in a sale (overhead), how exhausted I was after spending two days traveling and setting up and figuring out how to make the best of a really cruddy weather situation. . .because folks appreciating what I do really is what keeps me doing it!!

 

 

 

 

I also really, really appriaciate what Beverly of HOW SWEET THE SOUND does for us each and every week.   She consistently makes sure our little group of "pinkies" are up !!

Have a great Pink Saturday!!

DANA