My Saturday Outing in Arkansas

 

 

Week before last, my husband and I took off with the intentions of going into Arkansas to hit a bunch of the Arts and Craft Shows.  But, we didn't make the ones we headed out for.  Instead, we stopped at every little place that looked interesting.  And boy oh boy, did we have fun!!

 



We first found this darling little shop - Cottage Haven right inside the Arkansas line in Springdale.  It was such a cute shop and the owner was so sweet.  It had some really cute items.
 

 

Then, down the road a little farther, we found this huge flea market.  And these are my treasures.......

Look at this precious little cream pitcher (I guess??) in the chintz pattern, the tiny silver box with a china top and the darling little ceramic rocking horse that is a bank.

I found these two white dinner plates with the dark green border and the little spray of cherries.  Isn't this salt and pepper shaker adorable.  The stand is silver and the strawberries are glass.

In the first picture, you'll see a few additional items I found:  some red hankerchiefs, a whole roll of white with red polka dotted ribbon, a big bag of buttons, a carrier with little glass bottles (it's not old) and a fabulous rusty, bedspring wreath.  I had a bunch of bedsprings, but when I saw this already made up, I thought it was worth it to buy it and not have to wire mine together.

 

My splurge was on these two original hand painted pictures I got in Bentonville at a craft show.  A very talented artist from Nebraska had painted them.  I saw the big square one when I entered the convention center and after going thru the whole show, that was the only thing I really and truly wanted. 

The one above is a window pane.  She actually painted on the glass.  The verse around the tree says "This family is like the branches of a tree, no matter which way we go, we still have the same roots". The painting is magnificent.

I am going to use this as a starting point when I redo my kitchen - hopefully before long.

 
This is her second piece I purchased.  The snowman is out of old book pages and she has painted on top of it.  He is on wood.

So, we had a delightful day.  The day was warm and sunny and the trees were so so.  Not as pretty as I would have liked.

As we in the middle of the U.S.A. enjoy our Fall weather, let's remember to pray for the East coast as the hurricane passes thru. 

Enjoy!

Till next time, Judy