Last Thursday I did the Plucky Maidens show. My friend Pam from One Gal's Trash and her friend Maria put on the show...it was their maiden event and they rocked it. It was a wonderful day.
Here was our booth. There were three of us that combined our treasures and it came together pretty well. It was long and skinny and full of fun! (from the aprons all the way to that green awning)
It was an outdoor event and I hung my honeycomb garland from the trees.
It was a task to combine the goodies from three different people into one booth, but we did a good job.
It was a glorious summer day, a band played in the evening and we had shoppers all day long. At one point in the booth I heard a voice that sounded oh, so familiar. A voice I recognized from TELEVISION!
It was Emily Henderson! Emily won the 2010 Season of Design Star and currently has a show called Secrets of a Stylist (both HGTV shows).
A photo as proof! Amy (my neighbor at the show) from Into Vintage had left a comment on Emily's blog telling her about the show and Emily actually came! Amy and I were thrilled to meet her. My daughter Kate was also quite impressed that I had spotted her as she is a big fan too.
What a day..looking forward to the next Plucky Maiden show Nov 19th. If you live in the Portland area you need to mark your calendar...I can't guarantee a celebrity sighting, but I can guarantee some good junking.
It was a great show. My only regret... I didn't have time to actually shop it.
Love your honeycomb garland and the owls.
Posted by: janet | August 24, 2011 at 08:42 AM
Sure wish I live up that way! Love how your garland turned out.....great blending too. How fun to meet Emily, I'm sure she thought the same of you guys too :-) Glad the weather cooperated with you.Thanks for the pics.
PS......I love the owls too :-)
Posted by: Doreen | August 24, 2011 at 09:48 AM
:-) I smiled the entire drive home -- an all around great day!
Posted by: Into Vintage | August 24, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Lucky duck! She is seriously cute.
Posted by: Sarah | August 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM
I love Emily. I picked her as the winner the first night. This year....I haven't had a favortie to win til this week.
The show looks like fun.....where is it?
Posted by: Debby Messner | August 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Oregon.....I think htat is a little to far from Ohio, darn.
Posted by: Debby Messner | August 24, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Y'all have all the good stuff out there! Glad to hear it was a rousing success!!!
Posted by: Chris P. | August 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I love the photo of the two owls. That is just darling! Hope you did well at the show.
Posted by: Nan | August 24, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Very cool! I hope you did well at the show too!
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | August 24, 2011 at 10:45 AM
I spy all sorts of pretty embroidered beauties in your booth that I would have wanted to see if I had been there. I love Emily's show on tv! Wish she would come to my house!
Posted by: GardenOfDaisies | August 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Cute...cute... Jen Bertrand who won two years ago was my kiddos art teacher. Her baby was born with severe medical issues and she had to leave HGTV to take care of him full time. Emily knows a good thing when she sees it. She hit just the right booth...congrats...looks amazing. Smiles..Renee
Posted by: Renee | August 24, 2011 at 04:51 PM
Hi Laurie,
Oh wow.....how exciting!! I love
the booth set-up and it looks
like you had a really fun and
exciting day. :)
Hugs,
Janis
Posted by: Janis | August 24, 2011 at 05:56 PM
I can see from the photos that I missed out on a lot of great junk by arriving so late. I hope there is a next year and trust me, I will take the day off!
Posted by: Kathy | August 25, 2011 at 01:00 PM
Oh how I wish I lived closer to Portland. All those great estate sales and shows. Honestly I can't really complain, we in Kansas have some pretty good sales, shows and auctions too, but sure does look like a fun show! Love your garland!
Posted by: Marci | August 25, 2011 at 07:05 PM
I see a vintage funeral floral wreath holder/rack!!!!
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 25, 2011 at 07:29 PM
Laurie,
Gosh that show looked fun! And what a great photo of you with Emily Henderson....how fun is that?
Thanks for your sweet comment about my "Swani", I'm so smitten with her!
Posted by: Gail | August 25, 2011 at 09:23 PM
Glad to hear that you had a good show, which proves that people will buy good stuff even when the economy is on shaky ground.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Mitzi Curi | August 26, 2011 at 02:21 AM
Wow! Your display of everything looks wonderful! We love that honeycomb garland. That is super cool that you had Emily Henderson stop by! We hope you made out well.
Laura and Michele
Posted by: Laura and Michele | August 26, 2011 at 03:31 PM
How cool - celebrity sighting. such a cute photo. What a great collaboration of each of your goodies.
Posted by: Karina | August 26, 2011 at 05:01 PM
FUN Laurie! I so hope you may one day appear on television with all your wonderful collections. My gosh, you could do an in-between spot for the HGTV channel that people would absolutely adore. Don't have an agent yet? Ohio area code 740 .....
What a fun day! Thanks for sharing! E
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 26, 2011 at 07:12 PM