Ruffles & Rust Show

I'm slow getting these pics up! But we had such a fun time at the Ruffles and Rust Show so we wanted to share a few pics. These first two are of our booth.

We had a tight space this year, but managed to make it work!

This little Red, Yellow & Green display was killer! Everything flew out the door!

 We were next to Mary this year...what a sweet lady! We are excited to see you at Farm Chicks this year Mary! Be sure and find her...she has great stuff!

We love bumping into Amy & Chirs at these shows! Be sure and ask them about their new store and advenetures. You can also find them at The Farm Chicks show.

Rose Marie is such a talented lady! We should know, we are some of her best customers!

Backyard Vintage....LOVE! 

I apologize that I can't identify these other booths. I didn't have much time to stop and chat with vendors.

But you can see there are some great vendors at this show and it is definitely one to add to your "Be sure to attend" list! Next up for us....FARM CHICKS! We leave on Thursday! Be sure and follow our adventures!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

More Atlanta Gift Market Displays

I have just a few more favorites to share today. It was a pretty quick jont through the market after all. In my prime buying days, we use to take 5 or 6 days to shop the market. It's huge and really does take allot of time to cover it. So here's a few more photos taken as we dashed through!

 Loved, loved this oversized burlap lampshade!

DCI is always a fun showroom to walk through. Love the large Canisters.

We had a blast reading all these wonderful signs in the Primitives By Kathy Showroom. What a joy it has been to watch her company grow over the years. She's a wonderful, talented lady! Just goes to show you what can be accomplished when we follow our bliss!

 Hugs, Eileen

The Atlanta Gift Market Favorite Displays

It's been a few years since I've attended the Atlanta Gift Market. It was so much fun to spend the day visiting favorite showrooms and photographing wonderful displays. It's such an inspiring an inspiring place, filled with creative and unique ideas, and wonderful talents of many. I just love being here. These were a few of my favorite displays today!

I always love visiting the Barreveld showroom....amazing!

Loved these burlap covered vases at Home Arts!

 

K & K is by far one of my favorite showroom! I love big, over the top displays and their showroom is full of them! Love it! I'll try to post a few more pics in a day or two!

Hugs,

Eileen

Junk Salvation Opening Day

Oh my...running on fumes here tonight! It was a very early morning getting on the road at 6:30am with the trailer packed to the brim with our goodies. So we'll spare the chit chat tonight and just show you some of the cool sites of the show. This is Linda and Dixie the Funky Junk Sisters! They own and manage the show!

Here is there cute booth! We have met some really nice people.

 Billy of Brocanteur Vintage is just across from us. Love her stuff!

Next to our booth on one side is The Gasworks Factory...oh my gosh his stuff is so cool! More sites to come in a few days. We'll be packing up after the show and driving home tomorrow night so we'll have to blog after we get home. Have a great weekend and if you are near Puyallup WA come check out the show!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

We Are Off To The Junk Salvation Show!

Tomorrow we load the trailer and are hitting the road bound for The Junk Salvation Show in Puyallup WA! This will be our first time participating in this show so we are super excited to work with Linda & Dixie. We have been collecting the best "junk" and our booth promises to be filled with lots of goodies. Come check us out and use this coupon to get a $1 off your tickets. It's going to be an awesome show! See you there!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Portland Expo Antique Show

This coming weekend, you can see the great new things We’ve found since the last time we met. We’ll be at the Portland Expo on July 10th & 11th for the big Palmer/Wirfs show. You can locate our booth outside straight down the isle from the statue located between buildings D & E.

This show is the largest Antique & Collectible Show in the country with 1,400 booths both inside and out. We've been a vendor here for 5 years!

In addition to offering more vintage items for sale than any other show, there are several exhibits that you may enjoy: In the outside selling area, there is a collection of Tear Drop Trailers, those adorable ‘40’s era camping trailers.
Evaluations and identifications are offered all weekend in the Hall E lobby. The show’s experts will examine your item and give you a verbal market evaluation for $5.00 per object, which all proceeds going to the Portland Police’s Food Bank, The Sunshine Division. And lastly, for several hours each day, live bluegrass music will played out on the plaza between Halls E and D.

The hours on Saturday are 9am to 6pm and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. The Expo is located in Portland, Oregon and to get there take exit 306B off I-5 north or south. Adult admission is $7.00 for Saturday and is good for both days. If you wish to come as an Early Admission buyer, that cost is $30 and you are admitted during exhibitor set-up on Friday, the 9th. Outside exhibitors start setting up at 8am and the inside opens at 9am.
Parking at the Expo is $7.00 or at Portland Meadows Horse Race Track for $5.00 (Shuttle provided).

There is food and beverage available but bring your favorite walking shoes. This is a show worth spending some time at. You never know what treasure you’ll end up taking home with you!
See you at the show!

Beautiful Transformation and Deals Abound

It's show time once again! This year we are holding

our show in the gorgeous country setting at

Blackbird Farms! I love the transformation process!

This is the "barn" (I know, what a barn!)

before we started....

and after we finished!

We also just started the Make Mine Pink

Shop Hop! We have listed tons of new

Christmas product and deals galore! Check it out!

Each day at Forget Me Not Dreams we will celebrate with a freebie or special discount available to you only that day, so don't miss out! Here's a peek at what's in store...


Nov. 2nd - FREE SHIPPING
Nov. 3rd - 20% off your order over $25(before shipping)
Nov. 4th - FREE Ornament with every purchase.
Nov. 5th - 15% off one Christmas Felting figure by Stephanie Saponas
Nov. 6th - Half off your total shipping fee.
Nov. 7th - Half off one item from our Tag Sale category with purchase over $25 (before shipping)
Nov. 8th - 20% off all items in our Celebrate Christmas category.
Nov. 9th - FREE Ornament with every purchase.
Nov. 10th - 20% off your entire purchase over $50(before shipping)
Nov. 11th - Free gift with every purchase.
Nov. 12th - $10 FMND gift certificate with every purchase.
(all discounts apply before shipping fees are added, and will be refunded to you at time of shipping...that's how our shopping cart works)

Work Should Always Be This Fun!

Work should always be this fun! Fortunately, I am blessed to love what I do! Owning Forget Me Not Dreams, our own website is BLAST! But another joy in my life is working with some of my fellow show owners and friends. I love working at their shows....all the fun without the responsibility that comes with running my own show! The past coupe of days I have been working on displays at one of our local craft and antique shows called Brookhaven. This is a boutique style show where all vendor products are mixed together and displayed in themed areas…similar to a gift shop. I love doing display work, especially in this mixed format. Combining vintage, handmade and painted furniture into wonderful vignettes is right up my alley! The style of this particular show is fun because the owner Lynette Covert is a master at combining colors and themes in a fresh and unique way.


The entre way is bright and inviting with a punch of Pear green added to a Paris Chic section.

This Estate Garden area was a blast to display and definitely made me anxious for spring! You can find some of these wonderful yard art pieces in our Cottage Garden section on our site.

Living in the Northwest, the beach look is always in. Turquoise takes this section from drab to fab and gives it a fun twist on the theme. Bellow is a cute yellow and blue area with tons of wonderful vintage and new textiles. So cute!

Of course my favorite is always the Cottage section. I could spend hours looking at the vintage china, handmade pillows and textile crafts. I couldn’t resist a bit of shopping before I left today….having first pick is another perk of helping display for shows!

Brookhaven opens March 12th and runs through March 16th. Here is a link to her site if any of you are close enough to stop by and shop! This certainly get’s me in the mood for my own show in the fall! Check our archives and you can see some pics from our 2007 shows. Time to start planning our fall shows for 2008…yes!

Eileen